by Hal Erickson
synopsis
With only a book of matches as evidence, Joe Friday (Jack Webb) and Frank Smith (Ben Alexander) hope to capture a pair of vicious holdup men who specialize in beating their victims. After the elusive criminals have committed 24 crimes, the detectives finally get a viable lead, courtesy of cocktail-lounge singer Lorene Stanley (Jeanne Tatum). The best sequence has absolutely nothing to do with the plot, as Frank cooks Joe a Spanish omelette for breakfast! This final episode of Dragnet's second TV season is based on the Dragnet radio broadcast of January 18, 1951.
