Adam-12 (season 7)

Adam-12 (season 7)
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	24
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 24, 1974 – May 20, 1975

This is a list of episodes from the seventh and final season of Adam-12.

Broadcast history

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

DVD release

The DVD was released by Shout! Factory.

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
151	1	"Camp: Part 1"	Dennis Donnelly	Arnold Somkin	September 24, 1974
Beginning with this episode, Malloy now shows two silver stripes on his lower left sleeve, indicating 10 years with the LAPD. The watch opens with a burglary attempt, the suspect is caught and a young boy, Greg Whitney, is hiding in a locker. The boy is released to his mother's custody, but later is determined Whitney had a record under another name and the man he was with was posing to be his father. Whitney later runs off and was thought to be involved in a robbery but wasn't, and Malloy takes him to a special police-sponsored camp for troubled youth. Other cases include an attempted robbery of a taxicab, and an accident involving an elderly man and a long-haired motorcycle rider. June Lockhart guest stars.
152	2	"Camp: Part 2"	Dennis Donnelly	Arnold Somkin	October 1, 1974
Malloy is at the camp with Greg Whitney and a group of other boys, and due to his lack of height is told to bunk with the younger boys. Greg gets into trouble right away, accused of stealing ice cream and a watch from one of the other boys, but runs off before it was determined the watch was misplaced, and is found. Olympic gold-medalist pole vaulter Bob Seagren stops by to coach the boys on a cross-country race, which Greg wins, while Reed speaks with his mother (played by June Lockhart) about handling Greg in the future. Back on patrol, Reed and Officer Wells deal with a woman whose alleged attacker fainted when he discovered she had a python under her coat.
153	3	"Team Work"	Lawrence Doheny	Jerry Thomas	October 8, 1974
Malloy and Reed are assigned to "team policing"–officers from different departments working together as one unit. The team assists in a routine security check of a home, where they find in a boy's bedroom an unflattering depiction of a police officer, the boy later apologizes to the officers and indicates he is part of a Neighborhood Watch program, later the boy is rescued when a burglar is caught by officers in plainclothes. Other calls include an accident with a suspicious female witness who gave an attorney's number to call, she is later arrested after being at the scene of another accident, and a hot dog stand owner with a complaint against illegal parking; the officers let him know the legal way to display signs and he makes the necessary corrections to begin towing illegally parked cars.
154	4	"Roll Call"	Norman Abbott	Walter Dallenbach	October 22, 1974
The police officer's worst nightmare...an officer needs help but does not know their name, code, or location. Malloy and Reed assist in the search while the dispatcher calls roll of all units out at the time of the call. The missing officer is determined to be Motor Officer Grant, who is negotiating with a gunman holding a hostage in a parking garage. Grant is assisted by the officers and the suspect captured. Other calls include an armed robbery at a bar, and Reed going undercover to nab a gunman in a pizza delivery scam.
155	5	"Suspect Number One"	Hollingsworth Morse	Leo Gordon	October 29, 1974
An ex-con that Malloy busted, Charlie Bishop, is having a problem adjusting to life after prison, and wants to be re-arrested so he can retire in the state penitentiary. Malloy tries instead to get Charlie in a halfway house, but the ex-con is not deterred, and his efforts nearly succeed when he is involved in a robbery. Other calls include a home burglary that becomes an arrest of a tax cheat.
156	6	"Point of View"	Christian I. Nyby II	Leo Gordon	November 12, 1974
Sgt. MacDonald is unhappy about two things: his marriage and radio problems among the officers causing delays in response. Mac reaches out to Malloy about his wife's opening an antique shop which is taking time away from him and the kids. Mac later gets his questions answered during a call with a 60 years married couple where the wife (whom the husband thought had run away) likes to go to the pizza parlor alone and listen to music, and the husband doesn't understand the need for some alone time for her, making Mac realize his situation. Other calls include a woman taken hostage by two robbers who head to the roof of a building; the suspects jump to a different roof but leave the hostage behind, and the robbers are apprehended with the help of Air Ten.
157	7	"Earthquake" "Lady Beware"	Dennis Donnelly	William J. Keenan	November 19, 1974
A serial rapist is on the loose, and the officers team up with Sgt. Gloria Tyler to teach self-defense techniques to a group of girls at a school near where the attacks have been occurring. Later, Tyler is used as bait to lure the rapist out, and he is captured after a pursuit. Other incidents include a home burglary involving a man whom the officers know and his nephew, and a shoplifter in a rain coat who escaped into a bar where he was "trying" to be a stand-up comic.
158	8	"X-Force"	Dennis Donnelly	R. J. Wagar	December 3, 1974
