7.9/1088 votes#1 - Harbor Division
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1973
Malloy needs to sell two tickets to the ballet after his date cancels, but he quickly regrets putting a notice on the station's bulletin board. While patrolling the harbor and surrounding area, he and Reed investigate a marine fuel dealer accused of forgery, pull over a driver with a suspicious box on the roof of his car, question a suspicious young couple, deal with an astrologer who is driving recklessly and encounter a drunken cook shooting a rifle from the crow's nest of a docked ship.
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Writer: Bryan K. Joseph
8.0/1093 votes#2 - Rampart Division
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1973
Malloy and Reed patrol a neighborhood of Los Angeles inhabited by a large retired population. Calls include a purse snatching during which the suspect eluded capture, but was later found during routine patrol, an elderly man with multiple warrants for auto theft trying to break into a car in a church parking lot, a dispute between an elderly woman and man over her eviction and his offer to take her in (the woman is later arrested when she begins smashing 1-Adam-12's windshield with a baseball bat), a dispute over $5, a baby stroller rolling into a lake, and a retired policeman-turned-security guard named George who wants to talk shop, then assists in the suspects' arrest after a robbery, afterwards laments to the officers about being lonely due to all of his friends passing on.
Director: Lawrence Doheny
Writer: David H. Vowell
8.1/1096 votes#3 - Foothill Division
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1973
Sgt. MacDonald reported his camper was broken into with three fishing rods and a pair of custom-made cowboy boots missing, and offers two free steak dinners for their return. The officers come across another man with the same "one of a kind" boots that Mac lost. Cases include Malloy, Reed, and Mac riding horseback to locate three suspects in a break-in at a stable, the station comes under sniper fire, and Officer Wells (showing his rarely-seen compassionate side) takes up a collection for a couple and their cancer-stricken daughter to get to San Francisco, later Wells finds out he's been had as the "couple" were well-known con artists with a long rap sheet.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Leo Gordon
8.0/1098 votes#4 - West Valley Division
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1973
Malloy has his eye on an attractive woman he's seeing all over town walking a scotty dog, which eventually turns out to be bad news for her. Meanwhile, he and Reed assist a police helicopter track down a young man riding his dirt bike in the hills illegally during fire season, search for an armed suspect who held up a movie theater before escaping on a motorcycle and coordinate with the police helicopter in a futile search for two armed robbery suspects who fatally shot a night watchman inside a department store.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Alf Harris
7.8/10121 votes#5 - Venice Division
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1973
Malloy and Reed have to break the news to a young model that her press agent lied when he said there would be nothing wrong with having a nude photo shoot on a busy public beach. Later, they discover a man stealing from a phone booth, assist in the chase of a stolen dune buggy, try help an attractive woman whose safety is put in grave danger by an obscene phone caller, deal with a wino who dies while eating at a diner and pull over a woman towing a large jack-o-lantern.
Director: Lawrence Doheny
Writer: Robert I. Holt
7.9/1087 votes#6 - Hot Shot
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1973
Today's patrol begins with a traffic stop of a high-society cat burglar who's just finished serving a four-year prison term, and Malloy senses the guy is about to return to his old ways. Meanwhile, he and Reed engage in a standoff with a wounded robbery suspect who fatally shot a convenience store worker, examine an abandoned vehicle, investigate the theft of a book from a library and deal with a distraught unemployed man who takes his young daughter hostage in his home.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Leo Gordon
8.2/10103 votes#7 - Van Nuys Division
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1973
Malloy returns from vacation sporting a mustache, prompting chuckles and guffaws from the squad. The officers then assist Air Ten in rescuing two people from an airplane crash. Reno West, a paroled thief, is suspected in the theft of some stamps from a mansion. A witness provides excellent descriptions of suspects involved in a jewelry store robbery. And a woman takes an alleged purse snatcher to the police station in her car rather than walk four miles to do so. Malloy shaves off the mustache when he has trouble trimming it.
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Writer: Leo Gordon
8.1/10104 votes#8 - Training Division
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1973
A rookie cop with a "know-it-all" presents problems for the officers on the force, including Officer Wells, Malloy and Reed. Barrett bungles the arrest of a kooky but ultimately harmless elderly man suspected of holding up a bank. Later, a bomber has planted an explosive device inside a cereal box at a local grocery store, with the bomb set to go off within the hour.
