This episode of "Dragnet" begins unusually. A man has been shot and Friday and Smith arrive before the paramedics. The man is still alive but just barely and his neighbor is trying to prevent the man from bleeding to death. Then, after a few moments, the man dies. This is VERY gritty stuff--surprisingly gritty then as well as now.
The rest of the show concerns investigating the crime--which turns out to be relatively easy. However WHY the crime was committed is very unusual as well as that they now have TWO folks claiming to have done it! These makes the case just a bit tougher.
This is a rather straight forward episode and apart from the brutality of the killing, it's pretty ordinary in most other ways. About average for the series.
