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Barney Miller

Season 5

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Episode 11978-09-14

Kidnapping (1)

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

Episode 21978-09-14

Kidnapping (2)

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

Episode 330 min1978-09-21

The Search

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 430 min1978-09-28

Dog Days

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

Episode 530 min1978-10-05

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 61978-10-12

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 71978-10-19

The Prisoner

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

Episode 81978-11-02

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 91978-11-09

The Vandal

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 101978-11-30

The Harris Incident

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

Episode 111978-12-07

The Radical

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

Episode 121978-12-14

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 131979-01-04

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 141979-01-11

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 151979-01-18

The Spy

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

Episode 161979-01-25

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.

Episode 171979-01-25

Wojo's Girl (2)

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

Episode 181979-02-01

Middle Age

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 191979-02-08

The Counterfeiter

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

Episode 201979-02-15

Open House

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 211979-03-01

Identity

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.