The Terrible Catsafterme

SEASON 1 – ABC

Created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker

Theme music written by Jack Elliot and Allyn Ferguson, performed by Chuck Berghofer

• 001. Ramon – 1/23/1975
  • Captain Barney Miller (Hal Linden) must deal with his wife Elizabeth (Barbara Barrie) who is concerned about the amount of danger involved with her husband’s job in the 12th Precinct, located in the Greenwich Village area of Manhattan, as well as a junkie named Ramon (Chu Chu Malave), who is holding  hostage the other officers at the station – Sgt. Phillip Fish (Abe Vigoda), Det. Stanley “Wojo” Wojciehowicz (Max Gail), Sgt. Ron Harris (Ron Glass), Sgt. Nick Yemana (Jack Soo), and Sgt. Miguel “Chano” Amangual (Gregory Sierra). Eventually Barney is able to talk Ramon into surrendering his gun, by offering him the card of the lawyer that Barney’s daughter Rachel (Anne Wyndham) is dating. Barney’s wife is not happy when she hears that her husband’s life has been in danger once again. 4/14/13
• 002. Experience – 1/30/1975
  • As Detective Fish contemplates retirement, a disgruntled citizen (Noam Pitlik) threatens the 12th Precinct by planting an explosive contained in a suitcase – while a gay prisoner named Marty Morrison (Jack DeLeon) provides unwanted commentary and wisecracks to the precinct as he waits for his lawyer Arnold Ripnet (Alex Henteloff). When Fish realizes where the bomb is located, his thinks and acts quickly, putting the bomb into a safe where it explodes without anyone getting injured. Milt Kogan appears as Officer Kogan. 4/14/13
• 003. Snow Job – 2/6/1975
  • Wojo agrees to hold the bankroll amounting to over 200K for Siegel’s department store. Meanwhile unstable flasher Lyle W. Farber (Ron Feinberg) tries to electrocute himself in the bathroom. Barney saves his life and he is sent to an asylum, but amid the chaos $5000 of the bankroll comes up missing. As the man from Siegal’s (Richard Stahl) is counting the money, Chano returns from breakfast with a nurse from the asylum with the money. It seems that the flasher had stolen it as he was being hauled off. Meanwhile Barney is disappointed that he did not receive a promotion to Deputy Inspector. Jeffrey Kramer appears as a stick-up man. 12/24/13
• 004. Graft – 2/13/1975
  • As Chano unsuccessfully tries to track down an obscene caller that is bothering multiple citizens in the precinct, an old nemesis of Barney’s named Inspector Kelly (Dick O’Neill) has just gotten a job with Internal Affairs and is hounding everyone about taking graft. No one has done anything wrong, except for very minor infractions, but all become paranoid about losing their jobs. Kelly shows up in the end in an officer’s uniform assigned to a beat, after having investigated the Commissioner with too much vigor. 12/24/13
• 005. The Courtesans – 2/20/1975
  • Wojo arrests a ring of prostitutes and seems to be deriding them rather hard, particularly one named Linda Fuller (Nancy Dussault), so much so that Barney has to verbally reprimand him. Two days later he beings them in yet again, and this time he tries to be more polite to Linda. Speaking to Barney, Wojo alludes that he is struggling with wanting to date someone who is a prostitute. Linda comes back to the station enraged that she was fired because Wojo had been hanging around more since she has been fired. Wojo asks if she might keep in touch with him, but she said that she’ll see him when he pays $50 up from…like any customer. Meanwhile, Barney and Elizabeth agree to let their 17-year old daughter Rachel get her own apartment. Fish and Harris attempt to address a porn theater showing a film called A Man and a Woman and Another Woman that is letting in minors. Naomi Stevens appears as Donna’s mother. 1/13/14
• 006. Stakeout – 2/27/1975
  • Barney works with Detective DeLuca (Ed Barth) on a stakeout for a heroin drop. He appoints Fish and a an enthusiastic Wojo to the assignment, which takes place in the apartment across from the location of the drop. Their stay seems to be a never-ending barrage of visitors including the landlord Mr. Stavochek (Vic Tayback) and his wife (Brett Somers), a liquor and deli shop owner Harry Tannenbaum (Lou Jacobi), neighbor Brandy (Jo Jo Malone), and Fish’s wife Bernice (Florence Stanley), whom Fish has just told he wants a divorce. They eventually get their man, Fish reconciles with Bernice, and Barney finally get to take a shower in the apartment since his wife is re-tiling theirs at home – all during the New York heat wave. 1/13/14
• 007. Bureaucrat – 3/6/1975
  • Officer Kogan brings in a bureaucrat named E.J. Heiss (David Wayne) from being drunk and disorderly. Initially he is upset that Barney will not show him mercy and let him go since he is a Federal employee, but soon comes to respect him when he is treated well while waiting on his lawyer Wayne Boley (Elliot Reid), to whom Barney releases him. Chano is embarrassed when his apartment gets robbed, and manages to track down the perpetrator, a 12-year old boy named Manolo Reyes (Claudio Martinez). He retrieves his stolen loot, and befriends the boy. Wojo finds a fly in his egg salad from Grossman’s delicatessen and calls the Board of Health, who has the place shut down pending the place getting cleaned up. Eventually the owner Murray Grossman (Milton Selzer) opens up a new place, which is more expensive. 2/2/14 
• 008. Ms. Cop – 3/13/1975
  • A female detective named Janice Wentworth (Linda Lavin) is assigned to the 12th Precinct and becomes frustrated when Barney is reluctant to send her on any dangerous details and keeps her back at the precinct filling out paperwork and straightening up. After one successful armed robbery apprehension, another call comes in to pick up a known felon at a hotel and Barney agrees to let her accompany Fish on the bust. Posing as a maid, she apprehends suspect Earl Schmidt (Wynn Irwin) without incident. Soon she is going out with the other officers and really hitting her stride, but suddenly she is transferred to another precinct. Meanwhile, with the help of a lady from the phone company named Mrs. Busch who has a crush on him, Chano apprehends obscene caller Charles Hackman (Howard Platt). Also the wives are taking an officer’s wives support group and Elizabeth comes to hang out with Barney at the precinct. 2/3/14
• 009. Vigilante – 3/20/1975
  • There is a vigilante on the streets attacking muggers and Inspector Frank Luger (James Gregory) visits to put pressure on Barney to arrest him. When they bring him in, they find that he is an elderly man named Jacinto Escabar (Titos Vandis) whose family and friends have been attacked previously. Barney tries to get him off, but the D.A. insists on booking him on felonious assault. Later he shows up at the precinct while visiting his probation officer, at the same time as a mugger is being brought in who has been hit in the head by an older vigilante. Barney has to put out an A.P.B., but deliberately blurs the description of the vigilante. Meanwhile a cross dressing truck driver named Al Shreiber (Gabe Dell) is arrested, and when he is released he has to call his surprised friend Charlie (Lee de Broux) to bring him some men’s clothing. Marla Gibbs stars as Mrs. McBee, a mugging victim. 3/4/14
• 010. The Guest – 3/27/1975
  • The precinct is put in charge of guarding a mafia accounting named Alan Schuster (Herb Edelman) getting set to stand trial. He is in constant fear for his life, but his pleas go mostly ignored by Barney. But when two separate lunches come in from Grossman’s Deli, Barney sends Wojo to the hospital right away as he’s the only who took a bite. Fish remembers that a phone repairman was in that morning and Barney finds a bug in the phone that Wojo used to place the lunch order. Wojo is fine after the pump his stomach and the lab finds arsenic in the food. They let it slip that Schuster died of food poisoning and he is able to stand trial. Meanwhile, Chano collects money from each of the officers to use as drug bust money, but the FBI is also planning the sting and they hold the money for evidence. Marty is brought in for shoplifting a pair of suitcases, but talks Barney into helping get the charges dropped since he is getting ready to marry a 74-year old woman for her money. He becomes attracted to Schuster in the cell. Also, Barney’s wife pesters him to help complete their tax return. 3/3/14
• 011. The Escape Artist – 4/10/1975
  • Barney gets a tip from a stoolie named Harry (Danny Dayton) that leads him to a prison escapee named Charlie Jeffers (Roscoe Lee Brown). Jeffers has been in prison for 30 years for stealing a car, but it has been compounded by constant escapes, which he does to alleviate boredom. Barney tries to talk him into riding out the next two years and trying for parole. Wojo arrests a man named Roland Gusik (Leonard Frey) for attempting to jump off a building using artificial wings. He is transferred to Bellevue mental institution, but escapes from them and makes a jump off the building, gliding safely to the ground. Harris works on a fictional novel based on the guys in the 12th Precinct. 6/1/14
• 012. Hair – 4/17/1975
  • A detective from narcotics named Paul Gardeno (Michael Lembeck) transfers to the precinct, and everyone takes an instant dislike to him because of his sloppy appearance and long beard. When he shaves it off, he looks incredibly young and is worried that he will have difficulty making arrests. When he and Chano go out on a call, Gardeno takes a bullet that would have hit Chano in the head. Gardeno still requests a transfer back to Narcotics, and confesses to Barney that he only pushed Chano out of the way, because he was scared and trying to get a way. Ultimately his request is fulfilled. Meanwhile, Bernice is upset when she finds out that Fish had a message at the Garden of Eden on his lunch hour. Charles Fleischer plays stoned prisoner Floyd Spears; Henry Beckman is Lyman Cooper. 6/1/14
• 013. The Hero – 5/1/1975
  • On a bank robbery call, Chano shoots and kills the two assailants. Luger nominates him for a medal, but Chano is deeply disturbed by the event. He takes a couple of days off and Barney visits him to tell him that some things just ‘are what they are.’ Chano breaks down crying, but eventually recovers and returns to work. Liz makes a citizen’s arrest when an eight-year old boy named Truman Jackson (Todd Bridges) attempts to mug her. A pimp named Mayflower (Cal Gibson) who shares the cell with him helps convince him that crime doesn’t pay. Yemana looks for reading material to take to the bathroom. 8/17/14

SEASON 2

• 014. Doomsday – 9/11/1975
  • A disgruntled citizen named George Webber (William Windom) comes into the squad room with dynamite strapped to him, threatening to blow up the building in protest of government corruption and environmental destruction. He allows the building to be evacuated – including the plumber (J.J. Barry) who has been working in the squad’s restroom all day, and a man who goes by the name Father Paul (Steve Landesberg) posing as a priest in order to peddle Bibles stolen from hotel rooms. Barney stays behind after everyone else has left  and is able to talk him out of the dynamite. Afterward, Barney expresses his concern about the environment to Fish. 8/17/14
• 015. The Social Worker – 9/18/1975
  • Barney is concerned when Elizabeth works a social case in the South Bronx, so much so that after their phone call is disconnected, he sends police to retrieve her. Inspector Luger visits the precinct, debating whether to join the parole board, and becomes fascinated with Wojo’s autographed baseball from the 1936 World Series that he refuses to sell him. Fish is starting to forget things including Bernice’s birthday, so he visits the doctor who tells him that he caught menopause form his wife. Wojo picks up a bagman Nathan Levine (Herbie Faye) who won’t admit his identity. Chano catches forger Harold Polanski (Alex Henteloff) who is passing bad checks, and everyone becomes fascinated with his propensity for forgery. Wojo finally decides to give Luger the baseball, and as he is leaving he notices the signature of John Hancock on it…but it doesn’t arouse his suspicion that Wojo has given him a forged ball. Art Metrano plays Detective Mike Lovatelli.  9/17/14
• 016. The Layoff – 9/25/1975
  • Government layoffs are plaguing the city, and the latest round of casualties include Chano, Wojo, and Harris – but when there is an armed robbery in the precinct, they go along with Barney on the call anyway. Just as they are getting ready to go home, Barney gets a call that the city has borrowed money from Connecticut and their jobs are restored. Meanwhile an out-of-work stockbroker named Mr. Shine (Bob Dishy) is arrested for stealing the purse of a lady named Ethel Gorman (Sandra Deel) and striking her in the face. She has mercy on him when she is brought in and drops the charges. A fur thief (Oliver Clark) and a manicurist named Miss Lamota (Candy Azzara) hit it off while in custody. 9/17/14
• 017. Ambush – 10/2/1975
