Buddy Ruskin
Director
The Mod Squad (1968)
Season 4
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+
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Production Companies: Thomas/Spelling Productions
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S4E1 - The Sentinels
While searching for a pair of murderers, the trio uncovers a link between murder, a stolen car and a threatened epidemic.
Sept. 14, 1971, midnight
S4E2 - Cricket
Julie and a young boy named Cricket go to the park where Cricket finds a gun dropped by a man he runs into. Cricket then accidentally shoots Julie and, thinking he's killed her, runs away.
Sept. 21, 1971, midnight
S4E3 - Home Is the Streets
A former addict helps the trio catch a cop killer - her own stepfather.
Sept. 28, 1971, midnight
S4E4 - Survival
After Julie picks up a blind hitchhiker, they have a flat tire and flag down a passing car for help. Unfortunately, the people in the car trick them into switching cars and abandon them in the desert.
Oct. 5, 1971, midnight
S4E5 - Color of Laughter, Color of Tears
A circus owner asks the trio for help in finding out who's committed sabotage and murder in the big top.
Oct. 12, 1971, midnight
S4E6 - The Medicine Men
Julie is drawn into a bittersweet romance and blackmail.
Oct. 19, 1971, midnight
S4E7 - The Sands of Anger
Julie, Linc and Pete attend a dune buggy race where a pickup truck blows up, killing a young man Julie had just met. The trio then investigate the incident, suspecting foul play.
Oct. 26, 1971, midnight
S4E8 - The Poisoned Mind
After Captain Greer shoots and kills a young man in self defense during a bust, he suffers from feelings of guilt and remorse. Julie suggests he take a vacation at a secluded resort to sort things out.
Nov. 2, 1971, midnight
S4E9 - Exit the Closer
The trio helps a used-car salesman who's made a deal with the devil.
Nov. 9, 1971, midnight
S4E10 - Whatever Happened to Linc Hayes?
On his way to the liquor store, Linc is mugged and hit over the head. When he comes to, he wanders around in a daze, unable to remember who he is or what he was doing.
Nov. 16, 1971, midnight
S4E11 - And a Little Child Shall Bleed Them
The trio must protect a TV clown from an assassination attempt.
Nov. 23, 1971, midnight
S4E12 - The Loser
Someone is out to kill an unfortunate young man.
Nov. 30, 1971, midnight
S4E13 - Death of a Nobody
The trio investigates after an innocent bystander is killed by a speeding car after it narrowly misses Pete.
Dec. 7, 1971, midnight
S4E14 - Feet of Clay
The Trio help a young deaf-mute save a guard from a warehouse fire. Linc then gets involved with helping the young-deaf mute who is targeted for assassination.
Dec. 14, 1971, midnight
S4E15 - I Am My Brother's Keeper
Pete is targeted by the very gunman he's tracking down.
Jan. 4, 1972, midnight
S4E16 - Deal with the Devil
Pete is contacted by his old friend Rusty Bryson, a war correspondent whom he knew and idolized as a boy. But the Treasury department is looking for Bryson, who it suspects of smuggling drugs from Vietnam.
Jan. 11, 1972, midnight
S4E17 - Kill Gently, Sweet Jessie
The trio and Greer know that a paroled killer plans to get revenge on Pete, but Pete has no idea why the man is out to get him.
Jan. 18, 1972, midnight
S4E18 - Shockwave
Julie grows attached to a baby that's been abandoned by a couple on a robbery and murder spree.
Jan. 25, 1972, midnight
S4E19 - No More Oak Leaves for Ernie Holland
A Vietnam veteran returns to the police force with questionable ideas of dealing with dissident ghetto residents.
Feb. 1, 1972, midnight
S4E20 - The Cave
Julie, Link and Pete break down in the desert during a sandstorm and seek shelter in an abandoned mine. An old man embittered by the death of his son in the war who hates hippies then sets off dynamite and traps the trio inside.
Feb. 8, 1972, midnight
S4E21 - The Wild Weekend
When Pete runs into an old girlfriend, she invites him to her birthday party but he turns her down, only to be kidnapped by her two friends and forced to attend the party.
Feb. 15, 1972, midnight
S4E22 - The Tangled Web
Pete and Linc come close to breaking the law as they attempt to help a parolee, an old friend of Julie's, return stolen jewelry.
Feb. 22, 1972, midnight
S4E23 - Outside Position
A stable boy's employer frames him for possessing drugs and continues conspiring against him after his parole, all in order to stop the young man's romance with his daughter.
Feb. 29, 1972, midnight
S4E24 - Big George
A man happens to witness the murder of a sales clerk and agrees to testify at the trial. As a result he and his family are relentlessly terrorized by someone, even after the trial has ended.
March 7, 1972, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 7440 min.
Released: Sept. 24, 1968
Last Air Date: Dec. 21, 1973, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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