Adam-12
Log 115: Gang War
TV Flash files “Log 115: Gang War” as hour 66 of 174 in the TV Flash guide — Adam-12 (1968–1975) on NBC, season 3, episode 14, aired 1971-01-09, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E14: listed hour 66 of 174 in the Adam-12 guide, hour 14 of 26 in season 3. It aired 1971-01-09 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Log 175: Con Artists” (S03E13). Next is “Log 026: LEMRAS (Law Enforcement Manpower Resources Allocation System)” (S03E15).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Patrol starts with a robbery suspect at a gas station and grocery store escaping Reed on foot. The pair are called in to quell a brewing fight between two gangs by a local priest. With backup they succeed in breaking up the rumble before the fight breaks out. A domestic dispute calls leads the pair to the robbery suspect who is sick after eating the food he stole. They are then called a second time to stop the gang fight but are too late to stop it.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Log 115: Gang War sit in the Adam-12 guide?
S03E14 is listed hour 66 of 174 — hour 14 of 26 in season 3, season 3 episode 14.
When did Adam-12 S03E14 air?
Log 115: Gang War aired 1971-01-09 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.
The black-and-white unit arrives before the siren. NBC, 1968–1975: Martin Milner's Officer Pete Malloy and Kent McCord's Officer Jim Reed in a patrol car that defined the two-man format, Jack Webb and R.A. Cinader's Mark VII shop keeping the moral grammar tight. Adam-12 is sister spirit to Dragnet: real LAPD consultation, radio-code poetry, shift-by-shift calls with by-the-book ethics. *Black-and-white paint as a silhouette, radio as jewelry, training-film calm as a press strategy.* Style is the plot. One-Adam-12…
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
Kent McCord's Officer Jim Reed made Adam-12 a ride-along before every badge show learned radio-code poetry — Malloy and Reed in a black-and-white unit, Jack Webb's moral grammar, case by case, shift by shift. TV Flash files him as 1970s…