List of Dragnet (1989 TV series) episodes
This is a list of episodes for the Dragnet television series that began in 1989, also known as The New Dragnet.
Series overview
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 26 | October 24, 1989 | January 21, 1990 | |
| 2 | 26 | April 14, 1990 | September 9, 1990 | |
Episodes
[edit]Season 1 (1989–90)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 1 | 1 | "The Twisted Triangle" | Georg Fenady | Joseph Gunn | October 24, 1989 | 106 |
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A woman claims that she was raped in the middle of the day in the elevator leading to her apartment. Her rich and influential husband demands immediate police action, but as Daniels and Molina vigorously pursue the investigation, elements of the woman's story don't seem to quite add up. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "The Living Victim" | Charles Bail | Burton Armus | October 26, 1989 | 103 |
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When factory worker Joe Flynn's body is found inside a parked car, Molina and Daniels have their hands full with a long list of suspects, all of whom are happy to learn that the universally disliked man is dead. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "The Payback" | Georg Fenady | Elliott Anderson | October 31, 1989 | 110 |
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Daniels and Molina are assigned to the homicide of Darrell Fowler, a reclusive ex-Marine turned wealthy real estate developer. The investigation begins with an interview of Fowler's business partner, Emmett Stone, which leads the detectives to investigate the source of Fowler's wealth; Fowler had grown up in foster homes and joined the Marine Corps virtually penniless, but when he was discharged four years later he was a multimillionaire. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Bigamist" | Charles Bail | Steve Johnson | November 2, 1989 | 107 |
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Distraught Lauren Taylor arrives at the station claiming that her husband has stolen all her possessions and cleaned out their bank accounts. Daniels and Molina explain to her that her husband did nothing wrong but agree to take one shot at finding him. They go to his place of employment only to discover that he quit without notice. After talking to an employee, they pull the man's office phone records and follow up on a number that appears frequently. There, they find another woman claiming to be his wife who has a similar story to Lauren's. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Cardiac Arrest" | Georg Fenady | Stan Berkowitz | November 7, 1989 | 105 |
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Daniels and Molina are called to the upscale Mayfield Hotel, where Steven Lewis was found dead from an apparent heart attack. Although the case seems routine, a few small details — the doctor leaving the scene hurriedly because he can't stand the sight of a dead body, and the victim never being seen the hotel staff — don't add up and, during a lull in police work, the detectives decide to look deeper into the deceased's life. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Automated Muggings" | Georg Fenady | Joseph Gunn | November 9, 1989 | 102 |
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Daniels and Molina are assigned to work a series of robberies where a lone gunman holds up individuals after they have made withdrawals from an automated teller machine. One curious aspect of the investigation is that every robbery takes place when patrol cars in the area are occupied on other calls. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Connection" | Bob Bralver | John Alan Schwartz | November 14, 1989 | 115 |
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Working out of Homicide, Daniels and Moilna catch the case of star high school quarterback Rick Randall, who is found dead in a park with crack in his possession. Yet as they pursue the investigation, everyone tells them that Rick was a clean, fit and healthy athlete who would never touch drugs. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Calculator" | Georg Fenady | Alan Moskowitz | November 16, 1989 | 113 |
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While working out of Accident Investigation Division, Daniels and Molina are assigned the case of Marianna Stringer, a flight attendant who, upon stepping out of her car, was run down and killed in the early hours of the morning. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Who Killed My Boat?" | Charles Bail | Burton Armus | November 21, 1989 | 118 |
