When Season 7 of
Adam-12 (1968) was in production,
Martin Milner made it known he was considering not extending his original seven-year contract, as he wanted to move on to other projects. Series co-creator
Jack Webb proposed keeping Martin Milner on-board by reducing his appearances on-camera in a proposed Season 8 of the show, by promoting his character to Sergeant, (
William Boyett)'s Sergeant MacDonald to Lieutenant, and
Kent McCord's character, Jim Reed, to training officer. This would allow Milner more time to pursue other projects, and keep him in the series. This plan resulted in two back-to-back episodes featuring Reed with new partners,
Gus Corbin (1975) and
Dana Hall (1975), to establish the premise. These episodes appeared at the end of the season.
Near the end of production of Season 7, Milner made his final decision to move on to other projects, effectively bringing the series to an end. In order to give the long-running series a fitting close (and not have what could be considered a "cliffhanger" close out the series), the two-part episode,
Something Worth Dying For: Part 1 (1975) was quickly written, and filmed months after Season 7 had finished shooting. The biggest indicator of the lapse in filming from the prior episode is best indicated by the length (and different hairstyle) of Kent McCord's hair.