Episode
Barney Miller: Doomsday
Overview
A disgruntled man with a belt of dynamite threatens to blow himself and the squad room sky high unless President Nixon agrees to speak with him; the plumbing goes kaput; Wojo arrests a phony man-of-the-cloth.
Details
- Series
- Barney Miller
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 1975-09-11
Episode context
Doomsday is Episode 1 in Season 2 of Barney Miller. It aired on 1975-09-11.
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Episode 3: The Layoff
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.
Episode 4: Ambush
Yemana is shot in full view of disinterested bystanders, and Barney is offered a job in Florida.
Episode 5: Heat Wave
A wife claims spousal abuse; Wojo and Wentworth are bait for a park rapist.
Episode 6: The Arsonist
The precinct is on the lookout for an arsonist; Chano brings in a man who used a deadly weapon on a vending machine.
Episode 7: Hotel
Wojo and Wentworth pose as marrieds in order to bust a burglary ring set in a posh hotel.
Episode 8: Discovery
Marty claims that a member of the 12th is harassing the gay community; the precinct computers think Fish is dead.
Episode 9: You Dirty Rat
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.
Episode 10: Horse Thief
A hansom cab owner reports his horse missing. A man assaulted in his hotel room insists he was alone.
Episode 11: Rain
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!!
Episode 12: Fish
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.