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The Mod Squad

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The Mod Squad	label	The Mod Squad
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The Mod Squad	comment	The Mod Squad is a television series that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. This series starred Michael Cole as Pete Cochran, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes, Clarence Williams III as Lincoln "Linc" Hayes, and Tige Andrews as Captain Adam Greer.The Mod Squad was a police drama that featured three young, hip crime fighters. "One White, One Black, One Blonde," was the promotional hype-line. The basic premise was that three young people in trouble with the law (wealthy Pete stole a car; Linc was arrested during the Watts riots; Julie became a vagrant after running away from her San Francisco prostitute mother) can avoid jail by infiltrating the counterculture and exposing criminals who prey on other kids. The show's premise centered on the three young officers using their youthful, hippie personas as a guise to get close to the criminals they investigated.A film version was made in 1999 starring Claire Danes, Omar Epps, and Giovanni Ribisi, but was a box office disappointment.
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The Mod Squad / int_127fc252	type	Creator Cameo
The Mod Squad / int_127fc252	comment	Creator Cameo: Gene Nelson, who directed the episode "Find Tara Chapman!", has a small role in the episode as Burt Koverly. Richard Newton, who was the show's Associate Producer and occasional director, has a small role in the episode "Cry Uncle".
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The Mod Squad / int_1bc0ca82	type	Abandoned Mine
The Mod Squad / int_1bc0ca82	comment	Abandoned Mine: In "The Cave," the team takes refuge in one to escape a dust storm, but a man crazed by the death of his son in "the war" blows the entrance with dynamite, trapping them inside.
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The Mod Squad / int_1dfd19f9	type	Papa Wolf
The Mod Squad / int_1dfd19f9	comment	Papa Wolf: After Julie is kidnapped in "The Price of Terror" and her abductor calls to set his terms, Captain Greer tells him in no uncertain terms that he will kill him if Julie is harmed in any way whatsoever.
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The Mod Squad / int_27ca4801	type	The Film of the Series
The Mod Squad / int_27ca4801	comment	The Film of the Series: In 1999 (starring Claire Danes, Omar Epps and Giovanni Ribisi as Julie, Linc and Pete, and Dennis Farina as Captain Greer).
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The Mod Squad / int_2dff6b95	type	Two Guys and a Girl
The Mod Squad / int_2dff6b95	comment	Two Guys and a Girl
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The Mod Squad / int_2fbab42f	type	Wrongful Accusation Insurance
The Mod Squad / int_2fbab42f	comment	Wrongful Accusation Insurance: In "When Smitty Comes Marching Home," some cops try to bring in a friend of Linc's on suspicion of murder, but he beats them up and runs off. Later on they get him, but he escapes and goes on a rampage to find the real killer (while the team is simultaneously investigating). In the end, he's exonerated and let go, though Greer does jokingly present him with a bill for a window he crashed through.
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The Mod Squad / int_370aad9	type	Split Personality
The Mod Squad / int_370aad9	comment	Split Personality: In "We Spy," the team is investigating a shady businessman, Endicott Farraday. They also meet his timid twin brother, Nelson, and at the end it turns out they're the same man.
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The Mod Squad / int_400b9d22	type	Sunglasses at Night
The Mod Squad / int_400b9d22	comment	Sunglasses at Night: Linc wore sunglasses a lot, including at night.
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The Mod Squad / int_435d6b57	type	Celebration Miscalculation
The Mod Squad / int_435d6b57	comment	Celebration Miscalculation: The opening scene of "Whatever Happened to Linc Hayes?" has Pete, Linc, and Captain Greer throwing Julie a surprise birthday party...only for her to tell them her birthday isn't until the next month.
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The Mod Squad / int_4b242d7c	type	Blind Black Guy
The Mod Squad / int_4b242d7c	comment	Blind Black Guy: Rollie in "When Smitty Comes Marching Home."
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The Mod Squad / int_6201e8b0	type	I Have Your Wife
The Mod Squad / int_6201e8b0	comment	I Have Your Wife: In "An Eye for an Eye," the villains of the week kidnap Captain Greer's girlfriend to pressure him into meeting their demands.
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The Mod Squad / int_650427c0	type	Teen Superspy
The Mod Squad / int_650427c0	comment	Teen Superspy: Or rather, Teen Supercop, the protagonists being teenagers recruited as undercover cops to infiltrate the counterculture.
