"Dragnet" The Big Pair (TV Episode 1954) Poster

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7/10
More like a public service announcement...
planktonrules20 November 2013
This episode of "Dragnet" is more targeted to education than most, as it gives the viewer tips in order to avoid burglaries when you are off on vacation. It begins with an adorable little girl (Beverly Washburn) going to the police station to report a burglary. It seems that her grandfather is disabled and he told her to go get the police! When the detectives arrive, the see that EVERYTHING is the home is gone...everything. Soon, other such robberies are also reported. In each case, the folks were out of town and the home was left bare. Can the detectives get to the bottom of this?

This is an enjoyable but relatively ordinary episode. Aside from seeing Washburn act (and I love seeing a child actor who can really act--they are RARE) and watching Friday slug one of the thieves, it's not particularly remarkable one way or the other. It's still worth seeing and you probably won't be disappointed.
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8/10
Precaution Against Home Thefts
biorngm6 March 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Review - The Big Pair Aired 9-16-54 Friday, Smith are working the day-watch out of Burglary Detail. The lesson for house owners is not to leave any tell-tale signs someone is gone, e.g. newspapers collecting on doorsteps with curtains drawn. A couple is very successful robbing houses of their contents, selling the items to various retailers under false names, cashing the check proceeds, moving to the next home visibly unoccupied, breaking a rear window, entering the home and posing as a couple moving out via a hired moving van with movers.

The couple is so successful that it takes an eye-witness to a decoy house being robbed, before the couple is caught. The police can identify the two criminals through a furniture retailer, a bank teller, a watchful pet shop owner, but are unable to nab the burglars in the act. Quick action by the police when the couple is spotted in action casing a decoy home, is how the criminals are arrested.

Supporting cast members are believable including a young girl as one of the victims, plus a furniture store owner as an duped receiver of some stolen merchandise. Friday, Smith get help on this case from a familiar character actor policeman, as well. The voice of the police-woman providing identity of vehicle plate owners is familiar, too. Fifteen counts of burglary in the second degree sends each to prison.
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At Least We Don't Need a House Cleaner
dougdoepke10 May 2007
Someone is casing neighborhoods for vacationers and then plundering the houses for all the furniture. An early episode of the fourth season, there's a clear move toward injecting more humor into the proceedings. Here the levity surrounds a newly-wed cop and a pixilated pet store owner. It's pretty well handled, though the growing trend becomes an irritant for purists since the comedic interludes distract from the main business, and too often make Frank appear somewhat dense and inappropriate. The episode itself is heavy with procedure and includes a rather touching sequence with two of the victims-- a little girl (delightfully officious) and her crippled grandfather. There's also a rather gratuitous round of fisticuffs-- likely another concession to the new season. Otherwise, a routinely entertaining entry.
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