Barney Miller season 5

This is a list of episodes from the fifth season of Barney Miller.

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

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.