The Big Fake

A man and his wife accuse a rookie cop of assaulting and robbing him, and it doesn't look good. Friday and Romero, investigating the case, soon discover an unexpected angle that could clear the officer.

The Big Fall Guy

While investigating a pair of robberies, an ex-prize fighter confesses to Friday and Smith that he committed them, and gives a fantastic story why.

The Big False Make

Friday and Smith pick up a man who confesses to robbing a grocery store, but his account doesn't agree with that of the grocer. Further investigation reveals even more holes in his story.

The Big Father

Friday and Romero are investigating a series of daytime robberies when their "hot prowler" winds up assaulting a housewife.

The Big Filth

Friday and Policewoman Irene Gardner investigate when a woman disappears, abandoning her four children.

The Big Finish

Friday and Smith investigate a possible suicide in a motel room, when Joe realizes the victim had "help".

Note: This was the last original episode in the radio series.

The Big Fire

Friday and Jacobs check stories that a landlord has been taking prospective tenants' deposits, then threatening to kill them if they move into his building. But they soon discover a bigger scam is being planned…

The Big Flight

A series of heists have Friday and Smith on the trail of the perps. But they hit a snag when their prime suspect has an alibi, and it's verified by his parole officer.

The Big Fourth

Friday and Romero crack down on a series of baby snatchings going on in a suburban neighborhood.

The Big Frame

Friday and Romero investigate a hit-and-run death, but it becomes apparent that the victim was not run over…

The Big Fraud

Friday and Smith crack down on a trio of con men, two who pose as cops, who are shaking down businessmen for bribes in an elaborate "frame" scheme.

The Big Friend

Friday and Romero investigate when a woman is found murdered in her garage by her husband and his best friend.

The Big Fraud

The Big Gamble

Friday and Lockwood pick up the trail of a floating gambling ring, but things get ugly when a cop is shot in the ensuing raid.

The Big Gangster (two-parter)

Somebody's trying to rub out local gangster Gus Valentine. Friday and Romero have to find out who and why, or else it'll be the start of a huge gang war in Los Angeles.

The Big Gap

Friday and Smith investigate a case where a man lost his life savings when he got swindled into purchasing what was claimed to be an emerald ring but was merely cheap glass.

The Big Genius

It's a rough day at Juvie for Friday and Smith: after dealing with an angry father over the arrest of his son, they then investigate why a teenager has been stealing food from an elderly woman.

The Big Gent (two-parter)

Frank Cheney, a legendary "Gentleman Bandit", had just been paroled from Folsom Prison- and Friday and Romero want to put him back after he becomes a suspect in a robbery and murder in San Diego.

The Big Girl

Friday and Romero are on the trail of a woman hitchhiker who's been brutally mugging her rides.

The Big Gone

Friday and Smith investigate the robbery of a flower shop that turned into a shootout. A bizarre twist turns up when it appears that one of the perps, who got four shots to the chest, managed to crawl away with no one noticing.

The Big Grab

Friday and Smith are assigned to recover a kidnapped six year old girl who was taken off the street.

The Big Grandma

Friday and Romero attempt to pin down a check forger with an erratic M.O. who has been getting away with it for the past nine years.

The Big Grifter

Friday and Romero are keeping a close eye on an elderly con man whose criminal record is as thick as a telephone book and is running a new racket to fleece the bereaved.

The Big Guilt

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a well-dressed man found strangled in a back alley with his pockets emptied.

The Big Gun (two-parter)

A rash of rental truck thefts lead Friday and Smith to a heroin smuggling ring working out of Mexico.

The Big Ham

A young girl is found in a prospective actor's apartment, killed by a small caliber rifle. Friday and Smith are investigating it as a suicide, but some niggling details pop up…

The Big Hands

Friday and Romero are on the case when a woman is found horribly strangled in a hotel room.

The Big Handsome Bandit

Friday and Smith investigate a botched café robbery which turned into a shootout.

The Big Hat

Friday and Smith go after a well-dressed man who robbed a diamond merchant.

The Big Hate

Friday and Smith investigate the death of a woman from undetermined causes and have to deal with an uncooperative witness and his dysfunctional family.

The Big Heel

Friday and Smith investigate a series of burglaries where the linking factor is that the same unusual footprint was found at each scene.

The Big Help

Friday and Smith track down a gang of forgers that prove adept at evading conventional forensic techniques.

The Big Hit and Run Killer

Friday and Romero search for the driver of a panel truck which had run down an elderly woman and her grandson.

The Big Holdup

Friday and Romero attempt to gather hard evidence on a racket involving phony TV repair charges for services not rendered.

The Big Honeymoon

Friday and Jacobs are searching for a fortune hunting con man whose latest scam caused the jilted woman to commit suicide.

The Big Housemaid

Friday and Smith investigate a series of robberies committed by a woman posing as a domestic; one of the victims is an elderly lady with some embarrassing memories about Frank.

The Big Impossible

Friday and Smith investigate a string of robberies of large supermarkets. They hit a snag when the man identified by the victims in the mug shots is reported to have been laid up at a rest home with a lung ailment.

The Big Imposter

Friday and Romero head the search effort for a missing ten year old that goes on for nine months.

