Adam-12
Sub-Station
Season 4, Episode 20 · Aired 1972-02-16
Synopsis
The officers are on loan to LAX airport. The first case is a man taking a stewardess hostage because he wants a job with a specific film director in LA. They convince the man that the director is on the phone to distract him. The police are given a tip by another police department that a shipment of drugs is arriving in a suitcase. They tail the suitcase and arrest a group of men making separate drug pickups at the airport leading to a huge bust. Final call is a woman who is picked up by man posing as a limo driver. He pistol whips, robs and dumps her but she tears his shirt. They find the car and a tip leads them to the suspect in the airport.
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