The Mod Squad
Long Road Home
TV Flash files “Long Road Home” as the first listed hour of season 3 — The Mod Squad (1968–1973) on ABC, season 3, episode 1, aired 1970-09-22, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E01: listed hour 53 of 124 in the The Mod Squad guide, first listed hour of season 3. It aired 1970-09-22 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Loser” (S02E26). Next is “See the Eagles Dying” (S03E02).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Pete falls in love with a young woman he has injured in an auto chase involving a robbery suspect, only to learn she is the sister of the suspect.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Long Road Home sit in the The Mod Squad guide?
S03E01 is listed hour 53 of 124 — first listed hour of season 3, season 3 episode 1.
When did The Mod Squad S03E01 air?
Long Road Home aired 1970-09-22 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…