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Season 1

  • S01E01 Ramon

    • January 23, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    Captain Barney Miller talks down a junkie who is holding the 12th Precinct hostage.

  • S01E02 The Experience

    • January 30, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    A bomber targets the 12th Precinct, as Det. Fish contemplates retirement.

  • S01E03 Snow Job

    • February 6, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    The squad grapples with guarding a department store payroll and a flasher who attempts suicide in the bathroom.

  • S01E04 Graft

    • February 13, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    An old friend of Barney's is assigned to investigate allegations of corruption in the squadroom; Chano is after an obscene phone caller.

  • S01E05 The Courtesans

    • February 20, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    A prostitute threatens to file harassment charges against Wojo; Rachel wants to move into her own apartment.

  • S01E06 The Stakeout

    • February 27, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.

  • S01E07 The Bureaucrat

    • March 6, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    Guests to the 12th include a drunken bureaucrat and the 12-year-old who robbed Chano's apartment; Wojo closes the precinct's favorite delicatessen for minor health-code infractions.

  • S01E08 Ms. Cop

    • March 13, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    An overzealous lady cop ruffles the feathers of the testosterone-run 12th; Chano nabs an obscene phone caller. Linda Lavin ("Alice") debuts as Detective Janice Wentworth.

  • S01E09 The Vigilante

    • March 20, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    Barney is visited by Inspector Luger, who complains that his men aren't disliked enough by the public; a neighborhood vigilante is well into his twilight years; Wojo collars a cross-dressing teamster.

  • S01E10 The Guest

    • March 27, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    The 12th Precinct reluctantly guards a mob witness; Chano uses his co-workers' own cash stash to set up a narcotics buy.

  • S01E11 The Escape Artist

    • April 10, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    A self-avowed "bird-man" drops in; Barney holds a resourceful escaped prisoner for the FBI; Harris decides to write a novel, setting up one of the series' most durable storylines.

  • S01E12 Hair

    • April 17, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    A scruffy "Serpico"-type cop has good reason to hide behind unruly hair; Bernice discovers that Fish spent the afternoon in a massage parlor.

  • S01E13 The Hero

    • May 1, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    Chano is guilt-stricken when he shoots a holdup man; Liz makes a citizen's arrest, after being robbed at "stickpoint" by a twelve-year-old.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Doomsday

    • September 11, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    A disgruntled man with a belt of dynamite threatens to blow himself and the squad room ky high unless President Nixon agrees to speak with him; the plumbing goes kaput; Wojo arrests a phony man-of-the-cloth.

  • S02E02 Social Worker

    • September 18, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    Weary of housework, Liz tries her hand at social work, to Barney's dismay; a master forger fascinates Harris.

  • S02E03 The Layoff

    • September 25, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    Barney, Fish and Yemana feel the crunch when a labor layoff forces them to do without Chano, Harris and Wojo; a manicurist goes deeper than the nail; a morose stockbroker takes to petty theft.

  • S02E04 Ambush

    • October 2, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    Yemana is shot in full view of disinterested bystanders, and Barney is offered a job in Florida.

  • S02E05 Heat Wave

    • October 9, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    A wife claims spousal abuse; Wojo and Wentworth are bait for a park rapist.

  • S02E06 Arsonist

    • October 16, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    The precinct is on the lookout for an arsonist; Chano brings in a man who used a deadly weapon on a vending machine.

  • S02E07 Grand Hotel

    • October 23, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    Wojo and Wentworth pose as marrieds in order to bust a burglary ring set in a posh hotel.

  • S02E08 Discovery

    • October 30, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    Marty claims that a member of the 12th is harassing the gay community; the precinct computers think Fish is dead.

  • S02E09 You Dirty Rat

    • November 13, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    Barney smells a rat when two pounds of confiscated marijuana disappears from the evidence locker, and a homeless man spends the night in a department store apparently one of many.

