Season of television series
| Barney Miller | |
|---|---|
| Season 5 | |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 14, 1978 (1978-09-14) – May 17, 1979 (1979-05-17) |
| Season chronology | |
| ← Previous Season 4Next → Season 6 | |
| List of episodes | |
This is a list of episodes from the fifth season of Barney Miller.
Broadcast history
The season originally aired Thursdays at 9:00-9:30 pm (EST).
Episodes
See also: List of Barney Miller episodes| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81–82 | 1–2 | "Kidnapping" | Noam Pitlik | Danny Arnold, Reinhold Weege & Tony Sheehan | September 14, 1978 (1978-09-14) | |
| The children of a kidnapped merchant request a quick investigation and Wojo is annoyed by the friendly attitude of a prostitute he's booking. | ||||||
| 83 | 3 | "The Search" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Bob Colleary Teleplay by : Bob Colleary & Tony Sheehan | September 21, 1978 (1978-09-21) | |
| Harris shaves off his moustache in order to play a female decoy to catch a mugger, while a woman claims that a man is her father who's been missing since her birth. | ||||||
| 84 | 4 | "Dog Days" | Noam Pitlik | Reinhold Weege | September 28, 1978 (1978-09-28) | |
| While breaking up a dog-fighting ring, Wojo is bitten by a German shepherd that may have rabies. | ||||||
| 85 | 5 | "The Baby Broker" | Noam Pitlik | Tony Sheehan | October 5, 1978 (1978-10-05) | |
| The cops meet a lawyer who specializes in the selling of unborn babies when a couple are arrested while trying to prevent a pregnant woman from going home to Germany. | ||||||
| 86 | 6 | "Accusation" | Max Gail | Wally Dalton & Shelley Zellman | October 12, 1978 (1978-10-12) | |
| Dietrich is accused of lewd conduct and assault by a lovelorn woman. | ||||||
| 87 | 7 | "The Prisoner" | Noam Pitlik | Reinhold Weege, Wally Dalton & Shelley Zellman | October 19, 1978 (1978-10-19) | |
| A parolee breaks the law just to get back in jail, while the widow of a cat burglar continues her husband's work. | ||||||
| 88 | 8 | "Loan Shark" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Judith Anne Nielsen, Richard William Beban, Mario Roccuzzo & Bob Colleary Teleplay by : Tony Sheehan | November 2, 1978 (1978-11-02) | |
| Harris deals with a teenage loan shark, while Yemana makes a fuss about his lowly status after twenty years on the job. | ||||||
| 89 | 9 | "The Vandal" | Noam Pitlik | Dennis Koenig & Tony Sheehan | November 9, 1978 (1978-11-09) | |
| Someone with a grudge against Barney has vandalized the 12th Precinct squadroom...and Levitt is a suspect: Final appearance of Nick Yemana portrayed by Jack Soo who died of cancer January 11, 1979. | ||||||
| 90 | 10 | "The Harris Incident" | Noam Pitlik | Reinhold Weege, Wally Dalton & Shelley Zellman | November 30, 1978 (1978-11-30) | |
| While trying to arrest a robbery suspect Harris is shot at by uniformed cops, and the reasons for the mistake, racial profiling, puts him on edge. An out-of-work Wall Street stockbroker is arrested for begging, which turns out to be a shock to his wife. | ||||||
| 91 | 11 | "The Radical" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Lee H. Grant Teleplay by : Tony Sheehan | December 7, 1978 (1978-12-07) | |
| Luger collapses with chest pains while arguing with a former radical who's been captured after nine years underground. | ||||||
| 92 | 12 | "Toys" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Wally Dalton & Shelley Zellman Teleplay by : Wally Dalton & Shelley Zellman & Tony Sheehan | December 14, 1978 (1978-12-14) | |
| At Christmastime, Barney has to deal not only with feuding toy sellers and a claustrophobic thief, but also with his separation from his wife. | ||||||
| 93 | 13 | "The Indian" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Richard William Beban, Judith Anne Nielsen & Reinhold Weege Teleplay by : Reinhold Weege | January 4, 1979 (1979-01-04) | |
| Wojo expresses his concern for an elderly Indian who's decided to die, while Harris helps out a woman whose shoes were stolen off of her feet. | ||||||
| 94 | 14 | "Voice Analyzer" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : James Bonnet Teleplay by : James Bonnet & Reinhold Weege | January 11, 1979 (1979-01-11) | |
| Lt. Scanlon of Internal Affairs probes the 12th Precinct with a voice analyzer...and the results prove quite interesting. | ||||||
| 95 | 15 | "The Spy" | Noam Pitlik | Tony Sheehan | January 18, 1979 (1979-01-18) | |
| A former C.I.A. agent thinks the squadroom and everyone in it (including civilians) are part of an Agency plot against him. | ||||||
| 96–97 | 16–17 | "Wojo's Girl" | Noam Pitlik | Tony Sheehan & Danny Arnold | January 25, 1979 (1979-01-25) | |
| Wojo's new girlfriend wants to move in with him, which scares him. (This episode was a backdoor pilot for a spin-off show that would focus on a different member of the squad's life outside the precinct - however, it was not picked up) | ||||||
| 98 | 18 | "Middle Age" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Wally Dalton & Shelley Zellman Teleplay by : Reinhold Weege & Danny Arnold | February 1, 1979 (1979-02-01) | |
| Barney is feeling the middle-age blues, especially now that he has to wear glasses, while the detectives search for a mugger targeting Hasidic jewelers. | ||||||
| 99 | 19 | "The Counterfeiter" | Max Gail | Reinhold Weege, Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein | February 8, 1979 (1979-02-08) | |
| Harris pursues a counterfeiter, while Luger, recovered from his heart attack, goes to Barney for some life (and love) advice. | ||||||
| 100 | 20 | "Open House" | Noam Pitlik | Tony Sheehan, Wally Dalton & Shelley Zellman | February 15, 1979 (1979-02-15) | |
| The precinct's open house is attended only by derelicts, while a psychiatrist is reluctant to reveal the name of an arson suspect. | ||||||
| 101 | 21 | "Identity" | Noam Pitlik | Tom Reeder | March 1, 1979 (1979-03-01) | |
| An air-traffic controller is brought into the station for trying to kill Harris, while a robber begs not to be locked up. | ||||||
| 102 | 22 | "Computer Crime" | Max Gail | Story by : Dennis Koenig & Calvin Kelly Teleplay by : Calvin Kelly | March 15, 1979 (1979-03-15) | |
| A citizen believes he's been cursed by a witch. An employee of a brokerage firm is arrested for embezzlement. | ||||||
| 103 | 23 | "Graveyard Shift" | Noam Pitlik | Tony Sheehan | May 10, 1979 (1979-05-10) | |
| Season finale episode. During the graveyard shift, the station receives bomb threats and Harris tapes conversations for a book he's writing. | ||||||
| 104 | 24 | "Jack Soo, a Retrospective" | Noam Pitlik | (Unlisted) | May 17, 1979 (1979-05-17) | |
| An unscripted memorial episode where the actors are out of character, made as a tribute to Jack Soo, who played detective Nick Yemana. Soo died midway through the season. | ||||||