The BEST episodes of The Mod Squad season 1

Every episode of The Mod Squad season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Mod Squad season 1!

The Mod Squad was about three young people who have been in trouble with the law who are recruited to be undercover cops.

Last Updated: 3/31/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Flight Five Doesn't Answer
star
14.00
2 votes

#1 - Flight Five Doesn't Answer

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/1969

While transporting a prisoner by commercial airline, Pete, Linc and Greer face death in a forced plane crash.

Directors: George McCowan
A Quiet Weekend in the Country
star
11.67
3 votes

#2 - A Quiet Weekend in the Country

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/1968

Pete, Linc and Julie go undercover as vacationers in a rural trailer camp to investigate the death of a narcotics informant.

Writer: Tony Barrett
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Shell Game
star
11.67
3 votes

#3 - Shell Game

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/29/1969

Investigating a policeman's death, Pete and Linc infiltrate a gang of thieves, only to find it has kidnapped Julie.

Directors: Gene Nelson
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When Smitty Comes Marching Home
star
9.00
5 votes

#4 - When Smitty Comes Marching Home

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1968

Returning Vietnam veteran Smitty, being sought by police on a homicide charge, turns to his boyhood friend Linc for help proving his innocence.

Directors: George McCowan
A Run for the Money
star
9.00
3 votes

#5 - A Run for the Money

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/11/1969

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

Directors: Harvey Hart
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Child of Sorrow, Child of Light
star
9.00
2 votes

#6 - Child of Sorrow, Child of Light

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/18/1969

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

Directors: Gene Nelson
Writer: Cliff Gould
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Keep the Faith, Baby
star
9.00
2 votes

#7 - Keep the Faith, Baby

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/25/1969

The Squad is assigned to protect the life of a militant black priest, threatened by a murderer who is afraid he will break his seal of confession.

Directors: Gene Nelson
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A Hint of Darkness, A Hint of Light
star
8.00
1 votes

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

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/11/1969

The Squad moves into a blind woman's home, posing as houseguests, to offer protection against a mysterious assailant.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
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A Reign of Guns
star
8.00
1 votes

#9 - A Reign of Guns

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/25/1969

The Squad tangles with a wealthy arch-conservative who is forming a private militia armed with stolen guns.

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The Uptight Town
star
8.00
3 votes

#10 - The Uptight Town

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/18/1969

The Squad searches for Greer, who has disappeared while vacationing in a little desert town.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
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Fear is the Bucking Horse
star
8.00
1 votes

#11 - Fear is the Bucking Horse

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/4/1969

The Squad works a rodeo undercover to protect a TV cowboy star whose life has been threatened.

Directors: George McCowan
Writer: Tony Barrett
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Hello Mother, My Name Is Julie
star
8.00
1 votes

#12 - Hello Mother, My Name Is Julie

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/14/1969

Julie's mother, a former prostitute, arrives in Los Angeles to introduce Julie to the man she plans to marry.

Directors: Jack Arnold
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The Sunday Drivers
star
8.00
1 votes

#13 - The Sunday Drivers

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/1969

Linc joins an automobile thrill circus in Las Vegas to investigate the death of a stunt-driver friend.

Directors: Gene Nelson
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Love
star
8.00
1 votes

#14 - Love

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/1968

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

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The Price of Terror
star
8.00
1 votes

#15 - The Price of Terror

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/1968

Greer is the target of an unknown assailant who has rigged a number of 'close calls' to intimidate him.

Directors: Earl Bellamy
Writer: Tony Barrett
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Find Tara Chapman!
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8.00
1 votes

#16 - Find Tara Chapman!

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/1968

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

Bad Man on Campus
star
7.92
12 votes

#17 - Bad Man on Campus

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1968

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

Directors: Earl Bellamy
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A Time to Love,  A Time to Cry
star
7.60
5 votes

#18 - A Time to Love, A Time to Cry

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/12/1968

A probation officer with an eye for Julie joins the Squad in its search for a young photographer accused of murder.

Directors: Michael Caffey
Writer: Mel Goldberg
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet
star
7.50
2 votes

#19 - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1968

With Pete and Linc close by, Julie poses as a Hollywood starlet to lure into the open a serial assailant preying upon young actresses.

Directors: George McCowan
Writer: Jerome Ross
A Seat by the Window
star
7.50
2 votes

#20 - A Seat by the Window

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/15/1969

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

Directors: Michael Caffey
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Peace Now -- Arly Blau
star
7.33
3 votes

#21 - Peace Now -- Arly Blau

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/8/1969

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.

Directors: Gene Nelson
Writer: William Wood
My, What a Pretty Bus
star
7.17
6 votes

#22 - My, What a Pretty Bus

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1968

A wily ex-con, unaware that Pete, Linc and Julie are cops, recruits them for a big counterfeiting caper.

Directors: Gene Nelson
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The Guru
star
7.00
2 votes

#23 - The Guru

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/31/1968

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

Directors: Richard Rush
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Captain Greer, Call Surgery
star
7.00
1 votes

#24 - Captain Greer, Call Surgery

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/1/1969

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

Directors: Earl Bellamy
The Teeth of the Barracuda
star
6.42
19 votes

#25 - The Teeth of the Barracuda

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1968

The origin of the Mod Squad. Greer puts his newly-formed squad to work investigating a cop killing, which the evidence suggests was the work of young people. Uncredited cameos by Harrison Ford and Richard Pryor.

Directors: Lee H. Katzin
Writer: Tony Barrett