Malloy and Reed are looking for a six-year-old girl in a red sweater who was kidnapped. Malloy finds the girl in a neighbor's house – the neighbor has kidnapped and raped the girl, and she is unconscious. The perp attempts to escape, Malloy catches him and loses his cool when the suspect claims that the girl was "asking for it." The suspect files excessive force charges against Malloy, which he admits to; he knows he will be punished by his old mentor, Capt. (formerly Lt.) Moore (played by Art Gilmore, reprising his role from the first two seasons) which may derail his ambition to become sergeant. Moore slaps Malloy with a four-day suspension for his actions. Other calls include rescuing a man who got stuck in the sewer system.
159	9	"Alcohol"	Hollingsworth Morse	William J. Keenan	December 10, 1974
A burglar is on the loose, and the officers handle a call with a drunk who is nearly a dead-ringer for the burglar, later he ends up falling down at a bar where Officer Woods was handling a call regarding him. Other cases include looking for an antique stove an Asian woman gave away without knowing her husband had hid money inside it, getting an obese woman out of a phone booth, and a stakeout for the burglar mentioned at roll call results in his capture; during the pursuit the charity truck that picked up the antique stove is located and the money is returned to the Asian family. Dick Van Patten guest stars.
160	10	"Credit Risk"	Hollingsworth Morse	Sidney Morse	December 17, 1974
Reed's wife Jean is turned down for credit when purchasing a washer and Reed goes to the credit bureau to see why; the reason was that his name was confused with another James Reed with a different middle initial, and is cleared up. Other incidents include a hit-and-run accident, the victim gives a description and license number of the car that hit her, which is found with damage but the owner insists she was not involved; further investigation proves the owner right and they locate the real suspect, two boys that stole camping gear and later found when they were trying to hitchhike, and they arrest a liquor store owner in error while he was chasing the robbery suspect.
161	11	"Christmas"	Norman Abbott	Richard Balin	December 24, 1974
The series' final Christmas episode has the officers on a number of holiday-themed calls: Citizens complain about a man playing his bagpipes, delivering a Christmas tree to a retirement home, two teenagers steal a load of radioactive material inside a truck, a man desperate to hide the smell of perfume on his clothes, and a robbery suspect who takes to the rooftops intent on suicide-by-cop.
162	12	"Pot Shot"	Dennis Donnelly	Carl Jamesson	January 14, 1975
On his day off, Malloy stops by a laundromat to drop off his (and his girlfriend's) clothes when the manager complains about a patron tying up a dryer...which contained marijuana, and the patron was arrested. On patrol, Malloy and Reed handle a fight between a divinity student and a group of men for taking the Lord's name in vain, attempting to reunite a Finnish girl with her family, a domestic dispute between one neighbor and another neighbor's kids, and pursue a known drug dealer.
163	13	"G.T.A."	Christian I. Nyby, II	Leo Gordon	January 21, 1975
A rash of auto thefts which result from the cars being tagged as abandoned has hit the city, Malloy and Reed get a call for such an occurrence, then get another and decide to use the second car as bait, which works as a tow truck with labels hiding the scrap yard the cars are taken to. Earlier, the officers go to the scrap yard but the owners denied any "wildcatters" worked there. The suspects are arrested and the car recovered. Other calls include two teen-aged boys who enter a house that is being fumigated, and die from the poison gas, and track and pursue a robbery suspect after spotting him at a bus stop, while taking time to determine why Malloy's girlfriend's son is getting bad grades.
164	14	"Victim of the Crime"	Hollingsworth Morse	Walter Dallenbach	January 28, 1975
The watch starts with an elderly woman whose TV was stolen, later asks why nothing more is done for victims of crime, then a silent alarm at a shop results in the owner being shot and critically injured, one suspect is caught, the other escapes when Reed has to save a baby in a runaway carriage. The shooting puts the family in a financial crunch, which can be helped with paperwork from a new program to help victims of violent crimes, but none are available. The officers question the bail bondsman to determine where the second suspect is, they obtain the vehicle description and license number from a neighbor, then arrest him after pursuit in vehicle and foot. Another silent alarm finds young men robbing a drive-in but their car stalls trying to get away; they are captured by a backup unit. The forms for victims' families finally arrive and are provided to those that need them. (Martin Milner's daughter, Amy Milner, appears in the episode as the shop owner's daughter)
165	15	"Pressure Point"	Dennis Donnelly	J. Rickley Dumm	February 4, 1975
Officer Woods has a new rookie partner, Don Allen, who has a stuttering problem, which nearly gets Malloy and Reed killed because Allen is unable to warn them about a possible ambush during a search for an armed robbery suspect. Other incidents include a drug store owner faking a heart attack to stop an armed robbery, a B&E-turned-landlord/tenant dispute, and a real-estate agent whose good intentions result in a mob scene.
166	16	"Lady's Night"	David Nelson	William J. Keenan	February 18, 1975
