The Mod Squad (1968)

Season 1

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.

Released Sept. 24, 1968 Episode 60 min 10+

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama

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Production Companies: Thomas/Spelling Productions

Network: ABC

Country: United States
Languages: English

IMDb 2774

7.0

/2660/

Trakt

/32/

TMDb

/24/

Tomatoes

Buddy Ruskin
Director

Peggy Lipton
Julie Barnes

Clarence Williams III

Tige Andrews

Michael Cole

Ross Elliott

Brooke Bundy

Norman Alden

Linda Marsh
Louise Semple

S1E1 - The Teeth of the Barracuda

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

Sept. 24, 1968, midnight

S1E2 - Bad Man on Campus

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

Oct. 1, 1968, midnight

S1E3 - My, What a Pretty Bus

None

Oct. 8, 1968, midnight

S1E4 - 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.

Oct. 22, 1968, midnight

S1E5 - 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.

Oct. 29, 1968, midnight

S1E6 - 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.

Nov. 12, 1968, midnight

S1E7 - Find Tara Chapman!

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

Nov. 19, 1968, midnight

S1E8 - 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.

Nov. 26, 1968, midnight

S1E9 - A Quiet Weekend in the Country

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

Dec. 3, 1968, midnight

S1E10 - Love

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

Dec. 10, 1968, midnight

S1E11 - 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.

Dec. 17, 1968, midnight

S1E12 - The Guru

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

Dec. 31, 1968, midnight

S1E13 - 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.

Jan. 7, 1969, midnight

S1E14 - 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.

Jan. 14, 1969, midnight

S1E15 - 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.

Jan. 21, 1969, midnight

S1E16 - 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.

Jan. 29, 1969, midnight

S1E17 - 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.

Feb. 4, 1969, midnight

S1E18 - 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.

Feb. 11, 1969, midnight