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The Mod Squad / int_69681e01	type	Big Brother Instinct
The Mod Squad / int_69681e01	comment	Big Brother Instinct: Pete and Linc are fiercely protective of Julie:
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The Mod Squad / int_6af8ebb5	type	Death by Falling Over
The Mod Squad / int_6af8ebb5	comment	Death by Falling Over: A crooked cop accidentally kills his informant in "Good Times Are Just Memories", when he causes him to fall and hit his head on a rock.
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The Mod Squad / int_794095d7	type	Boxed Crook
The Mod Squad / int_794095d7	comment	Boxed Crook: The three primary heroes.
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The Mod Squad / int_7a143509	type	Shell-Shocked Veteran
The Mod Squad / int_7a143509	comment	Shell-Shocked Veteran: At the beginning of "When Smitty Comes Marching Home," some cops try to arrest a man for murder, but he sees them as Vietnamese soldiers. His time in the army made him a close-quarters combat specialist, which doesn't work out well for the police.
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The Mod Squad / int_7bd44eb9	type	Smart People Play Chess
The Mod Squad / int_7bd44eb9	comment	Smart People Play Chess: In "Can You Hear Me Now?", Walter, a friend of Linc's, is shown playing three games of chess simultaneously. He then shows Linc how to break a code a car-stealing ring was using.
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The Mod Squad / int_874176be	type	Psychic Powers
The Mod Squad / int_874176be	comment	Psychic Powers: Dr. Eric Santos in "The Girl in Chair Nine." Julie's convinced of his abilities, but the others (especially Greer) spend most of the episode thinking he's a Phony Psychic. By the end, it seems clear he's the real deal.
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The Mod Squad / int_89a17726	type	Spell My Name with an S
The Mod Squad / int_89a17726	comment	Spell My Name with an S: In the credits for the episode "Cricket", Harlan Warde's name is misspelled as Harlan Wade.
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The Mod Squad / int_9cbf01d6	type	Stay in the Kitchen
The Mod Squad / int_9cbf01d6	comment	Stay in the Kitchen: Pete often tells Julie to not argue with him or to stay in the car away from the action. Linc occasionally gets in the on the act as well.
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The Mod Squad / int_a0947d78	type	Token Trio
The Mod Squad / int_a0947d78	comment	Token Trio: Perhaps the prototypical example.
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The Mod Squad / int_a24670a4	type	Benevolent Boss
The Mod Squad / int_a24670a4	comment	Benevolent Boss: Captain Greer is concerned for the squad both as cops and as people. At the end of the day, he considers them family and is willing to go to the wall for them.
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The Mod Squad / int_a2836be5	type	Identity Amnesia
The Mod Squad / int_a2836be5	comment	Identity Amnesia: In "Whatever Happened to Linc Hayes?" Linc is mugged and wakes up not knowing who he is. He eventually becomes convinced he is an escapee from a mental asylum.
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The Mod Squad / int_a4f81481	type	Circus Episode
The Mod Squad / int_a4f81481	comment	Circus Episode: "Color of Laughter, Color of Tears." A circus owned by an old friend of Greer's is sabotaged so the team works at the circus undercover to find the culprit.
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The Mod Squad / int_a5e0c01	type	As Himself
The Mod Squad / int_a5e0c01	comment	As Himself: Danny Thomas, one of the series' Executive Producers, plays himself in the episode "Kicks, Incorporated". Perry Lemko (Jack Cassidy) meets up with him on the golf course and introduces him to his fellow players as 'My good friend, Danny Thomas!', while Danny is perplexed as he has no idea who Lemko is. In the end credits, it reads 'Danny Thomas as the Good Friend'.
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The Mod Squad / int_a66b0789	type	Fingertip Drug Analysis
The Mod Squad / int_a66b0789	comment	Fingertip Drug Analysis: At the beginning of "An Eye For an Eye," Captain Greer tastes some white powder to confirm that it's heroin.
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The Mod Squad / int_afab5e94	type	Reunion Show
The Mod Squad / int_afab5e94	comment	Reunion Show: 1979's Return of the Mod Squad, where the Squad reunites to investigate an attack on now Deputy Chief Greer. It later turns out to be only a ruse for a revenge plot on the Squad itself.
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The Mod Squad / int_b4fce1ab	type	Obfuscating Insanity
The Mod Squad / int_b4fce1ab	comment	Obfuscating Insanity: In "Who Are the Keepers, Who Are the Inmates?", Linc fakes being insane to go undercover in an asylum where he suspects abuse and even murder are taking place.
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The Mod Squad / int_b5597166	type	Soul Brotha
The Mod Squad / int_b5597166	comment	Soul Brotha: Linc Hayes.
