The Mod Squad
The Uptight Town
TV Flash files “The Uptight Town” as hour 19 of 124 in the TV Flash guide — The Mod Squad (1968–1973) on ABC, season 1, episode 19, aired 1969-02-18, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E19: listed hour 19 of 124 in the The Mod Squad guide, hour 19 of 26 in season 1. It aired 1969-02-18 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A Hint of Darkness, A Hint of Light” (S01E18). Next is “A Reign of Guns” (S01E20).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The Squad searches for Captain Greer, who has disappeared while vacationing in a little desert town, only to find the townspeople not particularly helpful.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Uptight Town sit in the The Mod Squad guide?
S01E19 is listed hour 19 of 124 — hour 19 of 26 in season 1, season 1 episode 19.
When did The Mod Squad S01E19 air?
The Uptight Town aired 1969-02-18 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Pete, Linc, and Julie on an undercover youth-case hour is the poster: Cole, Williams, Lipton, social-issue crime with fashion. Capt. Greer is the establishment foil.
In the series
Why this series still plays
One Black, one white, one blonde — three young undercover cops with records, fighting the system from inside Aaron Spelling's youth-crime franchise. Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, and Peggy Lipton photographed like a poster while late-sixties social issues rode along. Establishment television wearing love beads.
The poster is the form. ABC's *The Mod Squad* (1968–1973) photographs Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, and Peggy Lipton as one Black, one white, one blonde — three young undercover cops with records, fighting the system from inside Aaron Spelling's youth-crime franchise. Tige Andrews as Capt. Greer. Leather, social issues, parental-generation bosses. Bud Ruskin and Spelling packaged troubled youths recruited to infiltrate youth-crime cases. Five seasons of establishment television wearing love beads. The trio…
Filed against
- Michael Cole as Pete Cochran
Michael Cole’s Pete Cochran photographed The Mod Squad like a poster that could still arrest you — one Black, one white, one blonde, three young undercover cops with records, Aaron Spelling’s late-sixties youth-crime franchise. Social…
- Clarence Williams III as Linc Hayes
Clarence Williams III played Linc Hayes on The Mod Squad — one Black, one white, one blonde, three young undercover cops with records, fighting the system from inside Aaron Spelling's youth-crime franchise. Michael Cole, Peggy Lipton, a…
- Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes
Peggy Lipton played Julie Barnes on The Mod Squad, Aaron Spelling’s 1960s youth-crime franchise — one Black, one white, one blonde, three young undercover cops with records, fighting the system from inside. Photographed like a poster…
- Tige Andrews as Capt. Adam Greer
Tige Andrews supervised The Mod Squad as Capt. Adam Greer — one Black, one white, one blonde, three young undercover cops with records, fighting the system from inside Aaron Spelling's youth-crime franchise. Late-sixties social issues…