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Adam 12
Show Type: Police Drama
First Telecast: September 21, 1968
Last Telecast: August 26, 1975
Producer: Jack Webb
Cast
Officer Pete Malloy..... Martin Milner
Officer Jim Reed..... Kent McCord
Sgt. MacDonald..... William Boyett
Officer Ed Wells..... Gary Crosby
Dispatcher's Voice..... Shaaron Claridge
Officer Jerry Walters (1968-1969)..... William Stevens
Sgt. Jerry Miller (1969)..... Jack Hogan
Jean Reed (1969)..... Mikki Jamison
Officer Norm Green (1970-1971)..... Claude Johnson
Officer Grant (1974-1975)..... William Elliott
Officer Woods (1974-1975)..... Fred Stromsoe
SYNOPSIS
Adam 12 dealt with the day-to-day working world of two uniformed Los Angeles Police Department police officers assigned to patrol-car duty.
Officer Pete Malloy was a the senior officer who, at the start of the series, was teamed with a probationary rookie cop, Jim Reed. As members of the Los Angeles Police Department, they encountered a wide range of cases - some serious, some not-so-serious and some of them tragic.
During the 1970-1971 season, Jim Reed was promoted from rookie officer to officer and in the following year, Officer Malloy was promoted to Policeman 3, one notch below the rank of sergeant.
Adam-12 Episode Guide
1. Log 1: The Impossible Mission
Writer: Jack Webb
Director: Jack Webb
Guest star: Art Gilmore (Lt. Wangsgard), William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , Ann Morgan Guilbert (Ruth Elkins), Howard Culver (George Morrison), Julian Burton (Mac Jeffries), Ena Hartman (Mrs. Warner), Gene Bowland (Fred Warner), John Nolan (Harold Mason), Don Stewart (Officer One), Ed Deemer (Officer Bill James), Rick Warick (Desk Officer)
Global rating: 9.6
After his partner is killed in the line of duty, officer Malloy plans on quiting the force but must complete one more shift before he can leave.
2. Log 141 -- The Color TV Bandit
Writer: Richard Neil Morgan
Director: Phil Rawlins
Guest star: Robert Rothwell (Russo), Kenneth Washington (Miller) , James Driskill (Ambulance Attendant), Stephen Shea (Small Boy), Natalie Masters (Mrs. Warner), Cloris Leachman (Judy), Lew Brown (II) (Charlie), Ray Ballard (Fenster), Melody Patterson (Valerie)
Global rating: 8.2
Officers Malloy and Reed attempt to save two small victims of narcotic pills, and then pursue a long-sought burglary suspect in a foot chase.
3. Log 11 -- It's Just a Little Dent, Isn't It?
Writer: Preston Wood
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Joan Shawlee (Mrs. Getz), Vincent Beck (Joe Claver), Barry Williams (Boy), Zalman King (Man)
Global rating: 8.7
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 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.
4. Log 131 -- Reed, the Dicks Have Their Job and We Have Ours
Writer: Preston Wood
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Bob Hastings (Beuler), Robert Donner (Teejay), William Bramley (Cullen), Dorothy Rice (Mrs. Bussey), Tony Gardner (Hudson)
Global rating: 8.1
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.
5. Log 91 -- You're Not the First Guy's Had the Problem
Writer: Preston Wood
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 8.7
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.
6. Log 161 -- And You Want Me to Get Married!
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.
7. Log 71 -- I Feel Like a Fool, Malloy
Writer: Robert I. Holt
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 8.4
Among other calls, Officers Malloy and Reed answer a loud noise complaint and discover a teen-age babysitter in desperate need of help.
8. Log 72: El Presidente
Writer: Robert A. Forward
Director: Phil Rawlins
Guest star: William Stevens (Officer Walters), Kenneth Washington (Officer Miller), Robert Rothwell (Officer Russo), William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , Manuel Sandoval (3rd Mexican Boy), Garth Brown (2nd Mexican Boy), Alex Val (1st Mexican Boy), Speedy Zapata (Pepe Garcia), Michael Blake (Randy), Stuart Lee (Billy), Amzie Strickland (Mrs. Zephyr), Del Moore (Ted Wilson), Eve McVeagh (Mrs. Walker), James McCallion (Cab Driver), James B. Sikking (Tex), Stafford Repp (Mr. Walker)
Global rating: 7.3
While on patrol, Reed and Malloy get a call to assist a man who has been overwhelmed with 51 very friendly Mexican children. Later, they catch a robber and rout out a sniper who is hiding in a house.
9. Log 101 - Someone Stole My Lawn
Writer: Tom Dunphey
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Robert Rothwell (2nd Officer), Kenneth Washington (1st Officer), William Stevens (3rd Officer) , Floyd Mutrux (Milne), Steve Cory (Talbot), Harry Hickox (Jenkins), Rory Stevens (Percy Waterman), Joan Swift (Mrs. Mollinson), L E Young (Mr. Conrad), Margaret Field (Mrs. Milne), Bruce Watson (Carl Robinson)
Global rating: 7.9
Los Angeles Police officers Jim Reed and Pete Malloy are dispatched to investigate the theft of a man's lawn.
10. Log 132: Producer
Writer: Richard Neil Morgan
Director: Phil Rawlins
Guest star: Kenneth Washington (Officer Miller), William Stevens (Officer Walters), William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald), Claude Johnson (Officer Johnson) , Donna Mantoan (Waitress), Lee Jay Lambert (Brian Taggart), Karen Black (Susan Decker), James McEachin (Officer Wood), Christopher Hundley (Boy), Dianna Curtis (Girl Suspect), Richard Steele (I) (Tommy), Foster Brooks (Man), Lee Stanley (Officer Brinkman)
Global rating: 7.2
Reed and Malloy set a trap for two burglary suspects within a building that manufactures swimwear, and later the officers help capture a prowler who is stalking a model.
