Adam-12 5
1972-09-13 | Crime,Drama | 24 episodes7 Seasons
Episode
Dirt Duel (1972)
Motorcyclists are snatching purses and escaping down dirt roads. Reed holds a community meeting with the various motorcycle clubs (one of which is suspected in the snatchings), but one of the club leaders challenges Malloy to a race on one of the off-trails.
Directed By
- Carl Barth
Writer
- Michael Donovan
The Late Baby (1972)
Malloy goes on a date with Officer Wells' niece, and Malloy learns just how over-protective her uncle is. Patrol calls include a prowler in a heavily wooded neighborhood, a flower vendor with a stack of unpaid tickets, check on a suspicious gardener, and a high-speed pursuit with a green Corvette leads to an unexpected ending.
Directed By
- Lawrence Dobkin
Writer
- Stephen J. Cannell
Airdrop (1972)
Malloy and Reed patrol the countryside around Los Angeles. A girl on horseback alerts them to a small plane that landed in a secluded area. The pilot has an excuse for his landing there, but later Malloy and Reed find out from Detectives and DEA agent Edwards that this is part of a Mexican drug smuggling ring is behind the landings.
Directed By
- Dennis Donnelly
Writer
- Leo Gordon
Lost And Found (1972)
Reed and Malloy rush an 8-year old to Rampart Emergency Hospital, where he is diagnosed with diabetes. Scared of the hospital, Jimmy runs off, and it's up to Reed and Malloy to find him before he goes into a diabetic coma. Elsewhere, Malloy's new girlfriend, Cathy, mans a hospital telephone hotline. Sherry, a 15-year old junkie, is threatening suicide to escape her troubled life. Malloy and Reed need to find her fast, before she OD's.
Directed By
- Dennis Donnelly
Writer
- Michael Donovan
Training Wheels (1972)
The officers undergo their driver refresher courses to hone their pursuit and driving skills. A rash of car strippers brings about a new approach suggested by Officer Wells: going undercover as paperboys riding bicycles to find the thieves. Hilarity ensues; Wells wrecks his bicycle that belonged to a young girl, Malloy deals with an irate newspaper customer, and Reed and Malloy pull over a VW Microbus on a traffic violation where the driver's parrot chanted "Down with Pigs!", but the tactics work and the officers break up the car stripping ring.
Directed By
- Paul Landres
Writer
- Michael Donovan