A good episode with some nice on location filming. We get to see Adam-12 rolling on the streets of a quiet neighborhood, up onto a not-yet-open highway that is under construction. Some nice camera work and direction there.
It's also unusual to see Malloy & Reed stopping for some chow at a previously seen bar & grill. This is Duke's joint. Malloy's longtime snitch/informant, Teejay once worked there. As M & R enter the joint, Duke is preoccupied behind the bar, his nose in the sports pages of the days newspaper. He's studying the Horse Races, preparing for his day of gambling. There's some nice "you didn't see that" / "we didn't see that" glances between the would-be-lawbreaker and the Officers. Hey, it's some harmless bit of fun.
Most unusal about this segment though - nothing bad happens. No criminals enter to rob the place only to be stopped by M & R. No fight breaks out between patrons for M & R to get under control. The closest moment the scene gets to any trouble is Duke's waitress asking the partners if she could get into any trouble lassoing Duke into a forced marriage. Just a nice pleasant little scene.
Later, we see Malloy and Reed kicking back on an old lady's front porch while she serves them ice tea. Sure there's trouble afoot upon the streets of Los Angeles. A renter of a room is sick and tired of paying what his Landlord is charging him. Doesn't seem like that much of a problem. That is until you add up charges of assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping and grand theft auto. What an idiot.
Then our heroes have to deal with a major crime wave which is ripping through a quiet residential area. The nasty criminals in this investigation are stealing the likes of rocking chairs, bookcases, apple pies, laundry bags and portable TV sets. Upon the discovery of the actual whereabouts of most of those missing items, the partners may not think of it (as the revealed thieves certainly didn't) but the viewers recognize immediately - one thing the criminals should have also stolen, is an electric generator. There was no way those "thieves" were going to be able to watch the next exciting episode of "Adam-12" on that TV without one. Not where their get-away lair was located.
On an aside, on the DVD for this episode, Officer Rob Nobile and Sergeant Frank Mika of the Los Angeles Police Department, provide commentary. As they watch along with the viewer they make reference to many police-involved subjects. Such as types of guns seen in the show and types of guns now used by L. A. Police. They also remark on police tactics now compared to what is seen in the show. This includes never holstering a gun when a hostage's life is being threatened. Never charging an armed criminal as seen in the episode. Never separating from a partner, which Malloy does here when Reed goes in chase of a burglary suspect. Some very interesting information from two real Officers of the Law.
It's also unusual to see Malloy & Reed stopping for some chow at a previously seen bar & grill. This is Duke's joint. Malloy's longtime snitch/informant, Teejay once worked there. As M & R enter the joint, Duke is preoccupied behind the bar, his nose in the sports pages of the days newspaper. He's studying the Horse Races, preparing for his day of gambling. There's some nice "you didn't see that" / "we didn't see that" glances between the would-be-lawbreaker and the Officers. Hey, it's some harmless bit of fun.
Most unusal about this segment though - nothing bad happens. No criminals enter to rob the place only to be stopped by M & R. No fight breaks out between patrons for M & R to get under control. The closest moment the scene gets to any trouble is Duke's waitress asking the partners if she could get into any trouble lassoing Duke into a forced marriage. Just a nice pleasant little scene.
Later, we see Malloy and Reed kicking back on an old lady's front porch while she serves them ice tea. Sure there's trouble afoot upon the streets of Los Angeles. A renter of a room is sick and tired of paying what his Landlord is charging him. Doesn't seem like that much of a problem. That is until you add up charges of assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping and grand theft auto. What an idiot.
Then our heroes have to deal with a major crime wave which is ripping through a quiet residential area. The nasty criminals in this investigation are stealing the likes of rocking chairs, bookcases, apple pies, laundry bags and portable TV sets. Upon the discovery of the actual whereabouts of most of those missing items, the partners may not think of it (as the revealed thieves certainly didn't) but the viewers recognize immediately - one thing the criminals should have also stolen, is an electric generator. There was no way those "thieves" were going to be able to watch the next exciting episode of "Adam-12" on that TV without one. Not where their get-away lair was located.
On an aside, on the DVD for this episode, Officer Rob Nobile and Sergeant Frank Mika of the Los Angeles Police Department, provide commentary. As they watch along with the viewer they make reference to many police-involved subjects. Such as types of guns seen in the show and types of guns now used by L. A. Police. They also remark on police tactics now compared to what is seen in the show. This includes never holstering a gun when a hostage's life is being threatened. Never charging an armed criminal as seen in the episode. Never separating from a partner, which Malloy does here when Reed goes in chase of a burglary suspect. Some very interesting information from two real Officers of the Law.
