Malloy's speech to Mac about his sailboat has stuck with me all these years. Amidst all the episodes through the run of the series some are suspenseful, some are action-packed, but some are just plain memorable. This episode is just really memorable.
I don't think any of the episodes are bad, there's just good and great. The plot here is pretty routine (albeit entertaining).
Martin Milner's previous series, "Route 66", does not hold up near as well. Each episode of "Route 66" had some dramatic emotional fight scene, usually involving whoever was riding with Milner that season. Watching those old shows in 2023 is not boring, but the shows are pretty stagey and try too hard to make a point.
Adam-12 is just the opposite, low-key, never in your face, yet the point is made. That point is usually that ordinary people can be heroes or crumbs, and it can happen wherever you live.
Milner and Kent McCord do a fine job, season after season, with well-written scripts. If you watch enough of these at one sitting you'll soon be find yourself requesting Code 7 before lunch, with Malloy's voice in one ear and the dispatcher in the other. A little spooky actually.
I don't think any of the episodes are bad, there's just good and great. The plot here is pretty routine (albeit entertaining).
Martin Milner's previous series, "Route 66", does not hold up near as well. Each episode of "Route 66" had some dramatic emotional fight scene, usually involving whoever was riding with Milner that season. Watching those old shows in 2023 is not boring, but the shows are pretty stagey and try too hard to make a point.
Adam-12 is just the opposite, low-key, never in your face, yet the point is made. That point is usually that ordinary people can be heroes or crumbs, and it can happen wherever you live.
Milner and Kent McCord do a fine job, season after season, with well-written scripts. If you watch enough of these at one sitting you'll soon be find yourself requesting Code 7 before lunch, with Malloy's voice in one ear and the dispatcher in the other. A little spooky actually.
