Seasons & episodes
S7 · E13The Librarian 1981-02-19 · 30 min
A serious tone pervades this episode about a gypsy and his harassment of the owner of a novelty store; on the lighter side, a librarian takes extreme measures to ensure quiet amongst the stacks.
S7 · E14Rachel 1981-02-26 · 30 min
Ripner is suing Harris over the lawyer's portrayal in the detective's novel; Wojo asks Barney's daughter out on a date; a sporting-goods storeowner takes the law in his own hands.
S7 · E15Contempt (1) 1981-03-12
A restaurant may have refused a man service because of his appearance; Barney won't name an informant so he's charged with contempt of court.
S7 · E16Contempt (2) 1981-03-19
When Barney spends the night in jail, the squad room is left in the natty hands of Sergeant Harris.
S7 · E17The Doll 1981-03-26 · 30 min
An expensive doll is abducted for ransom; a man claims he was swindled in exchange for a ticket on the space shuttle; Luger informs Barney that he's in his will.
S7 · E18Lady and the Bomb 1981-04-09 · 30 min
The verdict is in on the Harris/Ripner libel suit, and a woman threatens to blow up the squad room with a homemade bomb. What better time for Detective Fish to drop by for a visit?
S7 · E19Riot 1981-04-30 · 30 min
Luger takes a small disturbance with the Hassidic community and turns it into a full-scale riot; the squad discovers a survivalist couple setting up housekeeping in the sewers.
S7 · E20The Vests 1981-05-07 · 30 min
The detectives are reluctant to wear their new bulletproof vests; Luger interviews them in case of the need for a quick obituary.
S7 · E21The Rainmaker 1981-05-14 · 30 min
The officers arrest a rainmaker, only discover that he was hired by the drought-ridden city; Wojo, Harris and Dietrich each consider a job opening in vice.
S7 · E22Liquidation 1981-05-21 · 30 min
Harris is forced to liquidate his possessions to pay off his lawsuit.
S8 · E1Paternity 1981-10-29 · 30 min
Wojo's proven innocent of a paternity suit, but at a cost; a beauty queen is robbed; an irate theater patron vandalizes the theater.
S8 · E2Advancement 1981-11-05 · 30 min
Luger wants Barney to pen a letter for his mail-order bride; a lottery winner seeks revenge when the ticket seller loses his winning entry; Harris gets a new book deal.
S8 · E3The Car 1981-11-12 · 30 min
A car thief's conscience gets the better of him ... after twenty-five years; Levitt saves a child from a precarious fate; an overzealous sanitation officer goes to extremes.
S8 · E4Possession 1981-11-19 · 30 min
A husband is assaulted for forcing his wife into designer jeans; a disorderly conduct report leads to a man who swears he's possessed by an evil spirit.
S8 · E5Stress Analyzer 1981-11-26 · 30 min
A job fair brings out the worst in a Peace Corps recruiter; Dietrich volunteers for a department stress experiment.
S8 · E6Games 1981-12-10
A manufacturer of computer game processors is accused of espionage; a WAC supplements her income on the street.
S8 · E7Homeless 1981-12-17 · 30 min
The 12th is overrun with homeless vagrants on Christmas; a greeting-card writer snaps; a cattle prod is the weapon of choice for a local merchant.
S8 · E8The Tontine 1982-01-07
The penultimate survivor of a tontine attempts suicide in order to concede the money to his cousin.
S8 · E9Examination Day 1982-01-14
The detectives don uniforms while Levitt and the others take sergeant's exams; Luger, working with the squad, is overly rough with a collar, and later with Barney.
S8 · E10The Clown 1982-01-21 · 30 min
Street clowns fall prey to a serial mugger; a hundred inmates are sneaked out of holding in the middle of the night.
S8 · E11Chinatown (1) 1982-02-04
A murder witness is uncooperative, so he, Harris and Dietrich are forced to share an apartment in seclusion until he talks; Lieutenant Scanlon falls for a wealthy mugging victim.
S8 · E12Chinatown (2) 1982-02-11
Unless he confesses soon, Harris and Dietrich's unwilling roommate may witness another murder. Meanwhile, harassment charges are pressed against Lieutenant Scanlon.
S8 · E13Hunger Strike 1982-02-18
Dietrich aids an elderly psychiatric patient who may be speaking a foreign language; a nuclear activist goes on a hunger strike to end nuclear arms; Barney declines a deputy inspector nomination.
S8 · E14Arrival 1982-02-25
Luger's mail-order bride arrives; an elderly woman mugs a man.