Season 5

Season 5 • 1978

⭐ 4.5 / 5

Episodes

1. Kidnapping (1)

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

1978-09-14 • ? min

2. Kidnapping (2)

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

1978-09-14 • ? min

3. The Search

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.

1978-09-21 • 30 min

4. Dog Days

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

1978-09-28 • 30 min

5. The Baby Broker

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.

1978-10-05 • 30 min

6. Accusation

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.

1978-10-12 • ? min

7. The Prisoner

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

1978-10-19 • ? min

8. Loan Shark

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

1978-11-02 • ? min

9. The Vandal

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.

1978-11-09 • ? min

10. The Harris Incident

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

1978-11-30 • ? min

11. The Radical

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

1978-12-07 • ? min

12. Toys

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.

1978-12-14 • ? min

13. The Indian

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.

1979-01-04 • ? min

14. Voice Analyzer

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

1979-01-11 • ? min

15. The Spy

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

1979-01-18 • ? min

16. Wojo's Girl (1)

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.

1979-01-25 • ? min

17. Wojo's Girl (2)

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

1979-01-25 • ? min

18. Middle Age

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.

1979-02-01 • ? min

19. The Counterfeiter

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

1979-02-08 • ? min

20. Open House

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.

1979-02-15 • ? min

21. Identity

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.

1979-03-01 • ? min