The Mod Squad
The Hot, Hot Car
TV Flash files “The Hot, Hot Car” as hour 69 of 124 in the TV Flash guide — The Mod Squad (1968–1973) on ABC, season 3, episode 17, aired 1971-01-26, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E17: listed hour 69 of 124 in the The Mod Squad guide, hour 17 of 24 in season 3. It aired 1971-01-26 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “A Bummer for R.J.” (S03E16). Next is “Suffer, Little Children” (S03E18).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A car belonging to a businessman's associate has been stolen. However, the investigation becomes dire after Greer learns that that car was rigged with dynamite, as the businessman wanted to commit murder. The Squad rush to find the car before the dynamite explodes at 5 p.m., potentially killing an innocent family who rented it.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Hot, Hot Car sit in the The Mod Squad guide?
S03E17 is listed hour 69 of 124 — hour 17 of 24 in season 3, season 3 episode 17.
When did The Mod Squad S03E17 air?
The Hot, Hot Car aired 1971-01-26 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…