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The Best Episodes of Adam-12

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Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.

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    Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 2 - Log 141: The Color TV Bandit
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Log 141: The Color TV Bandit

    S1:E2

    Malloy and Reed learn of a serial home burglar stealing color TVs. They stumble upon the suspect's car with unusual results. Also, Reed must come to terms with his anger over a drug using mother that endangered her children to score dope.

    Director:Phil Rawlins
    Writer:Richard Morgan

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  2. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 3 - Log 011: It's Just A Little Dent, Isn't It?
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Log 011: It's Just A Little Dent, Isn't It?

    S1:E3

    Officers Malloy and Reed assist a young mother whose baby is threatened by a deranged man and they help a woman being harassed by a spiteful neighbor. Reed worries all evening that the small dent in the fender he caused while backing the car up for fuel might lead to termination, since he is still on probation.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Preston Wood

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  3. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 4 - Log 131: Reed, The Dicks Have Their Job And We Have Ours
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Log 131: Reed, The Dicks Have Their Job And We Have Ours

    S1:E4

    Officers Malloy and Reed are involved in a high speed chase, a murder case and a family dispute as they work the P.M. watch. Reed expresses frustration at turning a case over to detectives instead of investigating it.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Preston Wood

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  4. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 5 - Log 091: You're Not The First Guy's Had The Problem
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Log 091: You're Not The First Guy's Had The Problem

    S1:E5

    Officer Reed learns that a professional officer has to keep their emotions under control; even when confronted with an abusive drunk-driver, right after clearing an "officer down" call & finding his close friend from the Academy critically wounded.

    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
    Writer:Preston Wood

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  5. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 6 - Log 161: And You Want Me to Get Married!
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Log 161: And You Want Me to Get Married!

    S1:E6

    Officers Malloy and Reed look for a robbery suspect, help a woman pinned under her crashed car and settle a family dispute, among other duties.

    Director:Phil Rawlins
    Writer:Preston Wood

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  6. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 8 - Log 072: El Presidente
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Log 072: El Presidente

    S1:E8

    Malloy teases Reed about calculating the cost of a new house while their first baby is still 6 months away. In the meantime they settle a domestic dispute between arguing neighbors, help a taxi driver that was just robbed, and a local man mistaken as the President by a group of rural Mexicans. Finally, they must arrest a psychotic shooter holed up in his house.

    Director:Phil Rawlins
    Writer:Robert Forward

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  7. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 9 - Log 101: Someone Stole My Lawn
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Log 101: Someone Stole My Lawn

    S1:E9

    Reed gets Malloy to agree to an early dinner when his wife puts him on a low-cal diet. However, one after another event prevents them from going code 7 all night long. Events include the theft of a man's sod, stolen credit cards, and a suspected car theft.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Tim Dunphy

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  8. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 10 - Log 132: The Producer
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Log 132: The Producer

    S1:E10

    Reed tries to pawn off his new litter of puppies to co-workers, strangers, even victims. The officers work a silent alarm, rescue a boy with his head stuck in a fence, and track down a prowler.

    Director:Phil Rawlins
    Writer:Richard Morgan

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  9. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 12 - Log 61: The Runaway
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Log 61: The Runaway

    S1:E12

    Walters and Brinkman are on a roll lately and like to brag, much to the irritation of Reed. He and Malloy help them out by finishing one of their calls, then rescue a sick teenage girl and arrest the young man who took her in. Back on patrol, they meet an informant who gives them a tip on a big drug buy scheduled for 11 PM. They give the info to Sgt. Miller who asks them to help in the bust.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Preston Wood

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  10. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 13 - Log 122: Christmas: The Yellow Dump Truck
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Log 122: Christmas: The Yellow Dump Truck

    S1:E13

    On Christmas eve Reed and Malloy make rounds distributing police department donation packages to needy families, and pull many heartstrings.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Preston Wood

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  11. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 14 - Log 081: The Long Walk
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Log 081: The Long Walk

    S1:E14

    After roll call, Reed and Malloy provide backup at a robbery, help a lost man return home, handle a call about a prowler, then respond to a silent alarm. Malloy demonstrates for Reed the importance of "officer presence".

    Director:Phil Rawlins
    Writer:Robert C. Dennis

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  12. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 15 - Log 036: Jimmy Eisley's Dealing Smack
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Log 036: Jimmy Eisley's Dealing Smack

    S1:E15

    Reed volunteers to line up entertainment for the department party, just as Malloy needs to serve a subpoena on a famous singer. The team learns of a drug den from their informant and are handed the bust when detectives are too busy to look into it.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Preston Wood

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  13. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 16 - Log 062: Grand Theft Horse?
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Log 062: Grand Theft Horse?

