The Mod Squad — Season 1
JUSTICE NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE.
About this season
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 (26)
1. The Teeth of the Barracuda
Aired 24 September 1968 • 60 min
The daughter of a California governorial candidate is caught with drugs and is blackmailed.
2. Bad Man on Campus
Aired 1 October 1968 • 60 min
Pete, Linc and Julie work undercover in a high school to break up a juvenile car theft ring.
3. My, What a Pretty Bus
Aired 8 October 1968 • 60 min
4. When Smitty Comes Marching Home
Aired 22 October 1968 • 60 min
A Vietnam veteran awakens on the beach beside the body of his Army nemesis. Linc helps his old friend figure things out.
5. You Can't Tell the Players Without a Programmer
Aired 29 October 1968 • 60 min
A computer dating agency sets up to find very wealthy women and send out a young stud to rip them off.
6. A Time to Love -- A Time to Cry
Aired 12 November 1968 • 60 min
After an LSD trip, photographer Robbie Larson wakes up beside the dead body of one of his models.
7. Find Tara Chapman!
Aired 19 November 1968 • 60 min
Unaware she has contagious meningitis, a singer who witnessed a mob murder flees the hospital.
8. The Price of Terror
Aired 26 November 1968 • 60 min
The squad searches for the assailant behind the attempts on Greer's life, leading to the kidnapping of Julie in exchange for Greer.
9. A Quiet Weekend in the Country
Aired 3 December 1968 • 60 min
An ex-convict tells Greer that drug pushers will be meeting at a rural trailer camp.
10. Love
Aired 10 December 1968 • 60 min
Pete's cousin Karen turns to kidnapping to gain her parents attention after they are distracted by the new baby.
11. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet
Aired 17 December 1968 • 60 min
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.
12. The Guru
Aired 31 December 1968 • 60 min
Posing as hippies the trio investigate the bombing of an underground paper, resulting in murder.
13. The Sunday Drivers
Aired 7 January 1969 • 60 min
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.
14. Hello Mother, My Name Is Julie
Aired 14 January 1969 • 60 min
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.
15. Flight Five Doesn't Answer
Aired 21 January 1969 • 60 min
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.
16. Shell Game
Aired 29 January 1969 • 60 min
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.
17. Fear Is the Bucking Horse
Aired 4 February 1969 • 60 min
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.
18. A Hint of Darkness, A Hint of Light
Aired 11 February 1969 • 60 min
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.
19. The Uptight Town
Aired 18 February 1969 • 60 min
A racist town tries to pin a murder on a black man who had nothing to do with it.
20. A Reign of Guns
Aired 25 February 1969 • 60 min
Pete and Linc infiltrate the operation of a shipping magnate who is stockpiling weapons to equip his private army.
21. A Run for the Money
Aired 11 March 1969 • 60 min
Pete falls for Ginny, who believes her jailed father is innocent of robbery.
22. Child of Sorrow, Child of Light
Aired 18 March 1969 • 60 min
Julie poses as an unwed mother to infiltrate an extortion racket that blackmails parents of adopted babies.
23. Keep the Faith, Baby
Aired 25 March 1969 • 60 min
A murderer stalks the suspended priest who heard his confession.
24. Captain Greer, Call Surgery
Aired 1 April 1969 • 60 min
Greer thinks a series of hospital drug robberies are inside jobs. The trio poses as hospital staff to solve this case.
25. Peace Now -- Arly Blau
Aired 8 April 1969 • 60 min
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.
26. A Seat by the Window
Aired 15 April 1969 • 60 min
The trio splits up onto three tour buses to find the killer of a man found at a bus station.