Adam-12
The Parole Violator
Season 4, Episode 17 · Aired 1972-01-26
Synopsis
Malloy is given a tip that a young man he coaches is using heroin again. Malloy and the boy's parole officer work together to track down what is going on. Reed and Malloy respond to a hit and run where a small boy is hit and hurt severely. The boy thinks Reed is his father who was killed in Vietnam. A man blows a stop sign resulting in a traffic stop. He is given a ticket but his passenger is taken in for selling drugs. In reality he is an undercover officer trying to make a buy from the driver. Malloy is called by the parole officer to help take in the young man for using again. They learn he had bought some heroin but did not use it. However, they find his younger brother had.
In the series
This episode is part of Adam-12 (1968–1975) on NBC.
One-Adam-12 — black-and-white patrol as Jack Webb moral clarity.
Key cast
- Martin Milner as Officer Pete Malloy
- Kent McCord as Officer Jim Reed