| Ep |
№ |
Title |
Written by |
Directed by |
Airdate |
Plot |
| 1 |
1 |
"Log 1: The Impossible Mission" |
Jack Webb (as John Randolph) |
Jack Webb |
1968·Sep·21 |
Officer Pete Malloy, shaken by the death of his beat partner during an attempt to arrest an armed robber, plans to resign. On what is to be his last day on the force, he is assigned to take rookie Officer Jim Reed out for his first night on the force. Reed shows tremendous potential on the job but, like all rookies, has much to learn. With encouragment from the lieutenant, Malloy agrees to help mold Reed and guide him through his probationary period. |
| 2 |
2 |
"Log 141: The Color TV Bandit" |
Richard Neil Morgan |
Phil Rawlins |
1968·Sep·28 |
Malloy and Reed track down a burglar whose specialty is stealing color TV sets. They also encounter a dope-addicted mother who uses her children to help her in maintaining her habit. |
| 3 |
3 |
"Log 11: It's Just a Little Dent, Isn't It?" |
Preston Wood |
Hollingsworth Morse |
1968·Oct·05 |
Reed dents the patrol cruiser while at the gas pump and worries about the consequences. |
| 4 |
4 |
"Log 131: Reed, the Dicks Have Their Job and We Have Ours" |
Preston Wood |
Hollingsworth Morse |
1968·Oct·12 |
Reed learns about how important his job is and why detectives are called to investigate homicides when he and Malloy are called to a fatal shooting. |
| 5 |
5 |
"Log 91: You're Not the First Guy's Had the Problem" |
Preston Wood |
Alan Crosland |
1968·Oct·19 |
Reed's best friend from the police academy is critically wounded during an armed robbery. Malloy -- who just went through the same experience weeks earlier with the officer he was training -- helps him focus. By all accounts, Reed does a good job of putting the condition of his friend in the back of his mind as the officers deal with a drunk driver and bicycle burglars. In the end, Malloy and Reed learn the officer died of his injuries. |
| 6 |
6 |
"Log 161: And You Want Me to Get Married!" |
Preston Wood |
Phil Rawlins |
1968·Oct·26 |
By now, Malloy and Reed are becoming off-duty friends, and after an evening of socializing at the Reeds, Malloy's girlfriend Donna wants to take their relationship to the next level. However, calls during the next day on the force -- namely, a domestic dispute -- has Malloy holding his ground that he's satisfied being a bachelor. |
| 7 |
7 |
"Log 71: I Feel Like a Fool, Malloy" |
Robert I. Holt |
Alan Crosland |
1968·Nov·02 |
In an episode where Reed learns to keep his wits under control, the officers deal with a loud noise complaint where an elderly woman refuses to answer -- much less acknowledge -- a teen-aged girl's desperate pleas for help after the woman learns she was at a house where loud party music is being played, and it leads to a tragic drowning of a 4-year-old girl in a backyard swimming pool. |
| 8 |
8 |
"Log 72: El Presidente" |
Robert H. Forward |
Phil Rawlins |
1968·Nov·09 |
Reed goes to Malloy for advice on calculating the cost of a new baby, and in between handle a variety of calls. The most exciting call of the day is a psychopath who is shooting at others in the neighborhood. |
| 9 |
9 |
"Log 101: Someone Stole My Lawn" |
Tom Dunphy |
Hollingsworth Morse |
1968·Nov·16 |
Reed is put on a low-carb diet by his wife, Jean. Meanwile, the episode title is inspired by a resident who complains that landscapers literally stole his lawn. |
| 10 |
10 |
"Log 132: Producer" |
Richard Neil Morgan |
Phil Rawlins |
1968·Nov·30 |
As the officers track down a prowler and deal with a young boy who somehow got his head stuck in a fence, Reed tries to spawn off his dog's litter of puppies to fellow members of the beat. |
| 11 |
11 |
"Log 111: The Boa Constrictor" |
Preston Wood |
Hollingsworth Morse |
1968·Dec·07 |
A young woman got swallowed by a boa constrictor ... the one stuffed in the trunk of her car, a 1958 Ford convertible. The only clues Malloy and Reed have to go on is the one that the ditzy blonde blurts out: the large snake kept in the trunk of her car. Reed and Malloy have to keep their wits when stopping every car matching the description, but it will be happening upon a garage burglary that provides the biggest clue. |
| 12 |
12 |
"Log 61: The Runaway" |
Noel Nosseck |
Phil Rawlins |
1968·Dec·14 |
Reed gets excited when he is asked to help out on his first big drug bust, but it turns out to have a disappointing ending through no fault of his own. Meanwhile, Malloy and Reed help out with a teen-aged girl who ran away from home and is staying with a single man twice her age. |
| 13 |
13 |
"Log 122: Christmas – The Yellow Dump Truck" |
Preston Wood |
Hollingsworth Morse |
1968·Dec·21 |
Community service-based episodes would be a hallmark of Adam-12 holiday episodes throughout the series run, and the first sees Reed learn about the importance of performing charity work when he and Malloy distribute Christmas care boxes to families in need. |
| 14 |
14 |
"Log 81: The Long Walk" |
Robert C. Dennis |
Phil Rawlins |
1969·Jan·04 |
In an episode demonstrating the importance of "police presence," Reed also learns about how important backing up his partner is when he and Malloy respond to a silent alarm and wind up in shootout with three armed suspects. |
| 15 |
15 |
"Log 36: Jimmy Eisley's Dealing Smack" |
Preston Wood |
Hollingsworth Morse |
1969·Jan·11 |
In between trying to find a suitable headlining performer for the department party, Malloy and Reed break up a narcotics ring when they raid the apartment of a dope pusher. Reed, chairman of the party's entertainment committee, finally finds his performer when he serves a subpoena on a country music entertainer who is a witness in a tax case. |
| 16 |
16 |
"Log 62: Grand Theft Horse?" |
Richard Neil Morgan |
Hollingsworth Morse |
1969·Jan·18 |
A homesick Texan is the prime suspect in a horse rustling case, and a robber makes fake calls to distract the police. |
| 17 |
17 |
"Log 33: It All Happened So Fast" |
Preston Wood |
Bruce Kessler |
1969·Feb·01 |
Reed shoots and kills his first man, a 16-year-old sniper, in self-defense. Was he right? That's the question the station's lieutenant tries to determine in this behind-the-scenes look at internal investigations into deadly-force incidents. |
| 18 |
18 |
"Log 112: You Blew It" |
Michael Donovan |
Hollingsworth Morse |
1969·Feb·08 |
Malloy is the one who blows it when he and Reed let a traffic violator go with a warning before the NCIC check is completed to respond to a domestic disturbance. It is only later, after the lieutenant scolds them, that they learn that the traffic violator was wanted for armed robbery and numerous weapons charges, leading the two to find a way to capture their man. |
| 19 |
19 |
"Log 51: A Jumper – Code Two" |
Richard Neil Morgan |
Harry Morgan |
1969·Feb·15 |
For the second time in two weeks, Malloy blows it ... this time, when he tries a dangerous solution to capturing a suicide jumper at an apartment building. Earlier, Malloy and Reed are called to help an elderly woman (at her insistence) adjust her TV antenna. |
| 20 |
20 |
"Log 73: I'm Still a Cop" |
Harold Jack Bloom |
Phil Rawlins |
1969·Feb·22 |
Malloy is studying for his master's degree in criminal justice, but unrest at the college becomes the least of his worries when several of his students -- who are planning an anti-war protest -- learn the occupation of their fellow student. |
| 21 |
21 |
"Log 102: We Can't Just Walk Away from It" |
Michael Donovan |
Hollingsworth Morse |
1969·Mar·01 |
Malloy and Reed race against time to stop a drugged-out 17-year-old from killing himself, and must convince the distraught mother and overbearing father to help them save their son from making a mistake. |
| 22 |
22 |
"Log 152: A Dead Cop Can't Help Anyone" |
Michael Donovan |
Hollingsworth Morse |
1969·Mar·08 |
An impressionable Reed is taken by the "cowboy cop" antics of fellow Officer Ed Wells (Gary Crosby, in what will be a recurring role), who takes unnecessary risks to handle suspects. Wells endangers his life and others with his tactics, until his recklessness nearly catches up with him when he is shot by a psychopathic sniper. Malloy and Reed are forced to rescue Wells and mastermind a way to end the standoff peacefully. |
| 23 |
23 |
"Log 12: He – He Was Trying to Kill Me" |
Robert I. Holt |
Hollingsworth Morse |
1969·Mar·15 |
Reed and Malloy respond to a case of child neglect and abuse when a 6-year-old is home alone her apartment caring for her baby brother, and both parents -- the mother a wannabe model and the father a drug pusher -- are unable to provide for their children. The role of the Department of Social Services takes center stage. |