  • S02E10 The Horse Thief

    • November 20, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    A hansom cab owner reports his horse missing. A man assaulted in his hotel room insists he was alone.

  • S02E11 Rain

    • November 27, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    During a very rainy day, the squad must endure both the precinct roof threatening to collapse, and VERY bad Bicentennial jokes from a nightclub comedian-the stationhouse roof literally groaning in response!!

  • S02E12 Fish

    • December 4, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    A glimpse at Detective Fish's home life ensues when the detective decides to go on restricted duty. Steve Landesberg bows as Arthur Dietrich; Doris Belack fills in for Florence Stanley as Bernice Fish.

  • S02E13 Hot Dogs

    • December 11, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    A man is convinced that a photo of Jean Harlow is his missing wife; a pair of lady cops makes an overzealous drug bust.

  • S02E14 Protection

    • December 18, 1975
    • ABC (US)

    The citizenry is in a panic amidst the rumors that the 12th Precinct is being shut down; a repentent hood can't prove that he committed a crime.

  • S02E15 Happy New Year

    • January 8, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    On New Year's Eve, Fish tries to stop a jumper, and Wojo delivers a baby.

  • S02E16 The Sniper

    • January 22, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    A con man is selling charter flights to Saturn; Wojo and Luger are sniper targets.

  • S02E17 Fear of Flying

    • January 29, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    Wojo must escort a bigamist to Cleveland, even though he is (guess!) afraid of flying. Meanwhile,the bigamist's New York wife shows up. Also, a man turns in an unmarked envelope containing $3500 in cash.

  • S02E18 Block Party

    • February 12, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    Wentworth is furious when Chano gets the credit for her bust of an assassin at a block party.

  • S02E19 Massage Parlor

    • February 19, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    Wentworth busts a dime-store cowboy in a massage parlor, and the detectives bust an octogenarian mugger.

  • S02E20 The Psychiatrist

    • February 26, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    A department psychiatrist advises the department to confiscate Wojo's gun.

  • S02E21 The Kid

    • March 6, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    Fish is attracted to the mother of a young mugger; a man is a bit premature to obtain the unclaimed windfall he found on the street.

  • S02E22 The Mole

    • March 18, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    Fish considers an operation; a burglar known as "The Mole" leads Harris and Wojo on a merry chase through the city sewer system. Ron Carey plays the Mole, and returns as Levitt in the next season.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Evacuation

    • September 23, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    Wojo is dismayed to discover that the city doesn't have up-to-date evacuation procedures in the event of an emergency; Fish meets Jilly Pappalardo, a young thief who he will eventually care for in the "Barney" spin-off "Fish."

  • S03E02 Quarantine (1)

    • September 30, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    Wojo brings in a sick perp who collapses on the floor...resulting in the 12th being put under quarantine,with the following personnel present:A lady of the evening [who gets friendly with Fish!], Marty and Mr Driscoll, and of course, Inspector Lugar....

  • S03E03 Quarantine (2)

    • October 7, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    The quarantined 12th Precinct tries to make it through the night: Lugar has a 'talk' with Marty and Daryl Driscoll; and Harris has a loud rant in his sleep.

  • S03E04 Bus Stop

    • October 14, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    Quarters are tight at the 12th when a holdup man is confined with his busload of victims.

  • S03E05 The Election

    • October 21, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    Election Day at the One-Two includes: A woman, being held from voting by her husband, throws a toilet seat into the street to get attention; a shoplifter gets escorted to vote by Wojo, who promptly 'loses' him; and Inspector Lugar comes electioneering for a old time political hack.

  • S03E06 Werewolf

    • October 28, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    A disturbance in the park turns out to be a man who claims to be a werewolf.

  • S03E07 Recluse

    • November 11, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    A latter-day prophet claims the end is near - 5:30, to be precise; a man who hasn't left his apartment since World War II is brought in for refusing to serve jury duty. John Cassisi appears as Victor Kreutzer, a role he would continue to play on "Fish."

