Barney Miller

Barney and the 12th Precinct fear that the fun of handling the typical neighborhood crises has passed beyond thin forever when Inspector Luger has them designated as a "specialty" squad--and life in the precinct becomes murder.

Barney and his men are going bananas in their new assignment as homicide detectives, so Barney starts an all-out campaign to get his squad's old duties back, while still trying to solve the wacky murder cases with which he's been saddled.

A clockwork bandit, a mysterious cop who isn't on the payroll, and a convention delegate who won't go home keep the men of the 12th Precinct busy and perplexed.

Comical turmoil engulfs the 12th Precinct when a new detective sparks career jealousy in Officer Levitt, then drops a real law-and-order bombshell by accusing his fellow investigators of being on the take.

Vietnam vet Wojo turns a routine robbery investigation into an indictment of the establishment when he discovers that he was exposed to hazardous chemicals.

No sooner does Dietrich embark on a new campaign to avoid women than the squad room is filled with gorgeous call girls, and he has to steel himself against temptation.

Dietrich hands in his resignation because he doesn't like the idea of shooting at fleeing suspects, and Levitt thinks this is his big chance--at last--to move up to detective; and a confessed robber pleads to be sent back to Arizona for prosecution.

Someone is finking to Internal Affairs and Wojo manipulates the good captain into exposing the informer, while Harris books a crook with a book in him.

As Lt. Scanlon closes in on a gay cop, Sgt. Harris turns a low-budget porn flick investigation into a major motion picture.

Harris' "official" decoy porno film is finally finished--$19,000 over budget--and the world premiere showing sends shock waves through the squad.

Tensions run high when a psychic, arrested for pummeling a would-be purse-snatcher, predicts disaster for Harris, who is out on an armed robbery call.

Levitt comes riotously to the rescue with his knowledge of sign language when a deaf woman is picked up for soliciting, and Wojo swims the icy Hudson River in hot pursuit of a burglar.

A simple case of vandalism unearths a Nazi war criminal, and Barney's men are suddenly involved in international law while a call is placed to Warsaw.

Barney has misgivings when Wojo, who has quite a reputation with women, makes a date with his daughter Rachel, while Harris finds himself slapped with a huge lawsuit.

In the midst of all the human folly that is the routine of the 12th Precinct, Captain Miller is jailed for contempt of court when he refuses to name an informant.

Captain Miller's court case grows more outrageous by the minute as his lawyer and the judge seek a compromise, while Barney cools his heels in a cell with a murder suspect who accuses Barney of having an affair with his wife.

A day of hilarity and hysteria dawns on Capt. Miller and his men when they look for the kidnapper of an antique doll; a man is conned out of $500 for a confirmed reservation on the space shuttle, and Inspector Von Luger tells Barney that he is leaving him a $250,000 estate.

Comedy clicks like a Geiger counter when an agitated woman with a homemade pressure-cooker bomb threatens to blow up the squad room; the verdict in Harris' libel suit is finally reached, and retired Detective Fish makes a surprise visit.

When Inspector Luger tries to mollify a militant crowd of Hassidics, a demonstration turns into a riot, but Barney isn't ready to give up on society yet.

Chaos prevails at the 12th Precinct with the arrival of the detective's bulletproof vests and on an urgent call that someone is barricaded themselves in an apartment with two shotguns.

As Barney struggles with the fact that his men want to leave for promotions at another precinct, the squad gets a laugh out of a self-proclaimed rainmaker who is arrested while attempting to end New York's drought.

Sgt. Harris faces instant poverty when the court rules against him, and Dietrich helps a humble news dealer with a grievance against a multi-national corporation.