Episode
The Mod Squad: Shell Game
Overview
Pete and Linc successfully infiltrate a gang of thieves only to discover they are protected by crooked cops and that Julie has become an unwitting hostage.
Details
- Series
- The Mod Squad
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1969-01-29
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Shell Game is Episode 16 in Season 1 of The Mod Squad. It aired on 1969-01-29. The runtime is 60 min.
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Mob assassins force a plane to crash, stranding Greer, Linc, and Pete and a government witness in the desert. All in search of five million dollars of missing mob money.
Episode 17: Fear Is the Bucking Horse
Far West Acres is Western Rodeo where the squad is sent to protect former TV Cowboy star Billy Kilgore from a series of bizarre attacks against his life.
More episodes from this season
Episode 14: Hello Mother, My Name Is Julie
Julie's estranged mother suddenly shows up and tells her she is getting married. Unfortunately Pete and Linc know something about her future step-father.
Episode 18: A Hint of Darkness, A Hint of Light
Blind author Jenny Wills is viciously attacked on the beach by an unknown assailant, who makes repeated attempts on her life. Unbeknowst to her, he thinks she saw him commit a crime.
Episode 13: The Sunday Drivers
Linc is convinced that the death of his friend, Tommy Salido, a stunt-driver was not accidental. The trio investigates and uncover a drug smuggling operation.
Episode 19: The Uptight Town
A racist town tries to pin a murder on a black man who had nothing to do with it.
Episode 12: The Guru
Posing as hippies the trio investigate the bombing of an underground paper, resulting in murder.
Episode 20: A Reign of Guns
Pete and Linc infiltrate the operation of a shipping magnate who is stockpiling weapons to equip his private army.
Episode 11: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet
This episode is one of the creepiest Mod Squad shows! The trio is planted in an acting community to find out who is killing the young starlet wannabes. Julie is staying at the same small apartment house where all the starlets are. Mrs. Petree who runs the place, and her very creepy son Norman (ugh very very disturbing portrayal). Norman has a habit of walking into the starlets rooms and sniffing their stockings and other unmentionables! The TV Host who is a perv and cant keep his clammy paws off of the starlets, and the abusive actor wannabe Timmy who thinks he is a Brando/Dean all are suspect, but dont count out the other characters.
Episode 21: A Run for the Money
Pete falls for Ginny, who believes her jailed father is innocent of robbery.
Episode 10: Love
Pete's cousin Karen turns to kidnapping to gain her parents attention after they are distracted by the new baby.
Episode 22: Child of Sorrow, Child of Light
Julie poses as an unwed mother to infiltrate an extortion racket that blackmails parents of adopted babies.