The Mod Squad
Child of Sorrow, Child of Light
TV Flash files “Child of Sorrow, Child of Light” as hour 22 of 124 in the TV Flash guide — The Mod Squad (1968–1973) on ABC, season 1, episode 22, aired 1969-03-18, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E22: listed hour 22 of 124 in the The Mod Squad guide, hour 22 of 26 in season 1. It aired 1969-03-18 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A Run for the Money” (S01E21). Next is “Keep the Faith, Baby” (S01E23).

Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Julie poses as an unwed mother to infiltrate an extortion racket that blackmails parents of adopted babies.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Child of Sorrow, Child of Light sit in the The Mod Squad guide?
S01E22 is listed hour 22 of 124 — hour 22 of 26 in season 1, season 1 episode 22.
When did The Mod Squad S01E22 air?
Child of Sorrow, Child of Light aired 1969-03-18 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…