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Synopsis
In The Big Pair, detectives Joe Friday and Ben Romero are faced with a troubling series of burglaries in Los Angeles. The episode opens with a young girl, Ruth Ann Snyder, who walks into the police station to report that her home has been completely stripped of its furniture. She and her grandfather, Mr. John H. Snyder, had just returned from a trip to Indiana for a family funeral, only to find their house empty except for a single rug. With her grandfather unable to assist due to his arthritis, Ruth takes it upon herself to seek help from the police.
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