| 24 |
24 |
"Log 172: Boy... the Things You Do for the Job" |
Michael Donovan |
Hollingsworth Morse |
1969·Mar·22 |
A beautiful young woman becomes smitten by Malloy after he issues her a traffic citation. |
| 25 |
25 |
"Log 92: Tell Him He Pushed Back a Little Too Hard" |
Preston Wood |
Phil Rawlins |
1969·Mar·29 |
Malloy and Reed respond numerous times to a dispute between two neighbors, who continually argue over the motorboat they jointly own. |
| 26 |
26 |
"Log 22: ...So This Little Guy Goes into This Bar, and..." |
Preston Wood |
Robert Douglas |
1969·Apr·05 |
Reed's joke about a shaggy dog falls flat when he tries retelling the joke -- which he first heard from Wells -- to his fellow cops. |
| Ep |
№ |
Title |
Written by |
Directed by |
Airdate |
Plot |
| 1 |
27 |
"Log 15: Exactly One Hundred Yards" |
Jack Hawn |
Joseph Pevney |
1969·Sep·20 |
Malloy isn't thrilled about having to do community relations police work. |
| 2 |
28 |
"Log 153: Find Me a Needle" |
Guerdon Trueblood |
Robert Douglas |
1969·Sep·27 |
Malloy and Reed spend their night watch attempting to find a criminal that is stalking a lover's lane. |
| 3 |
29 |
"Log 52: Good Cop – Handle with Care" |
Preston Wood |
Robert Douglas |
1969·Oct·04 |
A pair of freelance reporters are determined to do a story on police brutality, and harass Reed and Malloy as their marks. The officers warn them to cease their behavior, but they don't, and end up causing a tragedy. |
| 4 |
30 |
"Log 23: Pig Is a Three Letter Word" |
James Doherty |
Joseph Pevney |
1969·Oct·11 |
Reed and Malloy must keep a riot from taking place after the apprehension of a pair of armed robbers sets an entire neighborhood against the police. |
| 5 |
31 |
"Log 83: A Different Thing" |
Richard Neil Morgan |
Robert Douglas |
1969·Oct·18 |
Malloy and Reed are called to investigate a hit and run which soon begins to look like a homicide. |
| 6 |
32 |
"Log 103: A Sound Like Thunder" |
James Doherty |
Joseph Pevney |
1969·Nov·01 |
Reed and Malloy visit a ghost town and have to deal with a gang of bikers with guns. |
| 7 |
33 |
"Log 63: Baby" |
Guerdon Trueblood |
Joseph Pevney |
1969·Nov·08 |
Officer Malloy asks the new girl in the office out on a date. |
| 8 |
34 |
"Log 93: Once a Junkie" |
Jack Hawn |
Joseph Pevney |
1969·Nov·22 |
An ex-junkie is the suspect in an assault and robbery case and Reed and Malloy are assigned the case. |
| 9 |
35 |
"Log 123: Courtroom" |
Richard Neil Morgan |
Joseph Pevney |
1969·Nov·29 |
Reed and Malloy are accused of overstepping the parameters of a search warrant by a suspect found to be in possession of illegal drugs. |
| 10 |
36 |
"Log 143: The Cave" |
Robert Holt |
Alan Crosland |
1969·Dec·13 |
Just a typical day on patrol with calls ranging from a stoned hippie to the search for a runaway child. |
| 11 |
37 |
"Log 142: As High as You Are" |
Guerdon Trueblood |
Robert Douglas |
1969·Dec·30 |
Reed and Malloy are already having a tough day, when they're called for a narcotics arrest. No sooner do they arrive, than a group of neighborhood thugs decide to interfere, making their job that much harder. |
| 12 |
38 |
"Log 43: Hostage" |
Robert Hamner |
Joseph Pevney |
1970·Jan·03 |
Malloy is seriously wounded by two escaped prisoners who are holding the officer hostage. |
| 13 |
39 |
"Log 34: Astro" |
James Doherty |
Joseph Pevney |
1970·Jan·10 |
Malloy and Reed are in pursuit of robbers and are being furnished air support with a police helicopter. |
| 14 |
40 |
"Log 14: S.W.A.T." |
Michael Donovan |
Alan Crosland |
1970·Jan·24 |
Created within the Los Angeles Police Department, the Special Weapons and Tactics team are called in to find and take out a sniper. |
| 15 |
41 |
"Log 64: Bottom of the Bottle" |
Robert I. Holt |
Alan Crosland |
1970·Jan·31 |
The Adam-12 team sees the same alcoholic gentleman twice in one night, at a brawl and then later at a shooting call. |
| 16 |
42 |
"Log 54: Impersonation" |
Robert I. Holt |
Joseph Pevney |
1970·Feb·07 |
An investigator for the Rampart division is suspected of defrauding residents of their money. |
| 17 |
43 |
"Log 24: A Rare Occasion" |
Robert I. Holt |
Robert Douglas |
1970·Feb·14 |
While Malloy and Reed patrol the streets of L.A., they must deal with a young man on drugs at a social event. |
| 18 |
44 |
"Log 124: Airport" |
James Doherty |
Alan Crosland |
1970·Feb·28 |
Malloy and Reed's shift this day includes calls concerning a runaway girl, a robbery at a grocery store, and a stolen aircraft. |
| 19 |
45 |
"Log 94: Vengeance" |
James Doherty |
Alan Crosland |
1970·Mar·07 |
Today's calls for Malloy and Reed include the investigation of a car theft gang, the robbery of a liquor store, and a child who gets stuck in a refrigerator. |
| 20 |
46 |
"Log 104: The Bomb" |
Robert I. Holt |
Jean Yarbrough |
1970·Mar·14 |
Malloy and Reed take cases ranging from street racers to robbers to a bomb threat to an attempt to commit suicide. |
| 21 |
47 |
"Log 74: Light Duty" |
Guerdon Trueblood |
Alan Crosland |
1970·Mar·21 |
After breaking his wrist, Malloy gets reassigned to desk duty for a few weeks. |
| 22 |
48 |
"Log 114: The Hero" |
Don Ingalls |
Joseph Pevney |
1970·Mar·28 |
Malloy and Reed assist firemen at a burning warehouse. |
| 23 |
49 |
"Log 134: Child Stealer" |
James Doherty |
Alan Crosland |
1970·Apr·04 |
Another exciting day on patrol -- Malloy and Reed chase down a suspected kidnapper, arrest carjackers, and run down an escaped prisoner. |
| 24 |
50 |
"Log 144: Bank Robbery" |
James Doherty |
Joseph Pevney |
1970·Apr·11 |
Officers Malloy and Reed must deal with a domestic dispute involving a former professional wrestler. |
| 25 |
51 |
"Log 44: Attempted Bribe" |
James Doherty |
Alan Crosland |
1970·Apr·18 |
The son of a rich businessman is arrested by Malloy and Reed for driving while under the influence and daddy tries to influence the officers to let his son go with a bribe. |
| 26 |
52 |
"Log 173: Shoplift" |
Robert Holt |
Alan Crosland |
1970·May·09 |
Malloy and Reed track a woman who has escaped custody to the lair of a known con artist. |
| Ep |
№ |
Title |
Written by |
Directed by |
Airdate |
Plot |
| 1 |
53 |
"Log 174: Loan Sharks" |
Michael Donovan |
Bruce Kessler |
1970·Sep·19 |
Malloy and Reed try to investigate a series of beatings at a plant resulting from a loan shark operation, but the employees refuse to talk until the son of one employee stands up to testify. An armed robber could only bring himself to steal $2, then was robbed himself. |
| 2 |
54 |
"Log 35: Easy Bare Rider" |
Michael Donovan |
Norman Katkov |
1970·Sep·26 |
Calls include a drunk and naked driver, a young boy who found a large sum of money and went on a spending spree, and bust up a car parts theft ring inside a park. |
| 3 |
55 |
"Log 95: Purse Snatcher" |
Michael Donovan |
James Neilson |
1970·Oct·03 |
Malloy and Reed assist Officer Brinkman in bringing down a ring of juvenile purse snatchers, the leader of which later commits an armed robbery and kills someone during the crime. |
| 4 |
56 |
"Log 45: Bright Boy" |
John T. Dugan |
James Neilson |
1970·Oct·10 |
Malloy and Reed meet Harold, a young boy with a photographic memory, who alerts them to, and helps bring down a group of home burglars disguised as movers. Other calls include stopping two female joyriders and two paint-sniffers shooting at a box of dynamite. |
| 5 |
57 |
"Log 65: Cigarettes, Cars and Wild, Wild Women" |
Norman Katkov |
Christian Nyby |
1970·Oct·17 |
The officers bring down a auto-theft ring whereby mini-skirted girls arrange to get rides with the victims (mostly young boys), steal their cars, and take them to a "Chop Shop". Other calls include a delusional elderly woman who ran a red light and thinks she's in her 30's, a would-be motorcycle thief stopped by a fiesty woman, a shut-in woman who thinks she is hallucinating when it's her nephew that is on marijuana, and stop two men moving a safe down the street. Tony Dow and John Mitchum guest star. |
| 6 |
58 |
"Log 55: Missing Child" |
William P. McGivern |
Christian Nyby |
1970·Oct·31 |
Malloy and Reed investigate a missing child with a Band-Aid on her leg. Other calls include rescuing a cat and birds from a woman who was trying to get rid of them using gas, apprehending a man who stole a disability check from his uncle, and responding to a auto burglary turned homicide with a Hispanic family more concerned with how the officers would treat them. Jodie Foster guest stars. |
| 7 |
59 |
