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The Best Episodes of The Mod Squad Season 4

Every episode of The Mod Squad Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Mod Squad Season 4!

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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 4 Episode 4 - Survival
    8.6/10(51 votes)

    S4:E4

    After Julie picks up a blind hitchhiker, they have a flat tire and flag down a passing car for help. Unfortunately, the people in the car trick them into switching cars and abandon them in the desert.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 8 - The Poisoned Mind
    8.5/10(48 votes)

    S4:E8

    After Captain Greer shoots and kills a young man in self defense during a bust, he suffers from feelings of guilt and remorse. Julie suggests he take a vacation at a secluded resort to sort things out.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 16 - Deal with the Devil
    8.4/10(51 votes)

    S4:E16

    Pete is contacted by his old friend Rusty Bryson, a war correspondent whom he knew and idolized as a boy. But the Treasury department is looking for Bryson, who it suspects of smuggling drugs from Vietnam.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 10 - Whatever Happened to Linc Hayes?
    8.3/10(45 votes)

    S4:E10

    On his way to the liquor store, Linc is mugged and hit over the head. When he comes to, he wanders around in a daze, unable to remember who he is or what he was doing.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 15 - I Am My Brother's Keeper
    8.3/10(46 votes)

    S4:E15

    Pete is targeted by the very gunman he's tracking down.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 21 - The Wild Weekend
    8.2/10(49 votes)

    S4:E21

    When Pete runs into an old girlfriend, she invites him to her birthday party but he turns her down, only to be kidnapped by her two friends and forced to attend the party.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 2 - Cricket
    8.0/10(60 votes)

    S4:E2

    Julie and a young boy named Cricket go to the park where Cricket finds a gun dropped by a man he runs into. Cricket then accidentally shoots Julie and, thinking he's killed her, runs away.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 3 - Home Is the Streets
    8.0/10(45 votes)

    S4:E3

    A former addict helps the trio catch a cop killer - her own stepfather.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 9 - Exit the Closer
    8.0/10(47 votes)

    S4:E9

    The trio helps a used-car salesman who's made a deal with the devil.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 14 - Feet of Clay
    8.0/10(43 votes)

    S4:E14

    The Trio help a young deaf-mute save a guard from a warehouse fire. Linc then gets involved with helping the young-deaf mute who is targeted for assassination.

    Director:Don Taylor
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 19 - No More Oak Leaves for Ernie Holland
    8.0/10(45 votes)

    S4:E19

    A Vietnam veteran returns to the police force with questionable ideas of dealing with dissident ghetto residents.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 20 - The Cave
    8.0/10(48 votes)

    S4:E20

    Julie, Link and Pete break down in the desert during a sandstorm and seek shelter in an abandoned mine. An old man embittered by the death of his son in the war who hates hippies then sets off dynamite and traps the trio inside.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 24 - Big George
    8.0/10(50 votes)

    S4:E24

    A man happens to witness the murder of a sales clerk and agrees to testify at the trial. As a result he and his family are relentlessly terrorized by someone, even after the trial has ended.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 6 - The Medicine Men
    7.9/10(42 votes)

    S4:E6

    Julie is drawn into a bittersweet romance and blackmail.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 7 - The Sands of Anger
    7.9/10(45 votes)

    S4:E7

    Julie, Linc and Pete attend a dune buggy race where a pickup truck blows up, killing a young man Julie had just met. The trio then investigate the incident, suspecting foul play.

    Director:Earl Bellamy
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 12 - The Loser
    7.9/10(47 votes)

    S4:E12

    Someone is out to kill an unfortunate young man.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 5 - Color of Laughter, Color of Tears
    7.8/10(50 votes)

    S4:E5

    A circus owner asks the trio for help in finding out who's committed sabotage and murder in the big top.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 13 - Death of a Nobody
    7.8/10(43 votes)

    S4:E13

    The trio investigates after an innocent bystander is killed by a speeding car after it narrowly misses Pete.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 17 - Kill Gently, Sweet Jessie
    7.8/10(35 votes)

    S4:E17

    The trio and Greer know that a paroled killer plans to get revenge on Pete, but Pete has no idea why the man is out to get him.

    Director:Lawrence Dobkin
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 18 - Shockwave
    7.8/10(43 votes)

    S4:E18

    Julie grows attached to a baby that's been abandoned by a couple on a robbery and murder spree.

    Director:Barry Shear
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 1 - The Sentinels
    7.6/10(47 votes)

    S4:E1

    While searching for a pair of murderers, the trio uncovers a link between murder, a stolen car and a threatened epidemic.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 22 - The Tangled Web
    7.6/10(43 votes)

    S4:E22

    Pete and Linc come close to breaking the law as they attempt to help a parolee, an old friend of Julie's, return stolen jewelry.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 11 - And a Little Child Shall Bleed Them
    7.5/10(48 votes)

    S4:E11

    The trio must protect a TV clown from an assassination attempt.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Mod Squad Season 4 Episode 23 - Outside Position
    7.5/10(46 votes)

    S4:E23

    A stable boy's employer frames him for possessing drugs and continues conspiring against him after his parole, all in order to stop the young man's romance with his daughter.

    Director:Philip Leacock
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Survival" is the best rated episode of "The Mod Squad" season 4. It scored 8.6/10 based on 51 votes. Directed by Philip Leacock and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/5/1971. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Poisoned Mind".