    S1:E16

    Reed and Malloy assist park rangers in catching a horse thief, a homesick Texan who was high on drugs at the time. The officers then chase two gunmen in a high speed pursuit.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Richard Morgan

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  14. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 17 - Log 033: It All Happened So Fast
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Log 033: It All Happened So Fast

    S1:E17

    It's been a long night of patrol for Malloy and Reed. Just as the two tired officers are headed to the station to turn in for the night, shots are fired at the patrol car. In the blink of an eye, Reed kills whom he believes was the gunman. Back at the station, Reed undergoes a night of intensive questioning from the captain and lieutenant, as part of the superior officers' investigation into the incident. In the end, the captain confides in Reed that his story is credible and the rookie officer will likely be allowed back on patrol upon the completion of the investigation.

    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Preston Wood

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  15. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 18 - Log 112: You Blew It
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Log 112: You Blew It

    S1:E18

    Reed and Malloy make a routine traffic stop on a motorist. Before the NCIC check is completed, the dispatcher broadcasts a domestic dispute call in the two officers' patrol area; Reed and Malloy take the call and let the motorist go. Bad choice; the lieutenant soon calls the two errant officers in to scold them. Turns out the motorist had warrants out for his arrest on robbery and weapons charges. Malloy and Reed then come up with and carry out an ultimately successful plan to nab the wanted criminal.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Michael Donovan

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  16. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 19 - Log 051: A Jumper - Code Two
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Log 051: A Jumper - Code Two

    S1:E19

    Not long after an elderly woman insists that Reed and Malloy help adjust her television antenna, the officers are called to a high-rise hotel, where a suicidal man is determined to jump. Malloy incorrectly handles the situation and Mac harshly reprimands him the follow-up investigation.

    Director:Harry Morgan
    Writer:Richard Morgan

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  17. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 20 - Log 073: I'm Still A Cop
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Log 073: I'm Still A Cop

    S1:E20

    While Malloy is attending college, radicals learn he is a cop. They reject him and antagonize him on the job. After helping arrest demonstrators, his new car is vandalized. When a timer is found missing, he locates and disarms a bomb using it.

    Director:Phil Rawlins
    Writer:Harold Jack Bloom

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  18. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 23 - Log 012: He Was Trying to Kill Me
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Log 012: He Was Trying to Kill Me

    S1:E23

    A "child-left-alone" call turns up a horrifying case of child neglect. A 6-year-old girl is left home with her baby brother and both parents are unable to provide for their children.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Robert I. Holt

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  19. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 24 - Log 172: Boy, The Things You Do For The Job
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Log 172: Boy, The Things You Do For The Job

    S1:E24

    Malloy writes a young woman a traffic ticket and then is bombarded with attention and affection, all of which he doesn't want.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Michael Donovan

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  20. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 25 - Log 092: Tell Him He Pushed Back a Little Too Hard
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Log 092: Tell Him He Pushed Back a Little Too Hard

    S1:E25

    A couple of neighbors co-own a boat and continually fight over it so Malloy and Reed do their best to mediate this latest rift.

    Director:Phil Rawlins
    Writer:Preston Wood

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  21. Adam-12 Season 1 Episode 26 - Log 022: So This Little Guy Goes Into This Bar
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Log 022: So This Little Guy Goes Into This Bar

    S1:E26

    Reed hears a joke from Ed Wells before roll call, and then spends the shift retelling it to Malloy. The partners solve a mystery for a little old lady. Later, Reed needs to break up a noisy party hosted by an old school chum.

    Director:Phil Rawlins
    Writer:Preston Wood

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  22. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 1 - Log 015: Exactly One Hundred Yards
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Log 015: Exactly One Hundred Yards

    S2:E1

    On their day off, Malloy and Reed agree to give a talk to a group of fifth grade students, and then offer to let the kids watch them train for the California Police Olympics. But when the tires of their patrol car are slashed and a stopwatch goes missing out of reed's car, the two officers start to suspect one of the children.

    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writer:Jack Hawn

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  23. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 2 - Log 153: Find Me a Needle
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Log 153: Find Me a Needle

    S2:E2

    Malloy and Reed are on the lookout for the "Mulholland Mauler," who has raped six female hitchhikers and left them for dead. They quickly make an arrest of a likely suspect and take him to the location of an abandoned vehicle, after learning its owner never made it to her destination.

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Guerdon Trueblood

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  24. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 7 - Log 063: Baby
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Log 063: Baby

    S2:E7

    Reed's wife is in the hospital expecting their first child, and Reed soon regrets his decision to report for work as usual. Out on patrol, they encounter a drunken man directing traffic, chase down a robbery suspect, investigate the theft of money from washing machines and become involved in a minor traffic accident that results in a major delay.

    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writer:Guerdon Trueblood

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  25. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 9 - Log 123: Courtroom
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Log 123: Courtroom

    S2:E9

    Reed feels a strong sense of accomplishment when he stumbles upon a large stash of narcotics as he secures a residence after executing a traffic warrant with Malloy and Officer Ed Wells. He's in for a rude awakening at the trial, however, when he's cross examined by the defense attorney.

    Director:Joseph Pevney
    Writer:Richard Morgan

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Best Episodes Summary

"Log 141: The Color TV Bandit" is the best rated episode of "Adam-12". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Phil Rawlins and written by Richard Morgan, it aired on 9/28/1968. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Log 011: It's Just A Little Dent, Isn't It?".