"Log 75: Have a Nice Weekend" |
Robert I. Holt |
Oscar Rudolph |
1970·Nov·07 |
The officers discover a burglary ring operated by a group of young kids, with their victims all being people playing Bridge. Other calls include Reed being held hostage by a crazy woman, and breaking up a fight between a church organist and the choir director over the choice of music. Butch Patrick guest stars. |
| 8 |
60 |
"Log 105: Elegy for a Pig" |
Norman Katkov |
Christian Nyby |
1970·Nov·21 |
This documentary-style episode shows Malloy telling the story of his best friend, Officer Tom Porter (Mark Goddard), who was killed chasing a suspect. Malloy reviews his and Porter's history together, including applying for the LAPD together (and Porter meeting his wife that day), graduating from the Police Academy together, and their history in the LAPD. Jack Webb provided the opening and closing narration. |
| 9 |
61 |
"Log 25: Indians" |
Robert I. Holt |
Oscar Rudolph |
1970·Nov·28 |
Malloy and Reed have to stop a dispute between Apache Indians from getting out of hand. Other calls include investigating a series of explosions and a shootout while looking for the suspects in the explosions, and an elderly woman who mistakes a pizza delivery man for a prowler. |
| 10 |
62 |
"Log 135: Arson" |
Arthur Dales |
Christian Nyby |
1970·Dec·05 |
The officers investigate a series of arsons with different descriptions of the arsonist, a domestic involving a man, his wife, the man's female friend, and a football game, a jumper, and an escaped mental patient holding his wife at knifepoint. |
| 11 |
63 |
"Log 96: Pilgrimage" |
John T. Dugan |
Oscar Rudolph |
1970·Dec·19 |
In the series' annual Christmas episode, Malloy and Reed confront a man who robbed a bell-ringing Santa Claus, handle a DUI causing a death transporting Christmas presents, a single pregnant shoplifter who wanted to be caught so her children would have a place to stay for Christmas, and assist a Native American family from New Mexico whose young daughter had wandered off while they were sleeping in the hills. |
| 12 |
64 |
"Log 85: Sign of the Twins" |
Wilton Schiller |
Christian Nyby |
1970·Dec·26 |
The officers' day begins with a liquor store robbery allegedly committed by the owner's brother that resulted in an officer being shot, later confronting the thieves in a shootout. Other calls include a zoning dispute with a elderly woman doing astrology readings out of her apartment, and a young boy asking a pharmacist questions about Seconal pills and his very uncooperative mother. |
| 13 |
65 |
"Log 175: Con Artists" |
Norman Katikov |
James Neilson |
1971·Jan·02 |
The Johnson Family is in town, running their con schemes (including nonexistent roof repairs and phony wood delivery), with Malloy and Reed trying to stop them as well as having to catch two former plant security men-turned-arsonists, take a drunken married couple in when neither are in any condition to drive, and handle a traffic accident which became a car fire after a flare set by a good samaritan rolled into a butane tank. |
| 14 |
66 |
"Log 115: Gang War" |
John T. Dugan |
James Neilson |
1971·Jan·09 |
A robbery suspect eludes Reed on foot, but is found later after getting food poisoning from his haul. A priest calls Malloy and Reed in to stop a burgeoning gang war, which succeeds at first but ends up breaking out later and resulting in one death. |
| 15 |
67 |
"Log 26: LEMRAS" |
William R. Cox |
James Neilson |
1971·Jan·16 |
The LAPD introduces the LEMRAS (Law Enforcement Manpower Resource Allocation System) to assist in identifying high-crime areas, including part of Malloy and Reed's patrol area, which was used in stopping a rash of burglaries involving motorcycle-riding suspects. The officers also have to handle an armed robbery-turned-hostage situation and a kidnapping involving a young girl. |
| 16 |
68 |
"Log 155: I.A.D." |
Michael Donovan |
Christian Nyby |
1971·Jan·21 |
Malloy's life is saved by Officer Tony Johnson (Jed Allan), who stopped a forklift from goring Malloy while apprehending some robbery suspects. Johnson later admits he is under investigation for blackmail by IAD, and wants Malloy to locate a woman named Ginger who can clear him, but Ginger's near identical dissertation of Johnson's story makes Malloy suspicious and demands the truth. |
| 17 |
69 |
"Log 66: The Vandals" |
James Doherty |
Oscar Rudolph |
1971·Jan·28 |
Malloy and Reed pull over a car on a traffic violation and find two escaped mental patients driving a stolen car, a dead body in the trunk and a gun. In another incident, an older man got guns drawn on him for making a similar sudden move as the mental patients during a traffic stop, and he dresses down the officers. Later, the officers are called to a home where a window was broken during a toilet-papering incident by a teenaged girl's friends, who ran off and later returned to confront the girl's father, and the confrontation turns violent. |
| 18 |
70 |
"Log 36: Man Between" |
Michael Donovan |
James Neilson |
1971·Feb·04 |
Reed's day starts out with a complaint made against a door-to-door salesman for illegally modifying Reed's $30 check into a $300 check and buying a day-old newspaper, prompting Officer Wells (Gary Crosby) to tell Reed he's "too trusting". Wells and Reed later apprehend a man fitting the description of a shooting suspect, but Wells arrests him rather than wait for the victim to confirm the identity. The suspect was not the shooter, the victim's drunk husband was, and Sgt. MacDonald admonishes Wells for the false arrest. Other calls include two men fighting over a Marijuana plant and a distraught woman running to a bank to get a ransom for her baby being held by an armed and mentally unstable man. |
| 19 |
71 |
"Log 165: Once a Cop" |
James Doherty |
Christian Nyby |
1971·Feb·11 |
Malloy and Reed are on patrol, and find a homeless man stabbed. They take a retired policeman, Jack Donohoe (who lives in the area), in for questioning, but is released when the real suspect is found. Donohoe later gets involved in a shootout with a robbery suspect. Other incidents include a woman, who came in from Missouri, shooting a phone booth at Union Station after being lured by a false agent who promised a movie career, took her money and then her suitcase was switched at the station, which contained a rattlesnake. |
| 20 |
72 |
"Log 76: Militants" |
Michael Donovan |
Christian Nyby |
1971·Feb·18 |
The officers respond to a shooting involving police and two black men, one of which was shot by one of the officers; later found dead in an alley. The dead man was the younger brother of Reed's friend Kenneth James; his older brother Cleotis was an accomplice and both were members of a black militant gang, The Brotherhood. Kenneth believes the gang's contention that Cleotis was murdered by the officers until the James brothers confront each other and Kenneth learns the truth; his brother Cleotis is arrested after briefly taking his brother hostage. Malloy and Reed also pull over an elderly driver on his 75th birthday for multiple traffic violations. |
| 21 |
73 |
"Log 164: The Poachers" |
John Kingsbridge |
James Neilson |
1971·Feb·25 |
Malloy and Reed's day begins with a police garage employee taking a joyride in a police car (Code 3), later finding a young woman trying to cash a old age benefits check she found, checking a garage whose closed circuit TV security system was stolen, an elderly woman thinking she saw a prowler, finding a B&E suspect inside a coffin in a mortuary, and poaching into Officer Wells' territory to check on break-ins occurring in warehouses; finally apprehending two drugged out burglars inside a warehouse. |
| 22 |
74 |
"Log 16: Child in Danger" |
Robert I. Holt |
James Neilson |
1971·Mar·04 |
Malloy has to shoot one of two robbery suspects, then the officers counsel a young woman in a bad neighborhood not to hang around, later to be kidnapped by two men claiming to fix her car, the LAPD's Air Ten helicopter is used to catch the kidnappers (who already had outstanding kidnapping warrants), find a "mover" (burglar) whose partner hides in a freezer, and the officers visit an apartment on a domestic dispute complaint and find another woman with severe injuries but the couple insists nothing is going on, later arresting the husband on domestic violence charges after the woman's mother calls the police back to the apartment after the woman's husband beats their daughter. Susan Seaforth Hayes guest stars. |
| 23 |
75 |
"Log 56: Vice Versa" |
John T. Dugan |
Christian Nyby |
