The Big Man, Part 1: Friday Goes Undercover
Aired: Jan 12th, 1950. Joe Friday says goodbye to his mother and trades his badge for a fake ID as he goes deep undercover in the Narcotics Bureau's biggest case yet. Teaming with federal and state agents, Friday assumes the identity of "Joe Kyber" to infiltrate the operation of two elusive narcotics dealers. This tense season-opening two-parter captures Dragnet at its most procedural, tracing every handshake and backroom meeting required to build a case that will actually stick.
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