Director: Kenneth Johnson
Writer: Michael Donovan
7.9/1097 votes#9 - Capture
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1973
Reno West's burglary reign continues, and the Captain orders it stopped at all costs. Other cases include having to divert a vicious guard dog so the officers can save a 70 year old man in a diabetic coma, investigate a theft of a rare jade statue from a mansion, and a domestic dispute between a couple where it appears the wife is the abuser.
Director: Lawrence Doheny
Writer: Leo Gordon
8.0/1098 votes#10 - Hollywood Division
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1973
There's a new dispatcher on today's day watch, and while Reed can't stand her voice, Malloy sees the situation much differently. On patrol, they search for a hit and run driver who left a small girl in serious condition, investigate a break-in at a synagogue, deal with a drunk woman who is searching for her daughter and become part of a SWAT team attempting to neutralize a sniper terrorizing the movie studio from which he was just fired.
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Writer: Preston Wood
8.1/10105 votes#11 - Northeast Division
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1973
Reed needs his TV repaired, and brings in his Boy Scout neighbor with a merit badge in electronics to work on it. Cases involve pursuing a juvenile on a souped-up minibike, a woman suspected of killing and burying her husband in the back yard, a robbery committed by a long haired woman in high heels, a picket line at a store resolved when the lead picketer found out she went on a "computer date" with the store manager and he lied about his occupation, and a report made on a robbery turned out to be made by the actual robbers.
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
7.8/1079 votes#12 - If the Shoe Fits
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 12/12/1973
While Reed is having his shoes fixed at the repair shop, the squeakiness of his replacement shoes is driving Malloy crazy. On patrol, they deal with a deranged homeowner destroying his own possessions, stop a cargo van whose driver misunderstands the meaning of double jeopardy, search for a young boy hiding in an industrial building about to be demolished and create a hostage situation after shooting a bank robber.
Director: Lawrence Doheny
Writer: Jim Carlson
7.9/1094 votes#13 - Southwest Division
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 12/19/1973
Reed and Malloy respond to a dispute in a park, where elderly woman Edna Digby (Lillian Bronson) tries to stop painter Andre Pochek from selling a painting that she considers indecent. To resolve the issue (due to the seller needing a new permit and being short on money) Malloy buys the painting and puts it in the back of the cruiser. It becomes a frequent topic of discussion despite Malloy's dislike for the painting, and when Malloy tries to sell it to another officer, the officer only buys the frame, leaving him with the painting. Calls include a man trying to retrieve a valuable coin from a toy dispenser, a potential "peeping tom" who is actually a city employee using a telescope to check meters to avoid dogs, a repo man trying to widen a door in a house he is trying to repossess furniture from, and an ex-football star-turned-robber who flees into the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Director: Lawrence Doheny
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
8.0/1099 votes#14 - The Sweet Smell...
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1974
Malloy and Officer Woods return from a day of fishing smelling like fish...which is aggravated when a disoriented woman spills perfume in the back seat. Numerous trips to the police garage fail to get the smells out. Other incidents include a mute woman informing the officers someone had broken into a church, a kidnapping call that turns out to be a man picking up a drunk woman to take her home, and a boy whose bike was stolen by a big boy and was recovered when the boy's friends caught and held the big boy until the police arrived.
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Writer: Jim Carlson
8.6/10103 votes#15 - Trouble in the Bank
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 1/15/1974
While on a quiet patrol, Reed decides to spend part of his lunch break doing business at his bank while Malloy waits in the patrol car. Unfortunately, he walks into the clutches of a pair of ruthless robbers who take him hostage.
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Writer: Jerry Thomas
8.1/1087 votes#16 - North Hollywood Division
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/1974
Reed volunteers to write a profile on Malloy for the LAPD's magazine to honor his 10th anniversary on the force, but soon discovers he may be in over his head. Out on patrol, an apparent gas station armed robbery gets turned on its head when they question the parties after a long chase, a man goes to extreme lengths to get his neighbor's poodle to stop barking, a woman's plan to get her husband arrested backfires and a liquor store robbery suspect barricades himself inside a house's garage after a high-speed chase.