1971·Mar·11 |
Malloy celebrates his birthday by having to let Reed drive 1-Adam-12 due to Malloy allowing his driver's license to expire, and is nervous about his young partner driving the car. Calls include a bank robbery, a burglary involving several neighbors, an abandoned baby, a wife who killed her husband on their wedding anniversary, and a drug dealer selling his wares out of an ice cream truck. Ellen Corby and Keye Luke guest star. |
| 24 |
76 |
"Log 106: Post Time" |
Stephen J. Cannell |
Christian Nyby |
1971·Mar·18 |
Malloy and Reed investigate the theft of an offset press at a press shop, later they find and apprehend the thief who was using the press to print winning bet slips at the track. Other incidents include finding an 80 year old blind man with a rusty rifle barricaded in a condemned building, they get him to a home but escapes and has to be returned, and a man with a fully street-legal Army tank causing concerns from citizens. Morey Amsterdam guest stars. |
| 25 |
77 |
"Log 88: Reason to Run" |
James Doherty |
Christian Nyby |
1971·Apr·01 |
Retired actor Slim Berkeley has some items stolen from his horse stables, originally his assistant (who had a criminal record from New York) was suspected, but later the items were returned by the real thief's mother. Other calls include Reed getting physical with two men fighting in a phone booth (and getting a sore jaw for his efforts), finding a robbery suspect after a shootout, and a jewelry salesman whose convertible was filled with cement by a cement driver who had mistaken ideas about his wife's intentions with the salesman. Linda Kaye Henning, Randolph Mantooth (of Emergency! fame), and Norm Crosby guest star. |
| 26 |
78 |
"Log 125: Safe Job" |
William P. McGivern |
Jean Yarborough |
1971·Apr·05 |
Malloy and Reed investigate a series of safe jobs, which all seem to tie in with a retired safecracker, but it turns out it was not, and the officers catch the real thieves thanks to a tip from the old man. Other incidents include a woman whose baby was held hostage by her cousin and forcing her to meet and steal from other men, after which the officers arrest the cousin and rescue the baby. |
| Ep |
№ |
Written By |
Directed By |
Title |
Airdate |
Plot |
| 1 |
79 |
Robert I. Holt |
Christian Nyby |
"Extortion" |
1971·Sep·15 |
Starting with this episode, Malloy is promoted to Special Lead Officer and begins to wear the two chevrons with a star under them. Malloy and Reed investigate an extortion racket against a group of Jewish Holocaust survivors, with the owner of a dry cleaners willing to testify but others not out of fear of retribution. The officers return to handle the owner's panel truck being set ablaze and later the owner is physically assaulted. Malloy and Reed capture both suspects. Another incident involved a robbery at a bar, the perps escaped initially, but are later captured after a shootout. |
| 2 |
80 |
Leo V. Gordon |
James Neilson |
"Million Dollar Buff" |
1971·Sep·22 |
Police "buff" Jennings Thornton (a thorn in the side for Malloy and Reed, played by Leo Gordon, who wrote the episode) is back, and intervenes in a drunk driving case, runs down a shooter after a robbery (and nearly killing Reed), and finally arrest Thornton for falsely arresting two men for stealing their own mag wheels. Another case involved a woman who stole an expensive ring from a store, leaving a cheap one in return. The suspect is tracked down and booked when a search found the ring on her. Lindsey Wagner and Ed Begley, Jr. also guest star. |
| 3 |
81 |
Herb Purdum |
Ozzie Nelson |
"The Grandmother" |
1971·Sep·29 |
Malloy and Reed investigate a robbery in a store run by a group of "grandmothers", who sell small homemade items, then later returns the money. The suspect later robs an antique shop but is captured when he returns to the first store to attempt another robbery, and the officers purchase some items from the "grandmothers". Other incidents include a high-speed chase of three robbery suspects, who are captured with the help of Sgt. MacDonald, and a priest stopped for a traffic violation who wants to have a drug dealer arrested for selling him marijuana. Ozzie Nelson directed and guest starred in the episode. |
| 4 |
82 |
Stephen J. Cannell |
Oscar Rudolph |
"The Sniper (a.k.a. The Radical)" |
1971·Oct·06 |
The radical Robin Saydo is on the loose, tied in to a number of bombings. Reed spots him and Saydo is arrested by D.A. Paul Ryan (played by Robert Conrad). Other calls include an abandoned police cruiser which turned out to be a lone policeman on a foot pursuit capturing a drug suspect, and retired security officer Fred Tibbles assists the officers in breaking up a truck theft ring which took the trucks but not the merchandise within them. |
| 5 |
83 |
Stephen J. Cannell |
James Neilson |
"The Search" |
1971·Oct·20 |
1-Adam-12 is back after routine maintenance, but the radio is having problems communicating with Central. During a robbery involving two suspects, Reed captures one while Malloy takes off in pursuit of the other one through a park, but Malloy loses control of the car and it rolls into an embankment, hidden from the road, and the officer suffers internal injuries and a broken leg. All available units are called in to search for Malloy, who has to watch helplessly while a murder suspect comes out and take his shotgun (which Malloy was using for a splint), sidearm, and rips out the radio mike only leaving the wires. Malloy uses the wires to signal for help which Reed picks up and rescues his partner. |
| 6 |
84 |
Stephen J. Cannell |
Alan Crosland |
"The Ferret" |
1971·Oct·27 |
A man named "The Ferret" is damaging a manufacturing plant, and escapes Reed easily on foot pursuit. A reporter catches Reed in an unflattering light after the escape, and is plastered over the front page. Reed is redeemed when he catches the Ferret when he returns later to the same plant. Other calls include a man whose pregnant wife fell into a coma after eating mud given to her by a voodoo priest, who puts a mojo hex on Reed, and an elderly lady pulled over for a traffic violation who thinks the policemen are car attendants. |
| 7 |
85 |
Michael Donovan |
Hollingsworth Morse |
"Truant" |
1971·Nov·03 |
Truancy is on the rise in the district and Reed has a plan to pick up truants on the street, which was approved after a garage break-in by two truants. Results show a drop in crimes committed by truants, in one case two truants were stopped by the police and were implicated in a burglary, and one of the two truants involved in the garage break-in is brought in on another incident. Other incidents include arresting two heroin smugglers who hid the stash in their car's gas tank, which leaked some of the contraband after the car stalled, and stop car thieves from stripping the parts to build a dune buggy. |
| 8 |
86 |
Stephen J. Cannell and Herb Purdum |
Christian Nyby |
"Ambush" |
1971·Nov·10 |
Malloy and Reed are assigned to transport a prisoner from Malibu to Los Angeles for outstanding traffic warrants. The prisoner is also a witness in a mob murder and a hit has been ordered on him. En route to LA, the cruiser is ambushed, a tire is shot out and they are out of radio range in an isolated area. Reed is captured by hit men attempting to get assistance, but Malloy and the prisoner steal the hit men's car to get to a phone and LAPD sends the police helicopter to search for Reed, who ends up overpowering the hit men and are captured. |
| 9 |
87 |
Leo V. Gordon |
James Neilson |
"Anniversary" |
1971·Nov·17 |
Sgt. MacDonald's anniversary is coming up and the officers have limited funds to spend on a gift, which is a bottle of champagne, but when the officers pick it up, the owner of the liquor store was shot in an attempted robbery. Malloy and Reed later find the robber dead in a park from a gunshot wound inflicted by the owner. Other incidents include a paralyzed ex-wrestler tearing up a bar, a man driving suspiciously turns out to be the proud owner of several traffic tickets in a 24 hour period, and a used car dealer trying to take advantage of a Mexican customer who speaks little English. |
| 10 |
88 |
Leo V. Gordon |
Dennis Donnelly |
"Day Watch" |
1971·Nov·24 |
Over the course of their shift, Malloy and Reed deal with a racist gas station owner who is tired of being the victim of repeated robberies, a hitchhiker who extorts money from drivers she leaves in embarrassing situations, a drunk who's seeing pink elephants, and get caught up in a shootout in a junkyard. |
