7.0/10137 votes#1 - Log 015: Exactly One Hundred Yards
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1969
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
7.9/10128 votes#2 - Log 153: Find Me a Needle
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1969
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
8.0/10113 votes#3 - Log 052: Good Cop: Handle with Care
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1969
Malloy and Reed see a man passed out in an alley and stop to lend assistance, deliver bad news to a young wife, apprehend a mentally ill man who then becomes uncontrollably violent in their patrol car, and respond to a robbery that needlessly becomes a tragedy. All along the way the officers have their every move second guessed by a pair of young, unethical freelance journalists who are determined to document police brutality.
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: Preston Wood
8.0/10120 votes#4 - Log 023: Pig Is a Three Letter Word
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1969
Reed busts his first sex offender, who was caught brutally raping a 5-year-old boy in a park restroom, and gets frustrated when he learns the boy died. The officers later find trouble when an arrest in a predominantly Black neighborhood almost sparks a race riot. Another call is a possible dead body that turns out to be rotting fish.
Director: Joseph Pevney
Writer: James Doherty
7.9/10103 votes#5 - Log 083: A Different Thing
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1969
An older husband complains about his wife and friend's noisy karate practice. A hit and run traffic accident looks looks like a homicide. The officers use their investigative skills to locate the suspect and arrest him.
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: Richard Morgan
7.7/10151 votes#6 - Log 103: A Sound Like Thunder
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1969
Malloy and Reed double date on their day off to a ghost town only to be confronted by a motor cycle gang. It takes their quick police instincts to save the day as Mrs Reed gets too close to delivering the baby.
Director: Joseph Pevney
Writer: James Doherty
7.8/10110 votes#7 - Log 063: Baby
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1969
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
8.0/1096 votes#8 - Log 093: Once a Junkie
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1969
A former convict and informant who Malloy helped give a second chance is accused of assaulting a priest, dealing drugs and stealing a gun after being fired from his dish-washing job at Duke's Longhorn Café. Malloy and Reed set out to determine if his story, which is full of suspicious coincidences, is actually true.
Director: Joseph Pevney
Writer: Jack Hawn
7.9/10104 votes#9 - Log 123: Courtroom
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1969
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
7.9/10109 votes#10 - Log 143: Cave
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/1969
Malloy and Reed begin their shift responding to a disgruntled tenant who is holding his landlord at knife point. Later, they investigate a rash of property theft from multiple homes in a quiet neighborhood, stake out an apparent bag of laundry left on the side of the road and search for a runaway boy who gets himself into a life-threatening situation.
Director: Alan Crosland, Jr.
Writer: Robert I. Holt
7.7/1099 votes#11 - Log 142: As High as You Are
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/20/1969
As Malloy and Reed's patrol begins, an uneventful traffic stop becomes more interesting when something catches Malloy's eye. Later, they discover an unusual situation responding to a break-in at a hospital supply warehouse, which becomes even more odd when the warehouse owner and a group of revenge-seeking thugs show up at the scene. The shift ends in a fitting way when they are called to an apartment where a baby has been left unattended with a pet lion.
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: Guerdon Trueblood
8.2/10110 votes#12 - Log 043: Hostage
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1970
Two armed convicts holding up a diner shoot Malloy who entered innocently, and hold him and other civilians hostage.
Director: Joseph Pevney
Writer: Robert Hamner
8.1/1091 votes#13 - Log 034: Astro
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1970
Malloy and Reed become envious of officer wells, who has been given a coveted assignment in the newly established astro helicopter division. Out on patrol, they require assistance saving a wealthy elderly couple who get locked in their heavily fortified basement safe, and then use air support to track down robbery suspects who escape on a motorcycle.
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: Guerdon Trueblood
8.2/10107 votes#14 - Log 014: S.W.A.T.
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/24/1970
Malloy and Reed are the first to respond to a downtown rooftop sniper who has been indiscriminately shooting at anyone he can find with his scoped rifle. After risking their lives to get civilians out of his line of sight, they become lead participants in the S.W.A.T. team's attempt to neutralize the suspect.
Director: Alan Crosland, Jr.
Writer: Michael Donovan
7.7/1097 votes#15 - Log 064: Bottom of the Bottle
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/1970
Malloy and Reed see the same drunk twice in one night, respond to a bar fight and engage in a high-speed pursuit with good samaritans who make a bad decision. They also search for a biker who tries to coerce a woman to repay a debt by riddling her apartment with buckshot.
Director: Alan Crosland, Jr.