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The Mod Squad / int_b87ae3ba	type	Crash Course Landing
The Mod Squad / int_b87ae3ba	comment	Crash Course Landing: Linc had to do this in "Real Loser" after he knocked the pilot of a small single-engine plane out (to keep the man from killing both of them in an insurance scam).
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The Mod Squad / int_bc3cb7ff	type	Clear My Name
The Mod Squad / int_bc3cb7ff	comment	Clear My Name: Pete is falsely accused of murder twice in the series, in "Run the Man Down", he's accused of killing an undercover cop he was once romantically involved with, and "Good Times Are Just Memories", he's accused of killing a police informant. Captain Greer is framed for being a dirty cop by a mobster in "Corbey".
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The Mod Squad / int_bcf1d2c1	type	Blind Musician
The Mod Squad / int_bcf1d2c1	comment	Blind Musician: Linc goes to see a friend, Rollie, in "When Smitty Comes Marching Home," and Rollie, wearing pure black glasses, is playing a clarinet.
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The Mod Squad / int_c12ad193	type	Fake Pregnancy
The Mod Squad / int_c12ad193	comment	Fake Pregnancy: Julie twice goes undercover as a woman in the early stages of pregnancy—once to infiltrate an adoption ring and again to expose an abortion ring.
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The Mod Squad / int_c313d43a	type	True Companions
The Mod Squad / int_c313d43a	comment	True Companions: Pete, Linc, and Julie start thinking of one another as family no later than the third episode. Captain Greer also joins in relatively short order.
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The Mod Squad / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Mod Squad / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: In the episode "Kristie", writer Rick Husky, a member of Elvis Presley's 'Memphis Mafia', named a character Jerry Schilling, after a fellow Mafia member (the guy who wrote the best-selling "Elvis: What Happened?" after Elvis died). Additionally, the Schilling character works for Bondelli's Nursery...this is a shout-out to Phil Bondelli, the Assistant Director of Mod Squad. In the episode "Long Road Home" two crooks attempt to hijack a truckload of furs from a truck bearing the name 'Zacha Furs Inc.' This is a shout-out to W.T. Zacha, who was the show's costumer at the time.
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The Mod Squad / int_c76b215e	type	Bait-and-Switch Credits
The Mod Squad / int_c76b215e	comment	Bait-and-Switch Credits: The opening credits always made it appear as if Captain Greer was some bad guy pursuing the heroes when he was in fact their benevolent boss.
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The Mod Squad / int_cb70651c	type	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
The Mod Squad / int_cb70651c	comment	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: In "A Time of Hyacinths," it's never completely clear whether John Wentworth was still alive or was actually a ghost.
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The Mod Squad / int_e83f211c	type	O.O.C. Is Serious Business
The Mod Squad / int_e83f211c	comment	O.O.C. Is Serious Business: In "The Uptight Town," Chief Metcalf says he knows something happened to Captain Greer because he didn't show up for the police academy's graduation ceremony.
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The Mod Squad / int_eb251937	type	Dirty Cop
The Mod Squad / int_eb251937	comment	Dirty Cop: Officers Cates and Stevens in "Shell Game", who run a burglary ring on the side. They're also responsible for the murder of a detective investigating the burglaries. Sgt. Harry MacGeorge (Nehemiah Persoff) in "Is That Justice? No, It's Law!", who plants evidence to nail a drug pusher. Lt. Price in "Good Times Are Just Memories", who's involved with a burglary ring and also the killer of an informant.
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The Mod Squad / int_f27ec906	type	Identical Stranger
The Mod Squad / int_f27ec906	comment	Identical Stranger: In "A Double for Danger," a young woman who was helping the police as an informant is killed, and Julie looks exactly like her, so she takes her place.
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The Mod Squad / int_f54a4264	type	Disability Alibi
The Mod Squad / int_f54a4264	comment	Disability Alibi: One of the people Pete suspects tried to kill him in "Death of a Nobody" is Johnny Pell (Brock Peters), but Pell is pretty much incapacitated due to a brain injury he suffered in prison.
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The Mod Squad / int_fb9e0265	comment	Team Dad: Captain Greer is the Mod Squad's boss and mentor. He sees them as family.
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The Mod Squad / int_fea42091	type	Badass Preacher
The Mod Squad / int_fea42091	comment	Badass Preacher: Father John Banks (Sammy Davis Jr.), who takes down an armed thug twice his size in "Keep the Faith, Baby."
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