| 11 |
89 |
Michael Donovan |
Christian Nyby |
"Assassination" |
1971·Dec·08 |
A phony prowler call results in shots being fired at Malloy and Reed. Shots ring out again when the officers head to the airport to transport a blood donor. The suspect is a known check bouncer, and Reed's wife gets a disturbing phone call. Later Reed heads home and meets an acquaintance who just happens to be driving the same car as the shooting suspect. Other cases include a suicidal man who tries to incinerate himself with gasoline, and a wino who is nearly shot by a hyped-up Reed. |
| 12 |
90 |
Michael Donovan |
Ozzie Nelson |
"The Dinosaur" |
1971·Dec·15 |
Officer Art McCall (played by Warren Stevens) returns from eight years on disability and rides with Malloy and Reed to see how much has changed in law enforcement. McCall soon learns exactly how much has changed when he tries illegal techniques to help a young woman with her ex-con husband, fails to Mirandize a boy after arresting him for robbery, and screws up an arrest of a gun-carrying man who later plants a bomb in his ex-wife's car, which requires Malloy to dress down the veteran officer on his use of antiquated (and illegal) police procedures. Heather North (the voice of Daphne in the Scooby-Doo cartoons) also guest stars. |
| 13 |
91 |
J. C. Hospidar |
James Neilson |
"Pick-Up" |
1971·Dec·29 |
Malloy and Reed find a girl who was raped and left for dead in the hills but was actually alive and identified her attacker's car as a red Porsche. Malloy spots the suspect car picking up another girl and gives chase, only to have the suspect dump the girl on the street and the officer loses the car. Later the girl's mother finds drugs in the laundry and determine she was selling and the "rapist" was her supplier. Also, the officers handle a robbery at a construction yard foiled by police scouts. Barbara Hale ("Perry Mason") and Kathy Garver ("Family Affair") guest star. |
| 14 |
92 |
Leo V. Gordon |
James Neilson |
"Citizens All" |
1972·Jan·05 |
Cases include a woman whose purse was robbed after two men bumped her car while on the road, then are captured along with the loot when a citizen complains about loud noise coming from their lair. A broken-down car leads to a meeting between the car's owner and a counterfeiter, and a fight in a fast-food restaurant results in an arrest of one of the combatants on outstanding warrants. |
| 15 |
93 |
Stephen J. Cannell |
James Neilson |
"The Princess and the Pig" |
1972·Jan·12 |
A disturbance call leads the officers to a nightclub where a singer named Kathy (played by Leslie Charleson of "General Hospital fame) is strung out on drugs, and clings to Reed on the way to the hospital, telling him someone is trying to kill her and give her drugs. Narcotic detectives decide to assign Reed undercover as an AWOL soldier with a large stash of heroin to sell. Reed makes a deal, but Kathy blows his cover, and Malloy saves his partner from being killed and helps bring down the dealers. |
| 16 |
94 |
Michael Donovan |
Christian Nyby |
"The Tip" |
1972·Jan·19 |
Malloy and Reed deal with a woman who thinks she has a rattlesnake in her luggage, an out-of-town traffic violator, and a bar brawl, all while tackling armored truck robbers whose attacks have been predicted in advance by an informant. |
| 17 |
95 |
Don Page |
James Neilson |
"The Parole Violator" |
1972·Jan·26 |
Malloy doesn't believe that the best player on the rec-league basketball team he coaches is back on drugs, even in the face of evidence that suggests otherwise. Meanwhile on their beat, Malloy and Reed must find a hit-and-run driver who struck a child and pull over a traffic violator whose passenger is belligerent (and wanted). |
| 18 |
96 |
Leonard F. Hill |
Christian Nyby |
"Adoption" |
1972·Feb·02 |
Malloy and Reed investigate when a college football locker room is ransacked, and uncover systematic use of performance-enhancing drugs. They also investigate parents who dispute their maid's report that their baby is missing, arrest a prowler who is suspiciously allowed into a home by his female accuser, and get involved in a high-speed chase that resulted from a domestic disturbance. |
| 19 |
97 |
Stepen J. Cannell |
James Neilson |
"Mary Hong Loves Tommy Chen" |
1972·Feb·09 |
A young girl from Chinatown is ordered by her father to withhold information from Malloy and Reed regarding her boyfriend, an undercover cop left in a coma after investigating a potential attack on a Chinese elders' association. Meanwhile, the officers also encounter a middle-aged marijuana user and a cross-dressing criminal who leads them to a counterfeit money ring while trying to pay his lawyer. Keye Luke and Jo Anne Worley guest star. |
| 20 |
98 |
Michael Donovan |
Christian Nyby |
"Sub-Station" |
1972·Feb·16 |
Malloy and Reed are temporarily assigned to a police sub-station at LAX. While there, they deal with a hostage situation between a flight attendant and a man desperate for the attention of a television producer, go undercover to intercept a drug shipment from Toledo, Ohio, and prevent a rape suspect from escaping on an outbound flight. Frank Sinatra, Jr. guest-stars as the hostage-taker. |
| 21 |
99 |
Stephen J. Cannell |
James Neilson |
"Back-Up One L-20" |
1972·Feb·23 |
Malloy tries to prove Sgt. MacDonald's innocence when he accidentally hits and kills a jaywalker while driving his police cruiser. Every witness on the sidewalk claims she was in the crosswalk, and the burglary suspect MacDonald is transporting is unmotivated to testify on his behalf. The truth proves to be far more complicated than the officers realized. |
| 22 |
100 |
Michael Donovan |
James Neilson |
"Who Won?" |
1972·Mar·01 |
Malloy and Reed work to curtail the rise in illegal street racing by working with the leaders of rival racing clubs and obtaining the legitimate use of a drag strip through a race promoter. Their work is threatened, along with an anticipated race between Reed and Officer Wells (Gary Crosby), when one of the racers resorts to sabotage. Dick Clark guest stars as the race promoter. |
| 23 |
101 |
James Doherty |
Christian Nyby |
"Eyewitness" |
1972·Mar·08 |
Malloy and Reed are searching for a missing six-year-old boy and they believe a elderly witness' inaccurate account may actually be for a different crime. They also respond to a suspicious dog complaint, a domestic dispute over a husband's desire to watch football, a college prank, and search a train station with a police helicopter for fleeing robbery suspects. |
| 24 |
102 |
Stephen J. Cannell |
James Neilson |
"The Wednesday Warrior" |
1972·Mar·15 |
Reed is worried when his friend, an electrical engineer, is made a reserve police officer and ends up being partnered with Officer Wells. Malloy and Reed have to contend with illegal campers, a couple driving a stolen car, and help Wells and his new partner chase down a heavily-armed bank robber who forces innocent people to participate in his crimes. |
| Ep |
№ |
Written By |
Directed By |
Title |
Airdate |
Plot |
| 1 |
103 |
Michael Donovan |
Carl Barth |
"Dirt Duel" |
1972·Sep·13 |
A series of purse snatchings involving motorcyclists is causing problems with the police, as they cannot follow them down the off-road trails they take. Reed holds a community meeting with the various motorcycle clubs (one of which is suspected in the snatchings), but one of the club leaders challenges Malloy to a race on one of the off-trails. Reed teaches Malloy the secrets of off-road cycling, however Malloy loses the race but gains the respect of the club's leader, who helps them apprehend the suspects by blocking their escape route after another crime. Micky Dolenz of The Monkees guest stars. |
| 2 |
104 |
Stephen J. Cannell |
Lawrence Dobkin |
"The Late Baby" |
1972·Sep·20 |
Malloy goes on a date with Officer Wells' niece, and Malloy learns just how over-protective her uncle is. Patrol calls include a prowler in a heavily wooded neighborhood, a flower vendor with a stack of unpaid tickets, check on a suspicious gardener, and a high-speed pursuit with a green Corvette leads to an unexpected ending. Tina Sinatra and Frank Sinatra, Jr. guest star. |
| 3 |
105 |
Leo V. Gordon |
Dennis Donnelly |
"Airdrop" |
1972·Sep·27 |
