This is just a short creative writing exercise, a chance meeting between Reed and Malloy and Friday and Gannon. It is set during the pilot episode of Adam-12 and during the "Public affairs DR-14" episode of Dragnet.

Thousands of years after the fall of the pagan gods, Hercules is still helping people, as a cop. But when some lunatic starts murdering hippies in the name of Ares, he finds he needs some help from Sgt Joe Friday.

Even during the time of the great tribulation, ordinary crime still happens. And detectives like Joe Friday and Bill Gannon still have to solve regular murders. Or is it a regular murder?

This is a followup to the "Dragnet" episode "Burglary: DR-31." It was one of the few times you felt bad for the suspect. And since it was the same actor who would later star on "Emergency" I made an educated guess.

Long ago I tried to write a serious 'Dragnet'/'Adam-12' crossover. It was never finished because I got sidetracked into this instead. Oh Jack Webb, how I love you ...