Officers Jim Reed (Kent McCord) and Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) are among those involved in the search for the "Mulholland Mauler." This savage serial killer preys upon young women, and has been most active in a heavily wooded "lover's lane" district. The problem facing Jim and Pete is to locate the elusive killer while simultaneously mollifying a panicky public. Featured in this grim, methodical episode is veteran character actor Joe Higgins, who in the late 1960s rose to fame as a redneck Southern sheriff in a series of popular car commercials.