The Mod Squad Season One, Volume One, the groundbreaking police drama that helped define a generation made its long-awaited DVD debut December 18, 2007, from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment.  From producers Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas, The Mod Squad featured three young, rebellious and hipper-than-hip undercover detectives with a touch of menace and plenty of attitude. Recruited for a covert unit by is Capt. Adam Greer (Tige Andrews) that would help bridge the generation gap, the trio consisted of rich, long-haired Pete Cochran (Michael Cole), Lincoln "Linc" Hayes (Clarence Williams III) from the tough streets of inner city Los Angeles and beautiful flower child and damsel in distress Julie Barnes (Golden Globe-Award winner Peggy Lipton).

Michael Cole & Peggy Lipton in My What A Pretty Bus

 In addition to entertainment, The Mod Squad showed us cops aren't always perfect, that sex and race had no boundaries in law enforcement, and that drama could be infused with comedy. Watching these DVDs whether again, or for the first time, is a hoot!

The first time on DVD, The Mod Squad Season One, Volume One includes 13 episodes from the inaugural season, plus the featurettes Forming The Squad and Friends of The Mod Squad as well as an inside look at the pilot episode, The Teeth of the Barracuda.  Available for $42.99, The Mod Squad Season One, Volume One is a four-disc set presented in full screen with English Mono. The DVD is not rated in the U.S. and rated PG in Canada. The total running time is 11 hours, 33 minutes. 

Clarence Williams III & Peggy Lipton in The Teeth of the Barracuda

Disc One:

• The Teeth of the Barracuda
• Bad Man on Campus
• My, What a Pretty Bus
  
  Special Features:
  • Forming the Squad - a featurette of how the show came together and interviews with Peggy Lipton and Michael Cole talk about their experiences making the series, how they were cast and got along, about the theme song, and some amusing things that happened while filming as well as talk about "the Woody," the car that became a character in the film.   
  • Inside The Teeth of the Barracuda - about the pilot of the show.

Disc Two:

• When Smitty Comes Marching Home
• You Can't Tell the Players Without a Programmer
• A Time to Love, A Time to Cry
• Find Tara Chapman!

Disc Three:

• The Price of Terror
• A Quiet Weekend in the Country
• Love
  
  Special Feature:
  • Friends of the Squad - Celebrities such as Lou Gossett, Jr., Leslie Ann Warren, Tyne Daily and Ed Asner talk about the show and their guest appearances. Not quite as interesting as the first and fun to see these stars again.

Disc Four:

• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet
• The Guru
• The Sunday Drivers 

DIRECTORS: Several including Earl Bellamy, William Crain

WRITERS: many - show created by Buddy Riskin (a real life police officer who ran an undercover narcotics unit}

CAST: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews, Ross Elliott and guest stars

RATING: Not Rated (good for kids over 13)

CLASSIC MOVIE GUIDE RATING: 4 out of 5 stars

DVD RELEASE DATE:  12/18/2007

RUN TIME: 693 minutes

STUDIO: Paramount Home Video

FORMAT: Color

Photo credits: Paramount Home Entertainment