Barney Miller: Season 5

Episode 1: Kidnapping (1) 1978-09-14 A political activist abducts a department store magnate; Wojo arrests a prostitute and her Arkansan business manager. Episode 2: Kidnapping (2) 1978-09-14 Wojo delivers the ransom money for the department store owner, while the prostitute charms both Wojo and the victim's nebbish son. Episode 3: The Search 1978-09-21 | 30 min 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. Episode 4: Dog Days 1978-09-28 | 30 min The German Shepherd that bit Wojo may be rabid; Barney and Liz prepare for their impending separation. Episode 5: The Baby Broker 1978-10-05 | 30 min 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. Episode 6: Accusation 1978-10-12 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. Episode 7: The Prisoner 1978-10-19 A released prisoner can't adjust to civilian life; the widow of a cat burglar elects to perpetuate the family business. Episode 8: Loan Shark 1978-11-02 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 Episode 9: The Vandal 1978-11-09 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. Episode 10: The Harris Incident 1978-11-30 A stockbroker leaves Wall Street to become a beggar; a rookie cop, assuming Harris to be a felon, shoots at him. Episode 11: The Radical 1978-12-07 Luger faces off against a 60s radical, and Harris arrests a portly second story man. Episode 12: Toys 1978-12-14 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. Episode 13: The Indian 1979-01-04 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. Episode 14: Voice Analyzer 1979-01-11 Lieutenant Scanlon returns, this time attempting to ferret out corruption with a lie detector; Barney is suspicious of a furrier's robbery report. Episode 15: The Spy 1979-01-18 A paranoid spy holds the precinct house at bay; the men bring in a disorderly mime. Episode 16: Wojo's Girl (1) 1979-01-25 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. Episode 17: Wojo's Girl (2) 1979-01-25 Wojo struggles to co-habitate with his ex-prostitute girlfriend. Episode 18: Middle Age 1979-02-01 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. Episode 19: The Counterfeiter 1979-02-08 Harris milks a wily counterfeiter for his life story; a man takes exception to a plastic surgeon's work on his wife. Episode 20: Open House 1979-02-15 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. Episode 21: Identity 1979-03-01 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. Episode 22: Computer Crime 1979-03-15 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 1979-05-10 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. Episode 24: Jack Soo, a Retrospective 1979-05-17 The cast step out of character to offer a tribute to Jack Soo, who died during the show's fifth season.