Barney Miller — Season 5

Aired 14 September 1978

A political activist abducts a department store magnate; Wojo arrests a prostitute and her Arkansan business manager.

Aired 14 September 1978

Wojo delivers the ransom money for the department store owner, while the prostitute charms both Wojo and the victim's nebbish son.

Aired 21 September 1978 • 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.

Aired 28 September 1978 • 30 min

The German Shepherd that bit Wojo may be rabid; Barney and Liz prepare for their impending separation.

Aired 5 October 1978 • 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.

Aired 12 October 1978

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.

Aired 19 October 1978

A released prisoner can't adjust to civilian life; the widow of a cat burglar elects to perpetuate the family business.

Aired 2 November 1978

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

Aired 9 November 1978

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.

Aired 30 November 1978

A stockbroker leaves Wall Street to become a beggar; a rookie cop, assuming Harris to be a felon, shoots at him.

Aired 7 December 1978

Luger faces off against a 60s radical, and Harris arrests a portly second story man.

Aired 14 December 1978

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.

Aired 4 January 1979

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.

Aired 11 January 1979

Lieutenant Scanlon returns, this time attempting to ferret out corruption with a lie detector; Barney is suspicious of a furrier's robbery report.

Aired 18 January 1979

A paranoid spy holds the precinct house at bay; the men bring in a disorderly mime.

Aired 25 January 1979

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.

Aired 25 January 1979

Wojo struggles to co-habitate with his ex-prostitute girlfriend.

Aired 1 February 1979

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.

Aired 8 February 1979

Harris milks a wily counterfeiter for his life story; a man takes exception to a plastic surgeon's work on his wife.

Aired 15 February 1979

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.

Aired 1 March 1979

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.

Aired 15 March 1979

A computer firm has difficulty retrieving embezzled funds; an educated young man claims to be under the influence of a voodoo curse.

Aired 10 May 1979

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.

Aired 17 May 1979

The cast step out of character to offer a tribute to Jack Soo, who died during the show's fifth season.