The Mod Squad
A Far Away Place So Near
TV Flash files “A Far Away Place So Near” as hour 61 of 124 in the TV Flash guide — The Mod Squad (1968–1973) on ABC, season 3, episode 9, aired 1970-11-17, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E09: listed hour 61 of 124 in the The Mod Squad guide, hour 9 of 24 in season 3. It aired 1970-11-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Welcome to the Human Race, Levi Frazee!” (S03E08). Next is “A Time of Hyacinths” (S03E10).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Linc comes to the airport to meet a friend who is returning from Vietnam, only to learn that he was killed by a sniper on the day he was supposed to go home. Suspicious of the story of how his friend died, he wonders if any of the four other servicemen in his unit who have returned know more than they are telling.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Far Away Place So Near sit in the The Mod Squad guide?
S03E09 is listed hour 61 of 124 — hour 9 of 24 in season 3, season 3 episode 9.
When did The Mod Squad S03E09 air?
A Far Away Place So Near aired 1970-11-17 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…