11. Log 111 - Snake In The Trunck
Writer: Preston Wood
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: William Stevens (Officer Walters), Claude Johnson (Officer Brinkman), Kenneth Washington (Officer Miller), Robert Rothwell (Officer Russo) , James Driskill (Ambulance Attendant), Wayne Storm (Tim Perry), William Cort (Peter Barth), Dan Ferrone (Horace Fenster), Eldon Quick (Cliff Rankin), Nina Shipman (Marjorie Fenster), Don Stewart (2nd Man), Marc Hannibal (Officer Barrett), Jim Neumarker (1st Man), John Rayner (MIlt), Luana Anders (Jane Tipton)
Global rating: 7.9
Officers Reed and Malloy have to break apart feuding neighbors, attempt to find a stolen car with a boa constrictor in the trunk, and effect a rescue of two people from a house on fire.
12. Log 61 - The Runaway
Writer: Neil Nosseck
Director: Phil Rawlins
Guest star: Claude Johnson (Officer Brinkman), William Stevens (Officer Walters), William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , Jimmy Mathers (Rick), Dorothy Neumann (Mrs. Ross), Donna Mantoan (Waitress), Jack Hogan (Sgt. Jerry Miller), Robert Donner (TeeJay), Cynthia Hull (Carol Anderson), Foster Brooks (Citizen), Philip Chapin (Raymond Evans), Michael-James Wixted (Gary)
Global rating: 7.7
When officers Reed and Malloy get to a communal house occupied by hippies, they find a young girl, who has run away from home, extremely sick from narcotic use.
13. Log 122: Christmas -- The Yellow Dump Truck
Writer: Preston Wood
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: William Stevens (Officer Walters), William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , Eunice Christopher (Reba), Dick Foran (Fred Haines), Dan Ferrone (Officer Johnson), Serge Crawford (Mary), Edward Crawford (Harvey), Zolya Talma (Mrs. Hirsch), Bob Hastings (Charles Beuhler), Mittie Lawrence (Mrs. Ward)
Global rating: 8.0
Officers Reed and Malloy take part in a city wide search for a family's car that was stolen, along with the Christmas toys in it's trunk. They also arrest a holiday drunk driver.
14. Log 81 - The Long Walk
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
Director: Phil Rawlins
Guest star: William Stevens (Officer Walters), Art Gilmore (Lt. Moore), Claude Johnson (Officer Brinkman), William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , James Oliver (Suspect), Bert Holland (Man), Barry Brooks (Charlie), Frank Evans (Leroy), Dan Ferrone (Officer Johnson), Patricia Lee (Linda), Mittie Lawrence (Mrs. Devers), Richard Hale (II) (Saulsberry)
Global rating: 8.0
Malloy and Reed are dispatched to a silent alarm set off during a holdup, then find themselves in the middle of a shootout with three suspects, and finally try to help an elderly man who is walking to his home...in South Dakota!
15. Log 36: Jimmy Eisley's Dealing Smack
Writer: Preston Wood
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald), William Stevens (Office Walters), Kenneth Washington (Office Miller), Art Gilmore (Lt. Moore), Robert Rothwell (Officer Russo) , John Perak (Bob Wills), Ian Carroll (Cal Bauer), Dianne Turley (Mary Parks), Robert Donner (Teejay), Stacy Harris (Ralston), Jenny Sullivan (Ellen), William Mims (Jimmy Eisley)
Global rating: 7.7
Reed and Malloy lend aid to a young woman, and the officers lead a raid on a dope dealer's apartment, breaking up the drug ring run from there.
16. Log 62: Grand Theft Horse?
Writer: Richard Neil Morgan
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Art Gilmore (Lt. Moore), Claude Johnson (Officer Brinkman), William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , E. Sirianni (Motel Manager), Dick O'Shea (1st Park Ranger), William Stevens (Officer Walters), Dan Ferrone (Officer Johnson), Peter Duryea (Carter), JoAnn Harris (Susan), Maura McGiveney (Joanna), Tim Matheson (Leroy)
Global rating: 7.9
Reed and Malloy assist park rangers in catching a horse thief, a homesick Texan who was high on drugs at the time. The officers then chase two gunmen in a high speed pursuit.
17. Log 33: It All Happened So Fast
Writer: Preston Wood
Director: Bruce Kessler
Guest star: Art Gilmore (Moore), William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , Jack Hogan (Miller), Art Balinger (Inspector), Jim Neumarker (Man with Tape Recorder), Frank Arno (1st Reporter), Tom Grubbs (2nd Man), Alfred Shelly (1st Man), Barbara Wesley (Woman), Herb Kayde (Photographer), Larry Anthony (Detective Bob Calkins), Dick Delmar (Officer Brinkman), Robert Rothwell (Officer Russo), Lee Stanley (Officer Johnson)
Global rating: 9.4
Reed returns fire and kills a suspect, only to get grilled all night at the station.
18. Log 112 -- You Blew It
Writer: Robert Forward
Director: Phil Rawlins
Guest star: William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , John Lupton (Ted Larson), Joyana Frederics (Woman), Joseph Mell (Cal), Lorna Lewis (Flo), Phyllis Davis (Betsy), Elvia Allman (Mrs. Lazwell), Walter Mathews (Howard), Bara Byrnes (Annie Russell), Maudie Prickett (Mrs. Wilson), William Dooley (James Walker), Jane Alexander (Records Clerk)
Global rating: 7.6
There are good reasons for the policies police officers must follow, even if citizens don't like them. And this time when Malloy and Reed fail to follow the book on a traffic stop, an armed robbery suspect gets away.
19. Log 51: A Jumper - Code Two
Writer: Richard Neil Morgan
Director: Harry Morgan
Guest star: Henry Beckman (Levering), Charles Brewer (Officer Brinkman), Jon Shank (Binky Tremaine), Lillian Powell (Thelma Martin), Bert Holland (Leonard Ross), Robert B. Williams (Manager), Chuck Bowman (Officer Miller), Katherine Squire (Mrs. Hess)
Global rating: 8.2
A woman won't let Reed and Malloy go until they fix her television antenna, and Malloy works dilegently to keep a man from jumping from a building.
