Dragnet 1967/The Big High

The Big High
Season 2, Episode 8
Airdate	November 2, 1967
Written by	David Vowell
Directed by	Jack Webb
Produced by	Jack Webb
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Dragnet 1967 — Season Two

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The Big High is the eighth episode of the second season of Dragnet 1967, and the twenty-fifth episode overall.

Starring: Jack Webb (Sgt. Joe Friday), Harry Morgan (Officer Bill Gannon)

Brenda Scott (Jean Shipley)

with Timothy Donnelly (Paul Shipley), Merry Anders (Policewoman Dorothy Miller), Robert Knapp (Captain Trembly), Ed Prentiss (Charles Porter), Kent McCord (2nd Officer), James Oliver (Fred Ludden), Jeff Malloy (1st Officer)

Plot Overview

Suspecting that his daughter and her husband are using marijuana, a businessman asks Friday and Gannon to pay them a visit and set them straight. They fail to get through to the young couple, but eventually suspect that they are not only using but selling marijuana. Joe and Bill return to the couple, who have just finished hosting a pot party, but arrive too late to avoid a tragedy.

Quotes

• Sgt. Joe Friday: No, I'm not gonna lecture you, I don't have the time. I'm just gonna lay it out for you straight. Now you listen to me...you chippy around with marijuana long enough and you're gonna buy yourself a lot of grief. After a while, marijuana won't be enough. You'll start looking for a bigger kick...and then a bigger one after that. And all of this is gonna go down the tubes...your job, your house, car, family...everything! We've seen it happen before, and it's not just the neurotics and psychotics that wife of yours talks about, but to nice, clean-cut kids from good families with good educations. They start out just like you, then they turn into mainliners, shooting out of their arms, and they end up dead...or wishing they were.

Paul Shibley: Maybe.

Friday: Look, everybody says 'no, not me, I'll never get hooked'. They say it right up to the day they start climbing the walls, and they began saying what you are now. No, there's nothing wrong with marijuana...well, there's nothing wrong with a gun either, until you pull the trigger! You can't even BUY the stuff without getting dirty! Think about the guy you bought it from...you think he has a wife, a nice child, a home? No junkies do! They spend most of their time sick or in jail! Don't you take my word for it, just take a look at the guy you bought it from...and look hard, Fella, because you're looking right in the mirror. Now if that's how you want it, there's nothing we can do about it...right now. Next time, it may be different, and you believe me, Boy, there'll be a next time!