  • Chano, Harris, and Yemana respond to a burglary call and are fired upon by an assailant upon their arrival. Yemana is hit in the rear end and taken to the hospital. Inspector Kelly is assigned to fill in for him, but is afraid to go on any calls in fear of an ambush. In response to another call, they pick up Emil Ditka (David Doyle), who was on his roof with a rifle, but it turns out that he is a member of the Staten Island Shoot Club and Personal Armament League. When Chano gets another call from the same guy that had ambushed them the day before, they offer to let Ditka go along, but he is not ready for real combat. Everyone responds, but Barney lets Kelly stay back and answer phones; they catch the assailant. Meanwhile Barney is offered a job as Police Chief in a beach community in Florida, but passes and recommends Fish, but he passes on it as well, both citing the excitement and challenge of life in the 12th Precinct. 10/19/14
• 018. Heat Wave – 10/9/1975
  • Temperatures in the city are rising above 100 degrees, and the precinct can’t even get a working fan. Barney has the group on park detail, whereby the male officers dress as female and accompany another female to lure muggers. Chano partners up with Detective Bailey (Gloria Calomee) and they catch an assailant (Angelo Gnazzo). Wojo is reluctant to dress in women’s clothing, but Barney forces him to do it and partner with Janice Wentworth. Janice is offended when a perpetrator tries to rape Wojo. She dresses even sexier to allure a mugger but when a man (Peter Elbling) simply hits on her, Wojo has him arrested. It is clear that Wojo and Janice have a crush on each other, and Wojo is very willing to let Harris pay him off to cover his park duty, as Harris doesn’t want to shave his mustache. Meanwhile, Fish takes a report from battered wife Mrs. Boyle (Janet Ward), but her sentimentality for her husband gets her to drop charges. Fish dresses in drag ready to go on park duty, but the rain allows him to get out of it. He wears the clothes home anyway, hoping it will allow him to get a seat on the subway. 10/20/14
• 019. The Arsonist – 10/16/1975
  • Chano brings in Francis Lindquist (Roger Bowen) for firing a gun into a vending machine in a subway station that was cheating him. His lawyer cousin Louis Lindquist (Leonard Stone) bails him out while lecturing him. The men at the precinct also track an arsonist, whom Harris is convinces is sexually repressed and socially awkward. When a fire breaks out at a burlesque theater, Harris is vindicated. Wojo brings Edward Foreman (Steve Franken) based on a witness testimony, and though he denies it, he finally breaks when Wojo finds out that he has a misdemeanor for illegally storing a gas can in his car. Foreman confesses and calls his overbearing mother. Meanwhile liquor store owner Mr. Cotterman (Jack Somack) is constantly reporting robberies and vandalism. He implies that the arsonist is going to ‘get him’ and he’ll get insurance money, but makes a hasty exit when Barney tells him that the arsonist is in custody. Fish ponders his life and career choices. 11/19/14
• 020. Grand Hotel – 10/23/1975
  • Detective Wentworth brings in Lenny Kelso (Arnold Soboloff), who confessed to robbing a theater, but it turns out his nickname is ‘the confessor’ because of all of the false confessions he’s given. Witness Miss Heartstone (Beatrice Colen) is brought in to look at mug shots, which she spends all day poring over. Meanwhile the Hotel Greenwich is repeatedly getting robbed, so Wojo and Wentworth are assigned to go undercover as a married couple, and end up with a lot of sexual tension in the room including a passionate kiss when the maid (Queenie Smith) walks in. The hotel detective Charlie Huntsinger (Robert Mandan) collars a young man named Howard Smith (Adam Arkin) who is having a rendezvous with his 17-years old girlfriend and wants to charge him with third degree rape. Meanwhile Wojo and Wentworth arrest the maid after they catch her shoving valuables into her vacuum cleaner. Barney talks them into trading collars with Huntsinger so that Barney can let the charges drop against Smith and Huntsinger can save his job. Kelso finally confesses to a crime he actually commits: stealing a small dog. 11/20/14
• 021. Discovery – 10/30/1975
  • Marty Morrison brings in his gay friend Darryl Driscoll (Ray Stewart), who claims that he was shaken down by a man posing as a cop from their precinct. Detective Forbes (Paul Jenkins) from another precinct brings in the suspect whom Darryl identifies. Wojo suspects that Forbes must be gay and can’t get his head wrapped around it. Meanwhile, Chano and Harris bring in a man named Mr. Buckholtz (Philip Sterling) who climbed to the top of the Washington Arch, but claims he wasn’t trying to commit suicide. He tries to escape and then crawls under a desk when men come to take him to Belleville, but ultimately goes with the stipulation that he can walk out with dignity. Fish has to prove that he is still alive when a clerical error removes him from payroll because he is dead. John LaMotta is a Bellevue attendant. 12/31/14
• 022. You Dirty Rat – 11/13/1975
  • Fish, Chano, and Yemana confiscate 20 kilos of marijuana but lose the dealer, and Fish suffers a kidney stone attack while putting it in the storage room. Before Detective Del Vecchio (Val Bisoglio) from Narcotics comes to claim it, they can only locate 18 kilos. As Wojo is looking around the storage room, he is bitten by a giant rat so an exterminator named Becker (Ned Glass) has to be called in. Del Vecchio is willing to let the missing pot slide, but Barney wants all of the information recorded by him. Becker ends up finding the missing kilos in the boiler room, where the rat had taken it to eat. Meanwhile an elderly man named Mr. Holliman (J. Pat O’Malley) is arrested for sleeping inside a Siegel’s department store, but they decide not to press charges, and a young black man named Wendell Frazier (Franklin Ajaye) is held for stealing a police car. He receives a suspended sentence, returning to the precinct tip off Barney that Fish has passed the kidney stone. 12/31/14
• 023. The Horse Thief – 11/20/1975
  • Amidst the celebration going on in New York City for America’s bicentennial, the 12th Precinct is experiencing a higher number of calls than normal. Among them are hansom cab driver Mr. Fuzzo (Liam Dunn) who had his horse stolen. When another horse is stolen from a the police stable, they bring Fuzzo back in, who confesses to stealing it. However mounted Officer Shriker (Ron Masak) is impressed with how well Fuzzo has taken care of the horse and attempts to help him borrow it a few more days. Also brought in to the station is Mr. Franklin (Jack Dodson), a married man found in a hotel room badly beaten. Although the prostitute Tracy Gifford (Judith Cassmore) confesses to beating him after he refused to pay her, Franklin won’t admit that he had anyone in his room. The officers agree to let them both go since the hotel only wants compensated for the damaged they caused. Another man (Bruce Solomon) is brought in for selling flags, and most offensively to Wojo, wearing a flag on the seat of his pants. Wojo won’t even let him sit down on the flag, but when he finds out that the man is an ex-Marine, he lets him go since he is an embarrassment to the Marines. 2/17/15
• 024. Rain – 11/27/1975
  • An ongoing rain storm has the detectives at Precinct 12 bored and depressed. Leaks are happening all over the squad room and the maintenance man Beckman (Paul Lichtman) is concerned that the five feet of water on the roof will cause it to collapse. Gardino (Joseph V. Perry) the building inspector assures them that it is safe, but Beckman eventually is able to get the water pumped down an air duct… which leaks into the storage room. When the pieces of the ceiling finally fall, Barney blows his stack and tries to call his superiors, but the phone lines are washed out. He later apologizes for his outburst. Meanwhile Chano arrests a comedian named Jackie Ace (Sidney Miller) who caused a brawl at a nightclub when he insulted the audience. His lawyer Arthur Bloom (Phil Leeds) works out a deal with nightclub owner Arnie (Stanley Block) to let Jackie work off the damages. 2/18/15
• 025. Fish – 12/4/1975
  • The city shuts down the 33rd Precinct and sends over officer Arthur Dietrich (Steve Landesberg). Barney gets pressure to put Fish on restricted duty, and has Fish show Dietrich the ropes. Fish gets angry and goes home to his wife Bernice (Doris Belack) and daughter Beverly (Emily Levine) and threatens to quit. Dietrich comes over to Fish’s house to congratulate Fish on his restricted duty and read him Fish’s list of achievements and ask for his tutelage. Fish agrees to go back to work on restricted duty rather than taking the terminal leave. Meanwhile Beverly confronts her boyfriend Howard about being married. She also receives a visit from her sex education classmate Biff Waltman (Darryl Seamen). After doing his Gregory Peck impression, Dietrich asks Beverly on a date, but she says his new competition is Biff. 3/31/15
• 026. Hot Dogs – 12/11/1975
  • Two enthusiastic young off-duty female officers named Turner (Jonelle Allen) and Carney (Nellie Bellflower) posing as student collar a drug pusher named David Gordon on campus (David Lander). Barney is livid and commands them to do as they’re assigned and stop hot dogging around his precinct. Chano is equally angry because he was working on busting Gordon’s supplier. Inspector Luger shows up at the precinct intent on making an example of the ladies for working unauthorized on the campus, but lets them off when they cry. Meanwhile a man named Mr. Victor (Howard Honig) reports his wife missing and brings in a photograph of actress Jean Harlow to identify her. Barney ends up giving him the name of a doctor, and he promises to see him, content that even if the photo is Harlow, he still has his kids… Mickey Rooney and Freddie Bartholomew. Fish’s doctor tells him to lose some weight, and he drops four pounds by having sex. 3/31/15
• 027. Protection – 12/18/1975
  • As the 12th precinct struggles with getting heat, a crook named David Salas (Ray Sharkey) confesses to robbing Cotterman’s Liquor Store in order to escape the wrath of the mob protection that the store has paid for. For this reason Mr. Cotterman (Jack Somack) refuses to press charges. Salas also informs them that the word on the street is that the precinct will soon be shut down in the face of New York City’s near bankruptcy. Wojo brings in a crime syndicate boss from 1942 named Anthony Barelli (Ralph Manza) for questioning but it leads nowhere. A sullen Inspector Luger shows up and verifies that the precinct is in fact slated for demolition. However in the end, the precinct listens to an address from President Ford on the radio stating that the federal government will make sure that the city’s police and firemen will not be shut down. Cotterman shows up to press charges against Salas and aid in nabbing the guys selling protection. 6/25/15
• 028. Happy New Year – 1/8/1976
  • On New Years Eve, Wojo brings in a pregnant shoplifter named Mrs. Rodriguez (Edith Diaz) who goes into labor in the squad room. When it takes too long for the ambulance to get to the precinct, Wojo successfully delivers the baby boy since he had previously delivered one in Vietnam. To everyone’s disappointment, even though the baby arrived at 12:02am, he was actually the third New Year baby. Meanwhile Chano brings in pickpocket Mr. Jackson (John Dullaghan), but his drunk victim Michael Crowley (Joseph Bova) takes pity on him and drops the charges. Fish tries unsuccessfully to keep a jumper demanding peace in the Middle East from committing suicide. Yemana makes a resolution to stop making coffee. NOTE: This is the last episode with Barbara Barrie as part of the regular cast. 6/25/15
• 029. The Sniper – 1/22/1976
  • A sniper takes a shot at Wojo, but the precinct is having trouble finding any leads or witnesses on the case. Luger shows up and acts disappointed that Wojo didn’t apprehend the assailant, and is then shot at himself. The shooter is later apprehended in the 43rd District. Luger pontificates that dying in the line of duty is more dignified than just getting old and passing on. Meanwhile a man named Stewart Sobel reports that his wife Rebecca (Charlotte Rae) left him and took $3000 from their account after falling for a con man’s offer to re-locate her mind to Saturn. The officers pick up the con man Morton Hackler (Jay Robinson), but ultimately have to release him with a warning. Stewart is able to talk Rebecca into coming back home with him. 8/23/15
• 030. Fear of Flying – 1/29/1976
  • While working for the D.A., Wojo is assigned to fly bigamist Frederick Clooney (Jack Riley) to Cleveland where he has a second wife. Wojo has to face his fear of flying, and Clooney’s New York wife Gloria (Valerie Curtin) comes to visit her husband and ends up overdosing on pills. The men are able to save her life by getting her to throw up Yemana’s coffee before an ambulance arrives. Meanwhile an honest citizen named Eugene Woolen (Charles Murphy) turns in $3500 that he found, and after being commended for his honesty, starts to have second thoughts and begins pestering the officers on how he can get his hands on the money. Wojo successfully completes his flight, although he does throw up, by reading the erotic novel Fear of Flying that Harris gives him. Fish argues with his wife that he wants them to take separate vacations. 8/23/15
