Season 5
24 episodes · Sep 14, 1978
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S5E1Kidnapping (1)
Sep 14, 1978A political activist abducts a department store magnate; Wojo arrests a prostitute and her Arkansan business manager.
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Kidnapping (2)
Sep 14, 1978Wojo delivers the ransom money for the department store owner, while the prostitute charms both Wojo and the victim's nebbish son.
S5E3The Search
Sep 21, 197830mOff 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.
S5E4Dog Days
Sep 28, 197830mThe German Shepherd that bit Wojo may be rabid; Barney and Liz prepare for their impending separation.
S5E5The Baby Broker
Oct 5, 197830mA 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.
S5E6Accusation
Oct 12, 1978An 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.
S5E7The Prisoner
Oct 19, 1978A released prisoner can't adjust to civilian life; the widow of a cat burglar elects to perpetuate the family business.
S5E8Loan Shark
Nov 2, 1978Barney notes some uncharacteristic behavior from Yemana; a client can't get a tattoo artist to remove his work; Harris books a youthful loan shark
S5E9The Vandal
Nov 9, 1978Barney 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.
S5E10The Harris Incident
Nov 30, 1978A stockbroker leaves Wall Street to become a beggar; a rookie cop, assuming Harris to be a felon, shoots at him.
S5E11The Radical
Dec 7, 1978Luger faces off against a 60s radical, and Harris arrests a portly second story man.
S5E12Toys
Dec 14, 1978Feuding toy makers create a disturbance; Barney faces his first holiday as a separated man; a claustrophobic prisoner has an understandable problem with the cage.
S5E13The Indian
Jan 4, 1979A woman has her shoes stolen - from her feet; Wojo is forced to arrest an aging Indian who only wants to die in the park.
S5E14Voice Analyzer
Jan 11, 1979Lieutenant Scanlon returns, this time attempting to ferret out corruption with a lie detector; Barney is suspicious of a furrier's robbery report.
S5E15The Spy
Jan 18, 1979A paranoid spy holds the precinct house at bay; the men bring in a disorderly mime.
S5E16Wojo's Girl (1)
Jan 25, 1979Wojo 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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Wojo's Girl (2)
Jan 25, 1979Wojo struggles to co-habitate with his ex-prostitute girlfriend.
S5E18Middle Age
Feb 1, 1979Barney 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.
S5E19The Counterfeiter
Feb 8, 1979Harris milks a wily counterfeiter for his life story; a man takes exception to a plastic surgeon's work on his wife.
S5E20Open House
Feb 15, 1979The 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.
S5E21Identity
Mar 1, 1979Harris 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.
S5E22Computer Crime
Mar 15, 1979A computer firm has difficulty retrieving embezzled funds; an educated young man claims to be under the influence of a voodoo curse.
S5E23Graveyard Shift
May 10, 1979Barney and his crew face the late shift with a man who believes that he is being frequented by a succubus and an irate tourist.
S5E24Jack Soo, a Retrospective
May 17, 1979The cast step out of character to offer a tribute to Jack Soo, who died during the show's fifth season.