  • S03E08 Non-Involvement

    • November 18, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    Barney doesn't see a crime, but Wojo's brought in a man for refusing to aid a mugging victim.

  • S03E09 Power Failure

    • December 9, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    A power failure darkens spirits at the 12th, where they play host to a man with a split personality.

  • S03E10 Christmas Story

    • December 23, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    Wojo wants to tell Yemana that his Christmas Eve date is a call girl; Fish dons a red suit to catch a mugger who's targeting Kris Kringles; Luger fishes for an invitation from Barney for Christmas Day.

  • S03E11 Hash

    • December 30, 1976
    • ABC (US)

    Wojo brings hashish-laced brownies his new girlfriend made to the 12th Precinct, getting the detective squad stoned; while an actor and critic ("natural enemies" says Harris) square off with dueling swords.

  • S03E12 Smog Alert

    • January 6, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    All eyes are on Fish as the city undergoes a first-stage smog alert; an unlikely connection is made between a potential suicide victim and an obscene graffiti artist.

  • S03E13 Community Relations

    • January 13, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    An evicted tenant greets a landlord with a musket; Barney's charged with harassment when he books a blind shoplifter.

  • S03E14 The RAND Report

    • January 20, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Rather than return one week per month to uniformed patrol, Wojo quits the force.

  • S03E15 Fire '77

    • January 27, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    The 12th may go up in smoke, to the delight of a suicidal couple.

  • S03E16 The Abduction

    • February 3, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Barney has his hands full with a couple who want his assistance with their cult-influenced daughter, and Nick's bookie who's arrested for his efforts.

  • S03E17 Sex Surrogate

    • February 10, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Weary of waiting for promotion, Levitt announces that he's quitting the force; Barney investigates a sex clinic that borders on brothel status; Harris investigates a rash of crimes ostensibly committed by a juvenile.

  • S03E18 Moonlighting

    • February 17, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Barney discovers that Harris has been moonlighting; Dietrich arrests a priest who's fencing stolen goods; a racketeer is using a retarded boy as an assistant.

  • S03E19 Asylum

    • February 24, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Marty is picked up for parole violation with a half ounce of marijuana; Wojo prematurely grants a Russian defector asylum.

  • S03E20 Group Home

    • March 10, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Yemana assists a bigoted Army officer when a bomber threatens a recruiting facility; it's Fish's turn for mugging detail as Victor and Jilly resurface with Bernice in tow.

  • S03E21 Strike (1)

    • March 24, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    An impending strike is on everyone's mind, except the woman who was robbed by her computer date. (Part 1 of 2)

  • S03E22 Strike (2)

    • March 31, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Barney and Inspector Luger man the fort alone when the detectives go out on strike.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Goodbye, Mr. Fish (1)

    • September 15, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    A neighborhood vigilante group runs amok, and Fish is AWOL on the day of his retirement.

  • S04E02 Goodbye, Mr. Fish (2)

    • September 22, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Fish finally shows up for work, but refuses to acknowledge his mandatory retirement.

  • S04E03 Bugs

    • September 29, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Listening devices discovered in the squad room may have come from Internal Affairs - or the Nixon administration!

  • S04E04 Corporation

    • October 6, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    A quixotic environmentalist faces the high-priced lawyer hired by the chemical plant he's been assaulting.

  • S04E05 Burial

    • October 20, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Retired Sergeant Fish returns to assist Barney in locating a pilfered corpse.

  • S04E06 Copy Cat

    • October 27, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Yemana scours the TV Guide to try to second-guess the felon who's aping the prime-time lineup crime shows; a drunk forgets the most important element in a hold-up - a weapon.

  • S04E07 Blizzard

    • November 3, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    A blizzard holes up the 12th with an unwelcome guest--a corpse; a self-proclaimed prophet is sure that the weather is indicative of a new ice age.