Writer: Robert I. Holt
8.0/10103 votes#16 - Log 054: Impersonation
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1970
Malloy and Reed hope to find an impostor as they investigate a boxing promoter's accusation that a police detective stole $350 from him. In the meantime, they deal with a disgruntled wife who is in the process of destroying her own car in the middle of a downtown street, investigate a gun theft from a pawn shop, drive up on a home burglary in progress and obtain critical information while interrogating a suspected car thief.
Director: Joseph Pevney
Writer: Robert I. Holt
7.5/10134 votes#17 - Log 024: A Rare Occasion
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1970
Malloy spends a weekend afternoon attending a barbecue at Reed's home, where Reed lets him hold his newborn son for the first time and tries to set him up with his wife's friend. However, their relaxation is interrupted when they have to deal with a young neighbor who overdoses on drugs and becomes the target of his dealer.
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: Robert I. Holt
7.5/1097 votes#18 - Log 124: Airport
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/1970
Malloy and Reed are rendered powerless when a drunken man with no flight experience decides to take a solo flight in a stolen airplane at a busy airport. Later, they try to locate a 17-year-old runaway living in a condemned home with a much older man, engage in a shootout with a convenience store robber and search for a booby-trapped bank safe that has been stolen with a tow truck.
Director: Alan Crosland, Jr.
Writer: James Doherty
8.1/1095 votes#19 - Log 094: Vengeance
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/7/1970
Malloy fears that a boxer who has just been paroled after serving a murder sentence is going to seek revenge against him. Out on patrol, they try to save a man who has been crushed while working under a stolen car, apprehend a liquor store robber who swears revenge against reed, change a flat tire on their patrol car, locate a four-year-old child who locked himself in a refrigerator and become the targets of an ambush.
Director: Alan Crosland, Jr.
Writer: James Doherty
8.0/1098 votes#20 - Log 104: The Bomb
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1970
Malloy and Reed search for a suspect who frames an employee of a manufacturing plant for theft and then plants a powerful bomb on the premises. They also apprehend two criminals after questioning a suspicious man who is carrying heavy bags down the street, and protect an innocent motorist from a street race that still ends in tragedy.
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writer: Robert I. Holt
7.9/10104 votes#21 - Log 074: Light Duty
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/21/1970
Malloy and Reed spend a night shift on desk duty after Malloy breaks his wrist and another office worker calls in sick. With the assistance of a new female recruit, they deal with a homesick elderly woman who refuses to identify herself, help a lenient father bail out his son and become suspicious of a man who walks in looking for a wanted fugitive.
Director: Alan Crosland, Jr.
Writer: Guerdon Trueblood
8.2/10102 votes#22 - Log 114: The Hero
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 3/28/1970
Malloy and Reed respond to a fire where a young man, Lauro, saves a man trapped inside. But Lauro seems reluctant to receive any praise or attention much to everyone's surprise. Meanwhile, a concerned landlord reports suspicious in-activity from a tenant with heart trouble where Malloy and Reed arrive in time to give him CPR and save his life. Malloy attempts to keep his new hat clean, but finds it an impossibility.
Director: Joseph Pevney
Writer: Don Ingalls
8.1/10104 votes#23 - Log 134: Child Stealer
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 4/4/1970
Reed has to deal with the consequences of forgetting to roll up the window on the patrol car before he left it. Back on patrol, Malloy and Reed search for an estranged husband who kidnaps his own child, deal with an elderly man who tries to pay for a meal with trading stamps, engage in a shootout with an escaped prisoner caught napping on a city bus and pull over a hijacked delivery van full of booze.
Director: Alan Crosland, Jr.
Writer: James Doherty
7.7/10122 votes#24 - Log 144: Bank Robbery
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 4/11/1970
Malloy and Reed are in for a rude awakening when they report to the home of a former professional wrestler on a domestic abuse call. Later, they become suspicious of an apartment burglary victim after they find one of the suspects dead, deal with a man who discovers car parts that were stolen from him installed on another car and become involved in a shootout responding to a bank robbery.
Director: Joseph Pevney
Writer: James Doherty
8.4/10112 votes#25 - Log 044: Attempted Bribery
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 4/18/1970
Malloy and Reed prove they cannot and will not be bribed, no matter how good the offer, resulting in desperation from a young man charged with his third drunk driving offense. An elderly man admits mercy killing his wife.
Director: Alan Crosland, Jr.
Writer: James Doherty
The Best Episodes of Adam-12 Season 2
Every episode of Adam-12 Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Adam-12 Season 2!
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...
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Log 015: Exactly One Hundred Yards" is the best rated episode of "Adam-12" season 2. It scored 7/10 based on 137 votes. Directed by Joseph Pevney and written by Jack Hawn, it aired on 9/20/1969. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Log 153: Find Me a Needle".