Barney Miller
Barney Miller is a sensible police squad show that keeps order as a rotating mix of detectives deals with everyday oddities. Most stories play out in a tightly focused precinct setting where citizens and criminals add to the chaos, blending dry humor with occasional more serious moments.
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Season 5
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E1
Kidnapping (1)
A political activist abducts a department store magnate; Wojo arrests a prostitute and her Arkansan business manager.
Sep 14, 1978 · 30m -
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E2
Kidnapping (2)
Wojo delivers the ransom money for the department store owner, while the prostitute charms both Wojo and the victim's nebbish son.
Sep 14, 1978 · 30m -
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E3
The Search
Off goes the moustache, as it's Harris' turn for cross-dressing mugging detail; the host of a kids' science show goes off the deep end; Barney's men reopen a twenty-eight year old missing persons case.
Sep 21, 1978 · 30m -
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E4
Dog Days
The German Shepherd that bit Wojo may be rabid; Barney and Liz prepare for their impending separation.
Sep 28, 1978 · 30m -
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E5
The Baby Broker
A German girl attempts to flee the country rather than surrender her baby to a broker's clients; Levitt turns to stimulants to aid in his self-imposed thirty-six hour shift.
Oct 5, 1978 · 30m -
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E6
Accusation
An accusation of an indiscretion on the part of Dietrich leads to a visit from the gleeful Lieutenant Scanlon of Internal Affairs; Yemana books a rabbi who is running a gambling casino in his synagogue.
Oct 12, 1978 · 30m -
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E7
The Prisoner
A released prisoner can't adjust to civilian life; the widow of a cat burglar elects to perpetuate the family business.
Oct 19, 1978 · 30m -
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E8
Loan Shark
Barney notes some uncharacteristic behavior from Yemana; a client can't get a tattoo artist to remove his work; Harris books a youthful loan shark
Nov 2, 1978 · 30m -
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E9
The Vandal
Barney has the uneasy feeling that it may have been Levitt that vandalized the precinct squad room; a TV programming executive is assaulted in a coffee shop.
Nov 9, 1978 · 30m -
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E10
The Harris Incident
A stockbroker leaves Wall Street to become a beggar; a rookie cop, assuming Harris to be a felon, shoots at him.
Nov 30, 1978 · 30m -
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E11
The Radical
Luger faces off against a 60s radical, and Harris arrests a portly second story man.
Dec 7, 1978 · 30m -
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E12
Toys
Feuding toy makers create a disturbance; Barney faces his first holiday as a separated man; a claustrophobic prisoner has an understandable problem with the cage.
Dec 14, 1978 · 30m -
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E13
The Indian
A woman has her shoes stolen - from her feet; Wojo is forced to arrest an aging Indian who only wants to die in the park.
Jan 4, 1979 · 30m -
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E14
Voice Analyzer
Lieutenant Scanlon returns, this time attempting to ferret out corruption with a lie detector; Barney is suspicious of a furrier's robbery report.
Jan 11, 1979 · 30m -
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E15
The Spy
A paranoid spy holds the precinct house at bay; the men bring in a disorderly mime.
Jan 18, 1979 · 30m -
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E16
Wojo's Girl (1)
Wojo decides to move in with his girlfriend; Mr. Brauer tells his wife that he's leaving to become a mercenary. This was a pilot for a potential spin-off series, each week focusing on one of the cops' off-duty lives.
Jan 25, 1979 · 30m -
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E17
Wojo's Girl (2)
Wojo struggles to co-habitate with his ex-prostitute girlfriend.
Jan 25, 1979 · 30m -
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E18
Middle Age
Barney feels the onrush of Father Time; Dietrich books an Olympic hopeful who practices his javelin toss in Central Park; a Hassidic Jew is the target of a diamond thief.
Feb 1, 1979 · 30m -
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E19
The Counterfeiter
Harris milks a wily counterfeiter for his life story; a man takes exception to a plastic surgeon's work on his wife.
Feb 8, 1979 · 30m -
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E20
Open House
The 12th Precinct hosts an open house, attracting only vagrants; Barney's joy at moving back home is cut short by the hotel manager that refuses to refund him his upcoming month's rent; Wojo and Harris try to get a lead on an arsonist.
Feb 15, 1979 · 30m -
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E21
Identity
Harris quickly regrets the fact that Dietrich has saved his life; the 12th is asked to assist a thief who has been granted entry into a witness-relocation program.
Mar 1, 1979 · 30m -
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E22
Computer Crime
A computer firm has difficulty retrieving embezzled funds; an educated young man claims to be under the influence of a voodoo curse.
Mar 15, 1979 · 30m -
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E23
Graveyard Shift
Barney and his crew face the late shift with a man who believes that he is being frequented by a succubus and an irate tourist.
May 10, 1979 · 30m -
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E24
Jack Soo, a Retrospective
The cast step out of character to offer a tribute to Jack Soo, who died during the show's fifth season.
May 17, 1979 · 30m