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.
Best Episodes of The Mod Squad
And Once for My Baby
S5 Ep24
10.0
1st Mar 1973
An imaginative thief plots a spectacular heist. The trio hopes to stop it before it happens, but they learn of another urgency.
Kristie
S5 Ep15
10.0
14th Dec 1972
A little girl's father gets in trouble with jewel thieves just before Christmas. He leaves his daughter with Pete, an old friend, but then doesn't return for her as promised, and the trio tries to find him.
Survival
S4 Ep4
10.0
5th Oct 1971
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.
A Short Course in War
S3 Ep14
10.0
5th Jan 1971
A campus demonstration may turn into a bloody conflict if a mentally disturbed student has his way. Linc: Clarence Williams III. Walter: Bob Balaban. Julie: Peggy Lipton. Miss Osgood: Josephine Hutchinson.
Who Are the Keepers, Who Are the Inmates?
S3 Ep3
10.0
6th Oct 1970
Linc receives a desperate call from an old friend, now an inmate at a mental institution. Shortly afterward, the friend is dead of "heart failure", only the latest of a number of strange deaths at the place.
The Healer
S2 Ep11
10.0
9th Dec 1969
The Mod Squad sets to work busting an extortion racket run by a self-styled healer responsible for the death of Linc's friend. Julie befriends a wheelchair-bound man paying large sums for empty promises that his paralysis will be cured.
A Run for the Money
S1 Ep21
9.3
11th Mar 1969
Pete falls for Ginny, who believes her jailed father is innocent of robbery.
The Song of Willie
S3 Ep5
9.0
20th Oct 1970
Sammy Davis Jr. plays brash film star Willie Rush, who's feigning indifference to threats on his life. Pete: Michael Cole. Marci Weaver: Lola Falana. Linc: Clarence Williams III. Julie: Peggy Lipton. Cal Rush: Lawrence Cook.
Keep the Faith, Baby
S1 Ep23
9.0
25th Mar 1969
A murderer stalks the suspended priest who heard his confession.
Child of Sorrow, Child of Light
S1 Ep22
9.0
18th Mar 1969
Julie poses as an unwed mother to infiltrate an extortion racket that blackmails parents of adopted babies.
The Connection (2)
S5 Ep2
8.0
14th Sep 1972
The trio go undercover to take down an international drug ring.
Deal with the Devil
S4 Ep16
8.0
11th Jan 1972
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.
The Medicine Men
S4 Ep6
8.0
19th Oct 1971
Julie is drawn into a bittersweet romance and blackmail.
The Sentinels
S4 Ep1
8.0
14th Sep 1971
While searching for a pair of murderers, the trio uncovers a link between murder, a stolen car and a threatened epidemic.
The Hot, Hot Car
S3 Ep17
8.0
26th Jan 1971
A businessman reports the theft of his partner's car---and admits that he wired it with dynamite, set to go off in eight hours. Unfortunately, the search for the car is complicated, as the thieves change the plates, and the car changes drivers more than once.
Just Ring the Bell Once
S3 Ep7
8.0
3rd Nov 1970
The squad aids an 8-year-old boy who calls an orphanage home. The reason: his mother won't free him for adoption. Lukie: Brian Dewey. Linc: Clarence Williams III. Velma Patch: Linda Meiklejohn. Pete: Michael Cole. Julie: Peggy Lipton.
Worst Episodes of The Mod Squad
The Twain
S5 Ep13
1.0
30th Nov 1972
A Korean girl finds trouble in her search for her American father. Pete accidentally hits her with his car after she runs from the scene of a murder she witnessed, and the killers are still after her.
You Can't Tell the Players Without a Programmer
S1 Ep5
5.8
29th Oct 1968
A computer dating agency sets up to find very wealthy women and send out a young stud to rip them off.
To Linc -- with Love
S2 Ep5
6.0
21st Oct 1969
Linc's new love is evasive and secretive about her past which places a strain on their budding relationship.
A Town Called Sincere
S2 Ep17
6.0
27th Jan 1970
While on a motorcycle trip to Mexico, Pete and Linc are detoured by a biker gang into a border town and held hostage along with all of the town's residents. The gang refuses to leave until they find out who in the town killed two of their members.
The Teeth of the Barracuda
S1 Ep1
6.6
24th Sep 1968
The daughter of a California governorial candidate is caught with drugs and is blackmailed.
The Guru
S1 Ep12
7.0
31st Dec 1968
Posing as hippies the trio investigate the bombing of an underground paper, resulting in murder.
Captain Greer, Call Surgery
S1 Ep24
7.0
1st Apr 1969
Greer thinks a series of hospital drug robberies are inside jobs. The trio poses as hospital staff to solve this case.
