In “The Sunday Drivers,” Season 1, Episode 13 of The Mod Squad, Linc, Julie and Pete take a road trip to Vegas, baby. They’re there to see a friend from Linc’s misspent youth who’s a “crash driver,” (yes just what it sounds like), but their plans are thwarted when the friend, Tommy Salido…crashes. And dies.  Linc is SURE it wasn’t just an accident. And why was Tommy making so much money, anyway?

Julie and Pete, as usual, must romance the suspects to get info. Greer, as usual, wants the kids to just stay out of it. Linc even poses as a race driver, and assures the owner of Karns Auto Thrill Show that he can do a double car dive bomb crash. Ohhhh no!

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The squad goes under cover at an underground  newspaper to find out who bombed it in “The Guru,” Season 1, Episode 12. Guest stars include Dabney Coleman and Jane Eliot, who played Tracy Quartermaine on General Hospital! Lots of hippies, impassioned speeches, hypocritical lefties, money-grubbing landlords and the age-old dilemma of what a man says to an unattractive woman who asks him if she’s pretty.

It’s Season 1, Episode 11 of the Mod Squad, “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Starlet,” in which the best option to find a serial killer of young, blond women who aspire to make it in Hollywood seems to be… wait for it… to use Julie as bait! Joan Van Ark steals the show as a character we’re supposed to hate because she says no to an abusive guy, but we love her!

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Love is everywhere… except in the cold, hard hearts of Beverly Hills’ super wealthy parents. It’s a theme The Mod Squad can’t hammer home enough, and in Season 1, Episode 10 — “Love” — Pete’s neglected cousin has had enough on her 18th birthday. When being part of a burglary duo doesn’t get mother and dad’s attention, she kidnaps her infant brother. Will Pete, Linc and Julie be able to straighten it all out? Solid.

Excellent guest star of the episode: Isabel Sanford! Hey Weezy!

“A Quiet Weekend in the Country” is anything but for Julie, Linc and Pete as they try to figure out why Greer’s tipster Eddie Sweeney fatally got his motorcycle shot out from under him. It couldn’t have something to do with folksy storekeeper Ed (Dub Taylor), could it? Or angry coercive-controlling too-old husband and campground owner Gus Williams (James Gregory – Inspector Lugar from Barney Miller)? Or that nice middle-aged couple? The squad goes deep undercover — and Julie and Pete get to pretend they’re married — as they get to the bottom of it. Oh yeah, and Linc says SOLID five times and there are three — count ’em three! — extremely violent fistfights.

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In The Price of Terror, someone’s after Captain Greer! His garage door blows up right when he’s opening it, then someone tries to run him over. He’s been getting death threats, too. No doubt, someone he put away who’s not happy with him. He doesn’t want the squad involved but they, and Chief Barney Metcalf, have other ideas.

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The Mod Squad has 48 hours to find Tara Chapman, who not only is infected with a deadly form of meningitis, but also is being stalked by a hit man and any toady he can convince to help him him. The squad gets no sleep as they scour a very hot Los Angeles to find her. The only cool oasis is a cameo by Della Reese as a blues club owner who provides a nice musical interlude.

It’s Episode 7 of The Mod Squad’s first season: Find Tara Chapman!

In “A Time to Love – A Time To Cry,” Dave, Adam’s probation officer buddy, is sure his … client? What do you call someone who’s overseen by a probation officer? Anyway, Robbie, didn’t kill “evil, despicable” Luanne, who was found dead in Robbie’s photo studio after both of them spent an evening tripping on acid. That squad is on it! Including Pete and Linc hanging out at millionaire Jason’s groovy artist retreat and Julie getting a little too close to Dave. WHO’S OLD ENOUGH TO BE HER FATHER. Maybe it was Jason who killed her? Or how about scary drug dealer Hal Kincaid?

Don’t stop loving, Julie. Don’t stop caring. Uh huh.

Something suddenly came up, but now we’re back!

In Can’t Tell the Players Without a Programmer, a school friend of Pete’s (beautiful young woman in distress, of course) is being blackmailed over her mother’s fling with a younger man. I know! What a scandal! Of course, they can’t complete the assignment without Julie being used as bait to catch the bad guys…

Guest appearance by our dad’s old college schoolmate Mark Goddard (Don West from Lost in Space!).

Like the Little Drummer Boy, we bring to you what we can — a holiday gift that includes a sad RIP to Michael Cole, a JonBenet mea culpa, some very special holiday Am I the Asshole discussions, some recommendations, some gripes, and lots of fun!

Happy Holidays and here’s to a great 2025, when we’ll be back with new episodes in January!

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