  • S04E08 Chase

    • November 17, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    A taxi company is irate when Wojo totals a borrowed cab while pursuing a robbery suspect; Lieutenant Scanlon tries to ferret out 12th Precinct corruption with a drug pusher.

  • S04E09 Thanksgiving Story

    • November 24, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    The detectives clean up after three mental patients sit down to Thanksgiving dinner at an automat.

  • S04E10 The Tunnel

    • December 1, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Wojo is buried alive after a tunnel collapses on a burglar burrowing towards the diamond exchange; a homeless Harris is combing Manhattan for a new apartment.

  • S04E11 Atomic Bomb

    • December 15, 1977
    • ABC (US)

    Neither the bomb squad nor the government recognizes a college student's physics project as a functional atomic bomb - but Detective Dietrich does.

  • S04E12 The Bank

    • January 5, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    A man charges a sperm bank with murder after the lab unwittingly destroys the man's last sample.

  • S04E13 The Ghost

    • January 12, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    The detectives are unimpressed with a man who claims he's being visited by a poltergeist - that is, until they lock the man up and strange events begin occurring about the squad room.

  • S04E14 Appendicitis

    • January 19, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Yemana is hospitalized with appendicitis; the cage is a stopping-off place for a sugar addict and an aging bounty hunter.

  • S04E15 Rape

    • January 26, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    The city legalizes off-track gambling, to the delight of Yemana; a woman wants her husband arrested on a rape charge; a master of disguise perpetuates a crime spree.

  • S04E16 Eviction (1)

    • February 2, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Barney puts his career on the line by refusing to forcibly evict the tenants of a condemned hotel, while Lugar tries to figure out what to do with his vacation time.

  • S04E17 Eviction (2)

    • February 9, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    The hotel situation now involves a SWAT team, while Dietrich learns the identity of his amnesic "girlfriend."

  • S04E18 Wojo's Problem

    • February 23, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Wojo comes to Barney with a problem his superior would rather not know about; the 12th's new female detective has a very jealous husband, suspicious of her all-male co-workers; somehow a shoplifter escapes - in a wheelchair.

  • S04E19 'Quo Vadis?'

    • March 2, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Barney uncovers, if you will, the real reason behind a woman's vehement insistence that a nude-painting exhibit at a local art gallery be shut down; the Millers may be heading for divorce.

  • S04E20 Hostage

    • March 23, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Harris finally finds an apartment in the Village; a ventriloquist insists he's not responsible for his dummy's insensitive remarks; a prisoner holds the boys at gunpoint.

  • S04E21 Evaluation

    • May 4, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    The members of the squad nervously await Barney filling out their evaluation forms. Meanwhile, Harris arrests a numerologist who will only give his name as "1223," and a porno shop reporting vandalism turns out to be a mom and pop operation being hassled by their kids.

  • S04E22 The Sighting

    • May 11, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    A man liquidates all of his assets into gold, much to his wife's dismay; Wojo claims he saw a UFO over Staten Island.

  • S04E23 Inauguration

    • May 18, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Harris does some extensive soul searching when he's offered a job on the mayor's security team.

Season 5

  • S05E01 Kidnapping (1)

    • September 14, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    A political activist abducts a department store magnate; Wojo arrests a prostitute and her Arkansan business manager.

  • S05E02 Kidnapping (2)

    • September 14, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Wojo delivers the ransom money for the department store owner, while the prostitute charms both Wojo and the victim's nebbish son.

  • S05E03 The Search

    • September 21, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    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.

  • S05E04 Dog Days

    • September 28, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    The German Shepherd that bit Wojo may be rabid; Barney and Liz prepare for their impending separation.

  • S05E05 The Baby Broker

    • October 5, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    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.

  • S05E06 Accusation

    • October 12, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    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.

  • S05E07 The Prisoner

    • October 19, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    A released prisoner can't adjust to civilian life; the widow of a cat burglar elects to perpetuate the family business.

