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The Best Episodes of The Mod Squad Season 2

Every episode of The Mod Squad Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Mod Squad Season 2!

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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 2 Episode 22 - A Time for Remembering
    8.7/10(56 votes)

    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"".

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Harve Bennett

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  2. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 15 - Sweet Child of Terror
    8.2/10(51 votes)

    S2:E15

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

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  3. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 19 - Survival House
    8.2/10(50 votes)

    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.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 12 - In This Corner -- Sol Albert
    8.1/10(51 votes)

    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.

    Director:Harve Bennett
    Writer:Rita Lakin

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  5. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 20 - Mother of Sorrow
    8.1/10(63 votes)

    S2:E20

    Pete's fraternity brother is framed for murder.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 9 - The Death of Bill Hannachek
    8.0/10(55 votes)

    S2:E9

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

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 23 - Return to Darkness, Return to Light
    7.9/10(50 votes)

    S2:E23

    Linc battles conflicting emotions as he follows a hunch regarding the integrity of blind Janny Wills' fiancé. Janny: Gloria Foster. Tarver: Ivan Dixon. Linc: Clarence Williams III. Edwards: Karl Swenson. Pete: Michael Cole. Julie: Peggy Lipton.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 26 - The Loser
    7.9/10(50 votes)

    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.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 4 - Ride the Man Down
    7.8/10(60 votes)

    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.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 7 - Confrontation!
    7.8/10(51 votes)

    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.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:George Bellak

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  11. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 16 - The King of Empty Cups
    7.8/10(49 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 25 - Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot!
    7.8/10(48 votes)

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 1 - The Girl in Chair Nine
    7.7/10(60 votes)

    S2:E1

    A clairvoyant's prediction about a missing college student leads to an illegal abortion ring.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 3 - An Eye for an Eye
    7.7/10(53 votes)

    S2:E3

    A narcotics gang kidnaps Greer's girlfriend, widow of an FBI agent. In trade they want squealer Crowley who is testifying against them.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 10 - A Place to Run, A Heart to Hide In
    7.7/10(50 votes)

    S2:E10

    Pete, Linc and Julie go undercover at Sims College to investigate a frat boy's mysterious death. Pete plays a running back, Linc an African exchange student, and Julie the object of desire for the star quarterback.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  16. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 13 - Never Give the Fuzz an Even Break
    7.7/10(54 votes)

    S2:E13

    Con artist Admiral Nathaniel Johnson takes on the trio and teaches them the art of the con. They comply and become enamored of the Admirals ways and realize too late they are being conned themselves.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Malvin Wald

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  17. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 17 - A Town Called Sincere
    7.7/10(46 votes)

    S2:E17

    While on a motorcycle trip to Mexico, Pete and Linc are detoured by a biker gang into a border town and held hostage along with all of the town's residents. The gang refuses to leave until they find out who in the town killed two of their members.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 24 - Call Back Yesterday
    7.6/10(48 votes)

    S2:E24

    Pete's concern for a former girlfriend's problems involves him in her family's corporate power struggle---and a reunion with his mother. Claire: Margot Kidder. Doug: Mark Goddard. Pete: Michael Cole. Linc: Clarence Williams III. Julie: Peggy Lipton. Greer: Tige Andrews.

    Director:Gene Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 2 - My Name Is Manolette
    7.5/10(58 votes)

    S2:E2

    Thieves send a little boy to do the stealing and reap the rewards. Manolette runs away and the trio help him find a new home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 8 - Willie Poor Boy
    7.5/10(48 votes)

    S2:E8

    An illerate small time crook gets caught when he can't read the sign warning of danger. The squad rallies to help him if he cooperates with the law and snitches on his partner, who is responsible for the death of the security guard.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 14 - The Debt
    7.4/10(44 votes)

    S2:E14

    Pete befriends Joey Kovacs, a youth whose father escaped from a mental institution and has vowed to kill a man who cheated him years before. Kovacs: Nehemiah Persoff. Doris: Marj Dusay. Pete: Michael Cole. Sanders: Ross Elliott. Franklin: Peter Brown. Linc: Clarence Williams III.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 5 - To Linc -- with Love
    7.3/10(55 votes)

    S2:E5

    Linc's new love is evasive and secretive about her past which places a strain on their budding relationship.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Carol Sobieski

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  23. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 18 - The Exile
    7.3/10(50 votes)

    S2:E18

    Julie falls for Ari Nassal, unaware that he's a Middle Eastern prince involved in a fierce power struggle that could take his life. Julie: Peggy Lipton. Hakim: Ben Aliza. Pete: Michael Cole. Linc: Clarence Williams III. Sarif: Lawrence Dane.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 21 - The Deadly Sin
    7.2/10(48 votes)

    S2:E21

    Julie enters a convent to protect a young postulant who witnessed a murder. Melissa: Lynn Loring. Laker: Bert Freed. Julie: Peggy Lipton. Capp: Don Dubbins. Linc: Clarence Williams III. Pete: Michael Cole.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Mod Squad Season 2 Episode 11 - The Healer
    7.1/10(42 votes)

    S2:E11

    The Mod Squad sets to work busting an extortion racket run by a self-styled healer responsible for the death of Linc's friend. Julie befriends a wheelchair-bound man paying large sums for empty promises that his paralysis will be cured.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"A Time for Remembering" is the best rated episode of "The Mod Squad" season 2. It scored 8.7/10 based on 56 votes. Directed by Gene Nelson and written by Harve Bennett, it aired on 3/3/1970. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Sweet Child of Terror".