- Sergeant Joe Friday: [Aerial footage of LA plays as Friday begins Opening Narration] This is the city, Los Angeles, California. It's made up of industry, education, commerce, agriculture, research and recreation. And, it's a living testimonial to the imagination of 20th century man.
- [Camera zooms in on a group of protestors, one holding a sign saying, "Because of a few must all suffer"]
- Sergeant Joe Friday: Imagination also turns solid citizens into strange characters. It's been said that Los Angeles is the 'strange character capitol' of the country.
- Noradelle De Leone: [Outrageous flower power child being interviewed by the detectives] That's his thing.
- Officer Bill Gannon: Thing?
- Noradelle De Leone: Well, we all have a bag, and in every bag we have a thing. My bag is flowers. My thing is to find homes for them.