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The Best Episodes of Adam-12 Season 2

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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 1 - Log 015: Exactly One Hundred Yards
    7.1/10(152 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 2 - Log 153: Find Me a Needle
    8.0/10(145 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 3 - Log 052: Good Cop: Handle with Care
    7.8/10(127 votes)

    #3 - Log 052: Good Cop: Handle with Care

    S2:E3

    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

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  4. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 4 - Log 023: Pig Is a Three Letter Word
    8.0/10(137 votes)

    #4 - Log 023: Pig Is a Three Letter Word

    S2:E4

    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

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  5. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 5 - Log 083: A Different Thing
    8.1/10(116 votes)

    #5 - Log 083: A Different Thing

    S2:E5

    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

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  6. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 6 - Log 103: A Sound Like Thunder
    7.8/10(167 votes)

    #6 - Log 103: A Sound Like Thunder

    S2:E6

    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

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  7. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 7 - Log 063: Baby
    7.7/10(126 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 8 - Log 093: Once a Junkie
    8.2/10(108 votes)

    #8 - Log 093: Once a Junkie

    S2:E8

    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

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  9. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 9 - Log 123: Courtroom
    8.0/10(116 votes)

    #9 - 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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  10. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 10 - Log 143: Cave
    7.8/10(121 votes)

    #10 - Log 143: Cave

    S2:E10

    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.

    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
    Writer:Robert I. Holt

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  11. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 11 - Log 142: As High as You Are
    7.9/10(111 votes)

    #11 - Log 142: As High as You Are

    S2:E11

    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

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  12. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 12 - Log 043: Hostage
    8.1/10(125 votes)

    #12 - Log 043: Hostage

    S2:E12

    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

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  13. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 13 - Log 034: Astro
    8.2/10(102 votes)

    #13 - Log 034: Astro

    S2:E13

    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

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  14. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 14 - Log 014: S.W.A.T.
    8.4/10(117 votes)

    #14 - Log 014: S.W.A.T.

    S2:E14

    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.

    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
    Writer:Michael Donovan

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  15. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 15 - Log 064: Bottom of the Bottle
    7.9/10(105 votes)

    #15 - Log 064: Bottom of the Bottle

    S2:E15

    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.

    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
    Writer:Robert I. Holt

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  16. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 16 - Log 054: Impersonation
    8.2/10(114 votes)

    #16 - Log 054: Impersonation

    S2:E16

    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

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  17. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 17 - Log 024: A Rare Occasion
    7.6/10(146 votes)

    #17 - Log 024: A Rare Occasion

    S2:E17

    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

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  18. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 18 - Log 124: Airport
    7.6/10(111 votes)

    #18 - Log 124: Airport

    S2:E18

    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.

    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
    Writer:James Doherty

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  19. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 19 - Log 094: Vengeance
    8.2/10(109 votes)

    #19 - Log 094: Vengeance

    S2:E19

    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.

    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
    Writer:James Doherty

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  20. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 20 - Log 104: The Bomb
    8.2/10(108 votes)

    #20 - Log 104: The Bomb

    S2:E20

    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

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  21. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 21 - Log 074: Light Duty
    7.6/10(117 votes)

    #21 - Log 074: Light Duty

    S2:E21

    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.

    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
    Writer:Guerdon Trueblood

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  22. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 22 - Log 114: The Hero
    8.3/10(111 votes)

    #22 - Log 114: The Hero

    S2:E22

    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

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  23. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 23 - Log 134: Child Stealer
    8.2/10(113 votes)

    #23 - Log 134: Child Stealer

    S2:E23

    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.

    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
    Writer:James Doherty

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  24. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 24 - Log 144: Bank Robbery
    7.7/10(133 votes)

    #24 - Log 144: Bank Robbery

    S2:E24

    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

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  25. Adam-12 Season 2 Episode 25 - Log 044: Attempted Bribery
    8.3/10(123 votes)

    #25 - Log 044: Attempted Bribery

    S2:E25

    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.

    Directors:Alan Crosland, Jr.
    Writer:James Doherty

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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 7.1/10 based on 152 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".