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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - Log 011: It's Just A Little Dent, Isn't It?
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    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.

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    Writer:Preston Wood

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

    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.

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    Writer:Preston Wood

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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 15 - Log 036: Jimmy Eisley's Dealing Smack
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    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.

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    Writer:Preston Wood

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 17 - Log 033: It All Happened So Fast
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    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:N/A
    Writer:Preston Wood

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 25 - Log 092: Tell Him He Pushed Back a Little Too Hard
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    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.

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    Writer:Preston Wood

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 26 - Log 022: So This Little Guy Goes Into This Bar
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    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.

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    Writer:Preston Wood

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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 3 - Log 052: Good Cop: Handle with Care
    9.5/10(2 votes)

    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.

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    Writer:Preston Wood

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 21 - Survival
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    S1:E21

    The Ingallses have to seek shelter when a blizzard hits. There they meet an Indian who helps them out. A marshall, looking for the Indian, comes by...

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Preston Wood

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - Log 131: Reed, The Dicks Have Their Job And We Have Ours
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    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.

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    Writer:Preston Wood

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 12 - Log 61: The Runaway
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    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.

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    Writer:Preston Wood

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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - Log 161: And You Want Me to Get Married!
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    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:N/A
    Writer:Preston Wood

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  12. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - Log 122: Christmas: The Yellow Dump Truck
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    S1:E13

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

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    Writer:Preston Wood

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  13. undefined Season 2 Episode 17 - Morticia and Gomez vs. Fester and Grandmama
    7.2/10(5 votes)

    S2:E17

    The Addams mansion becomes a battlefield when Gomez and Morticia tell Grandmama and Uncle Fester that they think they are spoiling Pugsley and Wednesday.

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    Writer:Preston Wood

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 18 - Circus Man
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E18

    A traveling circusman, O'Hara, comes to Walnut Grove and tries to get everyone to believe he has magic healing powders. However, he is really found out when Mrs. Oleson almost loses her life when she tries his healing powders instead of having an operation.

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    Writer:Preston Wood

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  15. undefined Season 2 Episode 16 - Uncle Fester, Tycoon
    7.0/10(4 votes)

    S2:E16

    Fester takes a correspondence course and boldly storms the gates of the business world. Roy Roberts appears as business executive Thaddeus Logan.

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    Writer:Preston Wood

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  16. undefined Season 1 Episode 24 - Crisis in the Addams Family
    6.6/10(5 votes)

    S1:E24

    Uncle Fester applies for a job as an insurance salesman with the same company which is threatening to cancel the Addams' policy.

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    Writer:Preston Wood

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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - The Night of a Thousand Eyes
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    S1:E6

    Ships along the Mississippi are being attacked by a gang of pirates known as the "Thousand Eyes". After Jim ducks an assassin, an attractive woman, he finds the leader of the Eyes: Captain Ansel Coffin, who was blinded and now seeks revenge. His gang use false lights to lead ships astray and crash them, and then plunder them. Jim is captured by Coffin and manages to escape a cage rigged to a lightning rod. He is blinded by a powder flash, and for a time he is at a decided edge against Coffin (who has long adapted to his blindness). Coffin manages to accidentally kill his wife. Enraged, Jim is saved by his recovering eyesight: he ducks, and Coffin falls into a pit to his death.

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    Writer:Preston Wood

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Preston Wood Ratings Summary

"Log 011: It's Just A Little Dent, Isn't It?" is the best rated episode written by Preston Wood. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 10/5/1968 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Log 091: You're Not The First Guy's Had The Problem".