Malloy and Reed are patrolling the countryside around Los Angeles (and finishing up a call on a drunk driver) when a girl on horseback alerts them to a small plane that landed in a secluded area. When the officers investigate, a Jeep is seen leaving the area and the pilot has an excuse for his landing there. Malloy and Reed find out from Detectives and DEA agent Edwards that a Mexican smuggling ring is behind the landings, with the pilot instructed to "play dumb" if caught. The officers find the pilot and trace the Jeep's location, whereupon the detectives and DEA bring down the entire smuggling operation after tracking the Jeep to the landing area. |
| 4 |
106 |
Michael Donovan |
Dennis Donnelly |
"Lost and Found" |
1972·Oct·04 |
In a crossover episode with the cast of Emergency!, Malloy and Reed rush an eight-year-old boy to Rampart Hospital, where it is determined the boy is diabetic, but he runs away from the hospital and must be found before he goes into a diabetic coma. Malloy and Reed find him at a pet store where his parents were buying him a new puppy before his original attack. Malloy's girlfriend Cathy is manning a soon-to-be extinct hotline when she gets a call from Sherry, a 15-year-old who is threatening suicide by OD'g on drugs (provided by her junkie mother), and Malloy and Reed have to find her. Deidre Hall guest stars, and Emergency! stars Robert Fuller, Julie London, Bobby Troup, Randolph Mantooth, and Kevin Tighe also appear. |
| 5 |
107 |
Michael Donovan |
Paul Landres |
"Training Wheels" |
1972·Oct·12 |
The officers undergo their driver refresher courses to hone their pursuit and driving skills, but a rash of car strippers brings about a new approach suggested by Officer Wells; going undercover as paperboys riding bicycles to find the thieves. Hilarity ensues--Wells wrecks his bicycle that belonged to a young girl, Malloy deals with an irate newspaper customer, and Reed and Malloy pull over a VW Microbus on a traffic violation where the driver's parrot chanted "Down with Pigs!", but the tactics work and the officers break up the car stripping ring. |
| 6 |
108 |
Stephen J. Cannell |
Robert Leeds |
"Badge Heavy" |
1972·Oct·25 |
Officer Charlie Burnside pulls a prank on Officer Albert Porter, a friend of Reed's, who does not take the joke, and Porter lets Reed know that he feels Burnside is being a little "badge heavy" (rough) on his suspects. After dealing with an inept would-be robber whose car won't start, Malloy and Reed are handling backup on a call when Reed observes Burnside choke a suspect. Reed reports it but nothing is done by the Captain because the victim wouldn't admit Burnside was the aggressor. Burnside turns cocky on Reed saying he has "an ace in the hole" and that Reed was mad about the prank he pulled on Porter. During a foot pursuit of two robbers, Burnside got to one of them and this results in charges brought against the officer, who confronts Reed but this time the other officers back Reed. |
| 7 |
109 |
Jeffrey Lewis |
Sam Freedle |
"Harry Nobody" |
1972·Nov·08 |
A hotel janitor (and wino) named Harry witnesses a murder in a hotel room, but refuses to talk until Reed shows him compassion and respect, both of which are lacking from his family and friends, but his testimony is clouded by his alcoholic past. Malloy relives his childhood by telling the story of his chaperoning a junior high dance. |
| 8 |
110 |
Stephen J. Cannell |
Dennis Donnelly |
"The Surprise" |
1972·Nov·15 |
It's Malloy's birthday and he makes it known to Reed, "no surprise parties". Sgt. MacDonald warns the officers about a rash of robberies using milk crates to break store windows. During a routine traffic stop, Reed notices a milk crate in the back of a car and surreptitiously marks it for identification later, and the thief is apprehended later using the same milk crate. Other calls include backing up a jewelry store robbery when the officers pull over for DUI the owner of said store, an embarrassed male purse snatching victim inside a negligee shop, a phony gas station worker at a closed gas station, a shootout in the police garage resulting from a drunk suspect officers failed to handcuff, and Officer Wells captures a B&E suspect based on a hunch by Malloy, who despite Reed's denials, continues to suspect a party is afoot until Reed gives his partner a present--a leather purse. |
| 9 |
111 |
Leo V. Gordon |
Sam Freedle |
"Vendetta" |
1972·Nov·22 |
A World War II survivor (and bar owner) sets an ambush for an unidentified intruder when Malloy and Reed intervene. R&I determines the owner is clean and emigrated to the US 17 years earlier from Eastern Europe. The officers speak with a local priest who knows the owner, who complains to Sgt. MacDonald about what he feels is the officers' interference. Later shots are fired at the bar and an intruder is unconscious with no one else in the bar. Malloy and Reed find the owner with the priest, who informs them that the intruder is a former Nazi soldier and did not want to surrender. Nehemiah Persoff guest stars. |
| 10 |
112 |
Leo V. Gordon |
Dennis Donnelly |
"The Chaser" |
1972·Dec·06 |
An out-of-state armed private investigator is inside a bar, Malloy and Reed arrive and determine the PI is legally allowed to carry but takes him to his car to stow the gun, and find he is in town looking for a bail jumper. Later the PI is in the middle of an altercation with two black men, one of which is seriously injured. The PI claims the men tried to rob him, later the men tell a different story, and Sgt. MacDonald orders the PI arrested. The PI is found after catching (and roughing up) the bail jumper, and is arrested. Other calls include an elderly man wanting a group of cars driven by hippies ticketed for illegal parking, and a woman who demands the officers ticket her husband's car because he refuses to replace the balding tires on it. |
| 11 |
113 |
Leo V. Gordon |
Lawrence Doheny |
"Hot Spell" |
1972·Dec·13 |
Malloy and Reed have to wear their long-sleeved uniforms despite a hot forecast, then later found out they could have changed to short sleeves but missed the radio notification. The officers receive a tip about a bicycle pump that contains drugs, later the find a woman experiencing withdrawal symptoms, and they find the supplier and the pump. Other cases include a man complaining about his grass being trampled during his yard sale, only to find he was selling stolen property from another man who gave him the items from his job as a repo man. After arresting the repo man, they get a tip on a murder suspect which leads to the suspect's arrest. Scatman Crothers guest stars. |
| 12 |
114 |
Don Rico |
Harry Harris |
"Gifts and Long Letters" |
1972·Dec·20 |
Malloy and Reed are called to a hotel to stop a suicide attempt, which they do and the woman leaves a note for another patron of the hotel, a parolee with ties to organized crime who refuses to speak with the woman because he thinks someone from the mob is after him. Later the officers are called back to the hotel because the manager wants the parolee evicted because he's up typing until the wee hours of the morning, then another call to the hotel results in a shootout between the officers and the parolee, who was having delusions the mob was after him. In another case, the officers offer assistance to a man whose car needed a tire change and the man declined; the officers receive a radio report of a robbery which involved the same man and car. Detectives later apprehend the man; Malloy and Reed verify the suspect's identity. |
| 13 |
115 |
Jeffrey Lewis |
Lawrence Doheny |
"O'Brien's Stand" |
1973·Jan·03 |
Malloy's fiesty landlady, Mrs. O'Brien, has her purse stolen and refuses to leave the station until her case is settled. O'Brien resorts to other means, including hounding detectives and setting up a picket line to vent her frustrations. Malloy determines that there may be a connection between O'Brien's theft and a string of purse snatchings involving Social Security checks, and suggests using a decoy to put an end to the heists, which works and the ring is brought down. Another incident involved two men arousing suspicion for their erratic behavior; in the ensuing pursuit the men are arrested and heroin is found in their car; later a call to a home where a man killed his son with a shovel, during the murder investigation they find candy wrappers and tire tracks that link with the two men arrested earlier. |
| 14 |
116 |
Stephen J. Cannell |
Dennis Donnelly |
"Clear with a Civilian: Part 1" |
1973·Jan·10 |
