Episode
Barney Miller: Hunger Strike
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Barney Miller
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1982-02-18
Episode context
Hunger Strike is Episode 13 in Season 8 of Barney Miller. It aired on 1982-02-18.
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