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The Best Episodes of The Mod Squad Season 5

Every episode of The Mod Squad Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Mod Squad Season 5!

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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 5 Episode 14 - Belinda -- End of Little Miss Bubble Gum
    9.1/10(54 votes)

    S5:E14

    The squad must determine if a former child star is a klutz or a target for murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 9 - Corbey
    8.6/10(52 votes)

    S5:E9

    A policeman attempts to nab a pusher who's able to get off on technicalities.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 19 - Death in High Places
    8.5/10(43 votes)

    S5:E19

    The trio's investigation of a cover-up in a construction-site murder leads them to a pair of bad heavies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 7 - Eyes of the Beholder
    8.4/10(53 votes)

    S5:E7

    A killer stalks Pete as he helps a formerly blind girl.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 5 - A Gift for Jenny
    8.3/10(48 votes)

    S5:E5

    A fur coat is the only lead the trio has in a case involving kidnapping and murder that has them baffled.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 16 - Sanctuary
    8.2/10(42 votes)

    S5:E16

    Julie is put in the hospital when she's targeted by syndicate undercover agents.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 17 - Run, Lincoln, Run
    8.2/10(44 votes)

    S5:E17

    Linc tries to save his cabby friend from loan sharks.

    Director:Leonard Horn
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 8 - Good Times Are Just Memories
    8.1/10(40 votes)

    S5:E8

    A dirty cop frames Pete for the murder of a confederate in crime.

    Director:Ivan Dixon
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 10 - Can You Hear Me Out There?
    8.1/10(40 votes)

    S5:E10

    A rash of car thefts appear to be connected to a particular radio station and a puzzling code. Pete becomes friends with the car thief while Julie and Linc check out the station.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 20 - Put Out the Welcome Mat for Death
    8.1/10(36 votes)

    S5:E20

    The trio investigates a euthanasia that may turn out to be murder. The accused man, who killed his terminally ill wife, claims she was in intolerable pain, but doctors say she was receiving too much morphine to be suffering that much.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 23 - Cry Uncle
    8.1/10(44 votes)

    S5:E23

    The visit of Captain Greer's eccentric Uncle Max, a Greek painter, coincides with a series of art thefts. The robberies are baffling police as the guards can recall no one entering or leaving the galleries.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 13 - The Twain
    8.0/10(38 votes)

    S5:E13

    A Korean girl finds trouble in her search for her American father. Pete accidentally hits her with his car after she runs from the scene of a murder she witnessed, and the killers are still after her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 4 - Yesterday's Ashes
    7.9/10(42 votes)

    S5:E4

    The trio believes that plastic surgery may be the best way to rehabilitate a disfigured girl caught shoplifting.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 11 - Another Final Game
    7.9/10(49 votes)

    S5:E11

    Pete and Julie pose as a newlywed couple to outsmart a master con artist.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 15 - Kristie
    7.9/10(40 votes)

    S5:E15

    A little girl's father gets in trouble with jewel thieves just before Christmas. He leaves his daughter with Pete, an old friend, but then doesn't return for her as promised, and the trio tries to find him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 18 - Don't Kill My Child
    7.9/10(39 votes)

    S5:E18

    A father is suspected of beating his own son.

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 3 - The Thunder Makers
    7.8/10(47 votes)

    S5:E3

    A youth joins a motorcycle gang that plans to pull off a robbery of his father's company.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 6 - Taps, Play It Louder
    7.8/10(43 votes)

    S5:E6

    The trio searches for Julie's cousin, a Vietnam veteran who missed his stop when he took the bus home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 21 - Scion of Death
    7.8/10(34 votes)

    S5:E21

    The parents of a kidnapped young man give the trio a hard time with their silence.

    Director:Daniel Haller
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 1 - The Connection (1)
    7.7/10(58 votes)

    S5:E1

    The trio go undercover to take down an international drug ring.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 22 - The Night Holds Terror
    7.6/10(37 votes)

    S5:E22

    Julie is trapped in a strange house with an escaped lunatic.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 2 - The Connection (2)
    7.4/10(41 votes)

    S5:E2

    The trio go undercover to take down an international drug ring.

    Director:George McCowan
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 12 - Crime Club
    7.4/10(36 votes)

    S5:E12

    Students with high IQs commit crimes just for kicks.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Mod Squad Season 5 Episode 24 - And Once for My Baby
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    S5:E24

    An imaginative thief plots a spectacular heist. The trio hopes to stop it before it happens, but they learn of another urgency.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Belinda -- End of Little Miss Bubble Gum" is the best rated episode of "The Mod Squad" season 5. It scored 9.1/10 based on 54 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/7/1972. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Corbey".