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Adam-12: Season 2

26 episodes Premiered Sep 20, 1969
Previously on Adam-12

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Adam-12 Season 1.
  • Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S2·E1 Mytharc

Log 015: Exactly One Hundred Yards

Sep 20, 1969

On their day off, Malloy and Reed agree to give a talk to a group of fifth grade students, and then offer to let the kids watch them train for the California Police Olympics. But w

S2·E2 Core

Log 153: Find Me a Needle

Sep 27, 1969

Malloy and Reed are on the lookout for the "Mulholland Mauler," who has raped six female hitchhikers and left them for dead. They quickly make an arrest of a likely suspect and tak

S2·E3 Core

Log 052: Good Cop: Handle with Care

Oct 4, 1969

Malloy and Reed see a man passed out in an alley and stop to lend assistance, deliver bad news to a young wife, apprehend a mentally ill man who then becomes uncontrollably violent

S2·E4 Core

Log 023: Pig Is a Three Letter Word

Oct 11, 1969

Reed busts his first sex offender, who was caught brutally raping a 5-year-old boy in a park restroom, and gets frustrated when he learns the boy died. The officers later find trou

S2·E5 Core

Log 083: A Different Thing

Oct 18, 1969

An older husband complains about his wife and friend's noisy karate practice. A hit and run traffic accident looks looks like a homicide. The officers use their investigative skill

S2·E6 Core

Log 103: A Sound Like Thunder

Nov 1, 1969

Malloy and Reed double date on their day off to a ghost town only to be confronted by a motor cycle gang. It takes their quick police instincts to save the day as Mrs Reed gets too

S2·E7 Core

Log 063: Baby

Nov 8, 1969

Reed's wife is in the hospital expecting their first child, and Reed soon regrets his decision to report for work as usual. Out on patrol, they encounter a drunken man directing tr

S2·E8 Core

Log 093: Once a Junkie

Nov 22, 1969

A former convict and informant who Malloy helped give a second chance is accused of assaulting a priest, dealing drugs and stealing a gun after being fired from his dish-washing jo

S2·E9 Core

Log 123: Courtroom

Nov 29, 1969

Reed feels a strong sense of accomplishment when he stumbles upon a large stash of narcotics as he secures a residence after executing a traffic warrant with Malloy and Officer Ed

S2·E10 Core

Log 143: Cave

Dec 13, 1969

Malloy and Reed begin their shift responding to a disgruntled tenant who is holding his landlord at knife point. Later, they investigate a rash of property theft from multiple home

S2·E11 Core

Log 142: As High as You Are

Dec 20, 1969

As Malloy and Reed's patrol begins, an uneventful traffic stop becomes more interesting when something catches Malloy's eye. Later, they discover an unusual situation responding to

S2·E12 Core

Log 043: Hostage

Jan 3, 1970

Two armed convicts holding up a diner shoot Malloy who entered innocently, and hold him and other civilians hostage.

S2·E13 Core

Log 034: Astro

Jan 10, 1970

Malloy and Reed become envious of officer wells, who has been given a coveted assignment in the newly established astro helicopter division. Out on patrol, they require assistance

S2·E14 Core

Log 014: S.W.A.T.

Jan 24, 1970

Malloy and Reed are the first to respond to a downtown rooftop sniper who has been indiscriminately shooting at anyone he can find with his scoped rifle. After risking their lives

S2·E15 Core

Log 064: Bottom of the Bottle

Jan 31, 1970

Malloy and Reed see the same drunk twice in one night, respond to a bar fight and engage in a high-speed pursuit with good samaritans who make a bad decision. They also search for

S2·E16 Core

Log 054: Impersonation

Feb 7, 1970

Malloy and Reed hope to find an impostor as they investigate a boxing promoter's accusation that a police detective stole $350 from him. In the meantime, they deal with a disgruntl

S2·E17 Core

Log 024: A Rare Occasion

Feb 14, 1970

Malloy spends a weekend afternoon attending a barbecue at Reed's home, where Reed lets him hold his newborn son for the first time and tries to set him up with his wife's friend. H

S2·E18 Core

Log 124: Airport

Feb 28, 1970

Malloy and Reed are rendered powerless when a drunken man with no flight experience decides to take a solo flight in a stolen airplane at a busy airport. Later, they try to locate

S2·E19 Core

Log 094: Vengeance

Mar 7, 1970

Malloy fears that a boxer who has just been paroled after serving a murder sentence is going to seek revenge against him. Out on patrol, they try to save a man who has been crushed

S2·E20 Core

Log 104: The Bomb

Mar 14, 1970

Malloy and Reed search for a suspect who frames an employee of a manufacturing plant for theft and then plants a powerful bomb on the premises. They also apprehend two criminals af

S2·E21 Core

Log 074: Light Duty

Mar 21, 1970

Malloy and Reed spend a night shift on desk duty after Malloy breaks his wrist and another office worker calls in sick. With the assistance of a new female recruit, they deal with

S2·E22 Core

Log 114: The Hero

Mar 28, 1970

Malloy and Reed respond to a fire where a young man, Lauro, saves a man trapped inside. But Lauro seems reluctant to receive any praise or attention much to everyone's surprise. Me

S2·E23 Core

Log 134: Child Stealer

Apr 4, 1970

Reed has to deal with the consequences of forgetting to roll up the window on the patrol car before he left it. Back on patrol, Malloy and Reed search for an estranged husband who

S2·E24 Core

Log 144: Bank Robbery

Apr 11, 1970

Malloy and Reed are in for a rude awakening when they report to the home of a former professional wrestler on a domestic abuse call. Later, they become suspicious of an apartment b

S2·E25 Mytharc

Log 044: Attempted Bribery

Apr 18, 1970

Malloy and Reed prove they cannot and will not be bribed, no matter how good the offer, resulting in desperation from a young man charged with his third drunk driving offense. An e

S2·E26 Mytharc

Log 173: Shoplift

May 9, 1970

Malloy and Reed track down a kooky female shoplifter involved in a cult-type relationship with a ego-maniacal spiritualist weirdo. Malloy gets help tracking her down from an old gi