• 031. Block Party – 2/12/1976
  • The relationship between Wojo and Wentworth is being more public as they both come in late together. Wentworth and Chano are assigned to assist the Manhattan South precinct with security at a block party for union organizer Vincent Cappell. Meanwhile Harris tries to come up with an article for police newsletter The Sentinel of Truth. At the block party, someone tries to shoot Cappell and it is Wentworth who makes the bullet go astray. However two Manhattan South officers make the arrest, and leave Wentworth without the collar… which enrages her. Lt. Ben Scanlon (George Murdock) stops by the precinct, but refuses to give her any credit until Harris threatens to publish a newsletter article giving her all the credit. A nudist named Mr. Hurley (Larry Bishop) is arrested while sitting in a laundromat nude while his clothes are being washed. A barber named Mr. Burgess (Stanley Brock) tries to apply for a license to carry a firearm to ward off potential robbers. 11/21/15
• 032. Massage Parlor – 2/19/1976
  • The male cops are having a hard time getting solicited at a massage parlor suspected of prostitution, so Wentworth goes in to see if she can get propositioned by a man. Wojo is jealous every step of the way, including when she makes an arrest of a young stud from Oklahoma named Lance Peterson (Charles Frank). During his stay at the prison, he gets on the good side of Wentworth which infuriates Wojo even more. Meanwhile a man named Mr. Fletcher (Kenneth Tigar) reports being mugged by an elderly woman who knows karate. He picks out several from mug shots and they are brought into the station for a line-up. Fletcher ends up fingering a decoy, Mrs. Krause (Opal Euard), the station’s cleaning lady. Fletcher is sent home, but when Chano makes an aggressive move toward the ladies, Mrs. Mary Dexter (Janet Ruff) jumps into a karate stance thus giving away her identity. Mrs. Mable Kleiner, the seemingly most aggressive of the bunch, hits on Fish, which helps restore his confidence after he couldn’t even get a massage at the massage parlor. Meg Wyllie is Mrs. Oppenheimer. 11/21/15
• 033. The Psychiatrist – 2/26/1976
  • Wojo arrests purse snatcher Joseph Pretano (Madison Mason), and Pretano’s public defender Lawrence Spiegelgas (Neil J. Schwartz) files a formal complaint with the District Attorney for verbally and physically threatening Pretano. The complaint leads to Wojo being called before Internal Affairs and then psychiatrist Paul Esterhazy (Fred Sadoff). The commissioner then allows Esterhazy to visit the precinct and examine each officer using Rorschach inkblots. Barney finally blows his top at the inquisition and forces the doctor to share his conclusion, which is that no police officer is mentally capable of carrying a weapon. Barney rants about who the doctor would prefer to see armed, the police or the public, and forces him to put the answer in his report. Meanwhile Chano arrests businessman Mr. Frumkus (Martin Garner) who is knocking over newspaper racks in front of his store that display pornographic materials. Fish struggles with rates going up on his insurance policy and eventually cancels it… but can’t find any other company to carry him. 1/21/16
• 034. The Kid – 3/4/1976
  • Fish arrests an adolescent named Claudio Trujillo (Jose Flores) for attempting to pickpocket him. He ends up releasing the boy to his mother (Angelina Estrada), whom Fish finds attractive. She invites him to her house for a visit, and while he is there he realizes how interested he is in her. Meanwhile Mr. Woolen returns to claim the $3500 that he had found. Before he takes it, Barney reminds everyone that only 29 days have passed instead of the mandatory 30. The next day Wojo and Chano bring in an elderly man named Victor Newell (Arny Freeman) for attempting to steal a hearing aid. Since he can’t hear, Barney suggest they use the stolen merchandise to help him. Woolen returns and claims his money, and the cops talk him into giving Mr. Newell $350 to buy his own hearing aid. The guys overhear Fish making arrangements for a romantic date, but it turns out it is with Bernice. 1/21/16
• 035. The Mole – 3/18/1976
  • Chano and Yemana arrest a Dr. Alvin Crane (Richard Ramos) and insurance salesman Philip Shroder (Dean Santoro) who get in a fight at the Greenwich Hotel arguing over malpractice suits. Both professional charge each other with assault, while the hotel charges them for disturbing the peace. A bum named Randolph Cook (Severn Darden) claims to be a vagrant so that he can stay the night in the jail. Wojo and Harris investigate a jewel store robbery and end up chasing the perpetrator Angelo “The Mole” Molinari (Ron Carey) through the sewer. The Mole claims to have been bitten by an alligator, and the officers come back drenched in sewage. Crane decides he can’t take the smell and leaves. Barney gives him $10 to help him out, which impresses Wojo. Crane and Shroder decide to drop their charges and make joint restitution to the hotel so they can leave. Fish finally decides to have the hemorrhoid surgery he’s needed for years. Wojo considers taking the sergeant’s exam again after blowing it twice. 4/3/16

SEASON 3

• 036. Evacuation – 9/23/1976
  • With Wojo acting on special assignment as Public Information Officer, the hurricane rains passing through gets him thinking about an evacuation plan of the 11 millions people in New York City. He becomes obsessed with it, getting motorcycle Officer Callahan (Kenneth Mars) worried about it as well. When janitor Beckman (Paul Lichtman) arrives to install some light bulbs, Wojo  insists that he get the siren on the roof working. Unfortunately it gets stuck on the ‘on’ setting and blares over the city, prompting the precinct’s phone to ring off the hook. Luger visits and spreads more fear that there will be a city-wide evacuation, which is all based on rumors. Meanwhile Harris and Fish arrest a teen girl named Jilly Papalardo (Denise Miller) for pawning stolen merchandise. Jilly’s father is in prison and her mother is in California, so she is stuck in a group home. Fish takes her back there, only to find that one of the three heads of the home is dead, and the other two are out of town, while the kids are keeping it secret so they have no supervision. Fish takes her to the Children’s Center, but after Jilly asks that he adopt her, Fish keeps in touch with her. Officer Krevey (Joe Petrullo) tries to get Barney to sign off on overtime for his men. 4/4/16
• 037. Quarantine: Part 1 – 9/30/1976
  • Yemana works on booking prostitute Paula Capshaw (Paula Shaw), Marty and Daryl visit to ask Barney if he will vouch that Marty is a good guy so that they can move to San Francisco where they are more accepting of homosexuals, and Wojo brings in a thief named Philip Dupree (David Darlow), who has broken into a warehouse. Suddenly Dupree collapses and Dr. Freedman (Arthur Peterson) is brought in to examine him. Freedman ends up quarantining the room, and eventually entire building, out of fear that he might be suffering from smallpox. Luger ignores the quarantine sign and walk into the station, so he gets stuck there too. This scuttles Harris’ big date plans with a girl named Tina for a theater date, and he tries to unload his tickets. Paula is charmed by Fish. Wojo becomes scared of dying of smallpox. Barney tells everyone that they’re all going to be stuck together for the night and to try and be constructive. NOTE: This is the first of a two-part episode. 7/3/16
• 038. Quarantine: Part 2 – 10/7/1976
  • As everyone waits to find out Dupree’s diagnosis, the officers and civilians are forced to spend the night at the station. Wojo is extremely uncomfortable with letting Marty and Darryl sleep near each other. Barney gives Paula the couch in the office instead of Luger, who makes sure that he assures Marty and Darryl that he’s not gay. Officer Carl Levitt (Ron Carey) from downstairs tries to talk Barney into helping get advanced in his career, despite his short stature. Wojo continues to obsess over how easy it would be to be die even though he takes care of himself. Yemana can’t resist trying Darryl’s coffee, even though everyone knows how much better it is than his. Harris talks in his sleep and reveals that he thinks Barney is way too compassionate. Dr. Freedman calls and notifies Barney that Dupree had chicken pox, so everyone is released to go home. Barney agrees to tell the probation officer that Marty is helpful and cooperative. Paula tells Fish that he’s a terrific guy. Harris finds out his friend Cunningham whom he sent to cancle his plans with Tina spent the night with her. Wojo thanks Darryl for the coffee… and remembers that he never had chicken pox. NOTE: This is the second of a two-part episode. 7/3/16
• 039. Bus Stop – 10/14/1976
  • A bus hijacker named Brenner (Sal Viscuso) causes a minor bus accident, and he along with some of the passengers, Harry Cranston (Philip Bruns) and his mistress Miss Lambert (Candice Azzara), the elderly Mrs. Pierce (Florence Halop), Mr. Quentin (Howard Honig), and the driver Mr. Strand (Joe George). Although they all want justice, no one is willing to sign the complaint against Brenner. Meanwhile Wojo tries for the fourth time to take his sergeant’s test, and fails, thus giving him a complex that he’ll never advance. Barney gives him a pep talk and he begins thinking about taking it for a fifth time. Detective Sergeant Arthur Dietrich fills in for Fish while takes the day off, but Fish ends up coming in. Dietrich, who went to medical school, spends a lot of time diagnosing the ailments of everyone in the station. Mr. Quentin finally admits that he wasn’t even on the bus, but jumped on after the accident to collect the insurance money. 9/24/16
• 040. The Election – 10/21/1976
  • During the 1976 presidential election between Carter and Ford, Wojo takes an interest in finding out who everyone voted for to see if they agree with his decision. A Siegel’s shoplifter named Mr. Crippen (Gilbert Green) is arrested, but Barney agrees to let him go vote and sends Wojo to escort him to the polls. Crippen gets away while in the poll, but later turns himself back in after visiting the manager at Siegel’s and gets the charges dropped. A woman named Edna Relke (Brett Somers) throws a toilet seat out the window in order to get attention when her husband locks her in the bathroom so that she can’t vote. They arrest her husband Charles (Richard Venture), but Edna has no idea who to vote for. She ends up letting her husband off the hook, but exercises her right to vote even though she has no idea who to vote for, looking for advice from Barney. Luger visits the station and tells everyone if Jake Scofield gets elected to city council, Luger could become a police commissioner, but Scofield ends up losing. Wojo has pity on Crippen and doesn’t bust him for escaping his custody. Yemana simply places bets on who will win the elections. 9/24/16
• 041. Werewolf – 10/28/1976
  • With nearly half of the police in the city having fell victim to Swine Flu, the 12th Precinct is going on 24 hours with no sleep, in addition to having to contend with a man Stefan Koepeknie (Kenneth Tigar) who claim to be a werewolf and demands to be locked up before midnight. Nurse Jackson (Janet MacLachlan) come in to administer flu shots, but while Harris is unsuccessful in getting a date with her because she dreams of marrying a doctor, Wojo tries to find ways to avoid the shot because needles make him faint. Meanwhile a Denver couple named Mr. and Mrs. Fuller (Jon Lormer, Queenie Smith) are robbed upon arrival in New York for vacation. Their money is recovered when they catch the phony cab driver who stole a cab and robbed them. Wojo gets his shot and indeed passes out, but Barney instructs the others not to tease him. Kopeknie starts turning into a wolf at midnight, but stop howling when Barney yells at him… before he if finally carted away to Bellevue. Nurse Jackson allows Harris to walk her to the subway. 12/22/16
• 042. The Recluse – 11/11/1976
  • Wojo brings in a man named Graham Roberts (Arnold Soboloff) for disturbing the peace by espousing the end of the world at 5:30 that evening. As Fish contemplates retirement, he has to deal with Jilly who comes in with her boyfriend Victor Kreutzer (John Cassisi) to ask him for money to escape the Children’s Home and leave New York. He advises them to go back to the home, but they are picked up by police in New Jersey, and brought to Fish since they tell him that he is their grandfather. When Bernice comes in to meet Fish for dinner, she insists that they take the children to dinner before taking them back. Wojo also brings an elderly man named Mr. Unger (Ivor Francis), who hasn’t left his apartment since World War 2, for ignoring jury duty. He gets excited when he sees Bernice as he hasn’t seen a female in over thirty years, but having trouble breathing the smog, Wojo takes him to the hospital where he dies. Roberts is escorted to Bellevue, and the others are relieved that the world doesn’t actually end. 12/22/16
• 043. Non-Involvement – 11/8/1976