  • S05E08 Loan Shark

    • November 2, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    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

  • S05E09 The Vandal

    • November 9, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    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.

  • S05E10 The Harris Incident

    • November 30, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    A stockbroker leaves Wall Street to become a beggar; a rookie cop, assuming Harris to be a felon, shoots at him.

  • S05E11 The Radical

    • December 7, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    Luger faces off against a 60s radical, and Harris arrests a portly second story man.

  • S05E12 Toys

    • December 14, 1978
    • ABC (US)

    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.

  • S05E13 The Indian

    • January 4, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    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.

  • S05E14 Voice Analyzer

    • January 11, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    Lieutenant Scanlon returns, this time attempting to ferret out corruption with a lie detector; Barney is suspicious of a furrier's robbery report.

  • S05E15 The Spy

    • January 18, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    A paranoid spy holds the precinct house at bay; the men bring in a disorderly mime.

  • S05E16 Wojo's Girl (1)

    • January 25, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    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.

  • S05E17 Wojo's Girl (2)

    • January 25, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    Wojo struggles to co-habitate with his ex-prostitute girlfriend.

  • S05E18 Middle Age

    • February 1, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    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.

  • S05E19 The Counterfeiter

    • February 8, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    Harris milks a wily counterfeiter for his life story; a man takes exception to a plastic surgeon's work on his wife.

  • S05E20 Open House

    • February 15, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    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.

  • S05E21 Identity

    • March 1, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    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.

  • S05E22 Computer Crime

    • March 15, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    A computer firm has difficulty retrieving embezzled funds; an educated young man claims to be under the influence of a voodoo curse.

  • S05E23 Graveyard Shift

    • May 10, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    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.

  • S05E24 Jack Soo: A Retrospective

    • May 17, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    The cast step out of character to offer a tribute to Jack Soo, who died during the show's fifth season.

Season 6

  • S06E01 Inquisition

    • September 13, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    When an anonymous letter identifies a member of the 12th Precinct as a homosexual, it buys the boys a visit from Lieutenant Scanlon, who proceeds to make a witch hunt out of his search for the author. Meanwhile, a disgruntled shopper takes a fire axe to an elevator's MUZAK machine.

  • S06E02 The Photographer

    • September 20, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    A tranquil prisoner claims to be Jesus Christ, which is timely for the drug dealer caught with an impressive stash; an elderly mugger poses as a photographer to ensnare lonely women.

  • S06E03 Vacation

    • September 27, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    A string of false alarms suggests that a sniper may be after a cop, but the detectives are preoccupied with Barney's posted vacation schedules and the case of a man who won't donate a kidney to his ailing brother.

  • S06E04 The Brother

    • October 4, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    A visiting monk opts for a quick dalliance with a lady of the streets; Barney discovers to his horror that Dietrich may not be cut out for mugging detail; especially since it must be done in drag.

  • S06E05 The Slave

    • October 18, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    Harris bristles when he learns that the Burmese chauffeur being booked for a traffic accident is actually an indentured servant.

  • S06E06 Strip Joint

    • November 1, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    A bookstore owner is infuriated when a strip club opens near his place of business; and man is convinced that he is on the verge of spontaneous combustion.

  • S06E07 The Bird

    • November 8, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    Harris' book publication hits a snag when Dietrich refuses to sign a release; a suicide hot line operator becomes suicidal; the clerk that sold Wojo a sick bird changes his strict no-return policy when he learns that the detective is a cop.

  • S06E08 The Desk

    • November 22, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    A former master criminal becomes a walking zombie following his lobotomy; a man is unable to use the telephone after being mugged because he's Amish. Jeff Corey, who appeared previously as "The Prisoner," was a renowned acting teacher.

  • S06E09 The Judge

    • December 6, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    A judge provides an attorney with the ultimate over-ruling; a gavel on the noggin; the crimes reported by a lonely woman emanate from daytime television soap operas.

