Adam-12 - Season 5 - Eps 17: The Beast
Malloy and Reed are given an older cruiser with 300 miles to go until retirement. They quickly learn the car is extremely unreliable and barely works: the accelerator surges, the glove compartment door constantly drops on Reed's knees, the water hose breaks while they are sneaking up on a prowler suspect (actually just a man who once lived there), their malfunctioning taillights prevent them from writing a ticket to a citizen whose car had the same problem, the distributor cap fails when trying to respond to another call, and finally, after capturing a pursuit suspect, the car's brakes fail and the unmanned car totals itself on a light pole. Another call regarding a truck loading up at a warehouse leads to the arrest of a large group of organized burglars after Malloy notices a slight discrepancy in their otherwise foolproof plan.
About Adam-12
Title: Adam-12
First Air Date: 1968-09-21
Last Air Date: 1975-05-20
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.1/10 (from 39 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 7
Total Episodes: 174
Network: NBC
Genres: Crime, Drama
Production Companies: Mark VII Ltd., Universal Television Entertainment
Synopsis
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.
Cast
Martin Milner
Officer Pete Malloy
Kent McCord
Officer Jim Reed
William Boyett
Sergeant MacDonald
