It's a personal matter for Joe Friday (Jack Webb) when his old army buddy Max Tyler (Harlan Warde) is arrested. Out of sympathy for Max's wife Dorothy (Elizabeth Fraser), Joe offers to look after the man's family while he is in prison. Dorothy returns the "favor" by helping Max escape just before his parole hearing. This episode is based on the Dragnet radio broasdcast of January 5, 1950. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi