The Mod Squad
The Loser
TV Flash files “The Loser” as the last listed hour of season 2 — The Mod Squad (1968–1973) on ABC, season 2, episode 26, aired 1970-04-07, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E26: listed hour 52 of 124 in the The Mod Squad guide, last listed hour of season 2. It aired 1970-04-07 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot!” (S02E25). Next is “Long Road Home” (S03E01).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
After he tries to stop a runaway car, the son of a former cop and friend of Captain Greer is charged with stealing the vehicle. Then it is learned that the car, which belonged to a judicial candidate's campaign worker, was also involved in a hit and run. The trio goes undercover at the candidate's headquarters to further investigate.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Loser sit in the The Mod Squad guide?
S02E26 is listed hour 52 of 124 — last listed hour of season 2, season 2 episode 26.
When did The Mod Squad S02E26 air?
The Loser aired 1970-04-07 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…