The Best Episodes Directed By Noam Pitlik

#1 - Harry and the Madam

Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1984

Harry feels a lot of official pressure when a notorious madame with a hot diary comes before his bench.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Reinhold Weege

#2 - Atomic Bomb

Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/1977

Neither the bomb squad nor the government recognizes a college student's physics project as a functional atomic bomb - but Detective Dietrich does.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Reinhold Weege

#3 - The Bank

Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/1978

A man charges a sperm bank with murder after the lab unwittingly destroys the man's last sample.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Tony Sheehan

#4 - Appendicitis

Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/19/1978

Yemana is hospitalized with appendicitis; the cage is a stopping-off place for a sugar addict and an aging bounty hunter.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Tony Sheehan

#5 - Eviction (1)

Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/2/1978

Barney puts his career on the line by refusing to forcibly evict the tenants of a condemned hotel, while Lugar tries to figure out what to do with his vacation time.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Reinhold Weege

#6 - Eviction (2)

Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/9/1978

The hotel situation now involves a SWAT team, while Dietrich learns the identity of his amnesic ""girlfriend.""

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Reinhold Weege

#7 - Guns

Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/1980

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.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Tony Sheehan

#8 - Uniform Days

Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 2/7/1980

The cops observe the annual department-mandated ritual of wearing their uniforms - except for Harris who shows up in his usual natty street clothes.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: N/A

#9 - Dietrich's Arrest (1)

Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/1980

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.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Tony Sheehan

#10 - Dietrich's Arrest (2)

Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 3/6/1980

Harris gets the unenviable task of booking his colleague Dietrich, whose arrest prompts a visit from Internal Affairs; meanwhile, a nuclear engineer is brought in for dousing the participants with atomic water.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Tony Sheehan

#11 - Hash

Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/30/1976

Wojo brings hashish-laced brownies his new girlfriend made to the 12th Precinct, getting the detective squad stoned; while an actor and critic (""natural enemies"" says Harris) square off with dueling swords.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: N/A

#12 - Rape

Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/26/1978

The city legalizes off-track gambling, to the delight of Yemana; a woman wants her husband arrested on a rape charge; a master of disguise perpetuates a crime spree.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: N/A

#13 - The Baby Broker

Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1978

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.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Tony Sheehan

#14 - Ms. Cop

Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/13/1975

An overzealous lady cop ruffles the feathers of the testosterone-run 12th; Chano nabs an obscene phone caller. Linda Lavin (""Alice"") debuts as Detective Janice Wentworth.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Danny Arnold

#15 - Vigilante

Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/20/1975

Barney is visited by Inspector Luger, who complains that his men aren't disliked enough by the public; a neighborhood vigilante is well into his twilight years; Wojo collars a cross-dressing teamster.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Danny Arnold

#16 - The Stunt Woman

Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1978

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: David Lloyd

#17 - Graft

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/13/1975

An old friend of Barney's is assigned to investigate allegations of corruption in the squadroom; Chano is after an obscene phone caller.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Danny Arnold

#18 - The Courtesans

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/20/1975

A prostitute threatens to file harassment charges against Wojo; Rachel wants to move into her own apartment.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Danny Arnold

#19 - Evaluation

Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/4/1978

The members of the squad nervously await Barney filling out their evaluation forms. Meanwhile, Harris arrests a numerologist who will only give his name as ""1223,"" and a porno shop reporting vandalism turns out to be a mom and pop operation being hassled by their kids.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Reinhold Weege

#20 - Doomsday

Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1975

A disgruntled man with a belt of dynamite threatens to blow himself and the squad room sky high unless President Nixon agrees to speak with him; the plumbing goes kaput; Wojo arrests a phony man-of-the-cloth.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Danny Arnold

#21 - Stormy Weather

Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 2/12/1981

A deaf woman is arrested for prostitution; Barney anxiously awaits news of Wojo, who dived into the Hudson River in pursuit of a looter.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Nat Mauldin