20. Log 73: I'm Still A Cop
Writer: Harold Jack Bloom
Director: Phil Rawlins
Guest star: William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , John C. Johnson (Jack Carlton), John Cliff (Station Sergeant), Art Gilmore (Lt. Moore), Pamela McMyler (Maria Nunez), Chuck Morrow (2nd Student), Jerome Sheldon (1st Student), Stacy Harris (Dr. Edward Lane), Jerry C. Quarry (Bill Sanders), Geoffrey Deuel (Paul Banner), Paul Carr (Professor Ray Pinter), Anne Helm (Peg Tompkins)
Global rating: 9.0
Malloy is a part-time student at a local college, where he suddenly finds himself in the middle of of a riot.
21. Log 102 -- We Can't Just Walk Away From It
Writer: Sheldon Stark
Director: Phil Rawlins
Guest star: William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , Maria Grimm (Annie), Mary Gregory (Mrs. Harris), Kelly Thordsen (Mr. Franklin), Scott Brady (John Harris), Angela Greene (Sally Gentry), Roger Garrett (Larry Harris), Angus Duncan (Intern Komarski)
Global rating: 7.0
A teenager is threatening to commit suicide and Malloy and Reed try to talk the troubled youth out of it.
22. Log 152 -- A Dead Cop Can't Help Anyone
Writer: Michael Donovan
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald), Gary Crosby (Officer Wells) , Bobby Hall (Chester Wilbanks), Walter Mathews (George Thurston), Claude Johnson (Officer Brinkman), Angela Greene (Sally Gentry), Barbara Baldavin (Betty Wells), Dick Hitt (Suspect), Jan Reeves (Wilma), Marco Lopez (Officer Sanchez), Ted Foulkes (Bobby Thurston), Barry Williams (Johnny Grant)
Global rating: 9.5
A brash cop with reckless disregard for safety is teaching young rookies the wrong way to handle dangerous situations.
23. Log 12 -- He Was Trying To Kill Me
Writer: Robert I. Holt
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star:
Global rating: 7.7
A call brings Malloy and Reed into the investigation of child neglect.
24. Log 172 -- Boy, The Things You Do For The Job
Writer: Michael Donovan
Director: Hollingsworth Morse
Guest star: Gary Crosby (Officer Wells), William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , James Millhollin (Charlie Kendall), William Stevens (Officer Walters), Anna Capri (Penny Lang), Claude Johnson (Officer Brinkman), Jerome Thor (MIlton Prendle)
Global rating: 8.0
Malloy writes a young woman a traffic ticket and then is bombarded with attention and affection, all of which he doesn't want.
25. Log 92 -- Tell Him He Pushed Back A Little Too Hard
Writer: Preston Wood
Director: Phil Rawlins
Guest star: James Callahan (Miles Wellman), Joan Staley (Agnes Wellman), Dick Sargent (Sidney Roemer), Christopher West (Wendy Roemer), Jack Hogan (Sgt. Jerry Miller)
Global rating: 8.8
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.
26. Log 22 -- ...So This Little Guy Goes Into This Bar, and...
Writer: Preston Wood
Director: Phil Rawlins
Guest star: Gary Crosby (Officer Wells) , Nydia Westman (Alice Hoyt), Barbara Luddy (Woman), Penny Gaston (Jan Hewlitt), Tom Williams (Peters), Dick O'Shea (Man), Claude Johnson (Officer Brinkman), William Stevens (Officer Walters), Donna Mantoan (Lorna), David Westberg (Howie Hewlitt), Joyana Frederics (Muriel Fletcher)
Global rating: 8.2
Malloy and Reed on patrol deal with a domestic dispute, the theft of a fur, and the noise from a loud party.
27. Log 15 -- Exactly One Hundred Yards
Malloy isn't thrilled about having to do community relations police work.
28. Log 153 -- Find Me a Needle
Writer: Guerdon Trueblood
Director: Robert Douglas
Guest star:
Global rating: 8.7
Malloy and Reed spend their night watch attempting to find a criminal that is stalking a lover's lane.
29. Log 52 -- Good Cop: Handle with Care
Writer: Preston Wood
Director: Robert Douglas
Guest star: Margarita Cordova (Mrs. Sanchez)
Global rating: 7.7
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.
30. Log 23 -- Pig Is A Three Letter Word
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.
31. Log 83 -- A Different Thing
Malloy and Reed are called to investigate a hit and run which soon begins to look like a homicide.
32. Log 103 -- A Sound Like Thunder
Reed and Malloy visit a ghost town and have to deal with a gang of bikers with guns.
33. Log 63 -- Baby
Writer: Guerdon Trueblood
Director: Joseph Pevney
Guest star: Michael Freeman (Ernie)
Global rating: 7.8
Officer Malloy asks the new girl in the office out on a date.
34. Log 93 -- Once A Junkie
And ex-junkie is the suspect in an assault and robbery case and Reed and Malloy are assigned the case.
35. Log 123 -- Courtroom
Writer: Dick Morgan
Director: Joseph Pevney
Guest star: Bruce Kirby (Mike Fendel)
Global rating: 8.7
Reed and Malloy are accused of overstepping the parameters of a search warrant by a suspect found to be in possession of illegal drugs.
36. Log 143 -- Cave
Writer: Robert I. Holt
Director: Alan Crosland
Guest star:
Global rating: 8.5
Just a typical day on patrol with calls ranging from a stoned hippie to the search for a runaway child.
37. Log 142 -- As High As You Are
Writer: Guerdon Trueblood
Director: Robert Douglas
Guest star: Fran Ryan (Mrs. Killian)
Global rating: 8.7
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.
38. Log 43 -- Hostage
Malloy is seriously wounded by two escaped prisoners who are holding the officer hostage.
39. Log 34 - Astro
Writer: Guerdon Trueblood
Director: Robert Douglas
Guest star:
Global rating: 7.7
Malloy and Reed are in pursuit of robbers and are being furnished air support with a police helicopter.
40. Log 14 -- S.W.A.T.
Writer: Michael Donovan
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 7.2
Created within the Los Angeles Police Department, the Special Weapons and Tactics team are called in to find and take out a sniper.
41. Log 64 -- Bottom Of The Bottle
Writer: Robert I. Holt
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 8.7
The Adam 12 team sees the same alcoholic gentleman twice in one night, at a brawl and then later at a shooting call.
