The two armored car guards come out of the bank and knock on the side of the armored car. A third guard opens the back door of the truck, his arms are clearly visible. After the tear gas cloud dissipates it appears that there are now only two guards.
As the armored truck driver gets out of the vehicle, he slams the driver's door but it doesn't latch. Instead, it bounces back slightly, remaining open by a few inches. When the next scene occurs, the door is now open a foot or more, having noticeably opened by quite a bit.
The pedestrian crossing the street, who a reckless driver nearly hit, isn't seen when the reckless driver and Adam-12 make the turn on to the side street.
In responding to the bus station the dispatcher advises the call is "unknown disturbance."
Given that the "disturbance" was contained in a suitcase (and not a risk to anyone) the dispatcher should have asked the caller what the problem was.
That, of course, would have eliminated the surprise awaiting viewers.
Given that the "disturbance" was contained in a suitcase (and not a risk to anyone) the dispatcher should have asked the caller what the problem was.
That, of course, would have eliminated the surprise awaiting viewers.
Reed opening the suitcase in the parking lot was a mistake. What would have resulted if there was a snake inside? They would have had a worse situation.
He should have taken the suitcase to the end of a parking lot, preferably by any brush and away from a business, so any snake could safely escape.
He should have taken the suitcase to the end of a parking lot, preferably by any brush and away from a business, so any snake could safely escape.
Reed and Malloy show up for the last stakeout in different uniforms and are referred to as SWAT 1. SWAT with the L.A. Police Dept. stands for Special Weapons and Tactics. SWAT team members undergo a relatively long and specialized training program. SWAT Team Members rarely are assigned traffic duties. Some believe that it has never been mentioned in the storyline that the veteran Malloy or the newer Reed have ever had that training, yet they have previously been used in that role, and are seen undergoing training.
Malloy and Reed were used as ad-hoc SWAT team members in season 2, episode 14 ("Log 14: SWAT") which referenced their special training. While it's unlikely that such an ad-hoc arrangement would be made using patrol officers, it's possible- and in any case, is not a direct plot hole as it appears.
There is no actual sewer culvert at the armored car robbery scene.
At the robbery scene, Malloy and Reed walk right into the tear gas cloud and aren't affected at all while the guards eyes are stinging badly.
Neither of the two men in the armored car are wearing name tags, but Reed calls one of them Mr. Mosley.
The sewer that Reed and Malloy enter has straight and right- angled walls, with plenty of illumination, indicating filming on a sound stage. A real sewer would have curved or rounded walls and would be completely dark inside without the presence of flashlights.
Reed and Malloy are a two-man team deployed to go into the storm drain. When they get to the manhole, there's no one there with them. They have nothing in the immediate area to stop traffic. They then pull the heavy manhole cover off. The next shot shows them down in the sewer. Putting the manhole back from inside the drain would be extremely difficult. One would then assume that they left an open manhole unprotected by all the usual warning devices. What happened with the cover? Although Reed pulled the manhole cover closed when both he and Malloy entered the manhole, that is difficult to believe he did it alone.