  • S06E10 The DNA Story

    • December 13, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    The detectives search for a missing viral strain stolen from a lab; a woman is convinced that her husband is actually a clone.

  • S06E11 The Dentist

    • December 27, 1979
    • ABC (US)

    One man's hands are a musical instrument to himself and a nuisance to others; a detective goes undercover to trap a dentist with wandering instruments.

  • S06E12 People's Court

    • January 3, 1980
    • ABC (US)

    Weary of an uncooperative populace, a census taker goes to drastic measures to make a head count; beleaguered apartment dwellers band together and capture a burglar.

  • S06E13 Vanished (1)

    • January 10, 1980
    • ABC (US)

    Vagrant Ray returns to report his fellow bums' disappearances; a woman wishes to have a child with a surrogate and is focusing in on Dietrich and Wojo.

  • S06E14 Vanished (2)

    • January 17, 1980
    • ABC (US)

    Harris disappears while undercover as a vagrant; Luger elects to be demoted rather than to retire.

  • S06E15 The Child Stealers

    • January 24, 1980
    • ABC (US)

    A self-proclaimed time traveler tells Harris to fine tune his stock portfolio; Marty's divrorced gentleman friend Mr. Driscoll attempts to reclaim his son by abducting him from the playground.

  • S06E16 Guns

    • January 31, 1980
    • ABC (US)

    Wojo fears that a despondent Luger is planning to do himself in; a man seeking to reclaim his television set robs the police vault; a rash of bizarre robberies leads to an eccentric gun collector.

  • S06E17 Uniform Days

    • February 7, 1980
    • ABC (US)

    The cops observe the annual department-mandated ritual of wearing their uniforms - except for Harris who shows up in his usual natty street clothes.

  • S06E18 Dietrich's Arrest (1)

    • February 28, 1980
    • ABC (US)

    A lottery winner dispenses of the prize money by tossing it out a window; Sgt. Dietrich is arrested for his off-duty participation at an anti-nuclear rally; Barney discovers he can't afford his condo-converted apartment.

  • S06E19 Dietrich's Arrest (2)

    • March 6, 1980
    • ABC (US)

    Harris gets the unenviable task of booking his colleague Dietrich, whose arrest prompts a visit from Internal Affairs; meanwhile, a nuclear engineer is brought in for dousing the participants with atomic water.

  • S06E20 The Architect

    • March 27, 1980
    • ABC (US)

    A disgruntled architect decides to improve on his building--by blowing it up.

  • S06E21 The Inventor

    • May 1, 1980
    • ABC (US)

    The squad tries hypnosis to uncover the name of a felon that Wojo has forgotten; an inventor steals the plans for his own creation.

  • S06E22 Fog

    • May 8, 1980
    • ABC (US)

    Barney is down in the dumps when he is passed over again for deputy inspector

Season 7

  • S07E01 Homicide (1)

    • October 30, 1980
    • ABC (US)

    When the NYPD restructures its precincts as specialty squads, Luger pulls some strings and gets the 12th assigned as a homicide squad. Business is good; a man murders his barber, and a woman hires a hit man to kill her husband, and then changes her mind.

  • S07E02 Homicide (2)

    • November 6, 1980
    • ABC (US)

    Harris woos the precinct's crime photographer, while Dietrich tracks down the hit man's intended target; Barney's frustration boils over when the new homicide-only edict results in the death of an old friend.

  • S07E03 The Delegate

    • November 13, 1980
    • ABC (US)

    A drunk and disorderly turns out to be a delegate from the 1976 Democratic convention; Barney discovers a problem with the newly assigned Officer Nash - he's not a cop.

  • S07E04 Dorsey

    • November 27, 1980
    • ABC (US)

    The new detective is convinced that his compatriots are on the take and asks to be dealt out.