42. Log 54 -- Impersonation
An investigator for the Rampart division is suspected of defrauding residents of their money.
43. Log 24 -- A Rare Occasion
Writer: Robert I. Holt
Director: Robert Douglas
Guest star:
Global rating: 7.7
While Malloy and Reed patrol the streets of L.A., they must deal with a young man on drugs at a social event.
44. Log 124 -- Airport
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star: Ronne Troup (Diane)
Global rating: 8.3
Malloy and Reeds shift this day include calls concerning a runaway girl, a robbery at a grocery store and a stolen aircraft.
45. Log 94 -- Vengeance
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 8.3
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.
46. Log 104 -- The Bomb
Writer: Robert I. Holt
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Guest star:
Global rating: 8.4
Malloy and Reed take cases ranging from street racers to robbers to a bomb threat to an attempt to commit suicide.
47. Log 74 -- Light Duty
Writer: Guerdon Trueblood
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 8.4
After breaking his wrist, Malloy gets reassigned to desk duty for a few weeks.
48. Log 114 -- The Hero
Even though his valiant actions saved a man's life from a burning building, the young man responsible refuses to be recognized for the deed.
49. Log 134 -- Child Stealer
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 7.2
Another exciting day on patrol, Malloy and Reed chase down a suspected kidnapper, arrest carjackers, and run down an escaped prisoner.
50. Log 144 -- Bank Robbery
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Joseph Pevney
Guest star: Jed Allan (Charles Jensen)
Global rating: 7.2
Officers Malloy and Reed must deal with a domestic dispute involving a former professional wrestler.
51. Log 44 -- Attempted Bribery
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 7.6
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.
52. Log 173 -- Shoplift
Writer: Robert I. Holt
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 7.8
Malloy and Reed track a woman who has escaped custody to the lair of a known con artist.
53. Log 174 -- Loan Sharks
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 8.6
Patrolmen Malloy and Reed land a big one when they uncover a swindling operation.
54. Log 35 -- Easy, Bare Rider
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 8.2
In police work you eventually deal with just about everything, including today when Malloy and Reed have to deal with a drunk driver who is also quite naked.
55. Log 95 -- Purse Snatcher
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 7.9
The officers must match wits with a crafty teenage purse snatcher.
56. Log 45 -- Bright Boy
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star: Bruce Gordon (Sgt. Poster)
Global rating: 8.6
The officers get called to a bomb threat and must deal with a group of men having fun with dynamite.
57. Log 65 -- Cigarettes, Cars And Wild, Wild Women
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 7.8
Car thieves come up with a clever diversion in the form of mini-skirted girls as a decoy.
58. Log 55 -- Missing Child
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 8.2
Malloy and Reed come to the aid of a disparate mom who can't find her child.
59. Log 75 -- Have A Nice Weekend
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star: Virginia Gregg (Anne White) , Dorothy Shay (Mrs. Green)
Global rating: 7.3
On patrol this day, Malloy and Reed investigate a series of robberies, an arson attempt, and an argument which turns violent.
60. Log 105 -- Elegy For A Pig
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 9.5
Remembering the officers who had died in the line of duty, the memory of Malloy's slain partner come back to the officer's mind.
61. Log 25 -- Indians
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star: Billy Sands (Bartender), Arlene Harris (Helen Shipley), Thomas A. Geas (Johnny Little), Tim Donnelly (Pizza delivery guy), Roger Creed (Tshiji), John Gallaudet (Charley), Jean-Michel Michenaud (Frankie)
Global rating: 8.4
Malloy and Reed search for a skakedown artist who's MO is the bombing of buildings.
62. Log 135 -- Arson
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star: Mary Grace Canfield (Susie Fisher)
Global rating: 7.8
A series of fires are sweeping the Rampart district and officers Malloy and Reed are on the alert for an arsonist.
63. Log 96 -- Pilgrimage
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 9.0
In Christmas time in Los Angeles and things are getting hectic on the street for Reed and Malloy, who investigate a Santa Claus who was robbed.
64. Log 85 -- Sign Of The Twins
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star: Sheila Bromley (Mrs. Wade)
Global rating: 7.4
Malloy and Reed hunt for an astrologer who is committing crimes.
65. Log 175 -- Con Artists
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star: Irene Tedrow (Emma Bonneau)
Global rating: 8.1
Reed and Malloy are on the trail of a family who are ripping people off doing bogus house repairs.
66. Log 115 -- Gang War
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star: Trini Lopez (Priest)
Global rating: 8.3
Teen gangs are close to a war when a Mexican-American priest calls Malloy and Reed for help in preventing bloodshed.
67. Log 26 -- L.E.M.R.A.S. (Law Enforcement Manpower Resources Allocation System)
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 8.0
Two armed robbers take hostages in hopes of making a clean get away until Malloy and Reed thwart their plans. The officers then must contend with a group of burglaries committed by motorcycle riders.
68. Log 155 -- I.A.D. (Internal Affairs Department)
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 8.3
An officer is accused of attempted blackmail and Malloy knows that the only person who can clear his friend of the charge is a bar girl no one seems to be able to locate.
69. Log 66 -- The Vandals
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star: Kasey Rogers (Mrs. Jones)
Global rating: 8.2
The beat goes on in Rampart as Malloy and Reed deal with a popular young woman and when a traffic stop turns serious.
70. Log 36 -- Man Between
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 8.8
Reed is teased by Ed Wells for being an optimist and for having faith in the human race while cynical Wells says no one can be trusted.
71. Log 165 -- Once A Cop
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 8.2
Malloy and Reed must deal with a underhanded trio made up of a movie star, her crooked agent and a bitter ex-cop.
72. Log 76 -- Militants
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 8.0
Members of a militant hate group set an ambush for the police and two officers are shot down when they arrive for a bogus call. The situation gets trickier when it's discovered that one of the assailant's brothers is Reed's friend.
73. Log 164 -- The Poachers
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 7.4
Life on the streets tonight sees the officers catch a guy whole stole a police cruiser, the arrest of a girl forging checks, and the delivery of a baby by Reed.