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The theft of Greg Elias' boat is reported by his lawyer, and Daniels and Molina investigate why Elias is reluctant to talk to them. The boat is a speedboat whose main use is drug smuggling and the man has long been suspected of being involved with drugs, but the police have never been able to prove anything. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Triple Cross" | Charles Bail | Joseph Gunn | November 23, 1989 | 122 |
| 11 | 11 | "DOA Cop" | Charles Bail | Nancy Ann Miller | November 28, 1989 | 112 |
| 12 | 12 | "Where's Sadie?" | Dennis Donnelly | Alan Moskowitz | November 28, 1989 | 123 |
| 13 | 13 | "Nouveau Gypsies" | Charles Bail | Alan Moskowitz | November 30, 1989 | 108 |
| 14 | 14 | "Safe in Jail" | Georg Fenady | Burton Armus | December 5, 1989 | 126 |
| 15 | 15 | "Weekend Warrior" | Georg Fenady | Elliott Anderson | December 7, 1989 | 125 |
| 16 | 16 | "Strawberries Are in Season" | Charles Bail | E. Nick Alexander | December 12, 1989 | 111 |
| 17 | 17 | "Coyote Captive" | Charles Bail | Stan Berkowitz | December 14, 1989 | 121 |
| 18 | 18 | "The Plumber" | Georg Fenady | Burton Armus | December 19, 1989 | 101 |
| 19 | 19 | "The Vandals" | Bob Bralver | Steve Johnson | December 21, 1989 | 119 |
| 20 | 20 | "Armored Truck 211s" | Bob Bralver | Paul Savage | December 26, 1989 | 116 |
| 21 | 21 | "To Steal a Child" | Bob Bralver | E. Nick Alexander | January 2, 1990 | 120 |
| 22 | 22 | "Dead Samaritan" | Dennis Donnelly | Stan Berkowitz | January 4, 1990 | 124 |
| 23 | 23 | "Where's My Soup Cans?" | Charles Bail | Alan Moskowitz | January 9, 1990 | 117 |
| 24 | 24 | "Millie" | Charles Bail | E. Nick Alexander | January 11, 1990 | 104 |
| 25 | 25 | "Queen of Hearts" | Georg Fenady | Mann Rubin | January 20, 1990 | 109 |
| 26 | 26 | "Housewife Hustler" | Georg Fenady | Larry Alexander, James J. Docherty | January 21, 1990 | 114 |
Season 2 (1990)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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| 27 | 1 | "Parachute to Death" | Charles Bail | N/A | April 14, 1990 | 201 |
| 28 | 2 | "The Despot" | Sidney Hayers | N/A | April 22, 1990 | 203 |
| 29 | 3 | "Hired to Kill" | Sidney Hayers | N/A | April 28, 1990 | 204 |
| 30 | 4 | "Chicken Hawk" | Charles Bail | N/A | April 29, 1990 | 205 |
| 31 | 5 | "Bombs Bursting in Air" | Charles Bail | N/A | May 5, 1990 | 206 |
| 32 | 6 | "Family Ordeal" | Charles Bail | B.W. Sandefur | May 19, 1990 | 209 |
| 33 | 7 | "Little Chips" | Charles Bail | N/A | May 20, 1990 | 210 |
| 34 | 8 | "Brain Drain" | Georg Fenady | Phil Mishkin | May 26, 1990 | 211 |
| 35 | 9 | "Trespass" | Georg Fenady | Nancy Ann Miller | June 2, 1990 | 212 |
| 36 | 10 | "Nobody's Child" | Charles Bail | N/A | June 3, 1990 | 213 |
| 37 | 11 | "Conspiracy of Guns" | Charles Bail | N/A | June 9, 1990 | 202 |
| 38 | 12 | "Twice a Hero" | Sidney Hayers | Steve Johnson | June 16, 1990 | 207 |
| 39 | 13 | "Contract Killer" | Sidney Hayers | N/A | June 17, 1990 | 208 |
| 40 | 14 | "Requiem" | Charles Bail | N/A | June 23, 1990 | 214 |
| 41 | 15 | "The Auditor" | Georg Fenady | Gregory S. Dinallo | June 24, 1990 | 215 |
| 42 | 16 | "The Book" | Georg Fenady | Joseph Gunn | June 30, 1990 | 216 |
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A visit to a high-class house of prostitution ultimately leads to the death of a county supervisor. | ||||||
| 43 | 17 | "Little Miss Nobody" | Georg Fenady | Joseph Gunn | August 4, 1990 | 217 |
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An investigation into the death of a beautiful young prostitute leads to a prominent citizen and a drug dealer. | ||||||
| 44 | 18 | "Revenge" | Georg Fenady | Burton Armus | August 11, 1990 | 218 |
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A man accused of child-molesting is found shot to death. | ||||||
| 45 | 19 | "Copy Cat" | Charles Bail | Pat Morrill, Dan Wetherbee | August 12, 1990 | 219 |
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A homeless schizophrenic man confesses to a string of homosexual murders. | ||||||
| 46 | 20 | "Leg Up" | Charles Bail | Gregory S. Dinallo | August 18, 1990 | 220 |
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The severed leg of a man who supposedly died in a plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico washes up on a beach near Los Angeles. | ||||||
| 47 | 21 | "Pretty Girl" | Sidney Hayers | Burton Armus | August 19, 1990 | 221 |
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A bright-eyed young girl looking for a better life in the big city apparently commits suicide, but her parents are sure she has been murdered. | ||||||
| 48 | 22 | "Torch" | Sidney Hayers | N/A | August 25, 1990 | 222 |
| 49 | 23 | "Death of a Prom Queen" | Charles Bail | N/A | August 26, 1990 | 223 |
| 50 | 24 | "Push" | Charles Bail | N/A | September 1, 1990 | 224 |
| 51 | 25 | "Safe Job" | Sidney Hayers | N/A | September 8, 1990 | 225 |
| 52 | 26 | "Family Affair" | Sidney Hayers | N/A | September 9, 1990 | 226 |