Malloy and his girlfriend Judy (played by Aneta Corsaut, "Helen Crump" from The Andy Griffith Show) and Jim and Jean Reed (played by Kristin Nelson, sister of Mark Harmon and then-wife of Ricky Nelson, whose brother David directed the episode) agree to a double-date, before then the officers and Motor Officer Grant have to corral three runaway cows from an overturned truck, ticket a girl for unsafe bicycling who likes Malloy but thinks Reed is a grouch, respond to a barfight which is really a pick-pocketing scheme, and en route to the date Reed spots a robbery in progress; he drops Jean off to call in the vehicle info while Reed pursues and catches the suspect, causing him to miss dinner...again!
167	17	"Citizen with Gun"	Christian Nyby	Walter Dallenbach	March 4, 1975
The watch begins with Malloy and Reed backing up Officers Wells and Brady (who, like Wells, likes to "do things his own way") on a domestic dispute involving a husband with a gun, followed by calls for a dead body which turned out to be a girl playing with a mannequin, a man who likes to climb the sides of abandoned buildings, a cabbie tips off the officers to an in-progress pawn shop burglary; they find the suspect working at a car wash and is arrested, and the officers once again back up Wells and Brady on a prowler call where the homeowner comes out shooting. Also, the four officers hone their skills on the firing range in preparation for their monthly qualification.
168	18	"Follow Up"	Joseph Pevney	Leo Gordon	March 11, 1975
Reed tries to sell Malloy on a used fishing boat, but Malloy feels something isn't right. Calls include a man trying to sell a stolen horse to a riding academy, get a tip on a restaurant parking attendant who looks suspicious, and are accused of impropriety when a socialite's diamond ring turns up missing during an investigation.
169	19	"Suicide"	Dennis Donnelly	Brian Taggert	March 18, 1975
A man in a green Pinto called his wife and told her he was going to commit suicide at 2pm that day. Malloy and Reed locate the car and the officers stop him before he can carry out his attempt. Other calls include an abandoned newborn baby found in a trash can; she is tracked down to a hospital where it's discovered she's a drug addict, and an elderly woman alerts the officers to a car stripping operation; the men are arrested when they return to finish the job.
170	20	"Operation Action"	Dennis Donnelly	David H. Vowell	March 25, 1975
Malloy is kidnapped leaving the station by a drug runner and his female accomplice, demanding her boyfriend be released from jail in exchange for Malloy. When the couple has Malloy contact the station to confirm his status, he reveals a clue about where they found a girl with a mannequin (a reference to the episode "Citizen With Gun"). Reed finds Malloy's car and a citizen gives a description of Malloy's kidnappers and their car, which Reed finds abandoned but he locates their hideout from case files, meanwhile Malloy manages to spill gasoline and ignites it, allowing Malloy to be rescued by Reed who notices the gunfire and smoke. Kristen McCord (daughter of Kent McCord) guest stars.
171	21	"Gus Corbin"	Dennis Donnelly	Leo Gordon	April 1, 1975
Malloy is filling in for Sgt. MacDonald as Watch Commander, so Reed rides with a new partner, Gus Corbin (played by Mark Harmon), an officer with nine months on the job, and they begin watch with a purse snatcher found inside a church confessional, then a break-in at a pharmacy leads to the real intention of the thieves—the next door pawn shop. Corbin defies Malloy's direct order not to search the pawn shop until backup arrives, which results in a dressing down by the acting Watch Commander, and the two suspects are captured. Finally, Corbin loses his gun during a foot pursuit and captures the suspect despite being unarmed.
172	22	"Dana Hall"	Hollingsworth Morse	William J. Keenan	April 29, 1975
Malloy continues his assignment as acting Watch Commander, so Reed is paired with Officer Dana Hall (played by Jo Ann Pflug), while Officers Wells and Woods treat the new policewoman with the typical (for the 1970s) "not the woman's place" attitude, Reed treats her with respect and they go on patrol, where they encounter a underage DUI suspect with an uncooperative mother, locate and search a car stripping operation, and arrest numerous young people who riot at an outdoor rock concert.
173	23	"Something Worth Dying For: Part 1"	Hollingsworth Morse	David H. Vowell	May 13, 1975
In Part I of the series finale, Reed's bust of a drug dealer named Sparky was thrown out in court, and after Sgt. MacDonald offers him a chance to join the Vice squad for 30 days to gain experience, Reed volunteers, however the lifestyle and training cause a rift between him and Jean (played by Kristin Nelson), and Reed quickly discovers how dirty Vice is; he's involved in a bust where a man wants to trade drugs for pictures of young boys, and the assignment is taking its toll on him. Malloy and Officer Woods team up to assist in the arrest of two drug dealers, but Malloy is shot and wounded during the bust and rescued by Reed.
174	24	"Something Worth Dying For: Part 2"	Hollingsworth Morse	David H. Vowell	May 20, 1975
In Part II of the series finale, Reed is awarded the Medal of Valor by the LAPD for rescuing a wounded Malloy from the shootout (presented by then-LAPD Chief Edward M. Davis), and despite Jean's feelings about her husband's new assignment and about him taking the investigator's exam to become a Detective, she decides to attend the ceremony. Malloy and Reed reunite and handle cases; including a typing school B&E where both money and typewriters were suspected to be stolen, a suspicion confirmed by an assistant who allows the officers to freely check the typewriters; and a shootout in a warehouse full of mannequins with two young people. Aneta Corsaut and Kristin Nelson guest star.