74. Log 16 -- Child In Danger
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star: Susan Seaforth Hayes (Eve Barstow), Ronne Troup (College girl), John Davis Chandler (Wally Barstow)
Global rating: 8.3
While on patrol, Malloy and Reed happen into a robbery that's going down, discover a case of child beating, and try to warn a girl about driving around a bad part of town at night.
75. Log 56 -- Vice Versa
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star: Marie Windsor (Eunice Claridge)
Global rating: 7.5
It happens to the best and it's happened to Malloy. He's forgotten to renew his driver's license and must allow the young Reed to take the wheel of their cruiser.
76. Log 106 -- Post Time
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star: Morey Amsterdam (Jerry Mermaid)
Global rating: 7.5
Malloy and Reed run across a stunned printer whose press has been stolen, an old retiree with problems, and a very unusual driver.
77. Log 88 -- Reason to Run
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 6.5
Malloy and Reed deal with a robbery, a drug bust, and with a burglary at a riding academy run by a once famous Western movie actor.
78. Log 125 -- Safe Job
Writer: James Doherty
Director: Alan Crosland Jr.
Guest star:
Global rating: 7.7
Malloy and Reed have to figure out how a clever safe cracker gets in and out of the buildings without leaving a trace.
79. Extortion
Writer:
Director:
Guest star: George O'Hanlon (Drunk), Bob Hastings (Bartender)
Global rating: 8.2
Reed and Malloy work an armed robbery, deal with a mean drunk, and round up a group of hoods taking advantage of Jewish businessman.
80. Million Dollar Buff
Writer:
Director:
Guest star: Lindsay Wagner (Jenny Carson)
Global rating: 9.4
Malloy and Reed are suddenly in a race to capture bad guys by a rich police buff who thinks he can do a better job of crime fighting than the police.
81. The Grandmother
It's drug dealers, a vehicle pursuit, and armed robbery calls for officers Malloy and Reed.
82. The Sniper aka The Radical
A ring of thieves who use stolen trucks to move their loot get busted by Malloy and Reed who then grab a revolutionary before he can do anything with a cache of hidden guns.
83. The Search
Writer:
Director:
Guest star: William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald)
Global rating: 9.3
Malloy disappears in the wilderness of Griffith Park while chasing a robbery suspect, causing a massive search for the officer.
84. The Ferret
Reed and Malloy are called to various industrial sites where someone is sabotaging the equipment, and leaving notes, claiming that the victims are air-polluters. Now, the race is on as the officers try to guess the suspects next move, and bust him in the act, before he ends up killing someone.
85. Truant
Officers Malloy and Reed catch a couple of young men tearing a house apart. Reed thinks out loud that if truants were more closely watched, there would be less crime.
86. Ambush
Malloy and Reed are moving a prisoner when their cruiser is fired upon by two hit men, who then take Reed captive.
87. Anniversary
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Guest star: Alfred Shelly (Jim Blackman), Jack Sheldon (Philip Heyes), Stubby Kaye (Bernie Goodman), Allen Jenkins (Jobey), H.B. Haggerty (Dobish), Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez (Rudlofo Diaz), Robert Emhardt (George Moore), Sidney Clute (Farrell), Ines Pedroza (Mina)
Global rating: 7.3
Another typical day for officers Reed and Malloy includes a drunk wrestler tearing up a bar, a robbery, and a dispute in a used car lot.
88. Day Watch
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Guest star: Ronne Troup (Jo/Carol Walker)
Global rating: 8.8
Reed and Malloy end the extortion a female hitchhiker plays upon the men who give her a ride; run down an armed robbery suspect, and have to deal with a drunk and his hallucinations.
89. Assassination
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Guest star: Charles Knox Robinson (Mark Donin)
Global rating: 8.7
A sniper has put officers Malloy and then Reed in the sights of his weapon.
90. The Dinosaur
Writer: Michael Donovan
Director: Ozzie Nelson
Guest star: William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , Heather North (Shirley Young), Del Monroe (Frank Young), Warren Stevens (Officer Art McCall)
Global rating: 9.3
Eight years after an act of heroism put him out of commission, an officer returns to active duty, only to find that the changes made to the job are too much to handle.
91. Pick-Up
Writer: J. C. Hospodar
Director: James Neilson
Guest star: William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , Barbara Hale (Bonnie Jessup), Bill Williams (William Taylor), Kathy Garver (Paula Jessup), Buddy Foster (Rusty Cobb), Brian Dewey (Brian), Vernon Scott (Newsman), Anthony Eldridge (Boy), Frank McCoy (Robber)
Global rating: 8.3
Malloy and Reed are searching for a rape suspect and happen upon a young female runaway who is selling drugs on the street.
92. Citizens All
Malloy and Reed referee a dispute at a lunch stand, stop a robbery in progress, and arrest a couple of counterfeiters.
93. The Princess And The Pig
Reed goes undercover to bust open a drug operation and gets assistance from folk singing addict.
94. The Tip
Writer: Michael Donovan
Director: Christian Nyby
Guest star: William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , Eddie Quillan (T. J.), Larry Linville (Sgt. Hugh Brasher), Larry Wilde (Milton Waters), Larry Levine (The Bus Driver), Mark Allen (Frank Mosley), Jess Barker (Paul Carter), Rose Marie (Woman at Bus Depot)
Global rating: 7.0
Malloy and Reed are all ready for a robbery at a savings and loan when the robbers waltz right through their stake out.
95. The Parole Violator
Malloy and Reed team up with a parole officer in an effort to keep a basketball player and former addict clean.
96. Adoption
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Guest star: Sandra Giles (Carmen Willis), Russ McCubbin (Coach Stobie)
Global rating: 8.5
Malloy and Reed stop an underground baby mill, take part in a car chase, and reveal a drug market at a local college.
97. Mary Hong Loves Tommy Chen
And undercover cop is shot in China Town and Reed and Malloy now know the meaning of minority as they run into the Bamboo Curtain of silence.
98. Sub-Station
An actor down on his luck kidnaps a flight attendant in an effort to get on television until a TV producer promises to give him an audition.
