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Season 5 (1978)

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Kidnapping (1)

1. Kidnapping (1)

A political activist abducts a department store magnate; Wojo arrests a prostitute and her Arkansan business manager.
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September 14, 1978
Kidnapping (2)

2. Kidnapping (2)

Wojo delivers the ransom money for the department store owner, while the prostitute charms both Wojo and the victim's nebbish son.
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September 14, 1978
The Search

3. The Search

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.
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30min
September 21, 1978
Dog Days

4. Dog Days

The German Shepherd that bit Wojo may be rabid; Barney and Liz prepare for their impending separation.
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30min
September 28, 1978
The Baby Broker

5. The Baby Broker

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.
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October 5, 1978
Accusation

6. Accusation

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.
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October 12, 1978
The Prisoner

7. The Prisoner

A released prisoner can't adjust to civilian life; the widow of a cat burglar elects to perpetuate the family business.
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October 19, 1978
Loan Shark

8. Loan Shark

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
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November 2, 1978
The Vandal

9. The Vandal

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.
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November 9, 1978
The Harris Incident

10. The Harris Incident

A stockbroker leaves Wall Street to become a beggar; a rookie cop, assuming Harris to be a felon, shoots at him.
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November 30, 1978
The Radical

11. The Radical

Luger faces off against a 60s radical, and Harris arrests a portly second story man.
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December 7, 1978
Toys

12. Toys

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.
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December 14, 1978
The Indian

13. The Indian

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.
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January 4, 1979
Voice Analyzer

14. Voice Analyzer

Lieutenant Scanlon returns, this time attempting to ferret out corruption with a lie detector; Barney is suspicious of a furrier's robbery report.
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January 11, 1979
The Spy

15. The Spy

A paranoid spy holds the precinct house at bay; the men bring in a disorderly mime.
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January 18, 1979
Wojo's Girl (1)

16. Wojo's Girl (1)

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.
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January 25, 1979
Wojo's Girl (2)

17. Wojo's Girl (2)

Wojo struggles to co-habitate with his ex-prostitute girlfriend.
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January 25, 1979
Middle Age

18. Middle Age

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.
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February 1, 1979
The Counterfeiter

19. The Counterfeiter

Harris milks a wily counterfeiter for his life story; a man takes exception to a plastic surgeon's work on his wife.
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February 8, 1979
Open House

20. Open House

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.
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February 15, 1979
Identity

21. Identity

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.
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March 1, 1979
Computer Crime

22. Computer Crime

A computer firm has difficulty retrieving embezzled funds; an educated young man claims to be under the influence of a voodoo curse.
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March 15, 1979
Graveyard Shift

23. Graveyard Shift

Barney and his crew face the late shift with a man who believes that he is being frequented by a succubus and an irate tourist.
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May 10, 1979
Jack Soo, a Retrospective

24. Jack Soo, a Retrospective

The cast step out of character to offer a tribute to Jack Soo, who died during the show's fifth season.
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May 17, 1979