Reed spreads his flu to several other officers, leaving the station undermanned. Reed has a shootout with a rifle-toting man and finds he is wanted for bookmaking. Malloy has an argument with a storekeeper and a customer of the quality of merchandise while Reed writes a speeding ticket, later the officers catch a man on a rooftop of a store after Reed noticed flashing lights there, later another suspect gets away from a foot pursuit with Reed. Due to the understaffing situation, Malloy and Reed are asked to do double shifts, and Malloy tickets a woman for failing to stop at a stop sign, later when Sgt. MacDonald asks the officers to escort the police commissioner (played by Juanita Moore) they get a surprise--it's the woman Malloy stopped earlier for running a stop sign! |
| 15 |
117 |
Stephen J. Cannell |
Dennis Donnelly |
"Clear with a Civilian: Part 2" |
1973·Jan·17 |
While on second shift, Malloy and Reed take Police Commissioner Dixon (played by Juanita Moore) on a ride-along. They encounter a bar owner who locked a naked, elderly man inside, a fight with a knife-wielding man and another man with a gun, and a missing 17-year-old deaf boy with mental instabilities, which Reed recognizes as the boy that escaped his foot pursuit earlier. The officers and Commissioner Dixon observe the boy in a car running from another police unit, and they join in to alert the pursuing unit to the boy's condition. Rose Marie guest stars. |
| 16 |
118 |
Robert I. Holt |
Sam Freedle |
"Citizen's Arrest – 484" |
1973·Jan·24 |
A woman is arrested for shoplifting, on the way to the station she stops at a car and picks up her baby, then escapes from custody during a disruption at the station, later another call regarding a stolen baby involves their missing shoplifter, which leads to a disturbance call at an apartment complex during which they re-capture the shoplifter, and the apartment manager claims the woman's husband stole his car, and the woman claims the manager made an extortion call demanding $2000 for the baby. The officers pursue, then catch the man at a rail yard. Another call resulted in a brief hostage situation between Reed and the suspected B&E of a warehouse; Reed manages to trick his way out and capture the suspect. |
| 17 |
119 |
Kenneth Johnson |
Robert M. Leeds |
"The Beast" |
1973·Jan·31 |
Malloy and Reed are given a different police car which has 300 miles to go until retirement, and also inherit the problems--the car suddenly surges power, the glove compartment door constantly drops on Reed's knees, the water hose breaks while they are sneaking up on a prowler suspect who it turns out used to live there, a busted taillight prevents them from writing a ticket to a citizen whose car had the same problem, the distributor cap fails when trying to respond to another call, and finally, after capturing a suspect in a pursuit, the car's emergency brake fails and the unmanned car runs into a tree. Another call regarding warehouse activity (for the first time in eight years) results in the capture of a some burglary suspects. Marty Ingels and Donna Douglas guest star. |
| 18 |
120 |
Stephen J. Cannell |
Lawrence Doheny |
"Killing Ground" |
1973·Feb·07 |
Malloy and Reed pull over a car on a routine traffic stop and are taken hostage by two robbers escaping from their heist. The officers have to use all their skills to escape the situation. |
| 19 |
121 |
Leo V. Gordon |
Dennis Donnelly |
"Nightwatch" |
1973·Feb·14 |
Reed spends a Saturday night talking about buying a used car, during the watch the officers handle a possible DUI but the driver passes the field sobriety tests, a shooting during which a man kills his recently paroled son-in-law, a car stripper, trick a man into revealing his name after pulling him over for speeding and finding the car has over $900 of unpaid tickets, and two beatings at motels. |
| 20 |
122 |
Leonard F. Hill |
Sam Freedle |
"Suspended" |
1973·Feb·21 |
Reed spends an evening on the firing range, then stops by a all-night grocery store. When Reed leaves, a man approaches him as if he knew him, then points out another man in a green Beetle holding a gun on the officer. Reed drops his groceries, pushes the man, jumps and fires at the man in the Beetle, hitting the car, but the man in the Beetle shot and hit his accomplice. The grocer swears he only heard one shot, and the accomplice gave a dying declaration that Reed was trigger-happy and shot him. Reed (as per standard procedure) is assigned desk duty until the Review Board completed its' findings, but the accomplice's death makes it look more and more like Reed could face a murder charge until Malloy (along with his by-the-book replacement partner) locates the green Beetle after going through numerous DMV checks, and locates the other man, exonerating Reed with both the courts and the department, who cleared him in the shooting. |
| 21 |
123 |
Richard Marris |
Sam Freedle |
"A Fool and His Money" |
1973·Feb·28 |
Malloy wins $10,000 in a women's shampoo naming contest and intends to buy a boat despite the rest of the squad suggesting he invest it, avalanches of mail offers, etc. Calls include an elderly male tenant complaining that a new elderly female tenant's Irish music is too loud, and the officers leave them together to "work it out", then a sniper wreaks havoc until he is shot trying to escape in a car, a reported theft turned out to be a broke man whose three wives stripped the expensive house he was in clean except for the stolen items, and a wino is killed by another wino for his new tennis shoes. |
| 22 |
124 |
Jeff Kanter |
Dennis Donnelly |
"Anatomy of a 415" |
1973·Mar·07 |
The officers spot a runaway young boy hiding in the woods and prepare to take him home. En route, they get a 415 (disturbance) call from the boy's address and find his mother and step-father quiet, and are warned by the officers. They return a second time with the couple throwing things at each other and is broken up. Officer Woods lets Malloy and Reed know he has tangled with them before. A third call to the same address forces the officers to send the husband to his sister's house, but he returns to the apartment and when he does, shots ring out just as the officers arrive for the fourth time. Other incidents include a man waiting for his wife encounters a girl who jumps into his cars offering him drugs and a man trying to break into his truck after his dog locked him out. |
| 23 |
125 |
Kenneth Johnson |
Lawrence Doheny |
"Keeping Tabs" |
1973·Mar·14 |
Malloy and Reed pull over a speeding car full of teenagers, including Sgt. MacDonald's son, and Malloy finds himself in the middle between father and son on how to handle it. Other calls include a burglar who tries to run up the fire escape unsuccessfully, complaints about a woman feeding ducks interrupting two men and a chess game; Malloy suggests she join them when she comments that they are poor chess players, two boyfriends fight at knifepoint over a woman, who leaves with a third man after the two combatants are arrested, and Reed has to save a drunk (played by Pat Buttram) who is trying to direct traffic at a busy intersection. |
| 24 |
126 |
Michael Donovan |
Dennis Donnelly |
"Easy Rap" |
1973·Mar·21 |
Reed loses a case against a young car thief in juvenile court, who is later spotted in his dad's car. Later, a robbery leads to a high-speed pursuit which ends in a traffic accident; the teen car thief is killed in the crash. Other incidents include a girl whose boyfriend died from a heroin "hot shot", and she provides the name and address of his supplier, but the officers need more, so she buys drugs from the supplier and provides the serial number of the $10 bill she used to buy them. The officers stakeout the house and arrest the supplier. An elderly woman insists on being arrested rather than ticketed for a traffic violation. |
| Ep |
№ |
Written by |
Directed by |
Title |
Airdate |
Plot |
| 1 |
127 |
Bryan Joseph |
Dennis Donnelly |
"Harbor Division" |
1973·Sep·12 |
Malloy has to sell two ballet tickets after his date cancels on him and gets needled by the squad. The officers are patrolling the Harbor Division and handle calls for a boat owner overcharged for fuel by a dealer, pull over a driver with a suspicious box on top of his car, investigate a suspicious young couple, pull over an astrologer for reckless driving, and a drunk shooting from the crows nest of a ship. Jayne Meadows guest stars. |
| 2 |
128 |
David H. Vowell |
Lawrence Doheny |
"Rampart Division: The Senior Citizens" |
1973·Sep·19 |
