Episode
Barney Miller: The Harris Incident
Overview
A stockbroker leaves Wall Street to become a beggar; a rookie cop, assuming Harris to be a felon, shoots at him.
Details
- Series
- Barney Miller
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 1978-11-30
Episode context
The Harris Incident is Episode 10 in Season 5 of Barney Miller. It aired on 1978-11-30.
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Episode 8: Loan Shark
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 12: Toys
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 7: The Prisoner
A released prisoner can't adjust to civilian life; the widow of a cat burglar elects to perpetuate the family business.
Episode 13: The Indian
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 6: Accusation
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 14: Voice Analyzer
Lieutenant Scanlon returns, this time attempting to ferret out corruption with a lie detector; Barney is suspicious of a furrier's robbery report.
Episode 5: The Baby Broker
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 15: The Spy
A paranoid spy holds the precinct house at bay; the men bring in a disorderly mime.
Episode 4: Dog Days
The German Shepherd that bit Wojo may be rabid; Barney and Liz prepare for their impending separation.
Episode 16: Wojo's Girl (1)
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.