Episode 1
The Sentinels
1h
While searching for a pair of murderers, the trio uncovers a link between murder, a stolen car and a threatened epidemic.
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Guest stars Lynne Marta, Stephen R. Hudis, Scott Marlowe
TV series
The Mod Squad
1968TV-PG5 seasons6.1 / 10
JUSTICE NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE.
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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Synopsis
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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Episode 2
Cricket
1h
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.
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Guest stars Lee Montgomery, Susan Howard, Paul Kent, John Dennis, Tom Hallick, John Mitchum
Episode 3
Home Is the Streets
1h
A former addict helps the trio catch a cop killer - her own stepfather.
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Directed by Barry ShearGuest stars Buddy Lester, George Murdock, Cameron Mitchell, Brooke Bundy
Episode 4
Survival
1h
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.
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Directed by Philip LeacockGuest stars Val Avery, John Rubinstein
Episode 5
Color of Laughter, Color of Tears
1h
A circus owner asks the trio for help in finding out who's committed sabotage and murder in the big top.
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Directed by Philip LeacockGuest stars Anne Archer, Parley Baer, Ed Asner
Episode 6
The Medicine Men
1h
Julie is drawn into a bittersweet romance and blackmail.
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Guest stars Lou Antonio, Billy Dee Williams, Burr DeBenning, Robert Foxworth
Episode 7
The Sands of Anger
1h
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.
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Directed by Earl BellamyGuest stars Shelly Novack, Arthur Franz, Tony Dow
Episode 8
The Poisoned Mind
1h
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.
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Guest stars Murray MacLeod, Jean Byron, Wesley Lau, Herb Armstrong
Episode 9
Exit the Closer
1h
The trio helps a used-car salesman who's made a deal with the devil.
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Guest stars Austin Willis, Ross Elliott, Sandy Kenyon, Larry Blyden, Ruta Lee
Episode 10
Whatever Happened to Linc Hayes?
1h
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.
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Directed by George McCowanGuest stars Sam Edwards, Frank Farmer
Episode 11
And a Little Child Shall Bleed Them
1h
The trio must protect a TV clown from an assassination attempt.
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Guest stars Stephen R. Hudis, Michael Fox, Henry Jones, Keenan Wynn, Milton Berle, Frank Farmer
Episode 12
The Loser
1h
Someone is out to kill an unfortunate young man.
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Directed by George McCowanGuest stars Harold Gould, Lada Edmund Jr., Martin Sheen, William Smith, Dee Carroll
Episode 13
Death of a Nobody
1h
The trio investigates after an innocent bystander is killed by a speeding car after it narrowly misses Pete.
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Guest stars Meg Foster, Perry Lopez, Richard X. Slattery, Martin E. Brooks, Brock Peters, Marjorie Bennett, Frank Parker
Episode 14
Feet of Clay
1h
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.
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Directed by Don TaylorGuest stars Desi Arnaz Jr., Robert Donner, Alan Oppenheimer, Gary Dubin, Kevin Dobson, Bob Harks, Mark Russell
Episode 15
I Am My Brother's Keeper
1h
Pete is targeted by the very gunman he's tracking down.
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Guest stars Guy Stockwell, Linda Marsh, Jack Ging, John Kerr, Brooke Mills, Skip Ward, Betty Lynn
Episode 16
Deal with the Devil
1h
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.
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Guest stars Larry Ward, Catherine Ferrar, Leslie Nielsen, Bill Fletcher, Vikki Carr, Bob Harks
Episode 17
Kill Gently, Sweet Jessie
1h
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.
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Directed by Lawrence DobkinGuest stars Al Freeman Jr., Leslie Uggams, Mort Mills, Don Dubbins, Leo Gordon
Episode 18
Shockwave
1h
Julie grows attached to a baby that's been abandoned by a couple on a robbery and murder spree.
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Directed by Barry ShearGuest stars Michael Anderson Jr., Lynn Loring
Episode 19
No More Oak Leaves for Ernie Holland
1h
A Vietnam veteran returns to the police force with questionable ideas of dealing with dissident ghetto residents.
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Guest stars Robert Pine, Henry Darrow, James A. Watson, Jr, Cal Bellini
Episode 20
The Cave
1h
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.
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Guest stars Karl Swenson
Episode 21
The Wild Weekend
1h
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.
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Guest stars Stephen Young, Dennis Patrick, Marlene Clark, Suzanne Alexander
Episode 22
The Tangled Web
1h
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.
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Guest stars John Calvin, Woodrow Parfrey
Episode 23
Outside Position
1h
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.
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Directed by Philip LeacockGuest stars Judy Strangis, Norman Alden
Episode 24
Big George
1hfinale
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.
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Directed by Philip LeacockGuest stars Sharon Acker, Andy Griffith, Stanley Kamel, Victor Izay
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Cast
Peggy LiptonJulie Barnes
Clarence Williams IIILinc Hayes
Tige AndrewsCapt. Adam Greer
Michael ColePete Cochran
Booker Bradshaw
Paul Carr
Ross Elliott
Harry BaschDr. Brandon, PsychologistCredits
- Created by
- Buddy Ruskin
- Written by
- Edward J. Lakso, Harve Bennett, Carol Sobieski, Anthony Lawrence, Malvin Wald, Daniel B. Ullman, Tony Barrett, Leigh Chapman, George Bellak, Rita Lakin
Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Scripted
- Episodes
- 124
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
ABCUnited States- Thomas/Spelling Productions
Themes
hippiepolice