Director: Lawrence Doheny
Writer: Leonard B. Kaufman
8.5/10101 votes#17 - Taking It Easy
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/1974
Reed is suffering from a wrist injury which puts him on desk duty, while Malloy has to break in a new rookie partner. Reed's day is far from routine as he has to handle a bomb threat that results in the evacuation of the station, Officer Brinkman accidentally discharges his shotgun twice, a young man wants to report misconduct by a police officer, an elderly man brings a shotgun into the station to drop off, Malloy brings in a group of children abandoned by their mother, and Malloy and his partner pursue a car into the police parking lot, where the suspects are arrested.
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Writer: Robert Schlitt
8.2/1095 votes#18 - Krash
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 2/5/1974
Malloy's brand new car gets dinged up when he has to bail out to chase down a purse snatcher, but Sgt. MacDonald promises him his kid brother in Beverly Hills can fix it on the cheap. Out on patrol, he and Reed search for a drunk man accused of randomly shooting arrows, respond to a robbery at a deli that results in tragedy and search for a drug store robbery suspect who gets away after being shot.
Director: Lawrence Doheny
Writer: C. W. Noel
8.3/1099 votes#19 - Routine Patrol
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 2/12/1974
Malloy and Reed begin today's patrol by responding to a call of a drunken woman threatening the patrons of a bar with a handgun. Afterwards, they search for a group of four carjackers who go on a robbery spree after targeting a man with a cache of guns in his trunk, and investigate the suspicious death of a mentally disabled man.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Writer: Leo Gordon
8.3/1076 votes#20 - Sunburn
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 2/18/1974
Reed returns from an off-day with an uncomfortable full-body sunburn, which causes him problems throughout the watch. Calls include responding to a traffic accident, acting on a tip from an informant, busting a drug dealer working out of abandoned homes, searching for a robbery suspect based on a vehicle description, and assisting in the rescue of two boys when their boat capsizes.
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Writer: Bryan K. Joseph
7.6/10104 votes#21 - Skywatch: Part 1
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 2/25/1974
Malloy and Reed are chosen to ride in Air-70 to observe how the LAPD's air patrol works. The chopper's cases include searching for two robbery suspects inside a high-rise building and tracking an escaping murder suspect.
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Writer: Leo Gordon
7.7/1089 votes#22 - Skywatch: Part 2
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 3/4/1974
Malloy and Reed take to separate helicopter units to continue their observations. The choppers assist in a stolen light plane from LAX by a distraught man, track two robbery suspects fleeing in separate cars, and assist in a nighttime house fire.
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Writer: Leo Gordon
8.1/1094 votes#23 - L.A. International
Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 3/12/1974
Malloy, Reed, and Officer Woods are assigned airport duty at LAX, now equipped with closed-circuit cameras, which were used to observe a burglary in progress and apprehend the suspects before they could leave. An argument over a suitcase resulted in the discovery of drugs, another dispute involving an Army soldier and another man uncovers a scheme where the civilian took Japanese Yen from the soldier. A ticket clerk that catches Malloy's eye informs him of a man who bought tickets from her previously under a different name, which results in the breakup of a credit card theft ring, a runaway is escorted to security until his mother can pick him up, and a silent alarm at a toll gate results in the capture of a robber who was holding a hostage. As a reward for breaking up the credit card theft ring, the company invites Malloy and the ticket clerk to lunch—Reed is invited too but Malloy pays Reed (a week's worth of lunches) NOT to join the couple on the lunch date.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Walter Black
7.1/10134 votes#24 - Clinic on 18th Street
Season 6 Episode 24 - Aired 3/19/1974
Malloy and Reed investigate the death of an old man wearing an unusual belt, which leads to the case being turned over to Frauds Division, who finds that Dr. Gantman, running a clinic, is treating a blind seven-year-old patient with a pituitary gland condition but his "treatment" is worthless and preventing a real treatment (removal of the gland). Later, a TV repairman who makes oscillator belts for Gantman is busted for bookmaking and agrees to testify against the doctor, but Gantman demonstrates his "treatment" in open court and fails miserably. Note: This episode, in which Reed and Malloy appear only briefly, was intended to be the pilot for a new Mark VII series focusing on the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, and was directed by Webb himself. However, no such series came to be.
Director: Jack Webb
Writer: Joseph Calvelli
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Season 6 Ratings Summary
"Harbor Division" is the best rated episode of "Adam-12" season 6. It scored 7.9/10 based on 88 votes. Directed by Dennis Donnelly and written by Bryan K. Joseph, it aired on 9/12/1973. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Rampart Division".