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Log 52: Good Cop - Handle with Care

Episode aired Oct 4, 1969
TV-PG
25m

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8.0/10

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Kent McCord and Martin Milner in Adam-12 (1968)

Crime Drama

A pair of freelance reporters are determined to do a story on police brutality, and harass Reed and Malloy as their marks. The officers warn the reporters to cease their behavior, but they d... Read allA pair of freelance reporters are determined to do a story on police brutality, and harass Reed and Malloy as their marks. The officers warn the reporters to cease their behavior, but they don't and they end up causing a tragedy.A pair of freelance reporters are determined to do a story on police brutality, and harass Reed and Malloy as their marks. The officers warn the reporters to cease their behavior, but they don't and they end up causing a tragedy.

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Martin Milner

Officer Pete Malloy

Kent McCord

Officer Jim Reed

Carl Reindel

Mark Gurney

Margarita Cordova

Mrs. Sanchez

William Boyett

Sgt. MacDonald

Art Gilmore

Lt. Moore

Paul Darby

Jerry Bowen
(as Paul J. Darby)

Ben Frank

John Henderson

Shaaron Claridge

Dispatcher
(voice)
(uncredited)

James Eastin

Ambulance Attendant
(uncredited)

Marco Lopez

Officer Sanchez
(uncredited)

Director
- Robert Douglas
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Trivia
Bowen and Gurney's car is a 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1.

Goofs
When he is photographed by Bowen and Gurney putting Henderson in the backseat of the patrol car, Malloy has his hat on. When Sgt. McDonald later shows Reed the newspaper article of the arrest, Malloy is not wearing his hat in the accompanying photo.

Quotes
Officer Jim Reed: [to Mac in his office] It doesn't seem fair.
Officer Pete Malloy: [cut to Malloy and Reed on patrol] Sure it's fair.
Officer Jim Reed: I don't agree. They're abusing a legitimate grievance procedure. We knock ourselves out to do a good job, and now this.
Officer Pete Malloy: Maybe we should stencil it on our uniforms: "good cops, handle with care."

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Have we really made so little progress in 50 years??

While shows featuring police nowadays are a little - or a lot - more nuanced than Adam-12, some of the attitudes depicted in this episode do not seem to have changed very much at all.

Particularly when you view this and the following episode together (gee, thanks, MeTV).

Note, I am not going to give this a numeric rating, mostly since I don't want my mood after watching these two episodes to negatively reflect on what at the time was a moderately well done pair of episodes, although typically Jack Webb-influenced writing.