The Mod Squad
A Short Course in War
TV Flash files “A Short Course in War” as hour 66 of 124 in the TV Flash guide — The Mod Squad (1968–1973) on ABC, season 3, episode 14, aired 1971-01-05, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E14: listed hour 66 of 124 in the The Mod Squad guide, hour 14 of 24 in season 3. It aired 1971-01-05 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Is There Anyone Left In Santa Paula?” (S03E13). Next is “Kicks Incorporated” (S03E15).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
An attention starved misfit gunman hell bent on starting a "war" with the establishment, infiltrates a student protest with Julie trapped as one of the hostages. Also among the hostages is her humanities teacher, who has a heart condition but left her medication in her car.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Short Course in War sit in the The Mod Squad guide?
S03E14 is listed hour 66 of 124 — hour 14 of 24 in season 3, season 3 episode 14.
When did The Mod Squad S03E14 air?
A Short Course in War aired 1971-01-05 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…