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The Best Episodes of Barney Miller Season 5

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Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 1 - Kidnapping (1)
    8.3/10(152 votes)

    #1 - Kidnapping (1)

    S5:E1

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

    Director:Noam Pitlik
    Writers:Danny Arnold, Reinhold Weege, Tony Sheehan

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  2. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 2 - Kidnapping (2)
    8.2/10(131 votes)

    #2 - Kidnapping (2)

    S5:E2

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 3 - The Search
    8.4/10(145 votes)

    #3 - The Search

    S5:E3

    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

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  4. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 4 - Dog Days
    7.9/10(135 votes)

    #4 - Dog Days

    S5:E4

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

    Director:Noam Pitlik
    Writer:Reinhold Weege

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  5. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 5 - The Baby Broker
    7.9/10(134 votes)

    #5 - The Baby Broker

    S5:E5

    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

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  6. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 6 - Accusation
    8.1/10(124 votes)

    #6 - Accusation

    S5:E6

    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:Unknown

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  7. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 7 - The Prisoner
    7.9/10(135 votes)

    #7 - The Prisoner

    S5:E7

    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

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  8. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 8 - Loan Shark
    8.2/10(135 votes)

    #8 - Loan Shark

    S5:E8

    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

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  9. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 9 - The Vandal
    8.6/10(154 votes)

    #9 - The Vandal

    S5:E9

    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

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  10. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 10 - The Harris Incident
    8.6/10(163 votes)

    #10 - The Harris Incident

    S5:E10

    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

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  11. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 11 - The Radical
    8.0/10(146 votes)

    #11 - The Radical

    S5:E11

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

    Director:Noam Pitlik
    Writer:Tony Sheehan

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  12. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 12 - Toys
    8.0/10(135 votes)

    #12 - Toys

    S5:E12

    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

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  13. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 13 - The Indian
    8.4/10(140 votes)

    #13 - The Indian

    S5:E13

    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.

    Directors:Reinhold Weege, Noam Pitlik
    Writer:Reinhold Weege

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  14. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 14 - Voice Analyzer
    8.5/10(135 votes)

    #14 - Voice Analyzer

    S5:E14

    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

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  15. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 15 - The Spy
    8.0/10(119 votes)

    #15 - The Spy

    S5:E15

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

    Director:Noam Pitlik
    Writer:Tony Sheehan

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  16. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 16 - Wojo's Girl (1)
    7.4/10(136 votes)

    #16 - Wojo's Girl (1)

    S5:E16

    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
    Writers:Danny Arnold, Tony Sheehan

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  17. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 17 - Wojo's Girl (2)
    6.3/10(135 votes)

    #17 - Wojo's Girl (2)

    S5:E17

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 18 - Middle Age
    8.0/10(119 votes)

    #18 - Middle Age

    S5:E18

    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
    Writers:Danny Arnold, Reinhold Weege

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  19. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 19 - The Counterfeiter
    8.3/10(117 votes)

    #19 - The Counterfeiter

    S5:E19

    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
    Writers:Reinhold Weege, Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein

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  20. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 20 - Open House
    8.3/10(127 votes)

    #20 - Open House

    S5:E20

    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

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  21. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 21 - Identity
    8.0/10(118 votes)

    #21 - Identity

    S5:E21

    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:Unknown

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  22. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 22 - Computer Crime
    7.8/10(127 votes)

    #22 - Computer Crime

    S5:E22

    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:Unknown

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  23. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 23 - Graveyard Shift
    7.9/10(118 votes)

    #23 - Graveyard Shift

    S5:E23

    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

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  24. Barney Miller Season 5 Episode 24 - Jack Soo, a Retrospective
    9.6/10(275 votes)

    #24 - Jack Soo, a Retrospective

    S5:E24

    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:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Kidnapping (1)" is the best rated episode of "Barney Miller" season 5. It scored 8.3/10 based on 152 votes. Directed by Noam Pitlik and written by Danny Arnold, Reinhold Weege, Tony Sheehan, it aired on 9/14/1978. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Kidnapping (2)".