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Adam-12 (1968)/Log 105: Elegy for a Pig
| Log 105: Elegy for a Pig | |
| Season 3, Episode 8 | |
| Airdate | November 21, 1970 |
| Written by | Norman Katkov |
| Directed by | Christian Nyby |
| Produced by | Herman S. Saunders |
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Log 105: Elegy for a Pig is the eighth episode of the third season of Adam-12, and the sixtieth episode overall.
Starring: Martin Milner (Officer Pete Malloy), Kent McCord (Officer Jim Reed)
with Mark Goddard (Officer Tom Porter), Rachel Romen (Marge Porter)
Contents |
Plot Overview
After attending the funeral of a fellow officer killed in the line of duty, Malloy recounts the dead man's last moments on the job and the hunt for his killer.
But before we get to the part about hunting for the suspected gunman, Malloy takes time to reflect on the officer, Tom Porter. The two were in training academy together and quickly become best friends. As they join the Los Angeles Police Department together and become the department's finest, Malloy reminisces happy memories about professional accomplishments, community involvement (including coaching youth baseball), being in Porter's wedding (as best man) and the birth of his children, the early days of training Reed on the job (as Reed progressed from raw rookie with tremendous potential to one of the department's outstanding young officers) ... and earning a Medal of Valor for capturing a pair of dangerous escaped convicts who were wanted in several recent robberies.
The bulk of the episode, then, is not so much a synopsis of how to catch a cop killer (indeed, viewers never find out whether the murderer is caught), but that a police officer is more than just a police officer, but a friend, a community leader, a family man and much more ... and that all of that is lost when he sacrifices his life in the line of duty. The final scene shows the man's young son holding his flag, his daughter too young to understand why daddy's never coming home and their disconsolate mother, now left to raise her and Tom's two young children ... alone.
Notes
Due to the somber nature of this episode, the usual opening and closing sequences are forgone. The theme music does not play at the beginning or end. The opening credits consist of a black screen with the titles, with accompanying voiceover by Jack Webb. The closing credits, a black screen with just the usual listing of guest cast and crew.