  • Wojo brings in a witness named Al Mitchell (Mike Kellin) to the mugging of a Mrs. Hanson (Lucille Meredith) because he didn’t help Wojo apprehend the mugger who got away. Although Barney tries to release Mitchell, he threatens to sue and brings in his lawyer Arnold Ripner (Alex Henteloff). Barney bluffs them and tells him that the police force will fight them all the way, causing Mitchell to agree to just an apology from Wojo. Detective Maria Battista (June Gable) brings in flasher Charles Yusick (Oliver Clark), who enlists his lawyer, former flasher Lyle W. Farber to help him get out. Ripner ends up threatening to sue Mitchell for his fee, and Farber offers to help Mitchell. Fish lament the way his pension investment is being mismanaged by the city. 4/3/17
• 044. Power Failure – 12/9/1976
  • While Fish tries to come up with ways to combat his insomnia, the precinct’s neighborhood suffers a blackout. Beckman is able to get the department’s building on a backup generator to get the lights working. Meanwhile Wojo brings in Charles Foster Keller (Stefan Gierasch) for beating up his bookmaker, but Keller denies it was him. It becomes clear that Keller has a split personality when he calls his doctor before the hostile “Lenny” makes his appearance. Keller’s doctor Dr. Fitzgerald (Susan Brown) arrives and tries to get Barney to release Keller into her custody. Although Barney can’t do that, sparks fly between Fitzgerald and Barney leading to him being tempted to have an affair, but ultimately declines since he is married. Local jewel proprietor Mr. Rosten (Arny Freeman) while protecting his wares during the outage, takes a shot a Yemana thinking he is a burglar. Barney ends up buying some jewelry from him to being his wife. Dr. Fitzgerald is able to bail Keller out, and by the time they release him, a third personality has reared its head… the gay “Neil.” 4/4/17
• 045. Christmas Story – 12/23/1976
  • Wojo is trying to maintain the Christmas spirit when they have to work on Christmas Eve, but Yemana brings in a blue Christmas tree, Harris takes a report from Miss Dorothy Murakami (Nobu McCarthy), a prostitute who was mugged, and Wojo and Fish respond to a department store Santa Clause who was robbed. Fish brings in a Mr. Craig (Jay Gerber) who destroyed a store display window because he couldn’t assemble a toy the store sold him. Wojo gets the toy assembled but it is too big to take out of the department. Fish goes undercover as Santa and catches the mugger (John Morgan Evans). Nick makes a date with Dorothy, not realizing she is a prostitute. Wojo tells him, but he still goes through with it, happy when she says that she is just as off-duty as he is. Inspector Luger hangs out at the precinct dropping hints that he would like to be invited to Barney’s house for Christmas. Eventually Barney give in. Wojo, Harris, and Fish all get presents for everyone despite deciding that weren’t going to exchange gifts, leaving Barney feeling guilty. 10/28/17
• 046. Hash – 12/30/1976
  • Wojo brings brownies into the station made by his girlfriend Gloria. Unbeknownst to the cops in the precinct, the brownies are filled with hashish, all of whom partake in eating them except for Barney. Meanwhile Levitt tries to convince Barney to accept him as a cop in the precinct. A Polish actor named Janusz Makowski (Walter Janovitz) and a critic named Zbigniew Psczola (George Perina) are brought into the station after dueling with swords after Psczola gave Makowski a bad review. An old police academy associate of Fish’s named Frank Slater (Ed Peck) visits him and it becomes clear that he wants to put the moves on Bernice. After Wojo and Fish head out to capture a rooftop burglar, it begins to become clear to Barney that everyone is stoned by the brownies. Barney has Levitt sit in for Yemana, and is able to reconcile the Polish men. Fish and Wojo returned with the burglar Fred (Michael Tucci), after chasing him across several dangerous rooftops. Fish reads the riot act to Slater. The next day Barney tells the men he is going to forget the incident with the hash, but no one has any idea what he is talking about. 10/28/17
• 047. Smog Alert – 1/6/1977
  • With intense smog permeating the city, it is causing Wojo and Fish to feel terrible. When it turns into a full-fledged smog alert, Barney tries to get Fish to take it easy instead of responding to a bridge-jumper call. Meanwhile Detective Battista wants to stake out a ladies subway restroom when someone writes graffiti about her on one of the walls. She brings in Antoine McCarthy (Alan Haufrect) for defacing public property, but he claims he was only trying to meet people through his graffiti. Fish goes on the call and ends up collapsing in the street. Harris brings in the jumper Renee Pettit (Lee Kessler), who feels terrible about Fish being taken to the hospital. Wojo panics when the hospital can’t locate Fish and fears that he’s dead. Battista decides to go easy on McCarthy, and he is released pending a desk appearance. Renee has become attracted to Antoine and wants to leave with him, but she is thrown in the cell for attempting suicide. Fish returns to the precinct, having exited the ambulance after getting some oxygen. When Renee goes to leave, she finds that Antoine has left some dirty graffiti in the cell… and takes down the phone number. It is also revealed that it is Officer Levitt who has been putting Battista’s name high on the sign in board, in hopes of pointing out her height deficiency and getting her job. 6/12/18
• 048. Community Relations – 1/13/1977
  • Harris and Yemana make a bet to see who can go the longest without respectively smoking or gambling, with the loser taking a month of the other’s night duty. Meanwhile Wojo can’t seem to get his words together when testifying in a case, with District Attorney Frank Pisano (David Tress) visiting the station to hound Wojo and comment on the cases coming in. A landlord named Leonard K. Hauser (Joseph V. Perry) insists on pressing charges against an elderly man named Phillip Lukeather (Judson Morgan) who refuses to vacate the apartment after receiving an eviction notice. Harris and Yemana bring in blind shoplifter Leon Roth (Ralph Manza) who is picked up at Siegel’s. Despite the pressures from Hauser and Pisano, Barney is able to get Hauser to back off, and also arranges for Roth and Lukeather to meet, with the prospect of Lukeather moving in with Roth, knowing they could help each other. Wojo returns to court with a renewed confidence. Harris tricks Yemana into wagering that Lukeather and Roth will make it as roommates, thus ending the bet and allowing him to light up. Fish has trouble keeping his socks up. 7/31/18
• 049. The Rand Report – 1/20/1977
  • Newsweek magazine publishes a Rand Report indicating that detectives actually do very little in relation to uniformed officers. In response to the report, the force mandates that all third grade Detectives, which includes Wojo, must spend one week each month on duty as uniformed officers. Wojo is so furious about this that he refuses, and when Barney makes it clear that it is an order, Wojo quits. Meanwhile a man named Steven Himmel (Martin Garner) is dragged away from a crime location when his wife Georgia’s (Anna Berger) purse is snatched by thief Mark Swykirk (John William Evans) and she chases him into an elevator that gets stuck. Himmel is certain that the robber will be unable to control himself with his ‘beautiful’ wife. When the authorities finally get into the elevator and bring Swykirk and Georgia into the station, Himmel is aghast to find out that not only was Swykirk a perfect gentleman, but he has actually charmed Georgia. Wojo finally comes to his senses and shows up to work in his blue uniform, but still breaks the squad room’s door window in anger. Barney makes it clear to Officer Levitt that he wants no special treatment for Wojo and doesn’t want his rebellion covered up. Sgt. Dietrich looks for a desk to work out, and is afraid of Fish since he accused him of scratching his desk previously. 1/6/19
• 050. Fire ’77 – 1/27/1977
  • A man named Lawrence Weiskoff (Howard Platt) turns himself in for murder at the precinct, but then clarifies that he and his partner Gwen Baxter (K Callan) had entered a suicide pact and he chickened out. It turns out that Gwen also didn’t go through with it, and the officers bring her into the station as well. Meanwhile escaped convict Thomas Vitella (Sal Viscuso) is brought in on charges of stealing money from the church. After trying to make Wojo feel guilty for not going to church himself, he starts a fire in the bathroom. Barney and the officers are able to get everyone evacuated although Gwen feels turned on by the prospect of dying in fire with Lawrence. The firemen get the fire out and everyone returns. Yemana is able to try his Japanese delicacy, fish head soup. Fish, because of his age, and Harris, because of a recent stock market loss, both contemplate suicide themselves. Russell Shannon is the fireman. 1/6/19
• 051. The Abduction – 2/3/1977
  • A couple named Joe (Rod Colbin) and Lois Wheaton (Vivi Janiss) come into the precinct that they’re adult daughter Barbara Lynn (Jane Alice Brandon) has been taken by a cult/restaurant, the Light of the East Temple and Herbarium. Barney sends Harris and Wojo to check it out, but warns the parents that if their daughter wants to be there, she has every right. This proves to be the case, so the officers can do nothing. The parents then take matters into their own hands and force their daughter to leave and put her into their car. Barney then has to send the officers back out and arrest the parents. Barbara’s boss and guru Bodhisattva (David Clennon) comes to the station to meet Barbara, who insists that she is happy and doing what she wants and has adopted the new name Praknamurti. Her parents tell her that if this is her lifestyle, they are writing her off, but as soon as they leave, Lois talks Joe into going to the Temple for lunch. Meanwhile Nick has won several football bets on the bowl games, but his bookie Sidney (Buddy Lester) turns himself in because he has lost so many bets and can’t make the payments and hopes he will be protected in jail. Bernice visits an already-nauseous Fish at the stations and tells him that she is going to look for a job. He forbids it and she defies him, but can’t find anything anyway. Fish takes pity on her and offers kind words instead of being angry that she defied him. Harris gets one of his short stories published in the smut magazine Sir Gent, but they editors change the story to add two additional guys into the ‘love story’ much to Harris’s irritation. Bernice seems particularly impressed that he was published and wants to read it. 1/6/20
• 052. Sex Surrogate – 2/10/1977
  • Wojo and Fish respond to a shooting and bring in Louise Kaufmann (Doris Roberts) who tried to shoot her husband (Eugene Elman), claiming that he went to a sex clinic, which was actually full of prostitutes, but only managed to graze his inseam. They also bring in Dr. Lorraine Dooley (Marilyn Sokol) as a witness, who claims that the clinic’s work is perfectly legal and is handled with discussion and practical application, leaving Barney to try and discern the difference between her work and prostitution. After collecting her information, they let her go to see if the prosecutor is interested in a case. Wojo takes her card, and Fish briefly considers her services, when Bernice continues to pester him via phone to spend more time with her. Kaufmann claims he was just trying to improve his drive so he can have better relations with his wife, and tells Dooley that he no longer needs her services. When he thinks that Louise has to spend the night in jail and will have to sleep alone, she becomes more desirable to him. Meanwhile Harris goes looking for a child shoplifter, but ends up determining that the perpetrator is a little person named Mr. Resnick (Billy Barty). Officer Levitt announces that he is quitting the force since he has no hope of getting taller, and thus receiving no further promotions. However when he meets Resnick, he sees that height is relative. 1/6/20
• 053. Moonlighting – 2/17/1977
  • Harris shows up to work late and so tired that he can barely keep his eyes open. He finally admits that he has been moonlighting at a swanky apartment building as Captain of Security. He is fired however when Harris won’t work a schedule that interferes with his job as an officer. Harris admits that his expensive tastes for the finer things have resulted in him needing the second job. Meanwhile Dietrich brings in a man named Sylvester White (John Dullaghan) who is found with stolen goods and a shaky receipt from a thrift store. It turns out that the store is run by  Reverend Albert Carrey (George Pentecost) and is full of stolen merchandise. He readily admits it and says that he does it to raise money so that he can have a nicer church. Wojo brings in a man named Tom Fields (Jan Stuart Schwartz) who has stopped traffic when his bag of betting tickets is spilled. They finally realize that Tom is mentally retarded and tells the officers that he was given a dollar by a man to deliver the tickets. They bring in this man and identify him as Del Mitchell (Cal Gibson), who has been investigated before. Since it is his world versus Tom’s, they are forced to let him go, but not before Harris warns him about taking advantage of a mentally challenged person again. White is released, but without getting his money back for the confiscated goods. The reverend is booked, but Yemana requests not to be involved, and Dietrich wonders about God after he volunteers to process him. 4/21/20
