The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad
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The Mod Squad

JUSTICE NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE.

6.2 / 10
1968
5 seasons
124 episodes
Action & AdventureDrama

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.

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The Mod Squad TV Show Theme Opening Season One

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Seasons

  • The Teeth of the Barracuda

    1.The Teeth of the Barracuda

    24-09-196860m

    The daughter of a California governorial candidate is caught with drugs and is blackmailed.

  • Bad Man on Campus

    2.Bad Man on Campus

    01-10-196860m

    Pete, Linc and Julie work undercover in a high school to break up a juvenile car theft ring.

  • My, What a Pretty Bus

    3.My, What a Pretty Bus

    08-10-196860m
  • When Smitty Comes Marching Home

    4.When Smitty Comes Marching Home

    22-10-196860m

    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

    5.You Can't Tell the Players Without a Programmer

    29-10-196860m

    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

    6.A Time to Love -- A Time to Cry

    12-11-196860m

    After an LSD trip, photographer Robbie Larson wakes up beside the dead body of one of his models.

  • Find Tara Chapman!

    7.Find Tara Chapman!

    19-11-196860m

    Unaware she has contagious meningitis, a singer who witnessed a mob murder flees the hospital.

  • The Price of Terror

    8.The Price of Terror

    26-11-196860m

    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

    9.A Quiet Weekend in the Country

    03-12-196860m

    An ex-convict tells Greer that drug pushers will be meeting at a rural trailer camp.

  • Love

    10.Love

    10-12-196860m

    Pete's cousin Karen turns to kidnapping to gain her parents attention after they are distracted by the new baby.

  • Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet

    11.Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet

    17-12-196860m

    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...

  • The Guru

    12.The Guru

    31-12-196860m

    Posing as hippies the trio investigate the bombing of an underground paper, resulting in murder.

  • The Sunday Drivers

    13.The Sunday Drivers

    07-01-196960m

    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

    14.Hello Mother, My Name Is Julie

    14-01-196960m

    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

    15.Flight Five Doesn't Answer

    21-01-196960m

    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

    16.Shell Game

    29-01-196960m

    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

    17.Fear Is the Bucking Horse

    04-02-196960m

    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

    18.A Hint of Darkness, A Hint of Light

    11-02-196960m

    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 crim...

  • The Uptight Town

    19.The Uptight Town

    18-02-196960m

    A racist town tries to pin a murder on a black man who had nothing to do with it.

  • A Reign of Guns

    20.A Reign of Guns

    25-02-196960m

    Pete and Linc infiltrate the operation of a shipping magnate who is stockpiling weapons to equip his private army.

  • A Run for the Money

    21.A Run for the Money

    11-03-196960m

    Pete falls for Ginny, who believes her jailed father is innocent of robbery.

  • Child of Sorrow, Child of Light

    22.Child of Sorrow, Child of Light

    18-03-196960m

    Julie poses as an unwed mother to infiltrate an extortion racket that blackmails parents of adopted babies.

  • Keep the Faith, Baby

    23.Keep the Faith, Baby

    25-03-196960m

    A murderer stalks the suspended priest who heard his confession.

  • Captain Greer, Call Surgery

    24.Captain Greer, Call Surgery

    01-04-196960m

    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

    25.Peace Now -- Arly Blau

    08-04-196960m

    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

    26.A Seat by the Window

    15-04-196960m

    The trio splits up onto three tour buses to find the killer of a man found at a bus station.

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