Barney Miller

It's morning in the 12th Precinct squad room and Sgt. Harris is taking a statement from pretty Wendy McWilliams, who is in New York for a beauty contest. Her purse has been snatched and Harris sets her to work with the mug books. Meanwhile, Barney and Dietrich are discussing the Solidarity Movement and so on, but Wojehowicz, who might be expected to take an interest in the matter.

Luger's pending retirement has the lonely inspector considering a mail order bride from the Far East; an irate customer threatens the nice old couple who sold him a lottery ticket and then forgot to send in the stub;and the owner of "Ed's House of Mugs" is robbed on its opening day.

A car that was stolen 25 years ago is found in perfect condition, a sanitation officer freaks out and assaults a litter bug, little Levitt becomes a hero, and Harris is still in a huff over missing his publisher's luncheon.

Barney seeks help from the police chaplain when a meek man throws a trash can through a department store window and then, claiming to be the devil, demands a exorcism; an obese woman is arrested for throwing a coffee mug at her husband.

Dietrich's portable stress analyzer stops measuring stress while he's out on a call, leading his colleagues to believe that he's dead, and the men of the 12th precinct bring in a woman who used a fire hose on a neighbor because she's convinced that the woman is having an affair with her husband.

Barney and his men become comically embroiled with Russia's KGB and the shipping of computer micro-chips behind the Iron Curtain, and Wojo arrests a would-be prostitute who's trying supplement her U.S. Army pay.

A simple arrest leads to a major comical fiasco for Barney and his men when the 12th precinct is flooded with homeless people who are you then forced to remain there because of a holiday season blizzard.

Barney and his men cope with an old man who has tried to commit suicide so his cousin will collect the insurance money, and with a cardiac resuscitation instructor who has gone berserk in a department store.

Because most of the force is taking a department exam, the plainclothes officers of the 12th precinct go back into uniform, walking beats and working with Inspector Luger, all in one day.

A mugged clown, a busload of rowdy convicts just released from prison and a highly unethical police recruiter from New Mexico make is anything but a quiet night for Barney and the guys.

Barney and his men scramble to cope. with gang warfare in Chinatown when the mayor demands action, but their key witness decides he hasn't witnessed anything.

Tensions mount as Harris--who's suffering from writer's block and lack of sleep--and Dietrich stay locked up in a hotel room with a key witness to a gang murder; and a socialite complains about the attentions paid to her by Lt. Scanlon of Internal Affairs.

Harris brings in man who chained himself to a fence to begin a hunger strike protesting world conditions, and the loss of his cleaning deposit, while the precinct waits to see if Barney will try for a promotion.

Luger's mail-order bride arrives and, not wanting to cope with the situation, Luger tells Barney to "handle it" since he wrote the letters in the first place; and a frustrated member of tile super-intelligent Mensa group is arrested for going on a rampage because he would rather he dumb.

Barney's birthday is celebrated amidst chaos when a man starts stealing frozen surplus chickens, and a man assaults, a young reporter for prematurely writing his obituary.

Wojo prompts a full-scale departmental investigation when he nicks a liquor store robber who shoots at him, and a middle-aged couple is arrested for assaulting an official at a private school that rejected their son.

Dietrich's girlfriend from his days as a radical student in college visits the 12th precinct, and it seems that the flames of an old love are being rekindled with the married woman.

Harris hits a lawyer in the nose, creating commotion and consternation in the precinct house, and a stockbroker who's high on more than the issues of the day is arrested.

The 12th precinct suffers through a coffee-less day because of plumbing problems while its men cope with an American Indian protesting desecration of his ancestors' remains and a hood who made the mistake of trying to mug a burly scoutmaster.

Barney and his men get disturbing news--their precinct building may for sale--as they cope with everyday events like a robber who specializes in instant tellers and an executive who attacked the cleaning people in his apartment building.

Barney and his men get 30 days to move--but where?--after investor Jack Norell announces he has bought the 12th precinct building and intends to renovate it.

Barney and his men receive their final orders and transfers as their last day arrives in the 12th precinct building. And it's a sad and tearful departing as the door closes on the 12th precinct.