• 054. Asylum – 2/24/1977
  • An officer (Louis Zito) brings in Marty Morrison, whom he found in a gay bar with possession of marijuana. Barney had the drugs sent to the lab to see how much it weighs, since he can let Marty go if it is under a half of an ounce. Meanwhile Wojo brings in a Russian diplomat Andre Bulganov (Michael Panaieff) whom he witnesses kidnapping a Russian musician in town named Fyoder Jininski (Ion Teodorescu) who is seeking asylum in the United States because he is gay and persecuted in Russia. Barney is forced to let Bulganov go free because of his diplomatic immunity, but Wojo has promised Jininski asylum so Barney calls the State Department. They send over the rookie agent Jeffrey Stevens (David Clennon), who says that they cannot assist in granting asylum in any way, and that he needs to visit the Immigration office. Barney defies the rule, and lets Wojo drive Jininski to the office. Having bonded with Marty, they say their goodbyes and Marty tries to convey that he wants to hear from Fyoder. Harris works on a story about the entire situation which he plans to shop to a magazine. The results from the lab come back and they find that the pot is just a pinch under a half-ounce, so the men let Marty go, despite the fact that he said he’d like to kiss everyone at the station. Bulganov is furious that they assisted Andre, but also fearful about how he will be dealt with by his superiors. Later the officers see in the paper that not only was Jininski granted asylum, but Bulganov was as well. 4/22/20
• 055. Group Home – 3/10/1977
  • As Fish dresses in drag to go on mugging detail, and Army recruiter named Master Sgt. J.R. Reville (George Murdock) comes into the station to report a bomb threat. As a former World War 2 veteran, he is shocked to see a Japanese police officer in Yemana. Nevertheless Yemana helps him by bringing in sketch artist Sgt. Wilkinson (James Cromwell) to draw a disgruntled man who visited the office earlier that day and had a very distinctive cough that he heard on the threatening call. The officers take the sketch and find the suspect Mr. DiLucca (Don Calfa) at the Bellevue hospital. He claims that the he threatened the bomb because the Army had admitted that years earlier they conducted germ warfare experiments in the New York subways, and he believes this is why he has the cough. They realize that he is crazy and send him back to Bellvue. Reville warms up to Yemana when he finds out that he served in the war on the American side. Meanwhile after being visited by Bernice and their foster kids Victor and Jilly, and then goes out on his beat. He winds up arresting an elderly widower named Lou Hector (Phil Leeds) when he persistently tries to hit on Fish. He winds up letting him go when he find that Hector no priors, but Lou continues to try and be friends with Fish, and asks to have coffee with him the next time he’s on that detail. After watching Roots, Harris hires a genealogy organization to research his family tree. At first he is upset when they can’t go back any further than his great-great-grandfather who ran a liquor store in Cleveland. Then when he demands more results that trace back to Africa, they go back to the 1400s, which places his ancestors in the Scottish army. 8/2/20
• 056. Strike – Part 1 – 3/24/1977
  • With waves of ‘blue flu’ sweeping across the city and full-fledged strike imminent, Inspector Luger visits the 12th Precinct to commend Barney for the loyalty of his men. A few including Fish have called off sick, but the core group of Yemana, Harris, Wojo, and Dietrich are all present. However after going back and forth on the matter, they decide to walk at noon. The only officer who promises to not leave his post is Officer Levitt. Meanwhile a woman named Lonna Lane (Peggy Pope) comes in to report that a date showed up from a computer dating service and robbed her. As the four officers are getting ready to walk, Barney gets a call about a liquor store robbery in progress. Wojo and Harris agree to take it, so Yemana and Dietrich wait at the station for them but refuse to work. The men capture the robber Charlie Prevette (Peter Hobbs) who comes to the station and lambasts the men for not being out on strike and predicting the end of society due to the unrest. Barney gets a call that the computer dater is on his way to another victim’s house, but this time Wojo and Harris say that they have to leave. Inspector Luger, after taking the report of Lonna, agrees to go check out the potential robbery. After the men leave, the only ones left in the station are Barney and Lonna. Barney ignores the ringing phone. NOTE: This is the first of a two-part episode. 8/2/20
• 057. Strike – Part 2 – 3/31/1977
  • With most of the men out on strike, Barney, Luger, and Levitt handle the workload at the 12th Precinct. The guys striking are clearly hanging out together and call Barney to check on him. Levitt is put in charge of handling the disagreeable Mr. Prevette. Lonna makes her loneliness known by trying to hit on Barney. When Luger brings in the dating service robber John Blomquist (Joe George), Lonna laments that she had been making him a nice meal when he robbed her. She decides to not press charges, and he agrees to have dinner with her. The three officers work around the clock, and when the others return the next morning following their strike rally, Luger lambasts them for abandoning Barney. Although Barney asks him to stand down, there is clearly some tension in the air. Dietrich suggests that they all clear the air and talk about their feelings. Although Wojo says he doesn’t think they should have walked, Harris makes it clear that their grievances were not with Barney, while he feels he took the brunt of their ‘punishment’. They agree that their friendships will transcend difference of opinion, even if this occurs again. Yemana complains that everyone makes fun of his coffee. Wojo complains about Harris and his smart-than-you approach to everything. Even as they bicker, Harris chooses Wojo to go on a robbery call with him. Luger tells Levitt that he will remember him when it comes promotion time… but gets his name wrong.  NOTE: This is the second of a two-part episode. 11/17/20

SEASON 4

• 058. Good-Bye Mr. Fish – Part 1 – 9/15/1977
  • On the last day that Fish is to report to work before his retirement, the precinct prepares for a send-off. Meanwhile Levitt notifies Barney of posters being hung all over the city offering a $1000 Good Citizens award to anyone who fatally wounds a criminal during the commission of a crime. The posters are sponsored by the Lower Manhattan Merchants Committee for Social Reform, so Barney brings in the head of the organization Bruno Bender (Stanley Brock). The posters seem to be working as a robber named Harold Stimple (Gregory V. Karliss) is brought in after nearly being killed by the elderly couple of a Mom and Pop store. Barney is unable to get the District Attorney to specify any laws being broken by the signs. A shootout is reported and they bring along Levitt to control the situation. Two elderly men, Mr. Rosten (Arny Freeman) and Mr. Cotterman (Jack Somack) are brought in. Rosten’s jewelry store had been robbed, so he chased the robber and wound up shooting the window out of Cotterman’s liquor store. The men both feel terrible when it turns out that the robber was killed by their gunfire. Bender tries to make light of it, and offers the men the reward, but they are both so sickened by their act that they both choose not to know who fired the fatal shot. Bender is released because there is nothing to hold him on. Luger has spent all afternoon at the station, waiting for Fish to show up for his shift so he can start the party with beer and ice cream, but as the day goes on, Fish is nowhere to be found. NOTE: This is the first of a two-part episode. 11/17/20
• 059. Good-Bye Mr. Fish – Part 2 – 9/22/1977
  • While everyone is still trying to locate the missing Fish, Bernice comes into the station also frantic. The men do their best to comfort her and assure her that he is fine. Eventually Fish does in fact wander into the station, claiming that he decided to walk to work. He seems to be in a daze and in a better mood than normal, and soon starts eluding the fact that he will be working the following week. He also goes on a liquor store bus, and winds up tackling the robber Harold Sanders (Timothy Jerome). He gets especially aggressive when Sanders refers to him as an old man. Barney takes Fish into the office to have a chat with him, and Fish refuses to acknowledge that he is working his last day. Their conversation becomes heated and emotional, as Fish think he can convince the Commissioner to let him work longer, considering the commendations he’s gotten over his years on the force. Barney maintains that the rule is that he retire at age 63, and eventually Fish accepts his fate. Meanwhile, a man named Edward Sellers (Larry Gelman) is arrested for destroying video cameras in a grocery store. He believes that many humans are clones and that space life is attempting to monitor us. He believes that the only thing a clone cannot do is speak in a high-pitched voice. Barney orders that he get sent to Bellevue sanitarium. He puts up a huge fuss about leaving, claiming they will perform an operation on him. Dietrich finally convinces him to go by speaking to him in a high-pitched voice. Fish bids each man an emotional farewell as he walks out the door for the last time. NOTE: This is the second of a two-part episode. 3/7/21
• 060. Bugs – 9/29/1977
  • As Mr. Keller (Sammy Smith) the exterminator is sweeping the station for cockroaches, he finds a hidden microphone over the cage. The guys are all disturbed of the prospect of being monitored by anyone, especially Internal Affairs. As much as the men try to gauge what they say, Barney works to convince them that they have nothing to hide and that they should carry on as normal. However, even he starts to become upset when a second bug is found in his office. When Luger stops by, the men tell him about the bugs, and he too is outraged, although when he finds out there was on in Barney’s office, he also starts to temper everything he says. Meanwhile, Yemana and Harris bring in three women for solicitation: Paula Capshaw and Miss Duquette (Lavelle Roby) have had prior arrests, but the third, Roberta Kerlin (Mari Gorman), is a first-time offender. She eventually admits that she is a neglected housewife from Connecticut. Her husband Bill (Robert Costanzo) come in to get her, and is outraged when he finds out what she was brought in for. Roberta is angry at her husband for being ignored for so long. The other girls vouch that she does a great trade, but her husband won’t believe them. Barney tells the husband that her first customer was a copy, but he is letting her out of the charge due to lack of evidence. Roberta won’t tell her husband if she would have gone through it or not, and struts proudly out of the station. Barney lets loose on whoever is listening and says there is nothing to be investigated going on, and that all officers make mistakes and shouldn’t be afraid to speak. Keller then reports that he traced the wires to the storage room, and they were so old that they had corroded, indicating whatever the investigation was about, it happened long ago. 3/7/21
• 061. Corporation – 10/6/1977
  • Corporate lawyer for Federated Paper Company, Brad Laneer (David Dukes) lodges a complaint against an unknown vandal known only as Hawk who keeps breaking into the building and trashing it, and stealing materials and chemicals from their development lab. Later a vandal named Alvin Trager (Vernon Weddle) who caught spray painting windows in corporate buildings is brought in, and turns out to be the Hawk, who is protesting the killing of citizens by the chemicals used in the products. Trager threatens to drink one of the chemicals that the police recovered, and when Barney tries to get it from him, he drinks it… before finding out it was merely red food coloring. Meanwhile. Wojo brings a homeless bag lady named Mrs. Hirsch (Fran Ryan), who was knocked down and had one of her bags stolen. Wojo tries to get her to lodge a complaint and give her information, but she remains silent. He believes that she is deaf and dumb, but Nick says he’s heard her talking to the pigeons. She finally breaks her silence to report how bad Nick’s coffee is. She also begins trying to steal various items off of Wojo’s desk. He feels terrible and wants to help her, thinking it will take away the guilt of the painful childbirth his mother had with him. Barney says he has sympathy too, to respects her right to live the way she wants. He finally releases her to leave, and when he tells her to say warm and not to forget to eat, she returns a key ring that she stole form his desk. He tells her to keep it as a memento. 7/5/21
• 062. Burial – 10/20/1977
