Seasons & episodes
S5 · E1Kidnapping (1) 1978-09-14
A political activist abducts a department store magnate; Wojo arrests a prostitute and her Arkansan business manager.
S5 · E2Kidnapping (2) 1978-09-14
Wojo delivers the ransom money for the department store owner, while the prostitute charms both Wojo and the victim's nebbish son.
S5 · E3The Search 1978-09-21 · 30 min
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.
S5 · E4Dog Days 1978-09-28 · 30 min
The German Shepherd that bit Wojo may be rabid; Barney and Liz prepare for their impending separation.
S5 · E5The Baby Broker 1978-10-05 · 30 min
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.
S5 · E6Accusation 1978-10-12
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.
S5 · E7The Prisoner 1978-10-19
A released prisoner can't adjust to civilian life; the widow of a cat burglar elects to perpetuate the family business.
S5 · E8Loan Shark 1978-11-02
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
S5 · E9The Vandal 1978-11-09
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.
S5 · E10The Harris Incident 1978-11-30
A stockbroker leaves Wall Street to become a beggar; a rookie cop, assuming Harris to be a felon, shoots at him.
S5 · E11The Radical 1978-12-07
Luger faces off against a 60s radical, and Harris arrests a portly second story man.
S5 · E12Toys 1978-12-14
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.
S5 · E13The Indian 1979-01-04
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.
S5 · E14Voice Analyzer 1979-01-11
Lieutenant Scanlon returns, this time attempting to ferret out corruption with a lie detector; Barney is suspicious of a furrier's robbery report.
S5 · E15The Spy 1979-01-18
A paranoid spy holds the precinct house at bay; the men bring in a disorderly mime.
S5 · E16Wojo's Girl (1) 1979-01-25
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.
S5 · E17Wojo's Girl (2) 1979-01-25
Wojo struggles to co-habitate with his ex-prostitute girlfriend.
S5 · E18Middle Age 1979-02-01
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.
S5 · E19The Counterfeiter 1979-02-08
Harris milks a wily counterfeiter for his life story; a man takes exception to a plastic surgeon's work on his wife.
S5 · E20Open House 1979-02-15
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.
S5 · E21Identity 1979-03-01
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.
S5 · E22Computer Crime 1979-03-15
A computer firm has difficulty retrieving embezzled funds; an educated young man claims to be under the influence of a voodoo curse.
S5 · E23Graveyard Shift 1979-05-10
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.
S5 · E24Jack Soo, a Retrospective 1979-05-17
The cast step out of character to offer a tribute to Jack Soo, who died during the show's fifth season.