Reed's been reading up on owning a dog while also having children. Perhaps he's concerned now that he and the missus have a baby boy in the house, that their dog Queenie may cause some sort of problem. Queenie and her litter of eight puppies were a major plot point in the Adam-12 first season episode, "Producer". Here, Queenie doesn't receive a mention and it's not clear that the Reeds even own a dog anymore. Meanwhile, while Malloy doesn't own a dog, he proves that he certainly has knowledge of dog breeds.
Malloy and Reed deal with the driver of a car which has no brake lights. By the end of the segment, the driver really wishes this car had had working brake lights. The final segment of the episode has the partners responding to a call for help relating to a great big brute making a bit of an uproar in an apartment building. This is one of the times where you really want to question that "The incidents you have just seen are true" reminder that appears at the beginning of each episode's end credits.
A majority of time is spent on a segment featuring M & R responding to a silent alarm at a closed factory warehouse. This involves a seemingly very happy-go-lucky burglar who loves the song, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot". Turns out he's not the least bit lucky and his happiness is the result of a whole lot of much newly-required pain medication.
Just when Malloy and Reed think they've wrapped this one up and are ready to deliver it to Sergeant MacDonald back at the Station, things take a great big turn for the worse. Waiting outside the warehouse is a group of men, and it isn't Police back-up. In fact, it's Police haters. A number of toughs are there. One of them, whose brother has previously been shot by Police, decides he has a bone to pick with Malloy. If it's one of Malloy's bones, all the better. Just when the tension on this one is about to go through a broken sky-light in the roof, the warehouse owner shows up and ratchets up the tension another 30 feet further.
Martin Milner as Officer Peter J. Malloy really shines in this scene. You can almost see the steam releasing from Malloy's ears. The snarl and snare on his face outdoes the snarl and snare that comes later in that uproarious scene in the apartment building. Great stuff!
Malloy and Reed deal with the driver of a car which has no brake lights. By the end of the segment, the driver really wishes this car had had working brake lights. The final segment of the episode has the partners responding to a call for help relating to a great big brute making a bit of an uproar in an apartment building. This is one of the times where you really want to question that "The incidents you have just seen are true" reminder that appears at the beginning of each episode's end credits.
A majority of time is spent on a segment featuring M & R responding to a silent alarm at a closed factory warehouse. This involves a seemingly very happy-go-lucky burglar who loves the song, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot". Turns out he's not the least bit lucky and his happiness is the result of a whole lot of much newly-required pain medication.
Just when Malloy and Reed think they've wrapped this one up and are ready to deliver it to Sergeant MacDonald back at the Station, things take a great big turn for the worse. Waiting outside the warehouse is a group of men, and it isn't Police back-up. In fact, it's Police haters. A number of toughs are there. One of them, whose brother has previously been shot by Police, decides he has a bone to pick with Malloy. If it's one of Malloy's bones, all the better. Just when the tension on this one is about to go through a broken sky-light in the roof, the warehouse owner shows up and ratchets up the tension another 30 feet further.
Martin Milner as Officer Peter J. Malloy really shines in this scene. You can almost see the steam releasing from Malloy's ears. The snarl and snare on his face outdoes the snarl and snare that comes later in that uproarious scene in the apartment building. Great stuff!
