September 2, 1955 • 30m
A young woman is beaten to death with a led pipe and left in an empty office.
September 9, 1955 • 30m
Episode 2 of Season 5 premiered on September 9, 1955
September 16, 1955 • 30m
Episode 3 of Season 5 premiered on September 16, 1955
September 23, 1955 • 30m
An organized gang of shoplifters is looting large department stores in the city.
September 30, 1955 • 30m
A man walks into the station and tells Friday that he wants to confess to a murder, but the cops have a hard time varifying his story.
October 7, 1955 • 30m
A pawn shop owner alerts Friday and Smith when a man claimed to have purchased an expensive ring that turns out to be junk and the...Read more
October 14, 1955 • 30m
A woman is dragged from her home and badly beaten by an unknown attacker.
October 21, 1955 • 30m
A housewife, Ella Ryburn, reports to Friday and Smith that she cannot contact her mother, who is married to Alfred Rudolph Shroder...Read more
October 28, 1955 • 30m
Sgt. Friday investigates a robber who only targets pet stores and homes that have pet birds.
November 4, 1955 • 30m
A con man makes lonely women fall for his charms, then steals their money and disappears.
November 11, 1955 • 30m
An elderly couple is brutally beaten and the trail leads police to a former handy man.
November 18, 1955 • 30m
Joe Friday searches for a check forger who has been using the name of the old-time movie villain Parker Allington... who died three years ago.
November 25, 1955 • 30m
A night club owner is shot down and there are no witnesses to the crime.
December 2, 1955 • 30m
Friday and Smith happen to catch a man trying to sell a stolen ring at a pawn shop.
December 9, 1955 • 30m
An anonymous note leads Friday and Smith to a group of teenage drug users and their neglectful parents.
December 16, 1955 • 30m
Friday and Smith investigate what seems to be the perfect crime.
December 30, 1955 • 30m
During a quiet New Year's shift, Friday and Smith remember some of their past cases and why it is they became cops.
January 6, 1956 • 30m
Episode 18 of Season 5 premiered on January 6, 1956
January 13, 1956 • 30m
An elderly woman fakes a burglary report so she can get attention from the police and the media.
January 20, 1956 • 30m
Episode 20 of Season 5 premiered on January 20, 1956
January 27, 1956 • 30m
Friday and Smith are on the trail of a robbery suspect that has robbed two stores.
February 3, 1956 • 30m
A city councilman is beaten and robbed by two men outside a bar. When he dies from his injuries, Friday and Smith feel pressure to find the killers.
February 10, 1956 • 30m
A two-year-old child after drinking bleach from under the sink. Friday and Smith are unable to locate the mother for questioning.
February 17, 1956 • 30m
A liquor store owner is shot and killed during a botched robbery, but police can find no trace of the fatal bullet.
February 24, 1956 • 30m
Friday and Smith investigate a missing persons report.
March 2, 1956 • 30m
Friday gets a call from a former mental patient who is threatening to kill himself and his family.
March 9, 1956 • 30m
Police find themselves in a stand-off when an armed bank robber takes a woman hostage in her home.
March 16, 1956 • 30m
Episode 28 of Season 5 premiered on March 16, 1956
March 23, 1956 • 30m
Friday and Smith hit a blank wall when a burglary suspect refuses to admit where he hid his stash.
March 30, 1956 • 30m
Friday goes undercover to catch brothers who steal people's money by posing as real-estate agents.
April 6, 1956 • 30m
A police officer is suspended from duty when he is accused of taking a bribe in exchange for a prisoner's release.
April 13, 1956 • 30m
Two bandits turn cop killer when they gun down an off-duty policeman during a tavern hold-up.
April 20, 1956 • 30m
An informant tips off police to a shipment of heroin coming into the country. Friday goes under cover to bust open the ring.
April 27, 1956 • 30m
Friday and Smith are investigating a rash of car thefts. The stolen cars are being sold with forged pink slips.
May 4, 1956 • 30m
A teenage boy turns himself in and confesses to being an addict, but he refuses to give up the names of his friends who supplied him.
May 11, 1956 • 30m
A young man is found hiding in an empty train car with the strangled body of an older woman next to him.
May 18, 1956 • 30m
Episode 37 of Season 5 premiered on May 18, 1956
May 25, 1956 • 30m
Episode 38 of Season 5 premiered on May 25, 1956
June 1, 1956 • 30m
Episode 39 of Season 5 premiered on June 1, 1956