"1-Adam-12, 1-Adam-12, please respond to a 10-101 ... sighting of tropes seen in this episode":
A Day in the Limelight: Shaaron Claridge, the dispatcher whose voice is heard in every Adam-12 episode, makes her lone on-camera appearance in the series' seven-year run. Here, Malloy has her run various letter-number license plate but does not explain to her why. Viewers are in the know all along: He and his temporary beat partner are trying to track down a green Volkswagen believed to be involved in a shooting incident at a supermarket, as their occupants might be able to help clear Reed in the shooting.
