The Mod Squad/Cricket

Cricket
4x02
Airdate	September 21, 1971
Written by	Rick Husky
Directed by	Michael Caffey
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The Mod Squad — Season Four

Guest Stars: Lee Harcourt Montgomery (Cricket a/k/a Bobby Francis), Susan Howard (Gillian Francis), Victor Holchak (Buchanan)

Co-Starring: Paul Kent (Dr. Stafford), Andrea Cagan (Kathy)

Featuring: Joel Lawrence (Cliff), John Dennis (Park Attendant), Tom Middleton (Police Sergeant), Al Checco (Restaurant Manager), Harlan Warde (Doctor)

Plot Overview

Julie takes the retarded boy she's aiding to a city park, but the outing takes a grim turn when the boy bumps into a mysterious man during a game of hide-and-seek, causing him to drop a gun he was carrying. The boy picks up the gun and points it at Julie, accidentally shooting her. Greer, Pete and Linc search for the boy, thinking him a danger to himself and others, while the man he bumped into is also after him--he thinks the boy can connect him to a murder.

Notes

Harlan Warde's name is misspelled in the end credits as 'Harlan Wade'.

This episode was 'tweaked' by the writer, Rick Husky, and turned into a Charlie's Angels episode, "To Kill an Angel", a few years later. Husky didn't even bother to change some of the character names--Dr. Stafford is a character in both, 'Frank Evans' is the alias that the hit man gives Julie (Kelly in the Charlie's Angels episode), Gillian becomes Gail, and Kathy becomes Cathy.