The BEST episodes of Adam-12 season 7
Every episode of Adam-12 season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Adam-12 season 7!
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 - Pressure Point
Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/1975
A nervous recruit named Ernie Sampson hides the fact that he stutters, imperiling Reed and Malloy when he fails to warn them about an armed robber who might ambush them.
#2 - Dana Hall
Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/29/1975
A female office named Dana Hall feels she isn't being given enough worthy work and decides to prove herself to Reed and Malloy.
#3 - Gus Corbin
Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/1/1975
Reed and Malloy are called upon to train rookie officer Gus Corbin, but trouble ensues when Corbin starts taking unnecessary and often undue risks to apprehend suspects.
#4 - Suspect Number One
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1974
A strange request from an ex-con is delivered to Malloy: the former prisoner wants to go back to prison and will do whatever he has to do to get there.
#5 - Pot Shot
Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/1975
Malloy, off duty, heads to the laundromat and finds a man using one of the dryers to dry a pillow case full of marijuana. This leads into an investigation into a possible marijuana ring with others trying the same trick. Back on patrol, Reed and Malloy also have to deal with a belligerent preacher, a neighbor dispute, and a lost child who can't speak a word of English.
#6 - Lady's Night
Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/1975
Malloy and his girlfriend invite Reed and his wife on a rare night-on-the-town.
#7 - G.T.A.
Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/1975
Malloy and Reed start looking at salvage yards after thefts of older cars begin to increase.
#8 - Roll Call
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1974
Every officers worst nightmare comes true for Malloy & Reed while on patrol: Another officer radios in for 'officer needs help', but then doesn't respond when asked for their location. Since there wasn't a call-sign associated with the call for help, no one knows who needs help. The dispatcher then follows procedures and starts a division wide radio "roll-call" in order to account for every officer on patrol. Malloy, Reed, and the rest of the division continue to answer calls even as they search and listen for their missing officer, hoping they can locate and assist him before it's too late.
#9 - Point of View
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/1974
A holdup gone wrong leaves two robbers on a shopping center roof with a lady held hosting and Malloy and Reed trying to set her free.
#10 - Follow Up
Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/1975
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.
#11 - Camp (2)
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1974
Malloy continues to deal with a rebellious youth by making him go to a summer camp where he is a counselor, while Reed hears a young woman's report about being molested.
#12 - X-Force
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/1974
Malloy and Reed search a neighborhood for a missing young girl wearing a red sweater. During the canvassing of the neighborhood, Malloy & Reed go door-to-door asking residents if they've seen the girl. While questioning one of the residents, Malloy looks past the resident into the house & spots the girl's sweater on a sofa. A chase ensues with Malloy eventually catching the suspect, but when the suspect speaks tauntingly, Malloy loses his cool and roughs him up, and the suspect files a complaint for excessive force. Malloy realizes he now has to face disciplinary action for that one moment of rage.
#13 - Camp (1)
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1974
A small in-stature boy seeks independence from his smothering mother and, as a result, gets in trouble with the law.
#14 - Something Worth Dying For (1)
Season 7 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/13/1975
When Reed is discouraged by the futility of his job, he volunteers to work on narcotics assignments for a month.
#15 - Alcohol
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/1974
Malloy and Reed arrest a happy drunk who is quite entertaining until the happiness turns out to be a tragedy.
#16 - Something Worth Dying For (2)
Season 7 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/20/1975
Following his recovery from being shot, Malloy returns to patrol only to find out that Reed - who earned the 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 leave the patrol division, and Malloy for a desk job.
#17 - Team Work
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1974
Malloy and Reed become suspicious of a scam when they see the same witness and tow truck driver at different accidents.
#18 - Lady Beware
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/1974
Malloy and Reed join forces with Sgt. Gloria Tyler to search for an attacker and rapist of teen girls.
#19 - Victim of the Crime
Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/28/1975
Reeds gets blamed by a shopkeeper's daughter for the escape of a thief.
#20 - Suicide
Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1975
Malloy and Reed get dispatched to find a man who has told others he plans to kill himself.
#21 - Citizen with Gun
Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/1975
A nervous homeowner who has been burglarized on time too many decides to buy a gun to protect himself and his home, but nearly shoots Officer Wells, who is responding to a prowler call.
#22 - Christmas
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/24/1974
Reed and Malloy spend Christmas Eve on patrol, answering calls such as a man playing Christmas carols on the bagpipes, a stolen truck carrying radioactive materials, a man caught trying to steal gas from someone else's car, a liquor store robbery, and a rooftop sniper.
#23 - Credit Risk
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/17/1974
Reed applies for a credit card only to discover that he has been turned down because he is considered a bad credit risk. Reed fights to clear his credit history while Malloy offers advice in the interim.
#24 - Operation Action
Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/25/1975
When Malloy fails to show up for an off-duty appointment, Reed retraces his partner's steps and finds out he has been kidnapped by a revolutionary group demanding the release of one of their friends.