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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!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 1 - The Teeth of the Barracuda
    7.8/10(108 votes)

    #1 - The Teeth of the Barracuda

    S1:E1

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

    Director:Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 2 - Bad Man on Campus
    7.8/10(72 votes)

    #2 - Bad Man on Campus

    S1:E2

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

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 3 - My, What a Pretty Bus
    8.0/10(67 votes)

    #3 - My, What a Pretty Bus

    S1:E3

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    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 4 - When Smitty Comes Marching Home
    7.7/10(65 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Harve Bennett

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  5. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 5 - You Can't Tell the Players Without a Programmer
    7.8/10(64 votes)

    #5 - 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.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 6 - A Time to Love -- A Time to Cry
    8.1/10(64 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 7 - Find Tara Chapman!
    8.0/10(66 votes)

    #7 - Find Tara Chapman!

    S1:E7

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

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Harve Bennett

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  8. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 8 - The Price of Terror
    7.8/10(54 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 9 - A Quiet Weekend in the Country
    8.5/10(67 votes)

    #9 - A Quiet Weekend in the Country

    S1:E9

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

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 10 - Love
    7.6/10(56 votes)

    #10 - Love

    S1:E10

    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:Unknown

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  11. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 11 - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet
    7.8/10(55 votes)

    #11 - 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.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Jerome Ross

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  12. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 12 - The Guru
    7.7/10(65 votes)

    #12 - The Guru

    S1:E12

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Leigh Chapman

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  13. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 13 - The Sunday Drivers
    7.8/10(53 votes)

    #13 - 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.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  14. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 14 - Hello Mother, My Name Is Julie
    7.8/10(55 votes)

    #14 - 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.

    Director:Jack Arnold
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 15 - Flight Five Doesn't Answer
    8.0/10(56 votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 16 - Shell Game
    7.6/10(45 votes)

    #16 - 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.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  17. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 17 - Fear Is the Bucking Horse
    6.5/10(54 votes)

    #17 - Fear Is the Bucking Horse

    S1:E17

    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:Unknown

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  18. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 18 - A Hint of Darkness, A Hint of Light
    8.0/10(56 votes)

    #18 - 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.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  19. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 19 - The Uptight Town
    8.3/10(57 votes)

    #19 - The Uptight Town

    S1:E19

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

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 20 - A Reign of Guns
    7.3/10(48 votes)

    #20 - 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.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Daniel B. Ullman

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  21. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 21 - A Run for the Money
    7.5/10(49 votes)

    #21 - A Run for the Money

    S1:E21

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

    Director:Harvey Hart
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  22. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 22 - Child of Sorrow, Child of Light
    8.0/10(54 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 23 - Keep the Faith, Baby
    8.1/10(56 votes)

    #23 - Keep the Faith, Baby

    S1:E23

    A murderer stalks the suspended priest who heard his confession.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Harve Bennett

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  24. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 24 - Captain Greer, Call Surgery
    8.1/10(46 votes)

    #24 - 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.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Anthony Lawrence

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  25. The Mod Squad Season 1 Episode 25 - Peace Now -- Arly Blau
    7.8/10(49 votes)

    #25 - 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.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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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 108 votes. Directed by Lee H. Katzin and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/24/1968. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Bad Man on Campus".