Dragnet: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Dragnet Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
The Big Jump
Sep 11, 1952
A man stands upon the ledge of a tall building and threatens to jump to his death below.
The Big Sorrow
Sep 25, 1952
Friday must cope with the sudden death of his partner as he and his new partner track a pair of escaped convicts.
The Big Elevator
Oct 9, 1952
Friday and Smith search for the person who left a dead woman in a hospital elevator.
The Big Seventeen
Nov 6, 1952
Friday and Smith investigate a group of teenagers who are using and selling drugs.
The Big Trio
Nov 20, 1952
Friday and Smith investigate three traffic accidents in one night.
The Big Imposter
Dec 4, 1952
A missing young boy is found and returned to his grandfather, but the case gets complicated when the grandfather suspects that the boy is not his own grandson.
The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas
Dec 18, 1952
Two small boys are missing, there are blood stains on the ground and a gun meant as a Christmas present is gone.
The Big Grandma
Jan 8, 1953
An elderly woman is passing bad checks, but no one suspects her because she looks harmless.
The Big Whiff
Jan 15, 1953
A woman is murdered when she is given an overdose of chloroform.
The Big Church
Feb 5, 1953
A woman receives threatening letters from an unknown stalker.
The Big Hate
Feb 12, 1953
Gordon Miller, a young pianist, is found near an abandoned freight car holding the dead body of a woman in his arms. He claims he has killed her.
The Big Rose
Feb 26, 1953
Friday and Smith are looking for a missing woman that left her three children with her sister.
The Big Building
Mar 5, 1953
A prominent dentist denies that his wife is missing, but Friday and Smith can find no trace of her.
The Big Break
Mar 19, 1953
Friday and Smith track down an escaped convict who is armed and dangerous.
The Big Light
Mar 26, 1953
Friday and Smith must decide between accident or murder when a crewman working on a movie set is killed by a falling light.
The Big Waiter
Apr 2, 1953
An immigrant is brutally beaten to death and the trail may lead to the victim's abused wife.
The Big Test
Apr 9, 1953
A young man reports that he was robbed by bandits on horseback while he was down in Mexico.
The Big Lay-Out
Apr 16, 1953
A friend of Friday's asks him for help when he discovers that his son has been using drugs, and may be selling them as well.
The Big Fire
Apr 23, 1953
A land lord begins threatening his tenants so he can force them to move out of his building.
The Big Ray
Apr 30, 1953
A man suddenly becomes ill and dies after eating his dinner at home.
The Big Frank
May 7, 1953
While investigating a routine robbery with Friday, Smith suffers a critical gunshot wound. Sergeant Friday is out for vengeance.
The Big Lease
May 14, 1953
An elderly widower is missing, so Friday and Smith retrace his actions before his disappearance. Things point to a long vacation until the story of Mrs. Banner, who rented the man'
The Big Hands
May 21, 1953
Friday and Smith suspect a psycho killer when they find a woman with a broken neck in a hotel room.
The Big Friend
Jun 11, 1953
Friday and Smith are torn between two suspects when a man reports that his wife has been strangled.
The Big Barrette
Jun 18, 1953
Friday and Smith search for the brutal killer of a 21-year-old woman.
The Big Dance
Jun 25, 1953
Friday and Smith are looking for two thugs that seem to have disappeared from the city.