Barney Miller Season 8 Episodes

Episode 1

Paternity

Thu, Oct 29, 1981 30 mins

Wojo gets a new suit---a paternity suit; a beauty contestant has her purse stolen. Wendy: Rebecca Holden. Lupton: Stefan Gierasch. Frane: Dana Gladstone.

Episode 2

Advancement

Thu, Nov 5, 1981 30 mins

A lottery winner threatens the couple that forgot to send in his form; Luger wants Barney to find him a wife. Bachman: Martin Garner. Mrs. Bachman: Anna Berger. Yager: Howard Honig. Luger: James Gregory.

Episode 3

The Car

Thu, Nov 12, 1981 30 mins

A car thief confesses---25 years late; writer's block afflicts Harris. Slatic: Joseph Regalbuto. Hillier: Larry Gelman. Boskin: Patrick McNamara.

Episode 4

Possession

Thu, Nov 19, 1981 30 mins

A woman assaults her husband for making her squeeze into tight jeans; a prisoner claims demonic possession. Litzke: Kenneth Tigar. Norma: Susan Peretz. Barney: Hal Linden. Wojo: Max Gail.

Episode 5

Stress Analyzer

Thu, Nov 26, 1981 30 mins

Dietrich is thought dead when his stress analyzer stops transmitting; a woman wants her husband's alleged mistress arrested. Dietrich: Steve Landesberg. Wanda: Florence Halop. Danworth: James Cromwell.

Episode 6

Games

Thu, Dec 10, 1981 30 mins

A warehouse burglary exposes the owner as a KGB agent; a Wac is arrested for soliciting. Frank: Philip Sterling. Alice: Sarah Kennedy. Leo: John O'Leary. Barney: Hal Linden.

Episode 7

Homeless

Thu, Dec 17, 1981 30 mins

Homeless souls overrun the precinct during the holidays; a merchant assaults a vagrant with a cattle prod. Bruno: Stanley Brock. Eddie: Don Calfa. Minch: Ben Piazza. Weckler: David Clennon. Kellog: Paul Stolarsky. Barney: Hal Linden.

Episode 8

The Tontine

Thu, Jan 7, 1982 30 mins

The two surviving members of a tontine decide that one should die so the other can collect; Levitt hustles to collect the Medal of Valor. Levitt: Ron Carey. Pryne: Dennis Lipscomb. Mercurio: Ivor Francis.

Episode 9

Examination Day

Thu, Jan 14, 1982 30 mins

A shortage of foot patrolmen forces the detectives into uniform. Hal Linden. Luger: James Gregory. Diamond: Jack Kruschen. Jetter: Lyman Ward. Wojo: Maxwell Gail.

Episode 10

The Clown

Thu, Jan 21, 1982 30 mins

A clown is mugged; a police recruiter throws a stag party for applicants; a corrections officer releases 100 inmates on Madison Avenue. Hal Linden, Ron Carey, Ron Glass.

Episode 11

Chinatown

Thu, Feb 4, 1982 30 mins

A Chinese waiter withholds information about a gang killing; Scanlon falls for a rich mugging victim. Part 1 of two. Scanlon: George Murdock. Walker: Fred Sadoff. Fitzjames: Joanna Barnes.

Episode 12

Chinatown

Thu, Feb 11, 1982 30 mins

Conclusion. Harris and Dietrich continue their watch over the uncooperative Mr. Ling (Chao-Li Chi). Scanlon: George Murdock. Gillis: Phil Diskin. Wong: Peter Pan. Harris: Ron Glass. Fitzjames: Joanna Barnes.

Episode 13

Hunger Strike

Thu, Feb 18, 1982 30 mins

A prisoner goes on a hunger strike; Dietrich doesn't believe an elderly patient belongs in a mental hospital. Mrs. Smith: Nora Meerbaum. Bishop: Larry Gelman. Fielding: Stanley Kamel. Avrakian: Ion Teodorescu.

Episode 14

Arrival

Thu, Feb 25, 1982 30 mins

Luger is chagrined by his mail-order bride; a genius becomes a petty thief; a man is robbed by an old lady. Perlita: Carina Afable. Brysom: Andrew Bloch. Dietz: Alan Oppenheimer. Barney: Hal Linden.

Episode 15

Obituary

Thu, Mar 11, 1982 30 mins

A man attacks the reporter who printed his obituary; a thief is caught stealing chickens from a Government warehouse. Bergendahl: Barney Martin. Lund: Richard Stahl. Beilin: Phil Diskin.

Episode 16

Inquiry

Fri, Mar 26, 1982 30 mins

Wojo is brought before a police board after shooting a thief; an irate parent attacks a nursery-school teacher; a mugging victim turns mugger to get out of a pay parking lot. Loftis: Michael Lombard. Mrs. Loftis: Bonnie Bartlett. Wendell: Norman Bartold.

Episode 17

Old Love

Fri, Apr 2, 1982 30 mins

Dietrich's college flame drops by; Deluca returns---charged with assault; a child actor is arrested for attacking his agent. Deluca: Mario Rocuzzo. Mrs. Kroner: Audrey Christie. Cynthia: Sharon Spelman. Kroner: Mitch Kreindel.

Episode 18

Altercation

Fri, Apr 9, 1982 30 mins

Harris's nemesis Ripner returns, expecting to reap the rewards of Harris's next book; a woman is mugged in front of the station; a stockbroker is busted for drugs. Hackett: Todd Susman. Wakefield: Miriam Byrd-Nethery. Harris: Ron Glass.

Episode 19

Bones

Thu, Apr 29, 1982 30 mins

A museum presses charges when an Indian retrieves his tribe's ancestral bones from an exhibit; a scoutmaster catches a mugger.

Episode 20

The Landmark

Thu, May 6, 1982 30 mins

Part 1 of three. A man is robbed at a bank machine; the precinct house may be sold; a former hostage wants to return to the country that imprisoned him. Hofflein: Susan Tolsky. Spangler: Philip Sterling. Norell: Al Ruscio. Gault: Keith Langsdale.

Episode 21

The Landmark

Thu, May 13, 1982 30 mins

Second of three parts. Two old ladies are arrested for passing stolen credit cards; the precinct is sold; and Luger avoids his fiancée. Estelle: Helen Verbit. Wilma: Florence Halop. Perlita: Carina Afable. Norell: Al Ruscio.

Episode 22

The Landmark

Thu, May 20, 1982 30 mins

Conclusion. As the 12th precinct closes its doors, friends and felons drop by to say goodbye. Hal Linden. Perlita: Carina Afable. Wojo: Max Gail. Scanlon: George Murdock. Harris: Ron Glass. Driscoll: Ray Stewart. Luger: James Gregory. Duncan: J.J. Barry.

Episode 23

Examination

Sun, Mar 28, 2021 30 mins