List of Dragnet (1951 TV series) episodes
Season 8: 1958–59
Both Friday and Smith receive promotions in this season. Lt.

List of Dragnet (1951 TV series) episodes

Section Title: Season 8: 1958–59
Table Section Text: Both Friday and Smith receive promotions in this season. Lt.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date

238	1	"The Big Beating"	Jack Webb	Ken Kolb	September 23, 1958

Friday and Smith investigate a report of a man hitting his wife.

239	2	"The Big Sweet Annie"	Jack Webb	James E. Moser	September 30, 1958

Friday and Smith have to watch out for sweet Annie.

240	3	"The Big Star"	Jack Webb	Frank Burt	October 7, 1958

Friday and Smith investigate a robbery report.

241	4	"The Big Oskar"	Jack Webb	William Spier	October 14, 1958

The detectives take a report of valuables stolen from the home of a somewhat eccentric old lady. They begin to suspect something is amiss when she starts talking about how she gets the "scoop" on crimes by being the first to report them to the local newspaper.

242	5	"The Big Little Boy"	Jack Webb	Frank Burt	October 21, 1958

Friday and Smith are looking for a missing child.

243	6	"The Big Voice"	Jack Webb	Ken Kolb	October 28, 1958

Friday and Smith investigate a gang of thugs.

244	7	"The Big Juke Box"	Jack Webb	Michael Cramoy	November 4, 1958

Friday goes undercover as a bar owner in order to break up an illegal jukebox operation.

245	8	"The Big Doll"	Jack Webb	James E. Moser	November 11, 1958

246	9	"The Big Border"	Jack Webb	James E. Moser	November 18, 1958

Friday and Smith must track a pair of escaped convicts across the Mexican border.

247	10	"The Big Nazi"	Jack Webb	Frank Burt	November 25, 1958

Friday goes undercover to catch a racist murderer.

248	11	"The Big Hot Rod"	Jack Webb	Ken Kolb	December 2, 1958

Friday is on the hunt for a group of teens that are stealing sports cars.

249	12	"The Big Green Monkey"	Jack Webb	Michael Cramoy	December 9, 1958

A woman reports her Jade collection stolen and it's up to Friday and Smith to find it.

250	13	"The Big Hype"	Jack Webb	Michael Cramoy	December 16, 1958

251	14	"The Big Maria"	Jack Webb	James E. Moser	December 23, 1958

252	15	"The Big Donation"	Jack Webb	James E. Moser	December 30, 1958

Two con artists are selling phony magazines subscriptions to unsuspecting suckers.

253	16	"The Big Malcolm"	Jack Webb	John Robinson, Ken Kolb	January 6, 1959

254	17	"The Big Smart Girl"	Jack Webb	James E. Moser	January 13, 1959

255	18	"The Big Doctor"	Jack Webb	Ken Kolb	January 20, 1959

Friday and Smith investigate a doctor making false insurance claims.

256	19	"The Big Signet"	Jack Webb	James E. Moser	January 27, 1959

Friday and Smith have to find a man selling forged passports and paperwork.

257	20	"The Big Accident"	Jack Webb	Ken Kolb	February 3, 1959

An insurance adjuster files a report with Friday about possible fraudulent insurance claims.

258	21	"The Big Mail"	Jack Webb	James E. Moser	February 10, 1959

Friday works with a postal inspector to catch a gang using the mail to scam money from people.

259	22	"The Big Roll"	Jack Webb	James E. Moser	February 17, 1959

260	23	"The Big Thirteen"	Jack Webb	Ken Kolb	February 24, 1959

261	24	"The Big Sour"	Jack Webb	James E. Moser	March 10, 1959

An elderly couple are beaten and robbed. The key to finding the bandits lies in a paper boy and an alert bartender.

262	25	"The Big Starlet"	Jack Webb	Ken Kolb	March 17, 1959

263	26	"The Big Holdup"	Jack Webb	James E. Moser	March 24, 1959

A robber called "The Rattlesnake Bandit" takes pleasure in beating and shooting his victims after he takes their money.

264	27	"The Big Name"	Jack Webb	Frank Burt	March 31, 1959

265	28	"The Big Couple"	Jack Webb	James E. Moser	April 7, 1959

Friday and Smith investigate a husband and wife con team that have a long criminal record.

266	29	"The Big Squeeze"	Jack Webb	Michael Cramoy	April 14, 1959

Friday investigates a robbery that is caused by a blackmail victim's refusal to pay.

267	30	"The Big Picture"	Jack Webb	James E. Moser	April 21, 1959

A young girl commits suicide after she is tricked by a pair of movie talent scouts who are really operating a prostitution ring.

268	31	"The Big Carnation"	Jack Webb	John Robinson, Ken Kolb	April 28, 1959

269	32	"The Big Operator"	Jack Webb	Jack Laird, Wilton Schiller, Frank Burt	July 7, 1959

270	33	"The Big Bray"	Jack Webb	James E. Moser	July 12, 1959

271	34	"The Big Infant"	Jack Webb	Jack Jacobs	July 19, 1959

Friday and Smith track down a missing baby.

272	35	"The Big Appetite"	Jack Webb	Gene Coon	July 26, 1959

273	36	"The Big .38"	Jack Webb	James E. Moser	August 2, 1959

Cab drivers are being held up, but the descriptions given by the victims don't match.

274	37	"The Big Byron"	Jack Webb	Frank Burt	August 9, 1959

Did someone really try to kill George Byron? Friday and Smith are on the case to find out.

275	38	"The Big Counterfeit"	Jack Webb	Ken Kolb	August 16, 1959

A man impersonating a police officer is going to local businesses and asking for donations for the widows and orphans fund.

276	39	"The Big Red"	Jack Webb	James E. Moser	August 23, 1959

Friday and Smith investigate a series of robberies. This is the final episode of the series.

Sentence(s)

276 episodes of Dragnet (1951 TV series) aired between 1951 and August 1959.

final_sentence: 276 episodes of Dragnet (1951 TV series) aired between 1951 and August 1959.