The Best Episodes of Barney Miller Season 5

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

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Danny Arnold, Tony Sheehan, Reinhold Weege

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

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Tony Sheehan

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

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Reinhold Weege

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

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.

Director: Max Gail

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Reinhold Weege

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

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Tony Sheehan

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.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Tony Sheehan

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

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Reinhold Weege

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

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Tony Sheehan

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.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Tony Sheehan

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.

Director: Noam Pitlik, Reinhold Weege

Writer: Reinhold Weege

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

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Reinhold Weege

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

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Tony Sheehan

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.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Danny Arnold, Tony Sheehan

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

Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Danny Arnold, Reinhold Weege

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

Director: Max Gail

Writer: Reinhold Weege, Jeff Stein, Frank Dungan

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.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Tony Sheehan

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.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Max Gail

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: Tony Sheehan

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

Director: Noam Pitlik

Writer: N/A