Episode
Barney Miller: People's Court
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Barney Miller
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1980-01-03
Episode context
People's Court is Episode 12 in Season 6 of Barney Miller. It aired on 1980-01-03.
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Episode 11: The Dentist
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.
Episode 13: Vanished (1)
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.
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Episode 14: Vanished (2)
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Episode 15: The Child Stealers
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Episode 8: The Desk
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Episode 16: Guns
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.
Episode 7: The Bird
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Episode 17: Uniform Days
The cops observe the annual department-mandated ritual of wearing their uniforms - except for Harris who shows up in his usual natty street clothes.
Episode 6: Strip Joint
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Episode 18: Dietrich's Arrest (1)
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.