Adam-12
Log 011: It's Just A Little Dent, Isn't It?
TV Flash files “Log 011: It's Just A Little Dent, Isn't It?” as hour 3 of 174 in the TV Flash guide — Adam-12 (1968–1975) on NBC, season 1, episode 3, aired 1968-10-05, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E03: listed hour 3 of 174 in the Adam-12 guide, hour 3 of 26 in season 1. It aired 1968-10-05 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Log 141: The Color TV Bandit” (S01E02). Next is “Log 131: Reed, the Dicks Have Their Job and We Have Ours” (S01E04).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Reed dents the fender of the patrol car while putting gas in it and frets the entire shift about the impact of it on his career. At roll call Mac and the Lieutenant talk to the officers about a man who has been intimidating a woman who is to testify about the man's son's involvement in a crime. They talk to the woman, an influential neighbor, bartender where the man hangs out, and then the man himself. They respond to a call about a man holding a baby as a hostage with a gun. Malloy enters the house and talks the man down who appears to be high on drugs. A call that night by a neighbor leads them to catching the man after he used stones to break the woman's windows. At the end Malloy tells the Lieutentant that the dent is about the size of a reprimand.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Log 011: It's Just A Little Dent, Isn't It? sit in the Adam-12 guide?
S01E03 is listed hour 3 of 174 — hour 3 of 26 in season 1, season 1 episode 3.
When did Adam-12 S01E03 air?
Log 011: It's Just A Little Dent, Isn't It? aired 1968-10-05 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need Dragnet first?
No. Mark VII sister spirit, not a sequel. Adam-12 is two-man patrol television: Malloy, Reed, and the next call.
In the series
Why this series still plays
One-Adam-12: Malloy and Reed on patrol in a black-and-white unit while Jack Webb keeps the moral grammar tight. Ride-along procedural before every badge show learned the radio-code poetry. Two officers closing the shift, case by case, with the calm of a training film that became a hit.
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Filed against
- Martin Milner as Officer Pete Malloy
Martin Milner’s Tod Stiles put a Corvette on actual American pavement in Route 66 — location drama when most series never left the lot — then patrolled Adam-12 as Malloy with Jack Webb’s moral grammar tight. Highway as character;…
- Kent McCord as Officer Jim Reed
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