  • S07E05 Agent Orange

    • December 11, 1980
    • ABC (US)

    Another domestic dispute at the Brauer household occurs when their apartment building becomes "clothing optional"; Wojo takes a personal interest in the plight of a fellow vet whose crime spree may be a result of the Agent Orange chemical.

  • S07E06 Call Girl

    • December 18, 1980
    • ABC (US)

    Dorsey takes a protective stance to a young prostitute; Harris is getting stock tips from another one; and Dietrich is tempted by all of them as he experiments with celibacy.

  • S07E07 Resignation

    • January 8, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    Dietrich, stricken with guilt when he shoots a felon, tenders his resignation; a playwright assaults an incompetent actor.

  • S07E08 Field Associate

    • January 15, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    Someone is sending specific information on transgressions of the men to Internal Affairs; Harris sets up a reunion between an elderly cat burglar and the wife who reported him missing years ago.

  • S07E09 Movie (1)

    • January 22, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    Harris is assigned to direct a pornographic movie; an old-time radio newsman assaults a vacuous television anchor.

  • S07E10 Movie (2)

    • January 29, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    A blind mugging victim and an overzealous charity collector are among the disparate audience members at the screening of Harris' overbudget film.

  • S07E11 The Psychic

    • February 5, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    An accused mugger claims that he was answering a psychic vision; a language professor takes vandalistic umbrage to a grammatically incorrect billboard.

  • S07E12 Stormy Weather

    • February 12, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    A deaf woman is arrested for prostitution; Barney anxiously awaits news of Wojo, who dived into the Hudson River in pursuit of a looter.

  • S07E13 The Librarian

    • February 19, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    A serious tone pervades this episode about a gypsy and his harassment of the owner of a novelty store; on the lighter side, a librarian takes extreme measures to ensure quiet amongst the stacks.

  • S07E14 Rachel

    • February 26, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    Ripner is suing Harris over the lawyer's portrayal in the detective's novel; Wojo asks Barney's daughter out on a date; a sporting-goods storeowner takes the law in his own hands.

  • S07E15 Contempt (1)

    • March 12, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    A restaurant may have refused a man service because of his appearance; Barney won't name an informant so he's charged with contempt of court.

  • S07E16 Contempt (2)

    • March 19, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    When Barney spends the night in jail, the squad room is left in the natty hands of Sergeant Harris.

  • S07E17 The Doll

    • March 26, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    An expensive doll is abducted for ransom; a man claims he was swindled in exchange for a ticket on the space shuttle; Luger informs Barney that he's in his will.

  • S07E18 Lady and the Bomb

    • April 9, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    The verdict is in on the Harris/Ripner libel suit, and a woman threatens to blow up the squad room with a homemade bomb. What better time for Detective Fish to drop by for a visit?

  • S07E19 Riot

    • April 30, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    Luger takes a small disturbance with the Hassidic community and turns it into a full-scale riot; the squad discovers a survivalist couple setting up housekeeping in the sewers.

  • S07E20 The Vests

    • May 7, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    The detectives are reluctant to wear their new bulletproof vests; Luger interviews them in case of the need for a quick obituary.

  • S07E21 The Rainmaker

    • May 14, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    The officers arrest a rainmaker, only discover that he was hired by the drought-ridden city; Wojo, Harris and Dietrich each consider a job opening in vice.

  • S07E22 Liquidation

    • May 21, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    Harris is forced to liquidate his possessions to pay off his lawsuit.

Season 8

  • S08E01 Paternity

    • October 29, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    Wojo's proven innocent of a paternity suit, but at a cost; a beauty queen is robbed; an irate theater patron vandalizes the theater.

  • S08E02 Advancement

    • November 5, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    Luger wants Barney to pen a letter for his mail-order bride; a lottery winner seeks revenge when the ticket seller loses his winning entry; Harris gets a new book deal.