99. Back-Up 1L-20
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: James Neilson
Guest star: William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , Buddy Lester (Victor Lamson), Edward Faulkner (Sgt. Ed Powers), Walter Burke (Billy Fuller), Chuck Bowman (Sgt. McCall), Angela Greene (Sharon), Paul Gleason (Patrolman Arnold), Fred Stromsoe (Suspect)
Global rating: 8.2
Sgt. MacDonald has been accused of reckless driving after his cruiser hits a pedestrian.
100. Who Won?
Writer: Michael Donovan
Director: James Neilson
Guest star: Gary Crosby (Officer Ed Wells), William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , Murray MacLeod (Spider Watson), Neil Moran (Fat Charlie), Jerome M. Sheldon (Donny Simmons), Dick Clark (J. Benson)
Global rating: 8.5
Street racing has become a real problem so Malloy and Reed enlist the help of a racing promoter to get kids off the streets and onto the tracks.
101. Eyewitness
Malloy and Reed are guided in a pursuit by officers in a police helicopter and then must settle a domestic dispute over football.
102. The Wednesday Warrior
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Guest star: Kathleen Lloyd (Tawnia Baker)
Global rating: 7.2
The L.A. Police Reserve trains citizens to help in spotting crime, but Malloy thinks their job of watching the a young reservist is a waste of time, until he stops a bank robbery.
103. Dirt Duel
Writer: Michael Donovan
Director: Carl Barth
Guest star: Virginia Gregg (Mrs. McKay), William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , Micky Dolenz (Oiler), Keith Taylor (Mouse), Larry Levine (Suspect), Edd Byrnes (Skinner)
Global rating: 8.2
Malloy gets into a motorcycle duel in his and Reed's pursuit of two purse snatchers.
104. The Late Baby
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: Lawrence Dobkin
Guest star: Gary Crosby (Officer Ed Wells), William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , Christina Sinatra (Marilyn Tate), Frank Sinatra Jr. (Officer Tom Boyd), Herb Vigran (Gus Archer), John Gilgreen (Ted (Gardener)), Stuart Nisbet (Burglar), Winifred Coffin (Mrs. Ruth Fowler), Glenn Stensel (Man)
Global rating: 7.8
There's a new girl in the steno pool and Malloy asks her out on a date, which doesn't sit well for the another officer, who just happens to be the girl's uncle.
105. Airdrop
Reed and Malloy investigate a light plane that has landed in a field which leads to an assist in a drug bust with the DEA.
106. Lost And Found
Writer: Michael Donovan
Director: Dennis Donnelly
Guest star: William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , Robert Fuller (Dr. Kelly Brackett), Julie London (Nurse Dixie McCall), Bobby Troup (Dr. Joe Early), Randolph Mantooth (Firefighter-Paramedic John Gage), Kevin Tighe (Firefigher-Paramedic Roy DeSoto), Elaine Giftos (Kathy Stephens), Fred Holliday (Jay Simmons), Nancy King (Mary Simmons), Kirby Furlong (Jimmy Simmons), Chanin Hale (Irma Baker), Diane Sherry (Sheri Baker), Milton Frome (Milton Saywer), Diedre Hall (Nurse)
Global rating: 8.7
Reed and Malloy deal with a young man who has diabetes and a young woman who is threatening suicide.
107. Training Wheels
Writer: Michael Donovan
Director: Paul Landres
Guest star: William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald), Gary Crosby (Officer Ed Wells) , Walt Davis (Sgt. Smith), Ann Doran (Martha), Tom Bellin (Dallas Andrews), Paul Gleason (Instructor Chuck Williams), Fred Stromsoe (1st Suspect)
Global rating: 7.8
It's exercise time for Malloy and Reed, who are assigned a couple of ten-speeds, as they're sent to the bike patrol to catch car accessory thieves.
108. Badge Heavy
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
Director: Robert M. Leeds
Guest star: William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , Quinn Redeker (Officer Charlie Burnside), Jack Bailey (George Nash), Art Balinger (Captain Grant), Fred Stromsoe (Officer Jerry Woods), Paul Factor (Man), Frank McCoy (Suspect), Steve Franken (Officer Albert Porter)
Global rating: 7.9
Reed becomes a lightning rod of attention after he accuses fellow officer Charlie Burnside of using unnecessary force.
109. Harry Nobody
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Guest star: Henry Jones (Harry the whino)
Global rating: 7.7
Reed and Malloy are frustrated by a murderer who keeps eluding them, until they get assistance from a wino who chronically lies.
110. The Surprise
There's been a series of business based burglaries when Malloy, Reed and Wells get into a shoot out with the crooks at a gas station. Malloy makes it well known that he does NOT want a surprise party for his birthday.
111. Vendetta
Writer: Leo Gordon
Director: Sam Freedle
Guest star: William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , Barbara Nichols (Janice Walker), Peter Brocco (Father Janos), John Wheeler (Wilbur), Nehemiah Persoff (Angelo Covelli)
Global rating: 8.8
Reed and Malloy try to stop a man from avenging the death of his brother.
112. The Chaser
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Guest star: Chris Graham (Wally Lembeck), Bruce Gordon (Mike Dehner), Marie Windsor (Jenny)
Global rating: 9.4
Malloy and Reed must deal with a tough bounty hunter, and they get a tip from a waitress that leads them to a private investigator.
113. Hot Spell
On patrol, Malloy and Reed deal with a murderer, a pusher, a missing bicyclist and a suspicious yard sale.
114. Gifts And Long Letters
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Guest star: Don Ross (Paul Seever), Leslie Parrish (Sharon Blake), Carlos Romero (I) (Detective Sanchez), Sammy Jackson (Tony Fallon), Mark Miller (Tom Dunne / Dunbar), Leonard Stone (Phil Peters)
Global rating: 8.2
Malloy and Reed deal with a waitress's unhappy relationship, a paranoid former criminal, and a suicide attempt.
