The BEST episodes of Adam-12 season 2
Every episode of Adam-12 season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Adam-12 season 2!
Follow two Los Angeles police officers as they patrol the streets of Southern California. Adam-12 was the first series to realistically portray the joys/frustrations of being a police officer in the late 1960's-early 1970's. This attention to detail made the show a catalyst for uncounted numbers of people to enter public service as adults. "1-Adam-12" was the radio call number of the unit that Malloy & Reed worked: "1" was the division assigned, "Adam" was LA Phonetic for "A" designating a 2-person patrol unit, and "12" was the beat area assigned. (Although, Malloy & Reed could be seen patrolling the streets anywhere in L.A. from Downtown to the Valley, they retained the number division #1, no matter where they were). The police station used throughout the series was the newly-built (at the time) Rampart Station.
#1 - Log 044: Attempted Bribery
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/18/1970
Malloy and Reed prove they cannot and will not be bribed, no matter how good the offer, resulting in desperation from a young man charged with his third drunk driving offense. An elderly man admits mercy killing his wife.
#2 - Log 034: Astro
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1970
LAPD incorporates a helicopter unit into their patrols which helps Malloy and Reed track down armed criminals.
#3 - Log 043: Hostage
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1970
Two armed convicts holding up a diner shoot Malloy who entered innocently, and hold him and other civilians hostage.
#4 - Log 144: Bank Robbery
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/11/1970
Malloy and Reed respond to a domestic abuse call where they become the abused. Later they become suspicious of a man whose apartment has been burglarized, help a man who found the stolen hood and front fenders of his VW on another car, and complete their day catching bank robbers.
#5 - Log 143: Cave
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/1969
Malloy and Reed investigate a series of seemingly random thefts of odd items in a neighborhood. This episode was filmed around the the streets of Sylmar LA on Dronfield pl, Foothill Blvd, Sproule ave and on the the still under construction Foothill Freeway, The cave was in the Roxford st under pass next too the off ramp.
#6 - Log 114: The Hero
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/28/1970
Malloy and Reed respond to a fire where a young man, Lauro, saves a man trapped inside. When the police department and city wish to give him a citation, Lauro seems reluctant to receive it or any attention much to everyone's surprise. This raises questions in Malloy and Reed's minds so they pursue what is bothering Lauro. A concerned landlord reports suspicious in-activity from a tenant with heart trouble where Malloy and Reed arrive in time to give him CPR and save his life. Malloy attempts to keep his new hat clean, but finds it an impossibility.
#7 - Log 023: Pig Is a Three Letter Word
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1969
A pair of black hoodlums shoot and kill a respected black couple during a grocery store robbery. Reed and Malloy sent in to ward off a potential riot, knowing that given the heightened racial tensions, the wrong thing said could spark deadly violence.
#8 - Log 074: Light Duty
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/21/1970
Malloy and Reed are on front desk duty because Malloy has a busted hand. A rally at a college campus gets rowdy requiring Reed to assist, leaving Malloy at the station desk worrying about Reed. Malloy's shift isn't all quiet as he captures two criminals who come in looking to see if their partner has been captured and other characters from LA-LA land.
#9 - Log 015: Exactly One Hundred Yards
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1969
Malloy and Reed volunteer for the LAPD Olympics. There, they meet a youth who is in need of a positive role model.
#10 - Log 014: S.W.A.T.
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/24/1970
A rooftop sniper endangers the lives of people in a neighborhood, resulting in Malloy and Reed calling in the SWAT unit to secure the scene.
#11 - Log 104: The Bomb
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/14/1970
Malloy and Reed respond to a theft from a company that cannot disclose what was stolen because it is classified. Another call to the mysterious company reveals a bomb resulting in an appearance of a two man bomb squad.
#12 - Log 153: Find Me a Needle
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1969
The "Mulholland Mauler" is the object of a department wide search and several cars are assigned to patrol 'lovers lane' but more than one suspect ends up matching the description. How do they smoke out the Mauler?
#13 - Log 123: Courtroom
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1969
A look at courtroom procedures, wherein a routine arrest on a traffic warrant uncovers a cache of narcotics. However, the suspect bases his defense that Reed was guilty of improper search and seizure.
#14 - Log 142: As High as You Are
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/20/1969
Malloy and Reed encounter a lion in an apartment building and investigate a break-in at a medical supply warehouse. Malloy fends off cop haters and maintains the peace.
#15 - Log 094: Vengeance
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/7/1970
Malloy and Reed contend with an ambush aimed at them, search for a missing boy, track down a car thief who is being crushed by his loot, and deal with a recent parolee who has sworn revenge on Malloy.
#16 - Log 063: Baby
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1969
Reed foolishly comes to work on the same day his wife is admitted to the hospital to give birth to their child. Reed continually attempts to contact his hospitalized wife but is always foiled by crime, timing or incompetence. Malloy just tries to get through the day.
#17 - Log 083: A Different Thing
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1969
Malloy and Reed are called to investigate a hit-and-run incident that soon begins to look like a homicide.
#18 - Log 103: A Sound Like Thunder
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1969
Malloy and Reed double date on their day off to a ghost town only to be confronted by a motor cycle gang. It takes their quick police instincts to save the day as Mrs Reed gets too close to delivering the baby.
#19 - Log 052: Good Cop: Handle with Care
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1969
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 the reporters to cease their behavior, but they don't and they end up causing a tragedy.
#20 - Log 064: Bottom of the Bottle
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/1970
Alcohol related incidents and a suicide attempt keep Malloy and Reed busy on a Sunday afternoon.
#21 - Log 173: Shoplift
Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/9/1970
Malloy and Reed track down a kooky female shoplifter involved in a cult-type relationship with a ego-maniacal spiritualist weirdo. Malloy gets help tracking her down from an old girlfriend.
#22 - Log 134: Child Stealer
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 4/4/1970
Once Malloy and Reed get an aggressive dog out of the squad, they investigate the kidnapping of a child by its father, contend with an elderly miser who attempts to pay a bill with trading stamps, capture an escaped convict on a bus, and rescue a liquor delivery man from two serial van hijackers.
#23 - Log 124: Airport
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/1970
Malloy and Reed respond to a drunk who has stolen a plane for a joyride, look for a 17 year old runaway, receive a call for a 2-11 in progress where they encounter two armed robbers, and track down a stolen 3-ton safe containing $10k that was booby-trapped by the owner against safe crackers.
#24 - Log 093: Once a Junkie
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1969
Malloy and Reed begin to suspect that their street informant has returned to using and is committing crimes to support his habit.
#25 - Log 024: A Rare Occasion
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1970
Malloy and Reed deal with a purse snatcher focused on being jailed in time for dinner, a young boy on drugs with his dealer out to kill him, while enduring worry and concern over two policemen friends hospitalized in critical care resulting from a crackup in a high speed pursuit.