The Big Juvenile Division
Police try to head off an impending gang fight among teenagers, but the effort ends tragically when one of the youths encouraging the conflict is killed.
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Police try to head off an impending gang fight among teenagers, but the effort ends tragically when one of the youths encouraging the conflict is killed.
The disappearance and murder of an interior decorator sends detectives across the city in search of the victim's friend.
Friday and Jacobs pursue a marriage swindler who targets lonely wealthy women and leaves serious personal tragedy behind him.
Financial records and secretly recorded conversations help detectives expose a respectable businessman as the organizer of a jewelry robbery.
Police trace obscene material reaching high-school students to a broader network exploiting young people for profit.
When a housewife disappears, Friday and Jacobs quickly focus on her evasive husband and the possibility that the missing-person case is actually a homicide.
An officer accused of brutality and taking bribes becomes the focus of an inquiry that exposes a narcotics dealer's effort to manufacture testimony against him.
A landlord who threatens tenants with a gun becomes the starting point for an investigation that uncovers arson tied to a grievance reaching back decades.
Two escaped convicts commit a string of robberies while fleeing Los Angeles, sending detectives after them across the border into Mexico.
A woman's disappearance and murder draw detectives through conflicting accounts of her troubled life toward a disturbing family secret.
After a woman shoots her husband and flees, detectives use an unusual sound-related clue to help track her down.
An abandoned infant leads Friday and Smith through conflicting stories to a heartbreaking explanation of how the child was left behind.
Friday and Lockwood pursue a polished confidence man who takes victims' money by selling fraudulent business opportunities.
A woman's death in a hospital elevator leads Friday and Smith into the circumstances of her troubled life and the actions of the man who brought her there.
A series of expert safe burglaries sends Friday through misleading clues toward an arrogant suspect and the accomplice helping him.
Friday investigates a mobile gambling operation after a police raid turns deadly and an officer is shot.
A mail-truck robbery is solved by following a single piece of evidence that points Friday and Smith toward the men responsible.
An extortion scheme targeting bookmakers appears to involve a corrupt officer until investigators discover that the man collecting the payoffs is only pretending to be a policeman.
A series of infant abductions leads detectives to a woman whose actions are rooted in a personal tragedy from her past.
Friday and Smith investigate the death of a woman found in a vacant lot after being poisoned with chloroform.
Friday and Smith trace a flow of high-grade European heroin after an arrested user finally reveals a bartender connected to the supply chain.
A man is violently abducted in downtown Los Angeles, forcing Friday and Smith to race to find both the victim and his attackers.
Traffic officers confront several serious accidents during one harrowing night, illustrating the deadly consequences of reckless driving.
A young man holding a dead woman claims that he caused her death, but his refusal or inability to explain what happened leaves detectives with a puzzling homicide case.
Detectives pursue an armed robber who badly beat a restaurant owner and stole a treasured family signet along with the proceeds of the crime.
A diamond salesman is violently robbed, and Friday and Smith work through misleading leads before an unusual interrogation breaks the case open.
The murder of a young man leads Friday and Smith to a robbery scheme planned by two people who knew the victim.
Friday and Smith pursue a forger using stolen checks and a dead man's identity to defraud supermarkets.
A young man reports that his closest friend was murdered in Mexico, but Friday and Smith uncover a more personal deception behind his story.
A death first considered accidental becomes a murder investigation when the victim's young son provides a crucial clue.
Friday hunts an elusive burglar who has stolen roughly $80,000 in money and jewelry over the course of a year without leaving victims able to provide a useful description.
Friday and Smith race to capture a dangerous criminal after threats are made against Smith's family.
The robbery and murder of a nightclub manager lead detectives to a former employee and two dangerous cousins.
Friday and Smith investigate the kidnapping and robbery of a man found badly beaten and locked in the trunk of his own car.
A teenager's violent classroom episode leads investigators to a business illegally supplying alcohol and narcotics to minors.
A mother claims to have witnessed her son's mysterious killer, but inconsistencies in her account force Friday and Smith to question what really happened.
The poisoning of two Marines leads Friday and Smith to a disturbed man carrying a vendetta against servicemen.
Friday and Smith pursue an experienced bank robber whose distinctive but effective technique makes his crimes difficult to trace.
A movie director's death beneath a falling studio lamp appears accidental until detectives find reason to suspect the incident was deliberately arranged.
The murder of a woman in a rented apartment leads detectives to a jealous lover and a tragic conclusion.
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