115. O'Brien's Stand
Writer: Jeffrey B. Lewis
Director: Lawrence Doheny
Guest star: Lillian Bronson (Mrs. O'Brien), William Boyett (Sergeant MacDonald), Carlos Romero (I) (Sergeant Ruben Sanchez), Murray MacLeod (Fred Hiller), Drout Miller (Paul Seever), Myron Healey (James Nelson), Fred Stromsoe (Officer Woods), Craig Hundley (Boy)
Global rating: 7.4
The station is abuzz with Malloy when his apartment's manager stages a protest at the station because a purse snatcher has yet to be arrested.
116. Clear With A Civilian (pt 1)
After a flu epidemic thins the ranks of on duty officers, Malloy and Reed pull over a car that made an illegal turn only to find out it's the new female police commissioner, who asks the officers if she can ride along on patrol with them.
117. Clear With A Civilian (pt 2)
Reed and Malloy drive the new female police commissioner on their night patrol and must deal with a naked wino at a bar, stop a riot, and pursue a stolen car.
118. Citizen's Arrest - 484
Malloy and Reed must deal with a couple who can't have children and have kidnapped the baby of their employer, and the arrest of a shoplifter by an off duty police officer.
119. The Beast
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Guest star: Donna Douglas (Nina Draper)
Global rating: 9.2
Reed and Malloy keep having to deal with a beautiful woman and a police car that keeps breaking down.
120. Killing Ground
Reed and Malloy narrowly escape a trap set by two young individuals after being taken as hostages.
121. Night Watch
Some nights are just like this, with Malloy and Reed busy from one call to another including an obstinate used car dealer and a shootout in a normally peaceful part of town.
122. Suspended
While off duty, Reed is accused of shooting an unarmed man who dies and the officer is suspended pending investigation for murder.
123. A Fool And His Money
Between the bullets and the burglars, Malloy manages to win $10,000 in a contest. He also gets advice from everyone on how to spend it.
124. Anatomy Of A 415
Malloy and Reed return to a house after numerous calls from neighbors concerning a couple who are fighting quite loudly. Only the last time they come, the visit reveals a tragic end for one.
125. Keeping Tabs
Alcohol is the trap for a tipsy traffic director who gets lectured by Reed while Malloy tries to help Sgt. MacDonald reach his son after he gets busted for stealing a car and going joy riding.
126. Easy Rap
The headaches come fast, and the aspirin disappears just as quick when Reed and Malloy are frustrated by the legal system while trying to put away a drug pusher, and a car thief.
127. Harbor Division
While assigned to the harbor area, Malloy and Reed look for a forger, deal with a drunk sailor, and gets a lecture from an astrologer who gets a traffic ticket.
128. Rampart Division
While patrolling in the Rampart district of Los Angeles Malloy and Reed find out a sad truth, people of all ages and races become victims of criminals, even feisty elderly retirees.
129. Foothill Division
In a scene right out of the Wild West, Malloy and Reed chase thieves through the hills of Los Angeles on horseback.
130. West Valley Division
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Guest star: Stacy Keach, Sr. (Tom Holmes), Bob Hastings (Ed Mason)
Global rating: 7.5
Malloy and Reed get information from an LAPD helicopter team while chasing down a dangerous motorcyclist.
131. Venice Division
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Guest star: Larry Hovis (Art Phillips), Edy Williams (Tammy Warren)
Global rating: 7.8
Malloy and Reed apprehend an obscene caller after he visits his victim, and a press agent tries to convince the officers it's okay for his beautiful client to do personal appearances on the beach...nude.
132. Hot Shot
Malloy and Reed get involved in a foot chase of a young robber and run into a father with a gun who's holding his daughter prisoner.
133. Van Nuys Division
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Guest star: Penny Santon (Woman Shoplifter)
Global rating: 7.8
Malloy is sporting a brand new mustache and Reed can't get enough ribbing in about it until a light plane crashes and it's pilot arrested for flying under the influence.
134. Training Division
A rookie cop threatens not only his own life, the lives of the other officers he works with.
135. Capture
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Guest star: Virginia Gregg (Diane Cooper)
Global rating: 9.6
Malloy and Reed are one for two. They managed to capture a large mean dog, but a burglar is still at large.
136. The Radical
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Guest star: Marie Windsor (Carolyn Halsman)
Global rating: 7.6
Rampart has a new dispatcher and Malloy ponders her voice as Reed shares his frustration over not being able to understand her giving of street names, all while trying to find a man who is said to be building a cache of weapons.
137. Northwest Division
Malloy and Reed handles calls including a holdup, the burial of a pet's body in a back yard, and a new boy in the neighborhood scaring people with a motorcycle.
138. If The Shoe Fits
Malloy and Reed get a tip that a boy is hiding in a building to be demolished and attempt to nab robbery suspects who are holding hostages, all to the tune of Malloy's squeaky new shoes.
139. Southwest Division
Reed and Malloy answer a call about a peeping tom who turns out just to be a man reading a meter on a house and Malloy purchases some art from a dealer with an expired permit.
140. The Sweet Smell...
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Guest star: Sheila Bromley (Myrna Huffman)
Global rating: 7.5
Malloy and Reed deal with an attempted burglary where a priest is accused of robbing his own church. The day is aggravated with the smell of perform in the cruiser from a broken bottle spilled in the back of the car.
141. Trouble In The Bank
While dropping off a deposit at his bank, Malloy walks right into the middle of a robbery.
142. North Hollywood Division aka Hollywood Division
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Guest star: Sondra Currie (Betty Edwards), James Rosin (Daniel Wilson)
Global rating: 7.8
While on patrol, a call comes in from a woman who is sure she hears the roar of a lion in her neighborhood. They then pursue a suspect in a holdup, and Malloy is the focus of an article written by his partner.
143. Taking It Easy
After Reed sprains his wrist, Malloy gets another rookie as a temporary partner. But Reed's desk duty turns dangerous when the station receives a bomb threat.
144. Krash
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Malloy purchases a new car only to have it get hit after he and Reed jump out of it to chase a robber.
145. Routine Patrol
After a car full of guns and ammunition is stolen, the four young thieves start a rampage of robberies and shootings, with Malloy and Reed on their trail.
146. Sunburn
Malloy and Reed assist victims of a car crash, do a car stop on a vehicle with bogus license plates, and rescue two young men who are drowning, all while Reed suffers from a severe sunburn.
