As of July 2026, Adam-12 Season 1 aired in 1968 with 26 episodes — streaming now on Philo. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Adam-12 Season 1

1968 26 Episodes Crime · Drama ⭐ 7/10

If you want a crime drama that treats its mystery as more than a puzzle, Adam-12 Season 1 is available on right now. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. With 48 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Martin Milner sets the tone, and the ensemble matches it scene for scene. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Adam-12 Season 1 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. At its heart, Adam-12 Season 1 understands what makes crime drama work — character first, plot second. This is a list of episodes from the first season of Adam-12. Martin Milner and Kent McCord lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1968. Adam-12 Season 1 is at its best in the quiet scenes between the plot beats, where the character work actually happens. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

If you cannot walk away from a good mystery, Adam-12 Season 1 will keep you hooked. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. Martin Milner's performance is the kind that shows up on best-of lists years later. If you have been looking for something to fill the gap left by a recently finished story, this is a reliable answer.

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🎬 Adam-12 Season 1 — Episode Guide

E1
Log 001: The Impossible Mission
1968-09-21
Pilot Episode: Working out of a patrol car designated "Adam-12," Officers Malloy and Reed perform a typical day's work, which includes a high speed auto-chase, the capture of two robbers, and an emergency call to save a suffocating baby. Malloy decides to turn in his badge after his young partner w...
E2
Log 141: The Color TV Bandit
1968-09-28
Malloy and Reed learn of a serial home burglar stealing color TVs. They stumble upon the suspect's car with unusual results. Also, Reed must come to terms with his anger over a drug using mother that endangered her children to score dope.
E3
Log 011: It's Just A Little Dent, Isn't It?
1968-10-05
Officers Malloy and Reed assist a young mother whose baby is threatened by a deranged man and they help a woman being harassed by a spiteful neighbor. Reed worries all evening that the small dent in the fender he caused while backing the car up for fuel might lead to termination, since he is still o...
E4
Log 131: Reed, The Dicks Have Their Job And We Have Ours
1968-10-12
Officers Malloy and Reed are involved in a high speed chase, a murder case and a family dispute as they work the P.M. watch. Reed expresses frustration at turning a case over to detectives instead of investigating it.
E5
Log 091: You're Not The First Guy's Had The Problem
1968-10-19
Officer Reed learns that a professional officer has to keep their emotions under control; even when confronted with an abusive drunk-driver, right after clearing an "officer down" call & finding his close friend from the Academy critically wounded.
E6
Log 161: And You Want Me to Get Married!
1968-10-26
Officers Malloy and Reed look for a robbery suspect, help a woman pinned under her crashed car and settle a family dispute, among other duties.
E7
Log 071: I Feel Like a Fool, Malloy
1968-11-02
In an episode where Reed learns to keep his wits under control, the officers deal with a loud noise complaint where an elderly woman refuses to answer, much less acknowledge, a teenaged girl's desperate pleas for help after the woman learns she was at a house where loud party music is being played, ...
E8
Log 072: El Presidente
1968-11-09
Malloy teases Reed about calculating the cost of a new house while their first baby is still 6 months away. In the meantime they settle a domestic dispute between arguing neighbors, help a taxi driver that was just robbed, and a local man mistaken as the President by a group of rural Mexicans. Final...
E9
Log 101: Someone Stole My Lawn
1968-11-16
Reed gets Malloy to agree to an early dinner when his wife puts him on a low-cal diet. However, one after another event prevents them from going code 7 all night long. Events include the theft of a man's sod, stolen credit cards, and a suspected car theft.
E10
Log 132: The Producer
1968-11-30
Reed tries to pawn off his new litter of puppies to co-workers, strangers, even victims. The officers work a silent alarm, rescue a boy with his head stuck in a fence, and track down a prowler.
E11
Log 111: Snake In The Trunk
1968-12-07
A ditzy young woman reports her 1958 Ford convertible stolen while she went into a liquor store. She left the keys in the car, has no paperwork, doesn't know the license number or other details but she needs it by 6 PM for a date. She finally tells the officers that her eight-foot boa constrictor is...
E12
Log 61: The Runaway
1968-12-14
Walters and Brinkman are on a roll lately and like to brag, much to the irritation of Reed. He and Malloy help them out by finishing one of their calls, then rescue a sick teenage girl and arrest the young man who took her in. Back on patrol, they meet an informant who gives them a tip on a big drug...
E13
Log 122: Christmas: The Yellow Dump Truck
1968-12-21
On Christmas eve Reed and Malloy make rounds distributing police department donation packages to needy families, and pull many heartstrings.
E14
Log 081: The Long Walk
1969-01-04
After roll call, Reed and Malloy provide backup at a robbery, help a lost man return home, handle a call about a prowler, then respond to a silent alarm. Malloy demonstrates for Reed the importance of "officer presence".
E15
Log 036: Jimmy Eisley's Dealing Smack
1969-01-11
Reed volunteers to line up entertainment for the department party, just as Malloy needs to serve a subpoena on a famous singer. The team learns of a drug den from their informant and are handed the bust when detectives are too busy to look into it.
E16
Log 062: Grand Theft Horse?
1969-01-18
Reed and Malloy assist park rangers in catching a horse thief, a homesick Texan who was high on drugs at the time. The officers then chase two gunmen in a high speed pursuit.
E17
Log 033: It All Happened So Fast
1969-02-01
It's been a long night of patrol for Malloy and Reed. Just as the two tired officers are headed to the station to turn in for the night, shots are fired at the patrol car. In the blink of an eye, Reed kills whom he believes was the gunman. Back at the station, Reed undergoes a night of intensive que...
E18
Log 112: You Blew It
1969-02-08
Reed and Malloy make a routine traffic stop on a motorist. Before the NCIC check is completed, the dispatcher broadcasts a domestic dispute call in the two officers' patrol area; Reed and Malloy take the call and let the motorist go. Bad choice; the lieutenant soon calls the two errant officers in t...
E19
Log 051: A Jumper - Code Two
1969-02-15
Not long after an elderly woman insists that Reed and Malloy help adjust her television antenna, the officers are called to a high-rise hotel, where a suicidal man is determined to jump. Malloy incorrectly handles the situation and Mac harshly reprimands him the follow-up investigation.
E20
Log 073: I'm Still A Cop
1969-02-22
While Malloy is attending college, radicals learn he is a cop. They reject him and antagonize him on the job. After helping arrest demonstrators, his new car is vandalized. When a timer is found missing, he locates and disarms a bomb using it.

🎭 Cast of Adam-12 Season 1

Martin Milner
Martin Milner
Officer Pete Malloy
Kent McCord
Kent McCord
Officer Jim Reed
William Boyett
William Boyett
Sergeant MacDonald

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