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The Best Episodes of Barney Miller Season 8

Every episode of Barney Miller Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Barney Miller Season 8!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 22 - Landmark (3)
    9.2/10(245 votes)

    S8:E22

    Friends, foes and felons alike drop by to pay their last respects as the detectives prepare to leave for new assignments; Harris contemplates his resignation when he's assigned to Flushing Meadows; Barney recalls friends departed before he turns out the squad room lights for the last time.

    Director:Danny Arnold
    Writers:Frank Dungan, Tony Sheehan, Jeff Stein

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  2. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 4 - Possession
    8.3/10(156 votes)

    S8:E4

    A husband is assaulted for forcing his wife into designer jeans; a disorderly conduct report leads to a man who swears he's possessed by an evil spirit.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 9 - Examination Day
    8.3/10(141 votes)

    S8:E9

    The detectives don uniforms while Levitt and the others take sergeant's exams; Luger, working with the squad, is overly rough with a collar, and later with Barney.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 3 - The Car
    8.2/10(136 votes)

    S8:E3

    A car thief's conscience gets the better of him ... after twenty-five years; Levitt saves a child from a precarious fate; an overzealous sanitation officer goes to extremes.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Nat Mauldin

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  5. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 18 - Altercation
    8.2/10(125 votes)

    S8:E18

    Harris and Arnold come to blows; a mugging victim confesses to a twenty-five year old crush on Barney.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tony Sheehan

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  6. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 1 - Paternity
    8.1/10(156 votes)

    S8:E1

    Wojo's proven innocent of a paternity suit, but at a cost; a beauty queen is robbed; an irate theater patron vandalizes the theater.

    Director:Danny Arnold
    Writer:Nat Mauldin

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  7. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 7 - Homeless
    8.1/10(147 votes)

    S8:E7

    The 12th is overrun with homeless vagrants on Christmas; a greeting-card writer snaps; a cattle prod is the weapon of choice for a local merchant.

    Director:Lee Lochhead
    Writers:Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein

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  8. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 16 - Inquiry
    8.1/10(119 votes)

    S8:E16

    Internal Affairs is called in when a charge of excessive force is leveled against Wojo; an angry parent takes action when his child is declined admission into an exclusive kindergarten.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein

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  9. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 17 - Old Love
    8.1/10(143 votes)

    S8:E17

    Dietrich's old flame pays a visit; a former child actor clubs an agent with a telephone.

    Director:Hal Linden
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 21 - Landmark (2)
    8.1/10(143 votes)

    S8:E21

    The 12th Precinct is sold; Dietrich arrests the head of a crime school; Luger tries to duck out on his mail-order bride.

    Director:Danny Arnold
    Writers:Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein

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  11. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 5 - Stress Analyzer
    8.0/10(146 votes)

    S8:E5

    A job fair brings out the worst in a Peace Corps recruiter; Dietrich volunteers for a department stress experiment.

    Director:Bruce Bilson
    Writer:Nat Mauldin

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  12. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 8 - The Tontine
    8.0/10(139 votes)

    S8:E8

    The penultimate survivor of a tontine attempts suicide in order to concede the money to his cousin.

    Director:Dick Wesson
    Writer:Nat Mauldin

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  13. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 13 - Hunger Strike
    8.0/10(140 votes)

    S8:E13

    Dietrich aids an elderly psychiatric patient who may be speaking a foreign language; a nuclear activist goes on a hunger strike to end nuclear arms; Barney declines a deputy inspector nomination.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tony Sheehan

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  14. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 20 - Landmark (1)
    8.0/10(147 votes)

    S8:E20

    Wojo's discover of an ancient weapon puts the 12th Precinct up for sale.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tony Sheehan

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  15. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 2 - Advancement
    7.9/10(133 votes)

    S8:E2

    Luger wants Barney to pen a letter for his mail-order bride; a lottery winner seeks revenge when the ticket seller loses his winning entry; Harris gets a new book deal.

    Director:Danny Arnold
    Writers:Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein

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  16. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 10 - The Clown
    7.9/10(144 votes)

    S8:E10

    Street clowns fall prey to a serial mugger; a hundred inmates are sneaked out of holding in the middle of the night.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Sam Simon

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  17. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 11 - Chinatown (1)
    7.9/10(142 votes)

    S8:E11

    A murder witness is uncooperative, so he, Harris and Dietrich are forced to share an apartment in seclusion until he talks; Lieutenant Scanlon falls for a wealthy mugging victim.

    Director:Danny Arnold
    Writers:Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein

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  18. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 12 - Chinatown (2)
    7.9/10(134 votes)

    S8:E12

    Unless he confesses soon, Harris and Dietrich's unwilling roommate may witness another murder. Meanwhile, harassment charges are pressed against Lieutenant Scanlon.

    Director:Danny Arnold
    Writers:Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein

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  19. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 15 - Obituary
    7.9/10(129 votes)

    S8:E15

    A newspaper obituary causes a stir when the subject turns up alive; the detectives snag a modern-day chicken thief.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Nat Mauldin

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  20. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 6 - Games
    7.8/10(142 votes)

    S8:E6

    A manufacturer of computer game processors is accused of espionage; a WAC supplements her income on the street.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 14 - Arrival
    7.7/10(130 votes)

    S8:E14

    Luger's mail-order bride arrives; an elderly woman mugs a man.

    Director:Lee Lochhead
    Writer:Jordan Moffet

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  22. Barney Miller Season 8 Episode 19 - Bones
    7.7/10(136 votes)

    S8:E19

    A museum presses charges when an Indian retrieves his tribe's ancestral bones from an exhibit; a scoutmaster catches a mugger.

    Director:Max Gail
    Writer:Nat Mauldin

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"Landmark (3)" is the best rated episode of Barney Miller season 8. It scored 9.2/10 from 245 votes. Directed by Danny Arnold and written by Frank Dungan, Tony Sheehan, Jeff Stein, it aired on May 20, 1982. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Possession".