  • Fish stops in at the precinct to say hello while in the office to sign some pension papers. Meanwhile, There is a robbery at the Hubbard Mortuary and a body is stolen. The owner Nelson Hubbard (Sy Kramer) comes to the station and explains that he was hit on the head by an angry customer named Julius Wittenour (Jack Kruschen) over a dispute over burial pricing of Wittenour’s fellow widower roommate Leonard Lewis. Wittenour than stole the body. Barney sends Wojo to investigate other funeral homes to see if the body was taken there, but Wojo has a fear of funeral homes, so Barney sends him to bring in Wittenour. When he arrives, he says that he buried the body but refuses to say where. Barney surmises that it is in Central Park, but when he can’t get any further information, he has to choice but to lock up Wittenour. Fish says he’s like to talk to him since they are closer in age. He convince Wittenour that things can get moved around in parks, with additions like a restroom or basketball hoop. Wittenour eventually tells Fish the precise location. The angry Mr. Hubbard is tired of being made the heavy, so he agrees to drop the charges, and gives an apology for losing a cool, trying to explain that just because he is an undertaker, he is a normal man. Barney gives Fish a sincere thanks for his help. 7/5/21
• 063. Copy Cat – 10/27/1977
  • A man named Mr. Boston (Don Sherman) reports an attempted robbery that was based on a type of robbery that he had just seen on TV. Nick believes there is a copy cat robber on the loose who is basing his robberies on ones he’s seen on TV. Meanwhile Harris is actively looking for a new apartment. Barney allows him to leave during work to act on an apartment tip, and winds up with one he’s happy with. Unfortunately, the landlord decides not to rent to him since he’s a cop… which he doesn’t consider a permanent job. Wojo is thrilled when he finally passes his Sergeant’s test and becomes a sergeant after eight years. Harris brings in a drunk named Harold Durrell (John Dullaghan) who tried to hold up a liquor store. Wojo gets irritated when, despite his title, he still needs to fill out Precinct reports and help Durrell to the restroom. He takes it out on Harris, who had left to go see the apartment. Barney gives him a talking-to that the menial tasks still need to be done. Boston’s AA sponsor Roy Jenkins (Norman Bartold) comes to see him, and Boston tells him he’s always bored him with his tales of success after becoming sober. Wojo catches the copy cat thief when he tries to ride on top of a subway in order to rob the money train. The thief, Angelo Dodi (Don Calfa), admits that even though he is doing the same types of crimes, it’s not exciting as it is on TV. When Harris finishes Wojo’s reports, Wojo apologizes for not working as a team to help out Harris. 12/28/21
• 064. Blizzard – 11/3/1977
  • As the snow rages outside, and Nick tries to push his Gensing tea, Wojo chases down and brings in a vagrant named Leo Lujak (Lewis Charles) who tried to roll another panhandler. While Wojo is getting Lujak’s statement, Lujak unexpectedly drops dead. When the paramedics (Louis Quinn, John David McCall) arrive, they pronounce him dead and tell Barney that he’ll need to contact the coroner to get rid of the body. The coroner is having issues with the snow and tells them that they’ll likely need to keep it overnight, so they put him in the interrogation room. Wojo feels tremendous guilt since he had chased him down. Harris and Dietrich also bring in a street prophet named Jerome Grodin (Lou Cutell), who is poking people with sticks and proclaiming that Earth is entering another Ice Age. Meanwhile, Harris is incorporating himself and wants Barney to be part of the corporation in order to make it legal. When Barney refuses, Harris gives him the cold shoulder. Lujak’s lawyer Arnold Ripner comes in to interrogate all of the officers about Lujak’s death. However, they quickly remind him that there’s no one on whose behalf to sue. Dietrich and Wojo bring in a burglar named Eugene LaSalle (Tim Henschel), who was trying to break into apartments since he though the police would be unable to get to him due to the snow. Ripner advises Harris that incorporating himself could actually cost him more money, so Harris apologizes to Barney for giving him the cold shoulder and decides not to go through with his corporation. The coroner’s men (Al Berry, Trent Dolan) show up to pick up Lujak. The coroner’s report shows that Lujak was in terrible health and should have been dead years ago, making Wojo feel much better. When the snow turns to rain, Grodin starts to second-guess his prophecy. 12/28/21
• 065. Chase – 11/17/1977
  • Harris and Dietrich bring in a junkie named James Glynn (George Loros) who tries to sell them heroin, and he is carrying thousands of dollars in his pocket. Glynn then implies that Barney can keep the money if they let him go free, but Barney brings in the other two officers to witness the bribe. They reveal that Glynn tried to bribe them as well. After they lock Glynn up, he confesses that he is actually Sgt. Michael P. Hunt working for Lieutenant Ben Scanlon (George Murdock) in Internal Affairs and they are trying to catch any officers accepting a bribe. Barney is furious by this and he calls in Scanlon to talk about this before he will let Glynn out of the jail cell. Scanlon comes up and acts disappointed that they weren’t able to bust anyone, while Barney is angry that he wasted his men’s time playing games and looking for someone to bust. Meanwhile, Wojo catches a jewel robber and commandeers a taxi to chase down the robber Brando (Joey Aresco). The cab driver Antonio Mione (Luis Avalos), is petrified of losing his independent cab when he hears that Wojo is chasing the robber in excess of 80 miles per hour. Avalos’s passenger Sheila Rosen (Marya Small aka Mews Small) also has reason to be upset, as Wojo drove off with her shopping bags in the taxi. Eventurally Wojo catches Brando, but not before hitting several parked cars with Luis’s taxi cab. Barney is irritated that Wojo didn’t use better judgement, and the precinct is forced to fill out numerous damage claims, including Ms. Rosen’s shopping bags. The cab is also damaged beyond use, so Mione questions how he will make a living while his cab is being repaired. Sheila, who has been developing romantic feelings for Mione, offers to let him use her car. After Barney reads the riot act to Scanlon, Barney has Harris release Hunt from his cell. Scanlon promises that he’ll keep an eye on Barney and his team, as he always keeps an eye on decent guys. In the midst of everything going on, Yemana attempts to take inventory around the office. 5/11/22
• 066. Thanksgiving Story – 11/24/1977
  • It is Thanksgiving Day and the precinct is seeing a lot of activity. They bring in one man named Ed Gerrity (Tom Lacy), who stabbed his brother-in-law Paul Powell (Kip King) in the hand with a fork because of an argument over a drumstick. Ed claims that Paul had moved in with him months ago and not paid any rent. Paul spends a portion of the day in the cage, until Paul shows up and decides not to press charges. Ed is appreciative, even though Dietrich tells him that it often happens this way… only for the victim to take revenge later. Dr. Engels (George Skaff) from the mental institution comes in with Nurse Krewson (Susan Davis) and an attendant Kenny Brewer (Chip Lucia aka Charles Lucia) reporting that three patients have escaped the psychiatric ward. Engels blames them for getting locked in the closet, even though they were already in the closet when they were locked in. As the nurse flirts with Harris, they get a call from the automat where the three inmates are running around. One of them, Dukane (Ted Schartz) takes his pants off when he gets nervous. The other two are Ana Rada (Anita Dangler) who claims to have killed her husband who left her, and the elderly Rudolf Biederman (Ian Wolfe) who has a hard time connecting with reality. All the while Inspector Luger hangs out at the precinct to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving, while hinting around that he’d like to be invited to Barney’s house for the holiday. The automat owner decides not to press charges against the inmates, so the doctor and his staff return them to the home. Barney finally wears down and invites Luger to join his family for Thanksgiving. 5/12/22
• 067. Tunnel – 12/1/1977
  • Nick finds a horse named Pick Me Nick that he is dying to place a bet on, even though Barney doesn’t like him placing bets from the squad room. Harris and Dietrich have been on a stakeout all night, and Harris is more than irritated by the time he comes in the next morning. Wojo notices how quiet it has been all morning, and then they realize that the phones are out. They get word that there’s a disturbance at Harding High School, so Nick volunteers to go along with Dietrich so that he can use a pay phone to place his bet along the way. They bring back a European History teacher named Howard Gabriel (Jay Gerber), who blew his stack at the kids and went onto the roof to scream. They also find some illegal weapons in his briefcase, so he is held in custody. His Assistant Principal Burton Shaw (Leonard Stone) comes to see him, with no interest in discipline, but frantic to get him back into the classroom the next day so that he doesn’t have to teach the class. When Gabriel tells him that he’s going to need a break from teaching, Shaw becomes almost as unhinged as Shaw was. Meanwhile, Wojo and Leavitt go on a robbery call to catch a thief named Leroy Kreutzer (J.J. Barry) who is trying to tunnel into a diamond exchange. Wojo goes in after him, and the dirt caves in on him. Barney rushes down to see him, and finds that he had been unresponsive for several minutes but is now doing okay in the hospital. Once he quickly recovers, he leaves the hospital and wants to keep on working for the day. He believes something happened to his soul, while Dietrich thinks that once you are dead, you are dead. They ask Barney what he thinks, and although he says it’s not his area of expertise, some aren’t so sure that your soul dies. Nick also thinks there is a God orchestrating life and death… and when he finds out that he won $400 on Pick Me Nick, he believes this corroborates his beliefs. 9/5/22
• 068. Atomic Bomb – 12/15/1977
  • Acropolis apartment manager Mr. Seldiz (Al Ruscio), who has been working on backed-up toilets and stinks to high heaven, stops by the station to report a tenant named James Thayer (Will Seltzer) who has chemicals all over his apartment and has made sounds like an explosion. Barney sends Nick and Wojo, along with Sgt. Kavanaugh (Stephen Pearlman) to check it out. They bring the device, along with Thayer, back to the station, but Kavanaugh thinks it is not explosive. Thayer, however, admits that he is building an atomic bomb that he has built for a college class. Meanwhile, a lady named Evelyn Kruger (Helen Verbit) comes in to report that her husband Harry (Phil Leeds) plans to be cryogenically frozen after being put on a pacemaker. She reports that he is working with a man named Swanson (Rod Colbin) with the Metropolitan New York Cryonic Society. They check him out and figure out that he is legitimate. However, Mrs. Kruger is able to talk her husband into living out the last years of his life with her. Barney brings F.B.I. member William McKuen (John Getz) and Dr. Reinhold Bauer (Karl Bruck) from the Energy Commission. McKuen is afraid to make any decisions without corroboration from his superiors, but they eventually call back and tell him to confiscate the bomb. Thayer is disappointed because he was trying to prove how dangerous these bombs could be, and reminds them that he got a C in Physics, and to remember what someone with an A or B could do. Bauer and Swanson argue over the fundamental differences in what they do, and which is more dangerous. Everyone starts to leave, and keep the bomb at the precinct until other F.B.I. agents can come to pick it up. Bauer warns Barney to be careful with it… and not to drop it on his toe. 9/6/22
• 069. The Bank – 1/5/1978
  • Barney complains that Harris is late again, this time because he’s moving to a new apartment. He shows up with a moving truck driver (John LaMotta) and some of his clothes, thanks to the fact that when he arrived at the apartment he planned to sublet, he was told that the divorcing couple from whom he was going to rent is no longer going to rent to him because they are getting back together. When his former landlord won’t take him back, he is left in a state of flux with himself and his belongings. Meanwhile, Luger comes into the station after being told to investigate precincts that are turning unsolved cases back to the uniformed officers. When Luger makes a misconstrued racist comment to Harris, he takes offence and adopts a stereotypical black accent to show his disapproval. Luger decides not even to talk to the men and makes an apology to Harris before he leaves. Wojo and Yemana bring in a man named Philip Hamel (Peter Jurasik) who has gone on a tirade at a sperm bank because his specimen has gone bad. The manager Helen Bateman (Sandy Sprung) claims this is the first time it has ever happened but wants the destroyed property paid for. Hamel’s wife Arlene (Jodie Mann) comes in and begs the cops to release him and begs her husband to pay the damages. When she mentions that she might meet another man while he is in jail, he agrees to pay. On his way out, Dietrich mentions that since Hamel had a vasectomy before donating his sperm, another option exists for Arlene to be artificially inseminated, also mentioning that they could choose a male donor with the same physical characteristics as Philip. Arlene then notices how much Dietrich looks like her husband. Philip is quick to jump in and agree with adoption as an alternative. Harris plans to spend the night at the station, but Barney suggests that he stay with Dietrich. Harris has no interest in that, but when Dietrich tells Harris that he understands that he is quite verbose and not well liked, Harris decides to take him up on the offer… even if Dietrich then tells him to hurry it up. 12/26/22
