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Dragnet: The Badge Racket
Dragnet: The Badge Racket
Men posing as police officers swindle businessmen by soliciting ads for a magazine.
Hulu | March 25, 2008
Season 2
Episode 29
The Joy Riders
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Thrill-seeking teen-agers find that car theft can lead to more serious crimes -- and tragedy.
Episode 28
The Big Problem
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Friday and Gannon, working as community relations officers, find the solution when several charges of police brutality are brought against the department.
Episode 27
The Gambler
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Friday and Gannon investigate the embezzlement of $100,000 from a small industrial firm.
Episode 26
The Investigation
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Friday and Gannon check out an applicant to the Los Angeles police academy and in the process reveal how closely rookie officers are screened.
Episode 25
The Big Departure
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Juveniles who claim they want to be self-sufficient burglarize a grocery store.
Episode 24
The Suicide Attempt
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Friday and Gannon race against time to stop a man from killing himself.
Episode 23
The Squeeze
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Friday and Gannon break up an extortion plot and reveal a new scientific crime device.
Episode 22
The Little Victim
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
After a child is injured, Friday and Gannon discover the parents to be child abusers.
Episode 21
The Big Clan
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Sgt. Friday and Officer Gannon break up a Gypsy fortunetelling racket with the unwitting help of one of the tribe's leaders.
Episode 20
The Starlet
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
The trail of a runaway leads to a thriving pornographic movie business.
Episode 19
The Big Amateur
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
A phony police officer is discovered when he wins a businessmen's club's "All-American Policeman"' award.
Episode 18
The Search
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Friday and Gannon investigate the disappearance of two girls from their mother's front yard.
Episode 17
The Prophet
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Friday and Gannon discover that a psychedelic cult is mainly concerned with legalizing the sale of marijuana and LSD.
Episode 16
The Big Shipment
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
When a plane crashes, a large amount of narcotics is found aboard -- but the pilot is missing.
Episode 15
The Christmas Story
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Friday and Gannon help to recover a Christ-child statue stolen from a church.
Episode 14
The Trial Board
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Friday and Gannon use an unusual method to clear a fellow officer.
Episode 13
The Badge Racket
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Men posing as police officers swindle businessmen by soliciting ads for a magazine.
Episode 12
The Pyramid Swindle
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
An evangelizing woman lures "prospectors"' into her illegal money-making scheme.
Episode 11
The Big Dog
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Dogs are suspected of purse-snatching.
Episode 10
The Missing Realtor
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
The disappearance of a real estate agent leads Friday and Gannon to a vacant house -- and to a murder.
Episode 9
The Big Ad
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Friday and Gannon are helped by an ex-con when a reply to a newspaper ad indicates that someone wants to hire a killer.
Episode 8
The Big High
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
A wealthy businessman asks Friday and Gannon for help when his daughter and son-in-law experiment with marijuana.
Episode 7
The Senior Citizen
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Friday and Gannon uncover a pattern that leads them to a daring daylight burglar.
Episode 6
The Big Frustration
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Friday and Gannon must track down a police sergeant who has turned to alcohol before he loses his job.
Episode 5
The Big Neighbor
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Friday and Gannon find it difficult to enjoy a football game on TV due to Gannon's neighbors.
Episode 4
The Bank Jobs
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
A bank robber forces women to help him while he holds bank employees at gunpoint.
Episode 3
The Badge Racket
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Friday and Gannon bait the trap for a pair of shakedown artists who pose as vice officers.
Episode 2
The Shooting Board
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
Friday finds himself in trouble after he kills a man in self-defense and can't find the suspect's spent bullet.
Episode 1
The Grenade
aired: Sat, Mar 1, 2008
When Friday and Gannon trace a teen-age suspect to his home, he runs away carrying a live grenade.
Season 1
Episode 17
The Bullet
aired: Tue, Sep 11, 2007
Friday and Gannon are about to wrap up a routine suicide investigation when the police laboratory chemist develops a bizarre twist to the case.
Episode 16
The Big Kids
aired: Fri, Sep 7, 2007
Sgt. Friday and Officer Gannon crack down on a gang of juvenile shoplifters.
Episode 15
The Gun
aired: Tue, Sep 11, 2007
Sgt. Friday and Officer Gannon investigate the murder of a beautiful Japanese-born widow whose Nisei husband was killed in Vietnam.
Episode 14
The Subscription Racket
aired: Fri, Sep 7, 2007
Friday and Gannon target a phony magazine salesman who uses an authentic Congressional Medal of Honor for credentials.
Episode 13
The Bookie
aired: Tue, Sep 11, 2007
Friday and Gannon work undercover in a drive to break up a gambling ring.
Episode 12
The Hit and Run Driver
aired: Tue, Sep 11, 2007
Sgt. Friday and Officer Gannon are in search of a motorist who killed two pedestrians.
Episode 11
The Shooting
aired: Wed, Sep 5, 2007
Friday and Gannon trail a paroled pair of criminals who shot a fellow policeman.
Episode 10
The Jade Story
aired: Wed, Sep 5, 2007
Friday and Gannon investigate a burglary in a luxurious Los Angeles home where $200,000 worth of jewelry is reported missing.
Episode 9
The Fur Job
aired: Fri, Sep 7, 2007
Friday and Gannon must catch the thieves and recover $100,000 worth of furs stolen from an exclusive department store.
Episode 8
The Candy Store Robberies
aired: Wed, Sep 5, 2007
Several stores in a confectionery chain have been hit by a gunman and Sgt. Friday and Officer Gannon are assigned to catch him.
Episode 7
The Hammer
aired: Fri, Sep 7, 2007
An apartment house manager is bludgeoned to death and Friday and Gannon pursue the murderer.
Episode 6
Bank Examiner Swindle
aired: Fri, Sep 7, 2007
Friday and Gannon investigate the case of two conmen bilking elderly citizens out of their life savings.
Episode 5
The Masked Bandits
aired: Fri, Sep 7, 2007
Friday and Gannon search for armed thieves specializing in holding up cocktail lounges.
Episode 4
The Interrogation
aired: Wed, Sep 5, 2007
Sgt. Friday and Officer Gannon are assigned to investigate an armed robbery in which a fellow policeman is a prime suspect.
Episode 3
The Kidnapping
aired: Fri, Sep 7, 2007
Sgt. Friday and Officer Gannon track a young gunman who has two hostages in a car.
Episode 2
The Big Explosion
aired: Wed, Sep 5, 2007
Friday and Gannon must find 400 pounds of explosives set to go off somewhere in Los Angeles.
Episode 1
The LSD Story
aired: Wed, Sep 5, 2007
Friday and Gannon investigate the case of an 18-year old dealing LSD to other teenagers.
