- [last lines]
- [Smith and Friday have just investigated an accidental shooting death on Christmas Eve]
- Officer Frank Smith #1: What's it all prove, Joe?
- Sgt. Joe Friday: You don't give a kid a gun from Christmas.
- [first lines]
- Sgt. Joe Friday: This is the city. All year around it wears work clothes; on holidays it dresses up. To most people, Christmas brings happiness and prayer; to some it brings heartbreak - then my job gets tougher. I'm a cop.
- Sgt. Joe Friday: It was Thursday, December 22. We were working the night watch out of Homicide Division. My partner's Frank Smith, the boss is Captain Norman. My name's Friday. We'd gotten a call that a nine-year-old boy was missing from his home. The evidence pointed to foul play. We had to check it out.