Season 5 (1978)

Episodes: 24

Star Cast: Hal Linden , Max Gail , Ron Glass , Ron Carey ,

Episodes List

Ep.1 Kidnapping (1)

Air Date: 1978-09-14

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

Ep.2 Kidnapping (2)

Air Date: 1978-09-14

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

Ep.3 The Search

Air Date: 1978-09-21

Off goes the moustache, as it's Harris' turn for cross-dressing mugging detail; the host of a kids' science show goes off the deep end; Barney's men reopen a twenty-eight year old missing persons case.

Ep.4 Dog Days

Air Date: 1978-09-28

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

Ep.5 The Baby Broker

Air Date: 1978-10-05

A German girl attempts to flee the country rather than surrender her baby to a broker's clients; Levitt turns to stimulants to aid in his self-imposed thirty-six hour shift.

Ep.6 Accusation

Air Date: 1978-10-12

An accusation of an indiscretion on the part of Dietrich leads to a visit from the gleeful Lieutenant Scanlon of Internal Affairs; Yemana books a rabbi who is running a gambling casino in his synagogue.

Ep.7 The Prisoner

Air Date: 1978-10-19

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

Ep.8 Loan Shark

Air Date: 1978-11-02

Barney notes some uncharacteristic behavior from Yemana; a client can't get a tattoo artist to remove his work; Harris books a youthful loan shark

Ep.9 The Vandal

Air Date: 1978-11-09

Barney has the uneasy feeling that it may have been Levitt that vandalized the precinct squad room; a TV programming executive is assaulted in a coffee shop.

Ep.10 The Harris Incident

Air Date: 1978-11-30

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

Ep.11 The Radical

Air Date: 1978-12-07

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

Ep.12 Toys

Air Date: 1978-12-14

Feuding toy makers create a disturbance; Barney faces his first holiday as a separated man; a claustrophobic prisoner has an understandable problem with the cage.

Ep.13 The Indian

Air Date: 1979-01-04

A woman has her shoes stolen - from her feet; Wojo is forced to arrest an aging Indian who only wants to die in the park.

Ep.14 Voice Analyzer

Air Date: 1979-01-11

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

Ep.15 The Spy

Air Date: 1979-01-18

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

Ep.16 Wojo's Girl (1)

Air Date: 1979-01-25

Wojo decides to move in with his girlfriend; Mr. Brauer tells his wife that he's leaving to become a mercenary. This was a pilot for a potential spin-off series, each week focusing on one of the cops' off-duty lives.

Ep.17 Wojo's Girl (2)

Air Date: 1979-01-25

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

Ep.18 Middle Age

Air Date: 1979-02-01

Barney feels the onrush of Father Time; Dietrich books an Olympic hopeful who practices his javelin toss in Central Park; a Hassidic Jew is the target of a diamond thief.

Ep.19 The Counterfeiter

Air Date: 1979-02-08

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

Ep.20 Open House

Air Date: 1979-02-15

The 12th Precinct hosts an open house, attracting only vagrants; Barney's joy at moving back home is cut short by the hotel manager that refuses to refund him his upcoming month's rent; Wojo and Harris try to get a lead on an arsonist.

Ep.21 Identity

Air Date: 1979-03-01

Harris quickly regrets the fact that Dietrich has saved his life; the 12th is asked to assist a thief who has been granted entry into a witness-relocation program.