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The Best Episodes of The Mod Squad

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The Best Episodes of The Mod Squad

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...

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  1. Background image for Belinda -- End of Little Miss Bubble Gum
    8.9/10(47 votes)

    #1 - Belinda -- End of Little Miss Bubble Gum

    S5:E14

    The squad must determine if a former child star is a klutz or a target for murder.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Corbey
    8.5/10(42 votes)

    #2 - Corbey

    S5:E9

    A policeman attempts to nab a pusher who's able to get off on technicalities.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for A Time for Remembering
    8.4/10(48 votes)

    #3 - A Time for Remembering

    S2:E22

    Beau Graves is released from prison after the trio put him there two years ago. Pete is trying to decide whether or not to quit the trio and work for his dad. Flashbacks to previous episodes after Linc is shot make it clear to everyone the importance of their ""family"".

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    Director:Gene Nelson
  4. Background image for Death in High Places
    8.4/10(37 votes)

    #4 - Death in High Places

    S5:E19

    The trio's investigation of a cover-up in a construction-site murder leads them to a pair of bad heavies.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Eyes of the Beholder
    8.1/10(44 votes)

    #5 - Eyes of the Beholder

    S5:E7

    A killer stalks Pete as he helps a formerly blind girl.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for In This Corner -- Sol Albert
    8.0/10(41 votes)

    #6 - In This Corner -- Sol Albert

    S2:E12

    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.

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    Director:Harve Bennett
    Writer:Rita Lakin
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  8. Background image for Sanctuary
    8.0/10(35 votes)

    #7 - Sanctuary

    S5:E16

    Julie is put in the hospital when she's targeted by syndicate undercover agents.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Run, Lincoln, Run
    8.0/10(37 votes)

    #8 - Run, Lincoln, Run

    S5:E17

    Linc tries to save his cabby friend from loan sharks.

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    Director:Leonard Horn
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Sweet Child of Terror
    7.9/10(41 votes)

    #9 - Sweet Child of Terror

    S2:E15

    Disturbed handyman kidnaps the daughter of his employer, believes that Julie is the daughter. Ends in a showdown.

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  11. Background image for Survival House
    7.9/10(41 votes)

    #10 - Survival House

    S2:E19

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for A Gift for Jenny
    7.9/10(40 votes)

    #11 - A Gift for Jenny

    S5:E5

    A fur coat is the only lead the trio has in a case involving kidnapping and murder that has them baffled.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Good Times Are Just Memories
    7.9/10(33 votes)

    #12 - Good Times Are Just Memories

    S5:E8

    A dirty cop frames Pete for the murder of a confederate in crime.

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    Director:Ivan Dixon
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Put Out the Welcome Mat for Death
    7.9/10(30 votes)

    #13 - Put Out the Welcome Mat for Death

    S5:E20

    The trio investigates a euthanasia that may turn out to be murder. The accused man, who killed his terminally ill wife, claims she was in intolerable pain, but doctors say she was receiving too much morphine to be suffering that much.

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    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Death of Bill Hannachek
    7.8/10(44 votes)

    #14 - The Death of Bill Hannachek

    S2:E9

    Julie poses as a singer at a Country Western bar to find out the real reason behind Wild Bill Hannachek's death.

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    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Mother of Sorrow
    7.8/10(52 votes)

    #15 - Mother of Sorrow

    S2:E20

    Pete's fraternity brother is framed for murder.

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    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Yesterday's Ashes
    7.8/10(35 votes)

    #16 - Yesterday's Ashes

    S5:E4

    The trio believes that plastic surgery may be the best way to rehabilitate a disfigured girl caught shoplifting.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Can You Hear Me Out There?
    7.8/10(33 votes)

    #17 - Can You Hear Me Out There?

    S5:E10

    A rash of car thefts appear to be connected to a particular radio station and a puzzling code. Pete becomes friends with the car thief while Julie and Linc check out the station.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Cry Uncle
    7.8/10(37 votes)

    #18 - Cry Uncle

    S5:E23

    The visit of Captain Greer's eccentric Uncle Max, a Greek painter, coincides with a series of art thefts. The robberies are baffling police as the guards can recall no one entering or leaving the galleries.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The King of Empty Cups
    7.7/10(40 votes)

    #19 - The King of Empty Cups

    S2:E16

    Secrecy and compassion are called for as the squad ministers to the runaway---and drug-addicted---daughter of the chief. Quinn: Noel Harrison. Elizabeth: Renne Jarrett. Metcalf: Simon Scott. Julie: Peggy Lipton. Linc: Clarence Williams III. Pete: Michael Cole. Greer: Tige Andrews.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot!
    7.7/10(39 votes)

    #20 - Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot!

    S2:E25

    Pete, Linc, and Julie go undercover working on a film project on which strange accidents have occurred. The film is based on a twenty-year old murder mystery, and the director believes the real killer is trying to sabotage it because he fears his identity will be revealed.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Loser
    7.7/10(41 votes)

    #21 - The Loser

    S2:E26

    After he tries to stop a runaway car, the son of a former cop and friend of Captain Greer is charged with stealing the vehicle. Then it is learned that the car, which belonged to a judicial candidate's campaign worker, was also involved in a hit-and-run. The trio goes undercover at the candidate's headquarters to further investigate.

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    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Another Final Game
    7.7/10(45 votes)

    #22 - Another Final Game

    S5:E11

    Pete and Julie pose as a newlywed couple to outsmart a master con artist.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Don't Kill My Child
    7.7/10(33 votes)

    #23 - Don't Kill My Child

    S5:E18

    A father is suspected of beating his own son.

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    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Ride the Man Down
    7.6/10(51 votes)

    #24 - Ride the Man Down

    S2:E4

    Pete tries to help a young woman and winds up the chief suspect in a murder. The team sets out to clear Pete of an obvious frame-up.

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    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Confrontation!
    7.6/10(38 votes)

    #25 - Confrontation!

    S2:E7

    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.

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    Director:Gene Nelson

Best Episodes Summary

"Belinda -- End of Little Miss Bubble Gum" is the best rated episode of "The Mod Squad". It scored 8.9/10 based on 47 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/7/1972. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Corbey".