The Mod Squad : Synopsis, Pictures, Photos, Trivia, Filming Locations

Adam Greer, police captain in Los Angeles give three offenders the opportunity to buy their mistakes: Pete Cochran, from Harlem, stole a car; Linc, heir to a rich family of aristocrats, was arrested during the riots of Watts and Julie Barnes fled San Francisco and his prostitute mother.

All three will form the Squad mod, a team responsible for fighting crime.

The new team (The Mod Squad) was an American television series which was broadcast between 1968 and 1973. It was created by Stephen J. Cannell and was produced by Aaron Spelling. The series told the story of three young Los Angeles police detectives who were responsible for working on sensitive affairs as members of a special unit called "the new team".

The three main characters were Linc Hayes (interpreted by Clarence Williams III), Pete Cochran (interpreted by Michael Cole) and Julie Barnes (interpreted by Peggy Lipton). Linc was a former member of the black community of Watts, Pete was a rich child of the White Bourgeoisie and Julie was a former drug addict. All three were recruited by a white police officer, Adam Greer (interpreted by Tige Andrews), to work on rebellious youth cases of the 1960s.

The series highlighted the social and political tensions of the time, in particular with regard to relations between young people and the police, racism, the Vietnam war and the protest movements of the 1960s. The new team won A great success during its broadcast and was awarded by several prizes, including an Emmy for Peggy Lipton in 1970. The series was also adapted to a film in 1999, entitled The Mod Squad.

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• Creation date: 2010/04/23 by stef5702

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