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  • Nov 9, 1971
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  • Nov 9, 1971
The Mod Squad

Summary They were three hipper-than-hip undercover cops with a touch of menace and plenty of attitude. They walked the walk and talked the talk--and an entire generation stepped into line. Julie, Linc and Pete--Peggy Lipton, Clarence Williams III and Michael Cole, respectively--changed the television landscape. Now, take a journey back to the tu...

Directed By: Don McDougall

Written By: Robert L. Collins, Buddy Ruskin, Tony Barrett, Harve Bennett, Sammy Hess

  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • Nov 9, 1971
  • TV-14
  • ABC
  • Nov 9, 1971
The Mod Squad
S4 • Episode 9
Exit the Closer
Air Date: Nov 9, 1971
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Summary They were three hipper-than-hip undercover cops with a touch of menace and plenty of attitude. They walked the walk and talked the talk--and an entire generation stepped into line. Julie, Linc and Pete--Peggy Lipton, Clarence Williams III and Michael Cole, respectively--changed the television landscape. Now, take a journey back to the tu...

Created By: Buddy Ruskin

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 14, 1971
The Sentinels
While searching for a pair of murderers, the trio uncovers a link between murder, a stolen car and a threatened epidemic.
Episode 2 • Sep 21, 1971
Cricket
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.
Episode 3 • Sep 28, 1971
Home Is the Streets
A former addict helps the trio catch a cop killer - her own stepfather.
Episode 4 • Oct 5, 1971
Survival
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.
Episode 5 • Oct 12, 1971 • 1 h
Color of Laughter, Color of Tears
A circus owner asks the trio for help in finding out who's committed sabotage and murder in the big top.
Episode 6 • Oct 19, 1971 • 1 h
The Medicine Men
Julie is drawn into a bittersweet romance and blackmail.
Episode 7 • Oct 26, 1971
The Sands of Anger
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.
Episode 8 • Nov 2, 1971
The Poisoned Mind
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.
Episode 9 • Nov 9, 1971
Exit the Closer
The trio helps a used-car salesman who's made a deal with the devil.
Episode 10 • Nov 16, 1971
Whatever Happened to Linc Hayes?
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.
Episode 11 • Nov 23, 1971
And a Little Child Shall Bleed Them
The trio must protect a TV clown from an assassination attempt.
Episode 12 • Nov 30, 1971
Real Loser
Someone is out to kill an unfortunate young man.
Episode 13 • Dec 7, 1971 • 1 h
Death of a Nobody
The trio investigates after an innocent bystander is killed by a speeding car after it narrowly misses Pete.
Episode 14 • Dec 14, 1971 • 1 h
Feet of Clay
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.
Episode 15 • Jan 4, 1972 • 1 h
I Am My Brother's Keeper
Pete is targeted by the very gunman he's tracking down.
Episode 16 • Jan 11, 1972 • 1 h
Deal with the Devil
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.
Episode 17 • Jan 18, 1972
Kill Gently, Sweet Jessie
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.
Episode 18 • Jan 25, 1972
Shockwave
Julie grows attached to a baby that's been abandoned by a couple on a robbery and murder spree.
Episode 19 • Feb 1, 1972
No More Oak Leaves for Ernie Holland
A Vietnam veteran returns to the police force with questionable ideas of dealing with dissident ghetto residents.
Episode 20 • Feb 8, 1972 • 1 h
The Cave
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.
Episode 21 • Feb 15, 1972 • 1 h
The Wild Weekend
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.
Episode 22 • Feb 22, 1972 • 1 h
The Tangled Web
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.
Episode 23 • Feb 29, 1972
Outside Position
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.
Episode 24 • Mar 7, 1972
Big George
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.
5 Seasons

Top Cast

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Michael Cole

Pete Cochran

Clarence Williams III

Linc Hayes, Lincoln Hayes

Peggy Lipton

Julie Barnes

Tige Andrews

Capt. Adam Greer

Simon Scott

Chief Barney Metcalf

Ross Elliott

Arnold Sanders, Charlie Tyson, General George Blau

Bob Golden

Cop, Patrolman, Police Officer

Rex Holman

Eddie Pickett, Jonah Richmond, Kincaid

Linda Marsh

Betty Ayres, Ellie Myers, Louise Semple

Arthur Franz

Arthur Westphal, Dr. Sam Berger, Sims

Norman Alden

Charles Swain, Parker, Russ Barry, Shugo

Woodrow Parfrey

George Albert, Harvey Durko, Pawnbroker, Reese

Murray MacLeod

Bob Travis, Bucks, Dave Pruitt, Steve Manton

Brooke Bundy

Cathy Chase, Deborah Martin, Sutton, Tina Williams, Trudy Hansen

John Dennis

Bike Shop Owner, Carl Tracer, Keller, Park Attendant

Bill Zuckert

Barney, Del Vecchio, Frank Morrissey, Official

Harry Basch

Dr. Berger, Dr. Brandon, Psychologist, Eddie

Frank Farmer

Betts, Doctor, Koler, Reporter

Bill Quinn

Doctor, Desk Manager, Hearing Officer

Byron Morrow

Bill Maxwell, Dr. Morgan, John Sands, Mason

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