After the Buick crashes into the channel, there is barely any damage. The camera cuts to the police car for a moment, and when it cuts back to the Buick, there is considerably more damage to the car. The hood and fenders are bashed up and the windshield is shattered.
When Malloy and the lieutenant are talking outside of the commander's office, the desk officer refers to the lieutenant as "major".
Malloy chides Reed for not clearing them correctly on the radio because he didn't respond to dispatch with a "1 Adam 12 roger" response even though this response is never done again after clearing in subsequent episodes. Same with the "1adam 12 thank you " response for code 7 request.
Even though this is the first show, in nearly every show throughout the series, the windows in the cruiser are up from inside the car and down from the outside.
After reviving the baby, Malloy calls her by her name, Gladys; however, the baby's mother does not say the child's name in his presence. She says it when she and her husband are alone with Reed in the living room.
In the first chase, the footage is sped up to make it look like the vehicles are moving faster.
The car that crashes at the end of the chase can be seen to have no windshield just before it slides into the channel of the Los Angeles River.
When Reed first clears Adam-12 he says "A" and is quickly corrected by Malloy.
Reed would have learned basic radio protocol at the academy.
Reed would have learned basic radio protocol at the academy.
The lady with the salamander assumed the salamander got out of its box and was crawling on her.
That makes no sense.
She had no reason to think the salamander had escaped its box and looking into the box, as she eventually did, would have shown it was still inside.
That makes no sense.
She had no reason to think the salamander had escaped its box and looking into the box, as she eventually did, would have shown it was still inside.