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The Mod Squad (1968)

Action · Crime · Drama

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 Barnes, Clarence Williams III as Linc Hayes, and Tige Andrews as Captain Adam Greer. The executive producers of the series were Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas. The iconic counter-culture police series earned six Emmy nominations, four Golden Globe nominations plus one win for Peggy Lipton, one Directors Guild of America award, and four Logies. In 1997 the episode "Mother of Sorrow" was ranked #95 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.

IMDb rating
7.0 (2,768 votes)
Seasons
5
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1968)

7.80 avg 26 episodes 7.8 → 7.6 60 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 110 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 77 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 72 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 70 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 68 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 67 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 69 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 56 votesEp 9: 8.5 · 69 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 59 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 58 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 68 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 55 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 58 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 60 votesEp 16: 7.7 · 48 votesEp 17: 6.5 · 56 votesEp 18: 8.0 · 59 votesEp 19: 8.3 · 60 votesEp 20: 7.3 · 53 votesEp 21: 7.5 · 52 votesEp 22: 8.0 · 57 votesEp 23: 8.1 · 59 votesEp 24: 8.1 · 50 votesEp 25: 7.8 · 52 votesEp 26: 7.6 · 52 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Teeth of the Barracuda7.8110
2Bad Man on Campus7.877
3My What a Pretty Bus7.972
4When Smitty Comes Marching Home7.770
5You Can't Tell the Players Without a Programmer7.868
6A Time to Love - A Time to Cry8.167
7Find Tara Chapman!8.069
8The Price of Terror7.756
9A Quiet Weekend in the Country8.569
10Love7.559
11Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet7.858
12The Guru7.768
13The Sunday Drivers7.855
14Hello Mother, My Name Is Julie7.858
15Flight Five Doesn't Answer8.060
16Shell Game7.748
17Fear Is the Bucking Horse6.556
18A Hint of Darkness, a Hint of Light8.059
19The Uptight Town8.360
20A Reign of Guns7.353
21A Run for the Money7.552
22Child of Sorrow, Child of Light8.057
23Keep the Faith, Baby8.159
24Captain Greer, Call Surgery8.150
25Peace Now - Arly Blau7.852
26A Seat by the Window7.652

Season 2 (1969)

7.67 avg 26 episodes 7.6 → 7.9 58 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 54 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 55 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 49 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 58 votesEp 5: 7.3 · 49 votesEp 6: 6.6 · 54 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 46 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 45 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 50 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 45 votesEp 11: 7.0 · 39 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 47 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 50 votesEp 14: 7.3 · 39 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 45 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 46 votesEp 17: 7.6 · 41 votesEp 18: 7.3 · 45 votesEp 19: 8.1 · 46 votesEp 20: 8.0 · 60 votesEp 21: 7.3 · 45 votesEp 22: 8.7 · 53 votesEp 23: 7.9 · 47 votesEp 24: 7.6 · 45 votesEp 25: 7.8 · 46 votesEp 26: 7.9 · 47 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Girl in Chair Nine7.654
2My Name Is Manolete7.555
3An Eye for an Eye7.749
4Ride the Man Down7.858
5To Linc - With Love7.349
6Lisa6.654
7Confrontation!7.746
8Willie Poor Boy7.645
9The Death of Wild Bill Hannachek8.050
10A Place to Run, a Heart to Hide In7.545
11The Healer7.039
12In This Corner - Sol Alpert8.047
13Never Give the Fuzz an Even Break7.750
14The Debt7.339
15Sweet Child of Terror8.145
16The King of Empty Cups7.846
17A Town Called Sincere7.641
18The Exile7.345
19Survival House8.146
20Mother of Sorrow8.060
21The Deadly Sin7.345
22A Time for Remembering8.753
23Return to Darkness, Return to Light7.947
24Call Back Yesterday7.645
25Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot!7.846
26The Loser7.947

Season 3 (1970)

