Adam-12 (TV Series) Substation (1972) User Reviews

lax-12

[jbacks3 · 8/10 · 28 June 2010]

This is one of the more interesting late in-the-series episodes. Pete and Jim are assigned on a detail a Los Angeles International and are immediately thrown into the action. Several of the '72 episodes have me gagging at Pete's new AMC Matador, but here we see the boys tooling around the airport parking lot on pretty girlie-Honda 90's. Cases include a hostage situation involving Frank Sinatra Jr., a rapist trying to get to Salt Lake and 30 kilo dope bust (prepare to be puzzled on how 30 keys of dope can fit in a small American Tourister). Police tactics have certainly changed too: you'll be in awe of how the guys take down dope dealers on 90cc Honda girly bikes while wearing police-issue rain slickers. A little hokey, but it's nice to see Webb & Co. take a field trip. Unlike Dragnet, which used a liberal amount of stock exterior shots, everything here appears shot on location. And notice how Reed was allowed to grow into a fully trained officer over time and how their relationship morphed a bit from the first two seasons of rookie-hood--- with Dragnet, Gannon and Friday had a mature dynamic that never morphed. Adam-12 also had a more impressive range of guest stars than the later Dragnets. Interesting episode; it's almost as if you can see Webb testing the idea of a cop series set at Los Angeles International.

Maintain Surveillance

[StrictlyConfidential · 7/10 · 8 May 2021]

(*Officer Malloy quote*) - "Let's see what Mac's got us into."

Officers Reed and Malloy are assigned to work at the LA International Airport for one week. Their call number is Zebra-12 and they are required to patrol the parking lots on motorbikes.

There is plenty of drama awaiting Reed and Malloy as they attempt to calm down Tyrone Jeffers who has taken a stewardess hostage at the point of a gun.

LAX episode

[docsbydeb · 10/10 · 2 November 2021]

One of my favorite episodes when Reed and Malloy called for the US Marshals to assist. Have always loved Adam-12, but I really love this one since I have a family member who was Director of the US Marshals Service in the 1970s and have many friends who are either active or retired US Marshals. The US Marshals Service is the oldest and the best federal law enforcement agency in this country, and they have the broadest arrest authority and the broadest jurisdiction of any federal law enforcement agency.