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The Best Episodes of The Mod Squad Season 1

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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...

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  1. Background image for A Quiet Weekend in the Country
    8.3/10(61 votes)

    #1 - A Quiet Weekend in the Country

    S1:E9

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

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    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:N/A
  2. Background image for The Uptight Town
    8.1/10(54 votes)

    #2 - The Uptight Town

    S1:E19

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

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    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:N/A
  3. Background image for A Time to Love -- A Time to Cry
    7.9/10(59 votes)

    #3 - A Time to Love -- A Time to Cry

    S1:E6

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

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  4. Background image for Keep the Faith, Baby
    7.9/10(52 votes)

    #4 - Keep the Faith, Baby

    S1:E23

    A murderer stalks the suspended priest who heard his confession.

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    Director:Gene Nelson
  5. Background image for Captain Greer, Call Surgery
    7.9/10(43 votes)

    #5 - Captain Greer, Call Surgery

    S1:E24

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

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  6. Background image for The Teeth of the Barracuda
    7.8/10(97 votes)

    #6 - The Teeth of the Barracuda

    S1:E1

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

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    Director:Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:N/A
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  8. Background image for Bad Man on Campus
    7.8/10(67 votes)

    #7 - Bad Man on Campus

    S1:E2

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

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    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:N/A
  9. Background image for My, What a Pretty Bus
    7.8/10(62 votes)

    #8 - My, What a Pretty Bus

    S1:E3

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    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:N/A
  10. Background image for Find Tara Chapman!
    7.8/10(63 votes)

    #9 - Find Tara Chapman!

    S1:E7

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

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    Director:Gene Nelson
  11. Background image for The Price of Terror
    7.8/10(50 votes)

    #10 - The Price of Terror

    S1:E8

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

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    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:N/A
  12. Background image for Flight Five Doesn't Answer
    7.8/10(53 votes)

    #11 - Flight Five Doesn't Answer

    S1:E15

    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  13. Background image for A Hint of Darkness, A Hint of Light
    7.8/10(54 votes)

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

    S1:E18

    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.

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    7.8/10(51 votes)

    #13 - Child of Sorrow, Child of Light

    S1:E22

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

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    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:N/A
  15. Background image for You Can't Tell the Players Without a Programmer
    7.7/10(60 votes)

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

    S1:E5

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

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    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:N/A
  16. Background image for Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet
    7.7/10(52 votes)

    #15 - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet

    S1:E11

    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.

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  17. Background image for The Sunday Drivers
    7.7/10(50 votes)

    #16 - The Sunday Drivers

    S1:E13

    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.

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    7.6/10(62 votes)

    #17 - The Guru

    S1:E12

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

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    Director:N/A
  19. Background image for Hello Mother, My Name Is Julie
    7.6/10(51 votes)

    #18 - Hello Mother, My Name Is Julie

    S1:E14

    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.

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    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:N/A
  20. Background image for Peace Now -- Arly Blau
    7.6/10(47 votes)

    #19 - Peace Now -- Arly Blau

    S1:E25

    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.

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    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:N/A
  21. Background image for When Smitty Comes Marching Home
    7.5/10(61 votes)

    #20 - When Smitty Comes Marching Home

    S1:E4

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

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  22. Background image for Love
    7.5/10(52 votes)

    #21 - Love

    S1:E10

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

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    Director:Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:N/A
  23. Background image for Shell Game
    7.5/10(42 votes)

    #22 - Shell Game

    S1:E16

    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.

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  24. Background image for A Seat by the Window
    7.5/10(44 votes)

    #23 - A Seat by the Window

    S1:E26

    The trio splits up onto three tour buses to find the killer of a man found at a bus station.

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    Director:N/A
  25. Background image for A Run for the Money
    7.3/10(47 votes)

    #24 - A Run for the Money

    S1:E21

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

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  26. Background image for A Reign of Guns
    7.1/10(46 votes)

    #25 - A Reign of Guns

    S1:E20

    Pete and Linc infiltrate the operation of a shipping magnate who is stockpiling weapons to equip his private army.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"A Quiet Weekend in the Country" is the best rated episode of "The Mod Squad" season 1. It scored 8.3/10 based on 61 votes. Directed by Jack Arnold and written by N/A, it aired on 12/3/1968. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Uptight Town".