  • S08E03 The Car

    • November 12, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    A car thief's conscience gets the better of him ... after twenty-five years; Levitt saves a child from a precarious fate; an overzealous sanitation officer goes to extremes.

  • S08E04 Possession

    • November 19, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    A husband is assaulted for forcing his wife into designer jeans; a disorderly conduct report leads to a man who swears he's possessed by an evil spirit.

  • S08E05 Stress Analyzer

    • November 26, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    A job fair brings out the worst in a Peace Corps recruiter; Dietrich volunteers for a department stress experiment.

  • S08E06 Games

    • December 10, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    A manufacturer of computer game processors is accused of espionage; a WAC supplements her income on the street.

  • S08E07 Homeless

    • December 17, 1981
    • ABC (US)

    The 12th is overrun with homeless vagrants on Christmas; a greeting-card writer snaps; a cattle prod is the weapon of choice for a local merchant.

  • S08E08 The Tontine

    • January 7, 1982
    • ABC (US)

    The penultimate survivor of a tontine attempts suicide in order to concede the money to his cousin.

  • S08E09 Examination Day

    • January 14, 1982
    • ABC (US)

    The detectives don uniforms while Levitt and the others take sergeant's exams; Luger, working with the squad, is overly rough with a collar, and later with Barney.

  • S08E10 The Clown

    • January 21, 1982
    • ABC (US)

    Street clowns fall prey to a serial mugger; a hundred inmates are sneaked out of holding in the middle of the night.

  • S08E11 Chinatown (1)

    • February 4, 1982
    • ABC (US)

    A murder witness is uncooperative, so he, Harris and Dietrich are forced to share an apartment in seclusion until he talks; Lieutenant Scanlon falls for a wealthy mugging victim.

  • S08E12 Chinatown (2)

    • February 11, 1982
    • ABC (US)

    Unless he confesses soon, Harris and Dietrich's unwilling roommate may witness another murder. Meanwhile, harassment charges are pressed against Lieutenant Scanlon.

  • S08E13 Hunger Strike

    • February 18, 1982
    • ABC (US)

    Dietrich aids an elderly psychiatric patient who may be speaking a foreign language; a nuclear activist goes on a hunger strike to end nuclear arms; Barney declines a deputy inspector nomination.

  • S08E14 Arrival

    • February 25, 1982
    • ABC (US)

    Luger's mail-order bride arrives; an elderly woman mugs a man.

  • S08E15 Obituary

    • March 11, 1982
    • ABC (US)

    A newspaper obituary causes a stir when the subject turns up alive; the detectives snag a modern-day chicken thief.

  • S08E16 Inquiry

    • March 26, 1982
    • ABC (US)

    Internal Affairs is called in when a charge of excessive force is leveled against Wojo; an angry parent takes action when his child is declined admission into an exclusive kindergarten.

  • S08E17 Old Love

    • April 2, 1982
    • ABC (US)

    Dietrich's old flame pays a visit; a former child actor clubs an agent with a telephone.

  • S08E18 Altercation

    • April 9, 1982
    • ABC (US)

    Harris and Arnold come to blows; a mugging victim confesses to a twenty-five year old crush on Barney.

  • S08E19 Bones

    • April 29, 1982
    • ABC (US)

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

  • S08E20 Landmark (1)

    • May 6, 1982
    • ABC (US)

    Wojo's discover of an ancient weapon puts the 12th Precinct up for sale.

  • S08E21 Landmark (2)

    • May 13, 1982
    • ABC (US)

    The 12th Precinct is sold; Dietrich arrests the head of a crime school; Luger tries to duck out on his mail-order bride.

  • S08E22 Landmark (3)

    • May 20, 1982
    • ABC (US)

    Friends, foes and felons alike drop by to pay their last respects as the detectives prepare to leave for new assignments; Harris contemplates his resignation when he's assigned to Flushing Meadows; Barney recalls friends departed before he turns out the squad room lights for the last time.

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