Barney Miller
Barney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to run into. He is always sensible. He maintains order over a squad room of detectives who gamble for a hobby, get hit on by anything in skirts, go to renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, and would really prefer to be writing. Nearly all of the action takes place in the squad room where the citizens and criminals are brought in to complicate the mix.
- 1975-1982
- 8 seasons
- ABC
- Comedy, Drama
- TV-PG
Barney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to run into. He is always sensible. He maintains order over a squad room of detectives who gamble for a hobby, get hit on by anything in skirts, go to renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, and would really prefer to be writing. Nearly all of the action takes place in the squad room where the citizens and criminals are brought in to complicate the mix.
Season 5 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1978 - 1979
Episode 1
Kidnapping: Part 1
Thu, Sep 14, 1978 30 mins
A political activist kidnaps a department store magnate. Wojo arrests a prostitute and her business manager.
Episode 2
Kidnapping: Part 2
Thu, Sep 14, 1978 30 mins
Wojo delivers the ransom money for the kidnapped department store owner. The prostitute charms Wojo and the victim's son.
Episode 3
The Search
Thu, Sep 21, 1978 30 mins
The officers reopen a 28-year-old missing persons case. The host of a children's science show goes berserk. Harris takes a turn at cross-dressing mugging detail.
Episode 4
Dog Days
Thu, Sep 28, 1978 30 mins
Wojo is bitten by a German Shepherd that may be rabid. The Millers prepare for their impending separation.
Episode 5
The Baby Broker
Thu, Oct 5, 1978 30 mins
A German woman attempts to escape the country rather than surrender her baby to a baby broker's clients. Levitt resorts to stimulants to maintain his self-imposed thirty-six-hour shift.
Episode 6
The Accusation
Thu, Oct 12, 1978 30 mins
An accusation against Dietrich leads to a visit from Lieutenant Scanlon of Internal Affairs. Yemana arrests a rabbi who is running a gambling casino in his synagogue.
Episode 7
The Prisoner
Thu, Oct 19, 1978 30 mins
A prisoner released after serving his sentence has difficulty adjusting to civilian life. A cat burglar's widow continues the family business.
Episode 8
Loan Shark
Thu, Nov 2, 1978 30 mins
Harris arrests a young loan shark. Barney notes some uncharacteristic behavior from Yemana. A tattoo artist refuses to remove his work from a client.
Episode 9
The Vandal
Thu, Nov 9, 1978 30 mins
Barney suspects Levitt of vandalizing the squad room. A TV programming executive is assaulted in a coffee shop.
Episode 10
The Harris Incident
Thu, Nov 30, 1978 30 mins
A rookie cop assumes Harris is a felon and shoots at him. A stockbroker leaves Wall Street to become a beggar.
Episode 11
The Radical
Thu, Dec 7, 1978 30 mins
A shoplifting suspect turns out to be a wanted 1960s-era radical, whose raging about the Vietnam War stirs up passions and polarizes the precinct. An overweight burglar becomes the butt of jokes.
Episode 12
Toys
Thu, Dec 14, 1978 30 mins
Combatting toy makers create a disturbance. A claustrophobic prisoner has a problem with the jail cell. Barney faces his first holiday as a separated man.
Episode 13
The Indian
Thu, Jan 4, 1979 30 mins
Wojo is forced to arrest an aging Indian who only wants to die in the park. A woman's shoes are stolen-from her feet.
Episode 14
Voice Analyzer
Thu, Jan 11, 1979 30 mins
Lieutenant Scanlon tries to hunt corruption with a lie detector. Barney suspects a furrier's robbery report.
Episode 15
The Spy
Thu, Jan 18, 1979 30 mins
A paranoid spy holds the squad room at bay. The officers bring in a disorderly mime.
Episode 16
Wojo's Girl: Part 1
Thu, Jan 25, 1979 30 mins
Wojo decides to move in with his girlfriend. A man tells his wife that he's leaving to become a mercenary.
Episode 17
Wojo's Girl: Part 2
Thu, Jan 25, 1979 30 mins
Wojo struggles to co-exist with his girlfriend, a former prostitute.
Episode 18
Middle Age
Thu, Feb 1, 1979 30 mins
Barney feels the aging process. Dietrich arrests an aging Olympic hopeful who practices his javelin toss in Central Park. A Hassidic Jew is the target of a diamond thief.
Episode 19
The Counterfeiter
Thu, Feb 8, 1979 30 mins
Harris pumps a counterfeiter for his life story. A man takes exception to a cosmetic surgeon's work on his wife.
Episode 20
Open House
Thu, Feb 15, 1979 30 mins
The precinct hosts an open house that attracts only vagrants. Wojo and Harris try to get a lead on an arsonist. Barney's enthusiasm in moving back home is tempered by the hotel manager who refuses to refund him his upcoming month's rent.
Episode 21
Identity
Thu, Mar 1, 1979 30 mins
The precinct is asked to assist a thief who is entering a witness relocation program. Harris quickly regrets the fact that Dietrich has saved his life.
Episode 22
Computer Crime
Thu, Mar 15, 1979 30 mins
A computer firm has difficulty retrieving embezzled funds. An educated young man claims to be under the influence of a voodoo curse.
Episode 23
Graveyard Shift
Thu, May 10, 1979 30 mins
The squad works the late night shift wherein they get a couple of crazies. First is a man who claims that a succubus is sapping his will to live while he sleeps. Second is a series of bomb threats from a guy named Leon. When Leon is apprehended, it turns out that he's a quiet but frustrated man who lives next door to the station house. He's angry because he's lived in the neighborhood for 15 years and feels that the police have no courtesy. At the sidelines of this craziness is a good-hearted female tourist from Ohio who came to New York impressed by the "I love New York" Broadway commercials and immediately got mugged, so she's going through the station's mug books looking for the guy who robbed her. Also, Harris, who's still working on a book about the life of detectives, is using his tape recorder to record everything that's happening for authenticity but Wojo angrily refuses to be recorded.
Episode 24
Jack Soo, a Retrospective
Thu, May 17, 1979 30 mins
The death of Jack Soo in 1979 marked the passing of both a fine comedy actor and one of TV's most memorable characters: Nick Yemana, the deadpan detective known for his dry wit and wretched coffee. This tribute to Soo features reminiscences by the series regulars as well as some notable Yemana vignettes--Nick's curious response to an ink-blot test administered by a police psychiatrist; his attraction to a Japanese woman who turns out to be a hooker; and his inability to stop singing after he innocently eats brownies laced with hashish.
