The Mod Squad
Mother of Sorrow
TV Flash files “Mother of Sorrow” as hour 46 of 124 in the TV Flash guide — The Mod Squad (1968–1973) on ABC, season 2, episode 20, aired 1970-02-17, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E20: listed hour 46 of 124 in the The Mod Squad guide, hour 20 of 26 in season 2. It aired 1970-02-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Survival House” (S02E19). Next is “The Deadly Sin” (S02E21).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Pete's fraternity brother Curtis Bell casually tells him that he's going to kill a girl. When that very girl is found murdered, the trio investigate. Curtis happily tells them just how the murder was committed. But Pete and the others wonder if he really killed her, or is just trying to get attention from his neglectful mother.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Mother of Sorrow sit in the The Mod Squad guide?
S02E20 is listed hour 46 of 124 — hour 20 of 26 in season 2, season 2 episode 20.
When did The Mod Squad S02E20 air?
Mother of Sorrow aired 1970-02-17 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…