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Barney Miller
Barney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to run into. Always sensible, he maintains order over a band of detectives who gamble, hit on anything in skirts, go to renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, and would really prefer to be writing. Nearly all of the action takes place in the squad room where citizens and criminals are brought in to complicate the mix.
- Created by:
- Theodore J. Flicker, Danny Arnold
- Cast:
- Hal Linden, Max Gail, Ron Glass, Ron Carey
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- ABC
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 8
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
Paternity
1981-10-29 · 30mWojo's proven innocent of a paternity suit, but at a cost; a beauty queen is robbed; an irate theater patron vandalizes the theater.
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E02
Episode 2
Advancement
1981-11-05 · 30mLuger 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.
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E03
Episode 3
The Car
1981-11-12 · 30mA 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.
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E04
Episode 4
Possession
1981-11-19 · 30mA 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.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 9.0Stress Analyzer
1981-11-26 · 30mA job fair brings out the worst in a Peace Corps recruiter; Dietrich volunteers for a department stress experiment.
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E06
Episode 6
Games
1981-12-10A manufacturer of computer game processors is accused of espionage; a WAC supplements her income on the street.
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E07
Episode 7
Homeless
1981-12-17 · 30mThe 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.
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E08
Episode 8
The Tontine
1982-01-07The penultimate survivor of a tontine attempts suicide in order to concede the money to his cousin.
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E09
Episode 9
Examination Day
1982-01-14The 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.
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E10
Episode 10
The Clown
1982-01-21 · 30mStreet clowns fall prey to a serial mugger; a hundred inmates are sneaked out of holding in the middle of the night.
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E11
Episode 11
Chinatown (1)
1982-02-04A 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.
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E12
Episode 12
Chinatown (2)
1982-02-11Unless he confesses soon, Harris and Dietrich's unwilling roommate may witness another murder. Meanwhile, harassment charges are pressed against Lieutenant Scanlon.
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E13
Episode 13
Hunger Strike
1982-02-18Dietrich 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.
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E14
Episode 14
Arrival
1982-02-25Luger's mail-order bride arrives; an elderly woman mugs a man.
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E15
Episode 15
Obituary
1982-03-11 · 30mA newspaper obituary causes a stir when the subject turns up alive; the detectives snag a modern-day chicken thief.
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E16
Episode 16
Inquiry
1982-03-26 · 30mInternal 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.
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E17
Episode 17
Old Love
1982-04-02 · 30mDietrich's old flame pays a visit; a former child actor clubs an agent with a telephone.
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E18
Episode 18
Altercation
1982-04-09 · 30mHarris and Arnold come to blows; a mugging victim confesses to a twenty-five year old crush on Barney.
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E19
Episode 19
Bones
1982-04-29 · 30mA museum presses charges when an Indian retrieves his tribe's ancestral bones from an exhibit; a scoutmaster catches a mugger.
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E20
Episode 20
★ 9.0Landmark (1)
1982-05-06Wojo's discover of an ancient weapon puts the 12th Precinct up for sale.
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E21
Episode 21
★ 9.0Landmark (2)
1982-05-13The 12th Precinct is sold; Dietrich arrests the head of a crime school; Luger tries to duck out on his mail-order bride.
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E22
Episode 22
★ 10.0Landmark (3)
1982-05-20Friends, 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.
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Hal Linden
Barney Miller
Max Gail
Stan Wojciehowicz
Ron Glass
Ron Harris
Ron Carey
Carl Levitt
Steve Landesberg
Arthur Dietrich