The Mod Squad
JUSTICE NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE.
The Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. It starred Michael Cole as Pete Cochren, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes, Clarence Williams III as Linc Hayes, and Tige Andrews as Captain Adam Greer. The executive producers of the series were Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas. The iconic counter-culture police series earned six Emmy nominations, four Golden Globe nominations plus one win for Peggy Lipton, one Directors Guild of America award, and four Logies. In 1997 the episode "Mother of Sorrow" was ranked #95 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
Episodes
The Teeth of the Barracuda
The daughter of a California governorial candidate is caught with drugs and is blackmailed.
Bad Man on Campus
Pete, Linc and Julie work undercover in a high school to break up a juvenile car theft ring.
My, What a Pretty Bus
When Smitty Comes Marching Home
A Vietnam veteran awakens on the beach beside the body of his Army nemesis. Linc helps his old friend figure things out.
You Can't Tell the Players Without a Programmer
A computer dating agency sets up to find very wealthy women and send out a young stud to rip them off.
A Time to Love -- A Time to Cry
After an LSD trip, photographer Robbie Larson wakes up beside the dead body of one of his models.
Find Tara Chapman!
Unaware she has contagious meningitis, a singer who witnessed a mob murder flees the hospital.
The Price of Terror
The squad searches for the assailant behind the attempts on Greer's life, leading to the kidnapping of Julie in exchange for Greer.
A Quiet Weekend in the Country
An ex-convict tells Greer that drug pushers will be meeting at a rural trailer camp.
Love
Pete's cousin Karen turns to kidnapping to gain her parents attention after they are distracted by the new baby.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet
This episode is one of the creepiest Mod Squad shows! The trio is planted in an acting community to find out who is killing the young starlet wannabes. Julie is staying at the same small apartment house where all the starlets are. Mrs. Petree who runs the place, and her very creepy son Norman (ugh very very disturbing portrayal). Norman has a habit of walking into the starlets rooms and sniffing their stockings and other unmentionables! The TV Host who is a perv and cant keep his clammy paws off of the starlets, and the abusive actor wannabe Timmy who thinks he is a Brando/Dean all are suspect, but dont count out the other characters.
The Guru
Posing as hippies the trio investigate the bombing of an underground paper, resulting in murder.
The Sunday Drivers
Linc is convinced that the death of his friend, Tommy Salido, a stunt-driver was not accidental. The trio investigates and uncover a drug smuggling operation.
Hello Mother, My Name Is Julie
Julie's estranged mother suddenly shows up and tells her she is getting married. Unfortunately Pete and Linc know something about her future step-father.
Flight Five Doesn't Answer
Mob assassins force a plane to crash, stranding Greer, Linc, and Pete and a government witness in the desert. All in search of five million dollars of missing mob money.
Shell Game
Pete and Linc successfully infiltrate a gang of thieves only to discover they are protected by crooked cops and that Julie has become an unwitting hostage.
Fear Is the Bucking Horse
Far West Acres is Western Rodeo where the squad is sent to protect former TV Cowboy star Billy Kilgore from a series of bizarre attacks against his life.
A Hint of Darkness, A Hint of Light
Blind author Jenny Wills is viciously attacked on the beach by an unknown assailant, who makes repeated attempts on her life. Unbeknowst to her, he thinks she saw him commit a crime.
The Uptight Town
A racist town tries to pin a murder on a black man who had nothing to do with it.
A Reign of Guns
Pete and Linc infiltrate the operation of a shipping magnate who is stockpiling weapons to equip his private army.
A Run for the Money
Pete falls for Ginny, who believes her jailed father is innocent of robbery.
Child of Sorrow, Child of Light
Julie poses as an unwed mother to infiltrate an extortion racket that blackmails parents of adopted babies.
Keep the Faith, Baby
A murderer stalks the suspended priest who heard his confession.
Captain Greer, Call Surgery
Greer thinks a series of hospital drug robberies are inside jobs. The trio poses as hospital staff to solve this case.
Peace Now -- Arly Blau
Linc and Pete go undercover as prison inmates to protect the life of a convicted draft dodger, whose father is a General in the Vietnam War.
A Seat by the Window
The trio splits up onto three tour buses to find the killer of a man found at a bus station.
About The Mod Squad
- Creators
- Buddy Ruskin
- Cast
- Peggy Lipton, Clarence Williams III, Tige Andrews, Michael Cole
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- Content rating
- TV-PG
- Original language
- English
- Production countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Ended
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