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Barney Miller Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1978 - 1979
Episode 1
The Kidnapping
Thu, Sep 14, 1978 30 mins
Part 1. A merchant's captors demand that his merchandise be given away to the public as ransom; Wojo nabs a prostitute and her client. Lorraine: Beverly Sanders. Andrew: Todd Susman. Marsha: Barrie Youngfellow. Eddie: Ralph Manza. Barney: Hal Linden. Wojo: Maxwell Gail. Harris: Ron Glass.
Episode 2
The Kidnapping
Thu, Sep 14, 1978 30 mins
Conclusion. The merchandise giveaway plan backfires, so the kidnappers demand $200,000 instead. Robert: Fred Sadoff. Lorraine: Beverly Sanders. Andrew: Todd Susman. Marsha: Barrie Youngfellow.
Episode 3
The Search
Thu, Sep 21, 1978 30 mins
Harris must play a female mugging decoy---without his mustache; a woman reports her father missing---since her birth. Miss Schnabel: Jenny O'Hara. Claymore: Bruce Kirby. Mr. Science: Arny Freeman.
Episode 4
Dog Days
Thu, Sep 28, 1978 30 mins
Wojo is bitten by a possibly rabid German shepherd. Carolyn: Rosalind Cash. Lasorda: Joseph Perry. Wojo: Maxwell Gail. Barney: Hal Linden. Harris: Ron Glass.
Episode 5
The Baby Broker
Thu, Oct 5, 1978 30 mins
A lawyer specializes in selling unborn babies. Edelman: Fredric Cook. Mrs. Edelman: Phoebe Dorin. Kubrick: Michael Durrell. Ana: Martine Getty. McDowell: Ivor Francis.
Episode 6
The Accusation
Thu, Oct 12, 1978 30 mins
A lovelorn woman accuses Dietrich of assault. Barney Miller: Hal Linden. Dietrich: Steve Landesberg. Rabbi Greenblatt: Eugene Elman.
Episode 7
The Prisoner
Thu, Oct 19, 1978 30 mins
A parolee breaks the law so he can return to jail. Meanwhile, a cat burglar's widow carries on her husband's work. Ralph: Jeff Corey. Ronald: Bruce Glover. Chaplain: Henry Jones. Frances Newbound: Peggy Pope.
Episode 8
Loan Shark
Thu, Nov 2, 1978 30 mins
Harris contends with a loan shark; Yemana fumes over his lowly status. Fallon: Boris Aplon. Dellarosa: Lewis Charles. Willis: Mario Rocuzzo. Turner: Larry B. Scott. Harris: Ron Glass. Yemana: Jack Soo.
Episode 9
The Vandal
Thu, Nov 9, 1978 30 mins
A vandal ransacks the 12th. Scully: Christopher Lloyd. Barney: Hal Linden. Wojo: Maxwell Gail. Harris: Ron Glass. Dietrich: Steve Landesberg.
Episode 10
The Harris Incident
Thu, Nov 30, 1978 30 mins
Harris is unnerved when cops shoot at him. Sanford: Michael Lombard. Ruth: Marilyn Chris. Slater: Ed Peck. Darvec: Rick Waln. Harris: Ron Glass.
Episode 11
The Radical
Thu, Dec 7, 1978 30 mins
A debate with a radical gives Luger a pain---in the chest. Jonathan Dodd: Corey Fischer. Marola: Stuart Pankin. Morantz: Craig Richard Nelson. Luger: James Gregory.
Episode 12
Toys
Thu, Dec 14, 1978 30 mins
Barney's yuletide vexations include feuding toy sellers, a claustrophobic thief---and separation from his wife (Barbara Barrie). Berman: Zachary Berger. Metterling: Walter Janowitz. Cummings: Sydney Lassick.
Episode 13
The Indian
Thu, Jan 4, 1979 30 mins
Wojo shows concern for an elderly Indian, but Harris has no patience with a woman (Alix Elias) whose shoes were stolen from her feet. Hal Linden. Wojo: Maxwell Gail. Harris: Ron Glass.
Episode 14
Voice Analyzer
Thu, Jan 11, 1979 30 mins
Internal Affairs is probing Precinct 12---with a voice analyzer. Sanders: Philip Roth. Pelligrini: Barry Pearl. Scanlon: George Murdock. Rumson: Allan Rich.
Episode 15
The Spy
Thu, Jan 18, 1979 30 mins
An ex-spy holds the squadroom occupants at gunpoint, convinced they are plotting against him. Hal Linden, Ron Carey, Ron Glass, Steve Landesberg. Felice Douglas: Estelle Omens.
Episode 16
Wojo's Girl
Thu, Jan 25, 1979 30 mins
Part 1. Wojo rekindles an old flame who wants to move in with him. Harriet Brauer: Doris Roberts. Dundee: Michael Conrad. Wojo: Maxwell Gail.
Episode 17
Wojo's Girl
Thu, Jan 25, 1979 30 mins
Conclusion. Wojo can't make up his mind about a romantic commitment. Nancy: Darlene Parks. Finney: Lewis Arquette. Mallory: Philip Bruns. Wojo: Maxwell Gail. Barney: Hal Linden. Dietrich: Steve Landesberg. Harris: Ron Glass.
Episode 18
Middle Age
Thu, Feb 1, 1979 30 mins
Barney has middle-age blues. Burger: Nehemiah Persoff. Perito: Richard Libertini. Mrs. Perito: Kres Mersky. Glass: Raleigh Bond.
Episode 19
The Counterfeiter
Thu, Feb 8, 1979 30 mins
Harris is after a counterfeiter; Luger seeks advice from Barney. Hathaway: J. Pat O'Malley. Lavelle: Jack Riley. Dr. Bordeau: George Pentecost. Lisa Lavelle: Susan Davis. Sidney Becker: Al Ruscio. Harris: Ron Glass. Luger: James Gregory.
Episode 20
Open House
Thu, Feb 15, 1979 30 mins
Only derelicts come to the precinct's open house; a psychiatrist debates revealing an arson suspect's name. Fabiani: Carmen Filpi. Starkwell: David Fresco. Brickman: Allan Miller. Brewer: John Dullaghan. Carew: Christopher Lloyd. Barney: Hal Linden.
Episode 21
Identity
Thu, Mar 1, 1979 30 mins
An air-traffic controller is hauled in for trying to kill Harris, and a robber pleads not to be jailed. Kendall: Don Calfa. Baskin: Kip King. Harris: Ron Glass. Monahan: David Clennon. Kotterman: Jack Somack.
Episode 22
Computer Crime
Thu, Mar 15, 1979 30 mins
A citizen fears a "witch" has put a curse on him. Hal Linden, Ron Glass, Steve Landesberg.
Episode 23
Graveyard Shift
Thu, May 10, 1979 30 mins
The graveyard shift is plagued by bomb threats and by Harris, who tapes conversations to use in his book. Harris: Ron Glass. Barney: Hal Linden.
Episode 24
Jack Soo, a Retrospective
Thu, May 17, 1979 30 mins
A tribute to the late Jack Soo and his portrayal of detective Nick Yemana. Highlights include Yemana's inability to stop singing after eating hashish brownies; his attraction to a woman who turns out to be a hooker; and his response to an ink-blot test.