7.87 avg 24 episodes 7.6 → 8.5 59 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 51 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 50 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 52 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 65 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 53 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 48 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 46 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 47 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 52 votesEp 10: 8.5 · 85 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 60 votesEp 12: 7.9 · 48 votesEp 13: 7.0 · 44 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 58 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 56 votesEp 16: 7.6 · 48 votesEp 17: 7.9 · 46 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 45 votesEp 19: 7.7 · 42 votesEp 20: 8.6 · 51 votesEp 21: 8.1 · 38 votesEp 22: 7.3 · 45 votesEp 23: 7.9 · 47 votesEp 24: 8.5 · 46 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Long Road Home7.651
2See the Eagles Dying7.550
3Who Are the Keepers, Who Are the Inmates?7.852
4'A' Is for Annie7.865
5The Song of Willie7.853
6Search and Destroy7.648
7Just Ring the Bell Once7.746
8Welcome to the Human Race, Levi Frazee!7.647
9A Far Away Place So Near8.052
10A Time of Hyacinths8.585
11The Judas Trap8.460
12Fever7.948
13Is There Anyone Left in Santa Paula?7.044
14A Short Course in War8.258
15Kicks Incorporated8.056
16A Bummer for R.J.7.648
17The Hot, Hot Car7.946
18Suffer, Little Children7.845
19Is That Justice? No, It's the Law7.742
20A Double for Danger8.651
21Welcome to Our City8.138
22The Comeback7.345
23We Spy7.947
24The Price of Love8.546

Season 4 (1971)

7.95 avg 24 episodes 7.6 → 8.0 60 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 45 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 58 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 42 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 49 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 48 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 41 votesEp 7: 7.9 · 44 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 47 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 46 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 44 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 47 votesEp 12: 7.8 · 46 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 41 votesEp 14: 8.0 · 41 votesEp 15: 8.3 · 43 votesEp 16: 8.3 · 49 votesEp 17: 7.7 · 33 votesEp 18: 7.9 · 41 votesEp 19: 7.9 · 42 votesEp 20: 8.0 · 46 votesEp 21: 8.1 · 46 votesEp 22: 7.6 · 42 votesEp 23: 7.5 · 44 votesEp 24: 8.0 · 48 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Sentinels7.645
2Cricket8.058
3Home Is the Streets7.942
4Survival8.549
5Color of Laughter, Color of Tears7.848
6The Medicine Men7.941
7The Sands of Anger7.944
8The Poisoned Mind8.547
9Exit the Closer8.046
10Whatever Happened to Linc Hayes?8.344
11And a Little Child Shall Bleed Them7.547
12Real Loser7.846
13Death of a Nobody7.741
14Feet of Clay8.041
15I Am My Brother's Keeper8.343
16Deal with the Devil8.349
17Kill Gently, Sweet Jessie7.733
18Shockwave7.941
19No More Oak Leaves for Ernie Holland7.942
20The Cave8.046
21The Wild Weekend8.146
22The Tangled Web7.642
23Outside Position7.544
24Big George8.048

Season 5 (1972)

8.02 avg 23 episodes 7.7 → 8.1 65 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 56 votesEp 2: 7.3 · 38 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 45 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 40 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 45 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 40 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 49 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 36 votesEp 9: 8.6 · 46 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 36 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 44 votesEp 12: 7.4 · 33 votesEp 13: 7.9 · 34 votesEp 14: 9.1 · 51 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 36 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 39 votesEp 17: 8.2 · 40 votesEp 18: 8.0 · 33 votesEp 19: 8.6 · 40 votesEp 20: 8.1 · 34 votesEp 21: 7.8 · 29 votesEp 22: 7.7 · 34 votesEp 23: 8.1 · 42 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Connection7.756
2The Thundermakers7.338
3Yesterday's Ashes7.745
4A Gift for Jenny7.940
5Taps, Play It Louder8.245
6Eyes of the Beholder7.840
7Good Times Are Just Memories8.449
8Corbey8.136
9Can You Hear Me Out There?8.646
10Another Final Game8.036
11Crime Club7.844
12The Twain7.433
13Belinda, End of Little Miss Bubble Gum7.934
14Kristie9.151
15Sanctuary7.836
16Run, Lincoln, Run8.239
17Don't Kill My Child8.240
18Death in High Places8.033
19Put Out the Welcome Mat for Death8.640
20Scion of Death8.134
21The Night Holds Terror7.829
22Cry Uncle7.734
23And Once for My Baby8.142