The Big Informant

Friday and Smith investigate a series of safecrackings by what appears to be a gang from out of state.

The Big In-Laws

Friday and Romero investigate a series of truck hijackings.

The Big Joke

A bartender contacts Friday and Smith when he receives an offer for $5000 to kill a man who he doesn't know.

The Big Jolt

A riot at a high school leads Friday and Smith to learn about a couple who are selling booze and narcotics to teenagers.

The Big Jump

Friday has to go out on the ledge of a building and stop a potential suicide.

The Big Juvenile Division

Friday and Jacobs try to stop a "teen Hitler" who is out to start a turf war between five juvenile gangs- and face disbelief and hostility from the boy's parents.

The Big Key

Friday and Smith are after a man who robs drugstores of cash and narcotics and makes his getaway in a stolen car.

The Big Kid

Friday and Smith get word that a gang war will be occurring soon and the recent theft of firearms and ammunition indicate that it'll be serious.

The Big Kill

Friday's on the trail of a cop killer. But when he's finally caught, the murder weapon can't be found.

The Big Knife

Friday and Romero are called to a high school to catch a slasher who is preying on teenage girls.

The Big Late Script

Friday and Romero investigate the possible kidnapping of a successful businessman.

The Big Laugh

Friday and Smith investigate a series of scams committed against some lonely women, but their man has been careful to leave himself a loophole so he can't be taken to trial.

The Big Layout

A neighbor tells Friday that he's learned that his son is a heroin addict and asks for his help.

The Big Lease

Was it suicide or murder when a businessman distraught over the death of his wife disappeared? That's the question Friday and Romero have to answer.

The Big Lens

The clue that can help Friday and Smith catch a pair of robbery/kidnapping suspects is a contact lens found in the back of a car.

The Big Lie

A young man is murdered, and Friday and Smith have to sort out the stories being told by the suspects.

The Big Lift

Note: There are two completely different stories from different years that share this title.

1953: Friday and Smith investigate a series of burglaries in which the only thing they have to work with is a rather vague M.O.

1954: Friday and Smith crack down on a gang of highly organized shoplifters.

The Big Light

Friday and Smith investigate the death of a director at a movie studio who was killed when an overhead light fell on his head.

The Big Lilly

Friday and Smith check on a tip about a beaten woman from someone who hung up before identifying himself.

The Big Limp

Friday and Smith get involved when a teen arrested for possession lets slip that his brother is planning a major robbery.

The Big Listen

A police informant leads Friday and Smith to three crooks who are planning a big job. To find out what it is, the cops bug their apartment.

The Big Little Jesus

Friday and Smith investigate the theft of a statue of the baby Jesus from a church's nativity scene.

The Big Little Mother

Friday and Smith finally make some progress on a series of credit forgeries that have been continuing for a few years by a woman who has exclusively taken children's clothing.

The Big Locker

While doing a routine check of a pawnshop, Friday and Smith become suspicious when a customer attempts to sell a ring for twenty dollars even though it has a genuine emerald and has an actual value closer to a thousand dollars.

The Big Look

Friday and Smith investigate a series of burglaries and assaults.

The Big Love

Friday and Romero search for a woman who disappeared along with her two year old daughter and, according to some of the neighbors, ran off with another man.

The Big Mail

Friday and Smith are hunting for a trio of robbers who stole twenty-eight sacks of registered mail from a U.S. Postal truck.

The Big Mailman

Friday and Romero join forces with the U.S. Post Office to catch a mail thief who has been stealing and cashing checks.

The Big Make

Friday and Romero are on the case when a man and his daughter are gunned down during a bakery robbery.

The Big Mama

A secretary comes to Friday and Smith when her boss suddenly disappears with all the company records.

The Big Man (two-parter)

Friday goes undercover as a heroin buyer to try to flush out the identity of a drug boss- who turns out to be very slippery at getting caught.

The Big Mannequin

Friday and Smith investigate when a man disappears while trying to collect a debt.

The Big Mask (two-parter)

Over the course of a year, Friday and Smith pursue "The Black Mask Bandit", an armed robber who specializes in knocking over supermarkets for money and groceries.

The Big Match

Friday and Smith investigate the robbery of an auction house and get a lead from some partially burnt matches left behind by the culprit.

The Big Meet

Friday and Romero investigate a newly arrived narcotics supplier who is adept at avoiding being caught carrying merchandise.

The Big Mink

A furrier has been murdered, and to find the killer Friday and Romero have to first find a missing fur coat.

The Big Mole

Friday and Smith investigate a series of shop burglaries where there's no physical evidence or signs of forced entry left behind.

The Big Mug

Friday and Smith attempt to capture a mugger operating in the downtown area who has gotten bold enough to start operating during the daytime.

The Big Mustache

Friday and Smith investigate the robbery of a grocery store by a man wearing a false mustache

The Big Net

Friday and Smith head an operation to capture a mugger who is particularly active and violent.

The Big Note

Friday and Smith investigate a pair of heavies peddling heroin to a schoolgirl.

The Big No-Tooth

Friday and Smith are on the hunt for a punk who has been robbing hotels with a sawed-off shotgun.

The Big Number

Friday and Smith investigate a bank robbery done in a professional manner by a man with bandages on his face.