Adam-12 (season 1)

Adam-12 (season 1)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	26
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 21, 1968 – April 5, 1969

This is a list of episodes from the first season of Adam-12.

Broadcast history

The season originally aired Saturday at 7:30-8:00 pm (EST).

DVD release

The DVD was released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Episodes

Like its companion series Dragnet a disclaimer at the end of episodes remarks this was story was based on true incidents and names were changed to protect the innocent.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Log 1: The Impossible Mission"	Jack Webb	John Randolph	September 21, 1968
Three weeks earlier, Officer Pete Malloy's (Martin Milner) beat partner was shot and killed during an attempt to arrest an armed robber. Malloy is deeply saddened to a point where he plans to retire. On what is to be his last day on the police force, he is assigned to take rookie Officer Jim Reed (Kent McCord) out for his first night on the force. Reed shows tremendous potential on the job but, like all rookies, still has much to learn. With encouragement from Lieutenant Moore, Malloy agrees to help mold Reed and guide him through his probationary period.
2	2	"Log 141: The Color TV Bandit"	Phil Rawlins	Richard Neil Morgan	September 28, 1968
Malloy and Reed track down a burglar whose specialty is stealing color TV sets. They also encounter a drug-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?"	Hollingsworth Morse	Preston Wood	October 5, 1968
Reed accidentally dents the police car while at the gas pump and worries about the consequences he could face.
4	4	"Log 131: Reed, the Dicks Have Their Job and We Have Ours"	Hollingsworth Morse	Preston Wood	October 12, 1968
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"	Alan Crosland	Preston Wood	October 19, 1968
Officer Stenzler, Reed's best friend from the police academy is critically wounded during an armed robbery call. 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 Stenzler's condition in the back of his mind as the officers deal with a drunk driver and bicycle burglars. In the end, Malloy and Reed learn that Stenzler died of his injuries.
6	6	"Log 161: And You Want Me to Get Married!"	Phil Rawlins Phil Bowles	Preston Wood	October 26, 1968
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 is satisfied being a bachelor.
7	7	"Log 71: I Feel Like a Fool, Malloy"	Alan Crosland	Robert I. Holt	November 2, 1968
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"	Phil Rawlins	Robert H. Forward	November 9, 1968
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"	Hollingsworth Morse	Tom Dunphy	November 16, 1968
Reed is put on a low-carb diet by his wife, Jean. Meanwhile, the episode title is inspired by a resident who complains that landscapers literally stole his lawn.
10	10	"Log 132: Producer"	Phil Rawlins	Richard Neil Morgan	November 30, 1968
As officers Reed and Malloy track down a prowler and deal with a young boy who somehow got his head stuck in a fence, Reed tries to pawn off his dog's litter of puppies to fellow members of the precinct.
11	11	"Log 111: The Boa Constrictor"	Hollingsworth Morse	Preston Wood	December 7, 1968
A young woman got bitten 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"	Phil Rawlins	Noel Nosseck	December 14, 1968
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"	Hollingsworth Morse	Preston Wood	December 21, 1968
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. Bob Hastings guest stars in a husband-wife dispute that gets out of control
14	14	"Log 81: The Long Walk"	Phil Rawlins	Robert C. Dennis	January 4, 1969
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"	Hollingsworth Morse	Preston Wood	January 11, 1969
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?"	Hollingsworth Morse	Richard Neil Morgan	January 18, 1969
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"	Bruce Kessler	Preston Wood	February 1, 1969
For the first time in his career, Reed shoots and kills someone, a 16-year-old sniper, in self-defense. Lieutenant Moore then tries to determine whether it was a justified shooting in this behind-the-scenes look at internal investigations into deadly-force incidents.
18	18	"Log 112: You Blew It"	Hollingsworth Morse	Michael Donovan	February 8, 1969
Malloy is the one who blows it when he and Reed leave a traffic violation stop to respond to a man-with-a-knife disturbance before the NCIC wants-and-warrants check is completed. It is only later, after Lieutenant Moore yells at them, that they learn that the traffic violator was wanted for armed robbery and the car that he was driving was stolen, leading the two officers to find a way to capture their man.
19	19	"Log 51: A Jumper – Code Two"	Harry Morgan	Richard Neil Morgan	February 15, 1969
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"	Phil Rawlins	Harold Jack Bloom	February 22, 1969
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"	Hollingsworth Morse	Michael Donovan	March 1, 1969
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"	Hollingsworth Morse	Michael Donovan	March 8, 1969
An impressionable Reed is taken by the "cowboy cop" antics of fellow Officer Ed Wells (Gary Crosby, in what will be a recurring role), a wise guy 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 in the shoulder by a psychopathic sniper. Because of Wells foolishness Reed is also almost shot; Malloy and Reed are forced to rescue Wells and mastermind a way to end the standoff peacefully. Barry Williams of The Brady Bunch guest stars.
23	23	"Log 12: He – He Was Trying to Kill Me"	Hollingsworth Morse	Robert I. Holt	March 15, 1969
Reed and Malloy respond to a case of child neglect and abuse when a 6-year-old girl is home alone in her apartment caring for her baby sister, who is later found lying on blankets in the bathtub. And both parents; the mother a wannabe model, and the father a drifter — 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"	Hollingsworth Morse	Michael Donovan	March 22, 1969
In this lighthearted, well-written episode, A beautiful young woman (Anna Capri) becomes literally obsessed with Malloy after he pulls her over for a traffic violation.
25	25	"Log 92: Tell Him He Pushed Back a Little Too Hard"	Phil Rawlins	Preston Wood	March 29, 1969
Malloy and Reed respond numerous times to a dispute between two neighbors, who continually argue over the motorboat they jointly own-which despite the officers best efforts comes to a tragic conclusion. Dick Sargent guest stars as a murder suspect.
26	26	"Log 22: ...So This Little Guy Goes into This Bar, and..."	Phil Rawlins	Preston Wood	April 5, 1969
Reed's joke about a shaggy dog falls flat when he tries retelling the joke, which he first heard from Officer Ed Wells, to his fellow cops.