147. Skywatch (pt 1)
Reed and Malloy go skyward as they are assigned to patrol from one of LAPD's ASD helicopters.
148. Skywatch (pt 2)
Malloy takes off in one ASD (Air Support Division) helicopter and Reed takes off in another to track and capture a pilot who has stolen a small plane.
149. L.A. International
Reed and Malloy find themselves on temporary assignment at LAX International Airport.
150. Clinic On Eighteenth Street
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Guest star: Virginia Gregg (Miss Brown) , Sharon Gless (Lynn Carmichael)
Global rating: 8.4
Malloy and Reed discover a gruesome scene, the body of a man with a strange device wrapped around him. It turns out it's an oscillator belt and the man has died of diabetic shock, initiating a malpractice investigation.
151. Camp (pt 1)
A small in stature boy seeks independence from his smothering mother and as a result, gets in trouble with the law.
152. Camp (pt 2)
Malloy continues to deal with a rebellious youth by making him go to a summer camp where he is counselor, while Reed hears a young woman's report about being molested.
153. Team Work
Malloy and Reed become suspicious of a scam when they see the same witness and tow truck driver at different accidents.
154. Roll Call
Writer: Walter Dallenbach
Director: Norman Abbott
Guest star: Alfred Shelly (Stu), Rose Ann Decker (Marie)
Global rating: 5.7
Pizza parlor managers are alerted to a gang who are robbing delivery boys, which send Reed out as a decoy. Then, the radio breaks with an officer needs assistance call, followed by silence, prompting the dispatcher to do a roll call to see who is missing.
155. Suspect Number One
A strange request from an ex-con is delivered to Malloy. The former prisoner wants to go back to prison and will do what he has to do to get there.
156. Point Of View
A hold up gone wrong is now two robbers on a shopping center roof with a lady held hostage, with Malloy and Reed trying to set her free.
157. Earthquake aka Lady Beware
Malloy and Reed join forces with Sgt. Gloria Tyler to search for an attacker and rapist of teen girls.
158. X-Force
Malloy and Reed search a neighborhood for a missing young girl wearing a red sweater.
159. Alcohol
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Guest star: Dick Van Patten (Harry Curtis)
Global rating: 8.2
Malloy and reed arrest a happy drunk who is quite entertaining until the happiness turns to tragedy.
160. Credit Risk
Reed applies for a credit card, only to find out that he had been turned down because according to the computer database at the time, he is considered a bad credit risk.
161. Christmas
During the Christmas holiday, Reed and Malloy spend it on their patrol route, until Reed is hit with the idea of getting a Senior Citizens home a Christmas Tree. Malloy thinks it's a bad idea, because the cruiser should be used to transport criminals, not Christmas trees, until a liquor store robbery changes Reed's mind.
162. Pot Shot
Malloy keeps thinking he's seen everything until today, when off duty, he takes some clothes to a laundromat and finds a man using all the machines to dry his marijuana.
163. G.T.A.
Malloy and Reed start looking at salvage yards after thefts of older cars begins to increase.
164. Victim Of The Crime
Reed gets blamed by a shopkeeper's daughter for the escape of one of the robbers after her father is critically wounded in the crime.
165. Pressure Point
A nervous recruit named Ernie Sampson hides the fact that he stutters. This imperils Reed and Malloy when he fails to warn them about an armed robber that might ambush them.
166. Lady's Night
Malloy and his girlfriend invite Reed and his wife to dinner on a rare night-on-the-town. The mood would quickly change, and happy time, turns into work time, when Jim and Jean witness a gas station holdup.
167. Citizen With Gun
A nervous homeowner who has been burglarized one too many times decides to buy a gun to protect himself, and his home. After being warned, he nearly shoots Officer Wells when he responds to a prowler call.
168. Follow Up
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Guest star: James Rosin (Jerry Wilks), Stacy Keach, Sr. (Mr. Barter)
Global rating: 7.8
Malloy and Reed set out to round up a horse thief after the owner of a riding academy is accused of stealing his own equines.
169. Suicide
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Guest star: Ronne Troup (Dee Hawkins), Sheila Bromley (Grace Robertson)
Global rating: 9.1
Malloy and Reed get dispatched to find a man who has told others he plans to kill himself.
170. Operation Action
When Malloy fails to show up for an off-duty appointment, Reed retraces his steps, and finds out that he has been kidnapped by a revolutionary group that demands the release of one of their friends.
171. Gus Corbin
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Guest star: Mark Harmon (Officer Gus Corbin), Robert Forward (George Cassidy), Kathy Coleman (Dora Cassidy), Lynn Cartwright (Jan Cartwright), R.F. Benson (Thomas Bryden)
Global rating: 7.8
Reed and Malloy are called upon to train rookie officer Gus Corbin, but trouble ensues for the two veteran officers, when the rookie, Corbin starts taking unnecessary, and often undue risks to apprehend suspects.
172. Dana Hall
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Guest star: Jo Ann Pflug (Offcer Dana Hall), Gary Crosby (Officer Ed Wells)
Global rating: 7.8
A female officer named Dana Hall feels that she isn't being given enough worthy work, and decides to prove herself to Reed and Malloy, which proves to be rather troublesome.
173. Something Worth Dying For (pt 1)
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Guest star: William Boyett (Sgt. MacDonald) , Kristin Nelson (Jean), Norman Alden (Sgt. Hardwick), Sian Barbara Allen (Sparky Cinders)
Global rating: 9.0
Reed sees the futility of his job and wants to do more to help society. So he volunteers to work on narcotics assignments for a month.
174. Something Worth Dying For (pt 2)
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Guest star: Virginia Gregg (-) , Sian Barbara Allen (Sparky Cinders), Norman Alden (Sgt. Hardwick), Kristin Nelson (Jean), Janear Hines (Kate Gordon), Virginia Field (Helen Newton)
Global rating: 8.0
Following his recovery from being shot, Malloy returns to patrol, only to find out that Reed, who earned a Medal of Valor for saving Malloy's life, may indeed take the investigator's exam, at the urging of his wife. If Reed passes, he would leave the patrol division, and Malloy, for a desk job.