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The Best Episodes of The Mod Squad Season 1

Every episode of The Mod Squad Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Mod Squad 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...
Genres:Action & AdventureDrama
Network:ABC
Episodes
26
Avg. Rating
7.7
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.8
7.8
7.8

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Teeth of the Barracuda" is the best rated episode of "The Mod Squad" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 94 votes. Directed by Lee H. Katzin and written by N/A, it aired on 9/24/1968. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Bad Man on Campus".

  • The Teeth of the Barracuda
    7.8/10(94)

    #1 - The Teeth of the Barracuda

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 9/24/1968

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

    Director: Lee H. Katzin

    Writer: N/A

  • Bad Man on Campus
    7.8/10(64)

    #2 - Bad Man on Campus

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 10/1/1968

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

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: N/A

  • My, What a Pretty Bus
    7.8/10(60)

    #3 - My, What a Pretty Bus

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 10/8/1968

    No description available

    Director: Gene Nelson

    Writer: N/A

  • When Smitty Comes Marching Home
    7.5/10(60)

    #4 - When Smitty Comes Marching Home

    Season 1 Episode 4

    Aired 10/22/1968

    A Vietnam veteran awakens on the beach beside the body of his Army nemesis. Linc helps his old friend figure things out.

    Director: George McCowan

    Writer: Harve Bennett

  • You Can't Tell the Players Without a Programmer
    7.7/10(59)

    #5 - You Can't Tell the Players Without a Programmer

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 10/29/1968

    A computer dating agency sets up to find very wealthy women and send out a young stud to rip them off.

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: N/A

  • A Time to Love -- A Time to Cry
    7.9/10(58)

    #6 - A Time to Love -- A Time to Cry

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 11/12/1968

    After an LSD trip, photographer Robbie Larson wakes up beside the dead body of one of his models.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Find Tara Chapman!
    7.8/10(62)

    #7 - Find Tara Chapman!

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 11/19/1968

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

    Director: Gene Nelson

    Writer: Harve Bennett

  • The Price of Terror
    7.8/10(49)

    #8 - The Price of Terror

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 11/26/1968

    The squad searches for the assailant behind the attempts on Greer's life, leading to the kidnapping of Julie in exchange for Greer.

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: N/A

  • A Quiet Weekend in the Country
    8.4/10(60)

    #9 - A Quiet Weekend in the Country

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 12/3/1968

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

    Director: Jack Arnold

    Writer: N/A

  • Love
    7.5/10(51)

    #10 - Love

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 12/10/1968

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

    Director: Lee H. Katzin

    Writer: N/A

  • Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet
    7.7/10(51)

    #11 - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet

    Season 1 Episode 11

    Aired 12/17/1968

    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.

    Director: George McCowan

    Writer: Jerome Ross

  • The Guru
    7.6/10(61)

    #12 - The Guru

    Season 1 Episode 12

    Aired 12/31/1968

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Leigh Chapman

  • The Sunday Drivers
    7.7/10(49)

    #13 - The Sunday Drivers

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 1/7/1969

    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.

    Director: Gene Nelson

    Writer: Edward J. Lakso

  • Hello Mother, My Name Is Julie
    7.6/10(50)

    #14 - Hello Mother, My Name Is Julie

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 1/14/1969

    No description available

    Director: Jack Arnold

    Writer: N/A

  • Flight Five Doesn't Answer
    7.8/10(52)

    #15 - Flight Five Doesn't Answer

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 1/21/1969

    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.

    Director: George McCowan

    Writer: N/A

  • Shell Game
    7.5/10(41)

    #16 - Shell Game

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 1/29/1969

    No description available

    Director: Gene Nelson

    Writer: Edward J. Lakso

  • Fear Is the Bucking Horse
    6.3/10(51)

    #17 - Fear Is the Bucking Horse

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 2/4/1969

    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.

    Director: George McCowan

    Writer: N/A

  • A Hint of Darkness, A Hint of Light
    7.9/10(53)

    #18 - A Hint of Darkness, A Hint of Light

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 2/11/1969

    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.

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: Edward J. Lakso

  • The Uptight Town
    8.1/10(53)

    #19 - The Uptight Town

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 2/18/1969

    A racist town tries to pin a murder on a black man who had nothing to do with it.

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: N/A

  • A Reign of Guns
    7.1/10(45)

    #20 - A Reign of Guns

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 2/25/1969

    No description available

    Director: Gene Nelson

    Writer: Daniel B. Ullman

  • A Run for the Money
    7.3/10(46)

    #21 - A Run for the Money

    Season 1 Episode 21

    Aired 3/11/1969

    Pete falls for Ginny, who believes her jailed father is innocent of robbery.

    Director: Harvey Hart

    Writer: Edward J. Lakso

  • Child of Sorrow, Child of Light
    7.8/10(50)

    #22 - Child of Sorrow, Child of Light

    Season 1 Episode 22

    Aired 3/18/1969

    Julie poses as an unwed mother to infiltrate an extortion racket that blackmails parents of adopted babies.

    Director: Gene Nelson

    Writer: N/A

  • Keep the Faith, Baby
    7.8/10(49)

    #23 - Keep the Faith, Baby

    Season 1 Episode 23

    Aired 3/25/1969

    A murderer stalks the suspended priest who heard his confession.

    Director: Gene Nelson

    Writer: Harve Bennett

  • Captain Greer, Call Surgery
    7.8/10(40)

    #24 - Captain Greer, Call Surgery

    Season 1 Episode 24

    Aired 4/1/1969

    Greer thinks a series of hospital drug robberies are inside jobs. The trio poses as hospital staff to solve this case.

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: Anthony Lawrence

  • Peace Now -- Arly Blau
    7.6/10(45)

    #25 - Peace Now -- Arly Blau

    Season 1 Episode 25

    Aired 4/8/1969

    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.

    Director: Gene Nelson

    Writer: N/A