• 070. The Ghost – 1/12/1978
  • A bakery customer calls and complains about the pornographic shapes that a bakery is making into pastries. Yemana goes down to bring back a sample. Harris shows up on a foul mood due to his having to room with Dietrich, who is growing all kinds of plants in his apartment… including wheat. Dietrich and Wojo bring back a man named Elliot Porter (Kenneth Tigar) who seemed to be destroying the things in his own apartment, which he claims to be done by a ghost named Julius living his place. Barney has him sent to see a psychiatrist, but the guys are puzzled when things in the office seem to be falling over throughout his stay. Meanwhile, a prostitute named Tricia Morgan (Caroline McWilliams) files a complaint against her husband Dimitrios Stefanos (Titos Vandis), an immigrant who paid Tricia to marry him so that he could stay in the country. He has now fallen in love with Tricia and wants her to truly be his wife, but she has no interest. Barney decides to call in an immigration officer named Carl Simms (Nehemiah Persoff) to settle the situation. When neither party will not reveal whether the marriage was consummated – which they determine by using the pastries as examples – Simms is forced to let them go. When Wojo refers to Trica as a ‘cheap hooker’, Stefanos defends her honor and tells Wojo he won’t stand for that kind of talk. Wojo apologizes, and Stefanos tells Tricia he won’t bother her anymore. She softens on him somewhat and tells him to call her if he needs anything. After Elliot finally is escorted to the psychiatrist, everyone hears another crash in Barney’s office, and Dietrich introduces himself to the poltergeist. 12/26/22
• 071. Appendicitis – 1/19/1978
  • Barney gets on Nick’s case when he misplaces a file, but then finds it on his own desk. He apologizes but insists that Nick get the files in order. When Nick starts to complain of a stomachache, Barney thinks he’s coming up with excuses not to file. Levitt makes an appointment with Barney to go over his service record. A man named Abie Kleiner (Jack Bernardi) who just moved into the area from Brooklyn comes to the precinct asking for ‘wanted posters’ claiming that he is a bounty hunter. After Kleiner gives his information to Wojo, Barney sends him on his way, asking him not to get involved as many of the criminals are dangerous. Dietrich and Harris respond to a call at a bakery and bring back a man Howard Altman (Michael Durrell), who is addicted to sugar, and although he preaches how unhealthy it is, can’t get enough of it. In fact, he is brought in for trying to steal a woman’s nougat. Nick’s stomach pains get worse until he nearly collapses. They all suspect Appendicitis and call an ambulance to come get him. Barney feels bad for not listening to him earlier. Mr. Kleiner returns and tells Barney he has identified the whereabouts for a criminal named Victor Jurasic (Norman Klar aka Nick Klar). Levitt’s appointment with Barney has been put on hold, so Barney sends him to accompany Mr. Kleiner to the location of Jurasic. Sure enough, he has nailed the right person. When Kleiner offers to share the reward with Leavitt, he refuses and says that his service to the public is greatest reward… making sure Barney hears his speech. After the ambulance attendants (Jerry D’Emilio, Jade McCall) pick up Nick, Barney later gets a call that he will be just fine. In his daze, he can only talk about filing to the nurse. 6/13/23
• 072. Rape – 1/26/1978
  • A woman named Catherine Lindsay (Joyce Jameson) comes into the precinct to report her rape, and she identifies the perpetrator as her husband Marvin (Michael Pataki). His lawyer Neil Korchak (William Bogert) also shows up and is puzzled by the accusation. Barney doesn’t quite know how to handle the situation and calls the District Attorney, but they request that he try to handle it. Meanwhile, a man named Mr. Duggan (Dick Balduzzi) reports that he was robbed while in a Catholic confessional. Dietrich has a theory that another robber who had been disguised as a doctor is the same man acting out because of a psychological condition. Harris thinks that Dietrich is wrong, but when they finally catch the man, Ross (Harvey Gold), it turns out that he is pretty close… and this time dressed as a cop. The assistant D.A. Leslie Dornan (Linda Dano) shows up and wants to pursue pressing charges. Everyone believes she just wants to work on a potentially monumental case for women’s rights, and even Korchak is rather excited about it. Both Harris and Wojo are attracted to Dornan, and Harris gets her attention when he spouts off about what a woman really needs out of a relationship. Catherine tells her husband that what she demands is respect from him, and then she will let him have his way with her. She finally begins to soften on him when he makes promises to her about how he will change and be more romantic. Dornan and Korchak are both disappointed that they won’t be involved in a notable case, but Mrs. Lindsay is happy when Marvin offers to buy some records and wine on the way home and promises to dance with her. Before Dornan leaves, she offers to have lunch with Harris. Wojo has changed his clothes and thrown on cologne but is disappointed when he finds out she has left. Nick is happy when New York legalizes gambling, and he vows to go through the city instead of bookies so that his money will filter back into his own pay. 6/13/23
• 073. Eviction: Part 1 – 2/2/1978
  • Wojo brings in a known prostitute named Elena Elezando (Rosanna DeSoto) and an older man named Jorge Rodriguez (Felipe Turich), tenants of the Manchester Hotel, which is slated for demolition to make way for condominiums that are going to be erected in their place. The judge has signed an evacuation order, but the tenants are refusing to leave. When Wojo went to get them to evacuate, many of them, led by Elena and Jorge who are the spokespeople for the tenants, began throwing garbage at him. Elena states that none of them will be leaving until someone ensures that they will have a place to live. Meanwhile Dietrich and Yemana report to Landry’s Market to pick up a woman (Donna Baccala) who is eating food off the shelf. When they get back to the station, the woman can’t recall her name or anything about herself. Dietrich suspects that she has amnesia, and he takes her to have it verified by the psychiatric hospital. Inspector Luger stops by to tell Barney that he is planning to go on vacation for the first time in many years and is looking for suggestions. He doesn’t like many of the ideas he hears so he decides to stay around New York City and attend some shows. Barney and Dietrich agree to call each other by their first names. Dietrich gets back from the psychiatric hospital and tells Barney that the doctors agreed with him. He plans to put the lady up in a hotel and then work with her to help her regain her memory. Barney warns him about getting to close with a suspect. A guy named Clayton Walsh (Dave Madden) from the Drexler Boz Corportation, who owns the building, stops by to tell Barney that the judge has issued a final order for the police to clear the Manchester by 3pm… which at that point is about ten minutes away. Barney wants to consider the best options to try and have the folks move out peacefully. He frees Elena and Jorge, hoping they will understand the gravity of the situation and go back and talk the tenants into leaving. He sends Wojo and Levitt to escort them back. Wojo and Levitt come running back into the station reporting that ten or so police cards from Manhattan South came screeching up at the Manchester with weapons and bullhorns on the order of the Police Commissioner. Inspector Luger tells Barney that he is being forced to relieve him of his duty and put him on revised assignment pending further investigation. He takes Barney’s gun and badge and puts Nick in charge as the next most senior officer, much to the displeasure of everyone in the precinct… especially Nick. As his first act as the man in charge, Nick suggests that they call it a day. NOTE: This is the first part of a two-part episode. 10/10/23
• 074. Eviction: Part 2 – 2/9/1978
  • Lieutenant Vogel (John Clavin) arrives at the precinct to take command over from Yemana, much to his relief. He acknowledges that he didn’t do much, but Harris likens him to William Henry Harrison. Barney returns from being questioned by police board, where he has gotten to tell his side of the story. The men are in support of him and tell him that they are all willing to testify to his character. Vogel questions Barney how something like this doesn’t make him completely bitter. Barney gets the word from his men that the standoff at the Manchester is still going on, and there have now been shots fired. Meanwhile, Dietrich is still investigating the identity of the woman with amnesia, as he begins to like her more and more. Based on a bus ticket he found in her possession, he knows she came from Harrisburg to New York, so he begins checking buses that came into Harrisburg. Inspector Luger stops in to check on Barney and tells him that he is currently still on his vacation, even though he looks the same as always. Lieutenant Rossmore (Bruce Kirby) from Manhattan South stops in and asks Barney to come with him, as he was sent to bring him over to the Manchester because one of their men winged one of the tenants with a bullet and they need to do some public relations damage control. Barney is the only person the tenants will talk to. Barney goes in to speak to them, and although Elena continues to say they won’t leave until they are promised accommodations somewhere, Barney warns them that they can’t win, and someone could get killed during a showdown. He says that they all have friends in the building and that he has friends outside among the cops, and that neither of them can afford to lose a friend. After he leaves, he is visited by a drunk Clayton Walsh. Barney tells him that he should try and work with his company to open up one of the vacant buildings they are sitting on and let some of the tenants into it so they have somewhere to go. Miraculously he gets through to his people and they agree they might avoid some bad publicity if they did this. Barney is thrilled they finally acted responsibly and agreed to help… even if the building is getting torn down in a couple of months. Word gets to Barney that the tenants are finally coming out peacefully, and Vogel gets word that Barney is being reinstated. Yemana gives Barney his gun and badge back, and Barney is pleased that Yeman wore a jacket and tie to work. Dietrich and Barney agree to go back to being referred to as “Captain” and “Dietrich” again. Word finally gets back to Dietrich that the amnesiac woman’s name is Jennifer DiLucca… and she is a nun. Both of them are disappointed, but Dietrich notices that when he loses, he loses to the “biggest.” 10/10/23
• 075. Wojo’s Problem – 2/23/1978
  • Barney is surprised to find Wojo in the office bright and early in the morning, and even more so when Wojo tells him he’s been there since 4am. Also in the office is Bruno Bender, who had once been the head of the organization that was putting up posters offering rewards for wounding criminals during the commission of a crime. This time he is there because he had been held up in his own sporting good store. Naturally, he blames the police for putting his posters to an end. Meanwhile, Harris comes in that morning in a bad mood because his roommate Dietrich is getting on his nerves, acting like a know-it-all and then running it in when he is right. Barney tries to tell him to exercise patience, especially when a guy is letting a friend stay at his place. A female detective named Rosslyn Licori (Mari Gorman) says she been assigned as a replacement at the precinct. Barney has no idea who she is there to replace, but finally finds out she is there as a result of a two-year-old request to replace ChanoAmangual. She makes it clear to Barney that there is to be no hanky-panky as she is not that type of woman, and Barney wholeheartedly agrees. Dietrich overhears Wojo talking on the phone to a woman, and it is clear that he had some trouble performing in bed, which is why he left and came into work early. Dietrich advises him not to dwell on the problem, because that can cause him to exaggerate the problem and lead to more problems during future encounters. Harris and Yemana bring in a man named Louis Frankel (Henry Slate), who robbed a market while in a wheelchair. After Wojo gets another call from his girl and makes it clear he doesn’t want to talk about the problem while he is at work, he goes off on Bender, when he complains that they can catch a guy in a wheelchair and not the guy who robbed him. Wojo make it clear that they can’t just flip a switch and be able to perform. Barney calms him down, and during the commotion Frankel manages to escape. Officer Licori’s husband Vince (Ray Girardin) stops by the station to bring his wife lunch, and to scope out the men in the precinct to find out who is married and who might be a threat to them. Officer Licori tells him that he’s embarrassing her and asks him to leave. Barney finally gets to talk to Wojo about his problem, and Wojo claims that it extends beyond not being able to perform. He says that women, no matter the age, won’t leave him alone. Barney says he doesn’t know what to tell him and Wojo comments that it would be hard for him to relate. Frankel is located, so Nick leaves to pick him up. Bender gets ready to head back to his store, and Wojo apologizes for blowing his stack. Bender says he understand since police are under so much pressure and could be shot at any moment. Dietrich reminds him that cops are less likely to be victims of violence, but more of mental ailments resulting in suicide, alcoholism, impotence… and then Barney stops him and says he’d rather look at the resistance, perseverance, and indomitable spirit that policemen possess. They note that Frankel is trying to wheel himself out of the station again. 2/12/24