Malloy and Reed patrol an area of Los Angeles inhabited by a large retirement population. Calls include a purse snatching during which the suspect eluded capture, but was later found during routine patrol, a retired policeman turned security guard named George who wants to talk shop, an elderly man with multiple warrants for auto theft trying to break into a car in a church parking lot, a dispute between and elderly woman and man over her eviction and his offer to take her in, then arrest the woman when she begins smashing a car with a baseball bat, handle another dispute over $5, prevent a baby stroller from rolling into a lake, and a robbery during which George assisted in the capture of the suspects, then laments to the officers about being lonely due to all of his friends passing on. |
| 3 |
129 |
Leo Gordon |
Christian I. Nyby II |
"Foothill Division" |
1973·Sep·26 |
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, later the station is under sniper fire, Malloy, Reed, and Air Ten assist in capturing the sniper, 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. |
| 4 |
130 |
Alf Harris |
Christian I. Nyby II |
"West Valley Division" |
1973·Oct·03 |
Malloy and Reed notice an attractive woman walking her scottie when they get a call from Air Ten to assist with a motorcyclist who is also a potential firebug. They track the young man to his mother's house and the officers warn him about the pitfalls of arson. While the woman continues to walk her dog, the officers investigate a robbery at a movie theater where the manager and ticket taker are tied up; she lets them know a man on a gray motorcycle committed the crime, Malloy and Reed stop a gray motorcycle but the rider is a woman, they locate another motorcycle and catch the suspect after pursuit and the motorcycle crashing. The officers respond to another robbery at a department store where the security guard was shot and provides a dying declaration of who shot him, then Air Ten locates a possible suspect vehicle; the pursuit ends with two people just wanting to experience the thrill of a police chase. The Scottie dog is found tied up and the officers discover the woman is in reality a fur thief, and is arrested. |
| 5 |
131 |
Robert I. Holt |
Lawrence Doheny |
"Venice Division" |
1973·Oct·10 |
The officers investigate a woman nude sunbathing on the beach, with her "agent" begging for her arrest, later Reed arrests a man trying to steal coins from a phone booth, assist a motorcycle policeman in catching a dune buggy thief, a leotard-wearing woman who fears for her life after receiving obscene phone calls, later is attacked by the caller and the officers locate and arrest him, a wino that dies after eating dinner, and a low-speed pursuit of a jack-o-lantern. Larry Hovis and Laurette Spang guest star. |
| 6 |
132 |
Leo Gordon |
Christian I. Nyby II |
"Hot Shot" |
1973·Oct·24 |
The officers pull over a car on a traffic violation and find the driver is Reno West, a cat burglar Malloy sent to prison four years previous, and Malloy is suspicious that West will resume his career, as he is found later at the library looking up likely articles to steal while investigating stolen books. Other cases include removal of an abandoned car, a robbery which turns to murder as the shopowner is killed, the suspect is chased into a tunnel where Reed is forced to kill him after a standoff, and a hostage situation involving a distraught man and his daughter; the officers are able to end the situation peaceably despite the man having a bead on Reed with his gun. |
| 7 |
133 |
Leo Gordon |
Dennis Donnelly |
"Van Nuys Division: Pete's Mustache" |
1973·Oct·31 |
Malloy returns from vacation sporting a mustache, prompting chuckles and guffaws from the squad. The officers then assist Air Ten in an airplane operated by a drunk pilot which crash-landed, and the police have to get the pilot out before he lights a cigarette which would have ignited the leaking gas coming from the plane, and rescue the pilot's son who required CPR. Reno West is suspected in the theft of some stamps from a mansion, a witness provides excellent descriptions of suspects involved in a jewelry store robbery, who is apprehended during a routine traffic stop, and a woman taking 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. |
| 8 |
134 |
Michael Donovan |
Kenneth Johnson |
"Training Division: The Rookie" |
1973·Nov·07 |
A Police Academy exercise in how NOT to handle a bank robbery is performed and attended by officers, including probationary officer George Barrett, who later bungles another bank robbery allegedly committed by an elderly man by not following proper arrest procedures, angering Malloy and Officer Wells. Barrett's over-confidence and reluctance to listen to advice from senior officers is causing problems. The final straw comes when responding to a bomb threat at a grocery store, the bomber takes another man "hostage", and are followed into a storeroom where the bomber is disabled and Reed orders Barrett to arrest the "hostage" (as Reed noticed the bomber wasn't too attentive to the "hostage"), but Barrett hesitates, so Malloy does, and Sgt. MacDonald lets Malloy and Reed know that Barrett is in the process of being let go, and reminds everyone what the purpose of the nine-month "probationary" period is--a process Reed knows all too well. |
| 9 |
135 |
Leo Gordon |
Lawrence Doheny |
"Capture" |
1973·Nov·14 |
Reno West's burglary reign continues, and the Captain orders it stopped at all costs. Malloy and Reed find the veteran burglar at a gas station with a female companion and West is not too happy to see the police following him. Later West's friend's car is spotted at the scene of another burglary and despite Officer Wells blowing the stakeout, Malloy re-captures his old nemesis. 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. |
| 10 |
136 |
Preston Wood |
Dennis Donnelly |
"Hollywood Division" |
1973·Nov·21 |
Malloy really likes the voice of the new dispatcher (not Shaaron but a different one), but when he meets her in person is dismayed to find she is married to the SWAT lieutenant. Cases handled include a hit-and-run which seriously injured a young girl, a synagogue who had their Hebrew-based typewriter and money stolen, a drunk woman sitting on a lawn who is spurned by her daughter when the officers take the drunk there, and while visiting T.J.'s (Robert Donner) wagon, T.J. clues them in on a disgruntled former painter who is planning revenge, and when the officers arrive at the studio shots are fired, two painters are injured; the SWAT team is brought in to rescue another painter and capture the shooter. |
| 11 |
137 |
Edward J. Lasko |
Dennis Donnelly |
"Northeast Division" |
1973·Dec·05 |
Reed needs his TV repaired, and brings in his Boy Scout neighbor with a merit badge in electronics to work on it, but takes the entire TV apart and the squad is skeptical he can put it back together again. He does fix it--with a little help from a TV repairman. Cases involve pursuing a juvenile on a souped-up minibike, only to find he lives with his aunt after being orphaned and has no friends, a woman whom a neighbor thought had killed her husband after overhearing an argument and the woman digging in the backyard, only to find she was burying a dead chicken; a robbery committed by a long haired woman in high heels, whom Reed spots at a bus stop with shorter hair and no 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. Johnny Whitaker guest stars. |
| 12 |
138 |
Jim Carlson |
Lawrence Doheny |
"If the Shoe Fits" |
1973·Dec·12 |
Reed's shoes are being fixed and the replacements have a squeak that drives Malloy crazy. When he later returns to the shop to pick the shoes up, he notices a bank robbery which turns into a hostage situation. Malloy "gives in" by providing a car--with the doors locked and the robbers are apprehended. Other cases include a B&E that was actually a husband destroying his furniture due to his wife leaving him and the country, a van pulled over for no brake lights and a driver with a negative attitude towards police, and Sgt. MacDonald sends the officers to a demolition site where a visually-impaired boy is hiding out. Malloy takes a crane to pluck the boy out of danger. |
| 13 |
139 |
"Southwest Division" |
1973·Dec·19 |
| 14 |
140 |
"The Sweet Smell..." |
1974·Jan·09 |
| 15 |
141 |
"Trouble in the Bank" |
1974·Jan·15 |
| 16 |
142 |
"North Hollywood Division" |
1974·Jan·22 |
| 17 |
143 |
"Taking It Easy" |
1974·Jan·29 |
| 18 |
144 |
"Krash" |
1974·Feb·05 |
| 19 |
145 |
"Routine Patrol" |
1974·Feb·12 |
| 20 |
146 |
"Sunburn" |
1974·Feb·19 |
| 21 |
147 |
"Skywatch: Part 1" |
1974·Feb·26 |
| 22 |
148 |
"Skywatch: Part 2" |
1974·Mar·05 |
| 23 |
149 |
"L.A. International" |
1974·Mar·12 |
| 24 |
150 |
"Clinic on Eighteenth Street" |
1974·Mar·13 |
