The Mod Squad
The Song of Willie
TV Flash files “The Song of Willie” as hour 57 of 124 in the TV Flash guide — The Mod Squad (1968–1973) on ABC, season 3, episode 5, aired 1970-10-20, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E05: listed hour 57 of 124 in the The Mod Squad guide, hour 5 of 24 in season 3. It aired 1970-10-20 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “'A' Is for Annie” (S03E04). Next is “Search and Destroy” (S03E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Linc works undercover as an assistant to his childhood friend, movie star Willie Rush, after an attempt on his life with an ill timed car bomb on the movie set. But concerning Linc more was Willie's cavalier lifestyle and attitude, created in part due to Willie's fear that he may have Huntington's disease.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Song of Willie sit in the The Mod Squad guide?
S03E05 is listed hour 57 of 124 — hour 5 of 24 in season 3, season 3 episode 5.
When did The Mod Squad S03E05 air?
The Song of Willie aired 1970-10-20 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…