• 076. “Quo Vadis?” – 3/2/1978
  • Wojo is trying to book a man named Milton Loftus (John Dullaghan) who robbed a supermarket, while another lady named Miss Jacobs (Ivy Bethune) wants to report a smut shop… which actually turns out to be the Monroe Gallery, and the display in the window happens to contain a nude portrait. Harris comes in late after a long all-night social engagement and helps out, but all is put on hold temporarily when Wojo gets a call from dispatch that Barney has been shot while out on a call with Dietrich since Yemana is on vacation. While they frantically begin to call hospitals to find out Barney’s status, he strolls in casually, showing off a small bullet graze on his now-bandaged finger. He apologizes to the guys for making them worry, and then suggests to Miss Jacobs that she walk down the other side of the street, as they will have a hard time proving pornography on works of art. Barney’s wife Liz stops in to see him, having heard that he had been shot. Barney says he didn’t want to call her about it since it was so minor, and he knew it would upset her. Liz tells him that she doesn’t think she can handle the worry much longer as there seem to be fewer and few good guys on the street and more and more bad people. She suggests that they move to Long Island, Connecticut, or Sweden. As Liz leaves, the precinct gets a call about a disturbance at the Monroe Gallery, which turns out to be Miss Jacobs throwing a bottle of shoe polish on one of the paintings. One of the gallery’s owners, Mr. Levant (John O’Leary) wants to press charges against her. Barney tries to smooth things over between them, and he agrees to drop the charges if she will pay him to have the painting cleaned. Barney then speculates that the painting is actually one of her in her younger years. She admits to it, and says that the painting was meant to be private not seen by everyone. She tells Levant that she wants to buy the painting but doesn’t have the asking price of $1100. Barney tells them to meet somewhere in the middle of $1100 and the $20 she is offering. Liz then returns, and Mr. Loftus takes his side in the marital dispute. Liz says she wants to clarify her position on moving out of the city, and then says she meant it. Levitt then interrupts, looking for Barney’s approval for the work he did that day. Barney goes in to grab his coat and asks Liz to wait, and she responds that she always has. 2/12/24
• 077. Hostage – 3/23/1978
  • Harris arrests a man named Leon Bidell (Don Calfa) for armed robbery, and he worries about getting a life sentence as a habitual offender. While Nick is on vacation, Sergeant Rosslyn ‘Roz’ Licori (Mari Gorman) takes his place and tries to fit in among the men. Harris finds an apartment with hardwood floors in the Village and is thrilled that he can finally move out of Dietrich’s place but has to meet with the landlord to give him a down payment. Wojo and Roz arrest a ventriloquist named Oscar Leeds (Earle Towne) and his dummy Sammy for disturbing the peace and insulting a woman named Louise Hellman (Alix Elias). Luger stops by and is surprised to see the dummy in the precinct. Leon calls his brother Vern (Oliver Clark) and has him show up at the precinct and pose as Bidell’s lawyer. Vern then pulls a gun and holds everyone in the cell while he and Leon plan their escape. As Barney tries to tell the brothers that they won’t get away with their effort, Leon makes his demands for an escape plan, flight to Algeria, and a half-million dollars. While everyone is in the cell, Sammy begins to compliment Louise, while Dietrich tries to convince Mr. Leeds to come out from the shadow of his dummy. Vern begins to believe that they’ll never get away with their escape, and he eventually turns the gun on Leon. Ultimately, Vern hands the gun over to Barney, and the brothers are arrested. Louise decides to drop the charges against Leeds, and when they all emerge from the cell, Leeds claims that Sammy is dead. Dietrich congratulates him for escaping the hold that the dummy had on him, but suddenly Sammy comes ‘back to life’ and starts asking for water and a doctor. Harris is able to get to his appointment with his landlord to give him the down payment, and thanks Dietrich for letting him live with him. Wojo tells Vern that the state will get Leon the help that he needs. 6/30/24
• 078. Evaluation – 5/4/1978
  • Things get awkward around the precinct when Wojo walks into the restroom while Roz is in it. Barney announces to everyone that he has to write evaluations about them. Nearly everyone broaches the subject about what will be in the write-ups and seem to be gravitating toward Barney’s office throughout the day. Harris brings in a man who goes by the name 1223 (Richard Libertini) who took a swing at a bank cashier because the man wouldn’t accept his name to open a checking account. An older couple named Eddie (Eugene Elman) and Irene Schuman (Kay Medford) who own an adult bookstore called the Garden of Earthly Pleasures file a complaint when their shop keeps getting vandalized. Barney questions why a nice couple like them are running a porno shop, and they explain that they are simple merchants who used to sell food and candy but have had to change with the times. When someone is caught in the act of illegally hauling merchandise out of the shop, they are brought into the precinct… and turn out to be the Schulman’s son Russell (Larry Block) and daughter Susan Edwards (Garn Stephens).  The kids say they want what is best for their parents and that peddling smut will get them in trouble with the mob or vigilantes. After they argue about the shop, the parents ultimately decide not to press charges. As they are released, Mrs. Schuman tells Leavitt that she recognizes him from the shop. Wojo is able to determine from his fingerprints that the name of 1223 is actually Ira Grubb, who doesn’t like the date and time at his court hearing because of the numbers used. However, he figures if he wears a three-piece suit, he will be okay. Barney hands out the evaluations so they can all see them, and no one seems to have any complaints. However, out he leaves the room, everyone questions some of the words that he used to describe them. Barney tells him that he will make appointments alphabetically with each of them so that they can discuss it. 6/30/24
• 079. The Sighting – 5/11/1978
  • As Levitt struggles to fit in at the station and seems to do everything wrong, a woman named Harriet Brauer (Doris Roberts) comes into the station and requests that her husband be arrested by Harris. She says that he is selling all of their problems and then using the money to buy up gold, thinking that the financial markets are going to collapse, and that gold will be the only way to hold any wealth. Dietrich tells Harris that what Mr. Brauer is doing is financially valid, as many economists say that gold will hold the only real value after the world economy collapses. This gets Harris worried about his own investments, all of which are stocks and bonds. Meanwhile, Wojo is late coming in that morning, but finally stumbles in with lipstick all over his face. Barney gives him a stern warning about his private life disrupting his work life, but Wojo says he wasn’t late because of the girl, but rather because he saw a silver spaceship that was shaped like a cigar over Staten Island. Harris and Levitt head out to arrest Phillip Brauer (Peter Hobbs) after they realize that he has been forging his wife’s name on some of the bond receipts before he sold them. Wojo asks Barney to drop the talk of the alien spaceship, but then Captain Wayne Diamally (Jack Bannon) from the U.S. Air Force comes in to check out Wojo’s story, since Wojo had earlier called him. Diamally hears Wojo’s story and then tell him that he will look into, but subtly implies that he doesn’t believe him about the whole thing. Harris and Levitt come back to the station with Mr. Brauer, leaving Levitt to carry the heavy gold. Harris becomes mesmerized by the gold, while the Brauers work out their differences. She tells him that he can have his gold, but she wants to have some of the furniture that he sold back. He winds up selling a piece of gold, a Mexican 50-Peso piece, to Harris for $225. Despite the fact that Diamally didn’t seem to believe Wojo, he finds out from his superior that several people had made the same claim about seeing a flying object. They have determined that it was actually a weather balloon. Wojo is skeptical, but this seems to end the discussion. Levitt gives the Brauers a hand with getting their gold back home. Dietrich says that some believe that aliens have already made their way to earth, and some may be living among us. 10/27/24
• 080. Inauguration – 5/18/1978
  • On the day of Ed Koch’s mayoral inauguration, the officers of the 12th precinct are dealing with the fallout, including threatening notes created in crayon, and calls from a disgruntled citizen who feels he should be the mayor. Harris is working on special duty with the mayor’s office, giving Levitt even more to do at the precinct. Barney cautions him though that his work with them will likely be temporary. Wojo brings in a man named Allen Korbel (Basil Hoffman), who appears to be stoned out of his mind. He lives in the mayor’s apartment building and lit up a joint right in front of Wojo while he was checking the area. He claims it is for medicinal purposes for his eyes, and Dietrich verifies that marijuana is being prescribed by some ophthalmologists for glaucoma. Upon inspecting the threatening letters written in crayon, they realize that the author put a return address on the envelope. Dietrich and Levitt go to the address to pick up the perpetrator and finds that the letters belong to an old woman named Evelyn Hawley (Florence Halop). Meanwhile, a call comes in from a man named Noel Cady (Philip Sterling), who is threatening to jump from a ledge directly onto the inauguration crowd if the process isn’t stopped. Wojo is able to pull him from the ledge and bring him in. Harris stops by and tells everyone how much he is enjoying working for the mayor and that they are even on a first-name basis. Levitt criticizes the office protocol of Officer Zatelli (Dino Natali), who is filling in for Levitt and delivering the mail to the precinct. Barney gets a call from the mayor’s office, and the caller tells him that the mayor is interested in Harris coming to work for him permanently. When Barney tells this to Harris, he responds that he knows and has already accepted the job. Barney is taken aback, especially since he never had any conversation with Barney about it. Wojo also takes it personally and starts to snub Harris. After getting Mrs. Hawley’s information, they let her go. Cady espouses that there is a disease in the body politic and that he was kept of the mayoral ballot. Barney has the ambulance from Bellevue summoned to pick him up. Barney calls Harris into his office to chastise him for not following protocol and talking about leaving his job. Harris apologizes and admits that he no longer wants the job with Koch, as he is being treated more like an errand boy. After his talk with Barney, he goes to Wojo to ask him opinion on how to decline the job with the mayor. Levitt again berates Zatelli for bringing in a radio so that everyone can listen to the new mayor’s speech. However, he then finds out that Barney had asked him for the radio. Dietrich finds out that Korbel is part of an authorized marijuana outpatient treatment program, so Dietrich gets ready to drive him home. They all stop to listen to Mayor Koch’s speech, and then they wish him, and each other, good luck for the coming year. NOTE: The real voice of Ed Koch is used during his speech. 10/28/24

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