# Barney Miller season 3

This is a list of episodes from the third season of Barney Miller. This was the final season to feature a live studio audience.

## Broadcast history

The season originally aired Thursdays at 8:30-9:00 pm (EST) and 9:00-9:30 pm (EST).

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 36 | 1 | "Evacuation" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Chris Hayward & Danny Arnold Teleplay by : Danny Arnold | September 23, 1976 (1976-09-23) |
| During a hurricane, Wojo worries about civil evacuation procedures, while Harris deals with a delinquent. ||||||
| 37 | 2 | "Quarantine: Part 1" | Lee Bernhardi | Tony Sheehan | September 30, 1976 (1976-09-30) |
| The station is quarantined for smallpox when a suspect collapses in the squadroom. ||||||
| 38 | 3 | "Quarantine: Part 2" | Noam Pitlik | Tony Sheehan & Danny Arnold | October 7, 1976 (1976-10-07) |
| The quarantined cops and civilian visitors get cabin fever, which results in some surprising admissions (especially from Harris). First appearance of Officer Carl Levitt. ||||||
| 39 | 4 | "Bus Stop" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Reinhold Weege & Chris Hayward & Danny Arnold Teleplay by : Tony Sheehan & Danny Arnold & Reinhold Weege & Jerry Ross | October 14, 1976 (1976-10-14) |
| While the victims of a bus holdup want vengeance on the robber, they don't want to get involved. Detective Arthur P. Dietrich is now regularly featured. ||||||
| 40 | 5 | "The Election" | Lee Bernhardi | Tom Reeder | October 21, 1976 (1976-10-21) |
| On Election Night, Yemena places bets on all races and a shoplifter wants an escort to the polls. ||||||
| 41 | 6 | "Werewolf" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Seymour Blicker & Tony Sheehan Teleplay by : Tony Sheehan & Reinhold Weege & Danny Arnold & Seymour Blicker | October 28, 1976 (1976-10-28) |
| Stefan Kopechne turns himself into the station claiming to be a werewolf, and a couple visiting New York for the first time are robbed by their cab driver. ||||||
| 42 | 7 | "The Recluse" | Bruce Bilson | Story by : Chris Hayward & Reinhold Weege Teleplay by : Reinhold Weege & Danny Arnold | November 11, 1976 (1976-11-11) |
| The station deals with two runaways - one trying to avoid jury duty and another predicting doom. ||||||
| 43 | 8 | "Noninvolvement" | Bruce Bilson | Story by : Chris Hayward & Danny Arnold & Reinhold Weege Teleplay by : Reinhold Weege | November 18, 1976 (1976-11-18) |
| Wojo takes an uncooperative mugging witness into custody, a situation made worse by attorney Arnold Ripner. ||||||
| 44 | 9 | "Power Failure" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Reinhold Weege & Danny Arnold & Tony Sheehan Teleplay by : Tony Sheehan & Danny Arnold | December 9, 1976 (1976-12-09) |
| When the cops haul him in, an assault-and-battery suspect claims someone else committed the crime: his other personality. Meanwhile, the precinct deals with a power outage covering the entire neighborhood. ||||||
| 45 | 10 | "Christmas Story" | Bruce Bilson | Reinhold Weege & Tony Sheehan | December 23, 1976 (1976-12-23) |
| Fish pursues a man who's been mugging department-store Santas. Nick falls for a prostitute who is also a robbery victim. ||||||
| 46 | 11 | "Hash" | Noam Pitlik | Tom Reeder | December 30, 1976 (1976-12-30) |
| Wojo unknowingly brings hash-laced brownies into the precinct. Officer Carl Levitt is now regularly featured. In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode #77 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes. ||||||
| 47 | 12 | "Smog Alert" | Bruce Bilson | Story by : Chris Hayward & Danny Arnold Teleplay by : Reinhold Weege | January 6, 1977 (1977-01-06) |
| During a particularly bad smog alert, Fish has a respiratory collapse when he coaxes a jumper of a bridge. ||||||
| 48 | 13 | "Community Relations" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Winston Moss & Tony Sheehan Teleplay by : Tony Sheehan & Larry Balmagia & Dennis Koenig | January 13, 1977 (1977-01-13) |
| Barney tries to help an evicted tenant and a blind shoplifter. Meanwhile, Wojo suffers from nervousness in court. ||||||
| 49 | 14 | "The Rand Report" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Roland Kibbee & Reinhold Weege Teleplay by : Reinhold Weege | January 20, 1977 (1977-01-20) |
| When an independent report causes the department to order third-grade detectives to do uniform duty for a week each month, Wojo (the squad's only third-grader) refuses to comply. ||||||
| 50 | 15 | "Fire '77" | Bruce Bilson | Tony Sheehan | January 27, 1977 (1977-01-27) |
| A couple make a suicide pact but neither can go through with it. Their hope looks to be realized when an arrested thief sets fire to the squadroom. ||||||
| 51 | 16 | "Abduction" | Bruce Bilson | Story by : Tom Reeder Teleplay by : Tony Sheehan & Reinhold Weege & Tom Reeder | February 3, 1977 (1977-02-03) |
| A girl's parents claim that she has been brainwashed by a cult and want Barney to rescue her. ||||||
| 52 | 17 | "Sex Surrogate" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Jerry Ross & Tony Sheehan Teleplay by : Tony Sheehan & Larry Balmagia & Dennis Koenig | February 10, 1977 (1977-02-10) |
| A woman shoots her husband for seeing a sex therapist, while Harris investigates thefts by juvenile delinquents. ||||||
| 53 | 18 | "Moonlighting" | Noam Pitlik | Reinhold Weege | February 17, 1977 (1977-02-17) |
| Harris's moonlighting as a building's Captain of Security interferes with his job at the precinct. ||||||
| 54 | 19 | "Asylum" | Danny Arnold & Alex March | Story by : Roland Kibbee Teleplay by : Roland Kibbee & Danny Arnold & Reinhold Weege & Tony Sheehan | February 24, 1977 (1977-02-24) |
| Wojo arrests a Soviet diplomat for assaulting a musician who wants to defect to the U.S. ||||||
| 55 | 20 | "Group Home" | Lee Bernhardi | Story by : Larry Balmagia & Dennis Koenig Teleplay by : Danny Arnold & Tony Sheehan | March 10, 1977 (1977-03-10) |
| An Army recruiting office reports a bomb threat, while Fish wears drag to catch a mugger at a time when Bernice comes to visit. ||||||
| 56 | 21 | "Strike: Part 1" | Jeremiah Morris | Story by : Larry Balmagia & Dennis Koenig Teleplay by : Reinhold Weege | March 24, 1977 (1977-03-24) |
| The men go on strike to get more pay and better working conditions, leaving only Barney, Levitt and Luger to man the squadroom. ||||||
| 57 | 22 | "Strike: Part 2" | Danny Arnold | Story by : Larry Balmagia & Dennis Koenig Teleplay by : Tony Sheehan & Danny Arnold & Reinhold Weege | March 31, 1977 (1977-03-31) |
| Barney deals with the strike, a flirtatious robbery victim and his own feelings of abandonment. ||||||