An Eye for an Eye
S2 Ep3
7.0
7th Oct 1969
A narcotics gang kidnaps Greer's girlfriend, widow of an FBI agent. In trade they want squealer Crowley who is testifying against them.
Lisa
S2 Ep6
7.0
4th Nov 1969
The squad is unaware that the writer they are assigned to protect, has a split personality.
Confrontation!
S2 Ep7
7.0
11th Nov 1969
During a campus demonstration a student protester is found dead. The protesters think he was killed by the police and the police think he was killed by another student.
A Place to Run, A Heart to Hide In
S2 Ep10
7.0
2nd Dec 1969
Pete, Linc and Julie go undercover at Sims College to investigate a frat boy's mysterious death. Pete plays a running back, Linc an African exchange student, and Julie the object of desire for the star quarterback.
In This Corner -- Sol Albert
S2 Ep12
7.0
16th Dec 1969
Tenants revolt against a racist slum lord and threaten the wrong person. Trio confronts the slum lord to no avail, until interventions from the Rabbi Tannenbaum convince him otherwise.
Survival House
S2 Ep19
7.0
10th Feb 1970
Sammy Davis Jr. plays Billy Lee Watson, a recovered drug addict who is accused of statutory rape by his alleged victim's father, who wants to close down the halfway house Billy has been appointed director of. Billy was trying to help the girl, who is herself addicted, and pregnant.
The Sands of Anger
S4 Ep7
7.0
26th Oct 1971
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.
The Cave
S4 Ep20
7.0
8th Feb 1972
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.
When Smitty Comes Marching Home
S1 Ep4
7.3
22nd Oct 1968
A Vietnam veteran awakens on the beach beside the body of his Army nemesis. Linc helps his old friend figure things out.
The Mod Squad Episode Guide
The Teeth of the Barracuda
S1 Ep1
6.6
24th Sep 1968
The daughter of a California governorial candidate is caught with drugs and is blackmailed.
Bad Man on Campus
S1 Ep2
7.9
1st Oct 1968
Pete, Linc and Julie work undercover in a high school to break up a juvenile car theft ring.
When Smitty Comes Marching Home
S1 Ep4
7.3
22nd Oct 1968
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
S1 Ep5
5.8
29th Oct 1968
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
S1 Ep6
7.6
12th Nov 1968
After an LSD trip, photographer Robbie Larson wakes up beside the dead body of one of his models.
Find Tara Chapman!
S1 Ep7
8.0
19th Nov 1968
Unaware she has contagious meningitis, a singer who witnessed a mob murder flees the hospital.
The Price of Terror
S1 Ep8
8.0
26th Nov 1968
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
S1 Ep9
7.5
3rd Dec 1968
An ex-convict tells Greer that drug pushers will be meeting at a rural trailer camp.
Love
S1 Ep10
8.0
10th Dec 1968
Pete's cousin Karen turns to kidnapping to gain her parents attention after they are distracted by the new baby.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet
S1 Ep11
7.5
17th Dec 1968
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
S1 Ep12
7.0
31st Dec 1968
Posing as hippies the trio investigate the bombing of an underground paper, resulting in murder.
The Sunday Drivers
S1 Ep13
8.0
7th Jan 1969
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
S1 Ep14
8.0
14th Jan 1969
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
S1 Ep15
8.0
21st Jan 1969
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
S1 Ep16
7.5
29th Jan 1969
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
S1 Ep17
8.0
4th Feb 1969
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
S1 Ep18
8.0
11th Feb 1969
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
S1 Ep19
8.0
18th Feb 1969
A racist town tries to pin a murder on a black man who had nothing to do with it.
A Reign of Guns
S1 Ep20
8.0
25th Feb 1969
Pete and Linc infiltrate the operation of a shipping magnate who is stockpiling weapons to equip his private army.
A Run for the Money
S1 Ep21
9.3
11th Mar 1969
Pete falls for Ginny, who believes her jailed father is innocent of robbery.
Child of Sorrow, Child of Light
S1 Ep22
9.0
18th Mar 1969
Julie poses as an unwed mother to infiltrate an extortion racket that blackmails parents of adopted babies.
Keep the Faith, Baby
S1 Ep23
9.0
25th Mar 1969
A murderer stalks the suspended priest who heard his confession.
Captain Greer, Call Surgery
S1 Ep24
7.0
1st Apr 1969
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
S1 Ep25
7.3
8th Apr 1969
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
S1 Ep26
7.5
15th Apr 1969
The trio splits up onto three tour buses to find the killer of a man found at a bus station.
