# Barney Miller season 7

This is a list of episodes from the seventh season of Barney Miller.

## Broadcast history

The season originally aired Thursdays at 9:00–9:30 pm (EST).

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 127 | 1 | "Homicide: Part 1" | Noam Pitlik | Jeff Stein & Frank Dungan | October 30, 1980 (1980-10-30) |
| New Department regulations force the squad to specialize in homicides. New cases include a man who murdered his barber, a series of dismembered bodies and a woman who's put a hit out on her husband. ||||||
| 128 | 2 | "Homicide: Part 2" | Noam Pitlik | Jeff Stein & Frank Dungan | November 6, 1980 (1980-11-06) |
| The guys look for the man whose wife has made him a target for murder and the precinct gets a new photographer, but the squad's new specialization has sad and fatal consequences. ||||||
| 129 | 3 | "The Delegate" | Noam Pitlik | Jim Tisdale | November 13, 1980 (1980-11-13) |
| A vagrant claims to be from the 1976 Democratic National Convention, while Harris deals with a series of thefts and a new officer may be too good to be true. ||||||
| 130 | 4 | "Dorsey" | Noam Pitlik | Tony Sheehan | November 27, 1980 (1980-11-27) |
| The squad deals with an epidemic of heroin, a smoker doesn't take breaking the habit very well and a new detective who thinks the detectives are on the take asks to be left out. (Note: First of three appearances of Det. Dorsey.) ||||||
| 131 | 5 | "Agent Orange" | Noam Pitlik | Tony Sheehan | December 11, 1980 (1980-12-11) |
| Being a veteran of the Vietnam War, Wojo investigates the effects of Agent Orange on an arrested robber who is also a former Vietnam vet, while Mrs. Brauer wants her husband arrested for being naked all the time. (Note: Second of three appearances of Det. Dorsey.) ||||||
| 132 | 6 | "Call Girl" | Noam Pitlik | Jeff Stein & Frank Dungan | December 18, 1980 (1980-12-18) |
| Dorsey becomes overprotective of a 15-year-old hooker, while Dietrich tries the "new celibacy", Barney fields calls from powerful men concerned about a high-end escort's "little black book" and Harris gets stock tips from an unlikely source. (Note: Third and final appearance of Det. Dorsey.) ||||||
| 133 | 7 | "Resignation" | Noam Pitlik | Jeff Stein & Frank Dungan | January 8, 1981 (1981-01-08) |
| Dietrich resigns after he shoots a young suspect during a holdup. ||||||
| 134 | 8 | "Field Associate" | Noam Pitlik | Jordan Moffet | January 15, 1981 (1981-01-15) |
| A memo from Internal Affairs suggests that one of the detectives is a spy, while a veteran criminal is dying of cancer. ||||||
| 135 | 9 | "Movie: Part 1" | Noam Pitlik | Jeff Stein & Frank Dungan | January 22, 1981 (1981-01-22) |
| Harris creates an erotic film as part of an undercover assignment, while Wojo is accused of molesting a male suspect and the battle between radio and TV takes on a whole new meaning. ||||||
| 136 | 10 | "Movie: Part 2" | Noam Pitlik | Jeff Stein & Frank Dungan | January 29, 1981 (1981-01-29) |
| Luger is just in time to see Harris' erotic film...will the results be worth it? ||||||
| 137 | 11 | "The Psychic" | Noam Pitlik | Jeff Stein, Frank Dungan & Tony Sheehan | February 5, 1981 (1981-02-05) |
| A psychic stops a purse snatcher from committing his crime, while a linguist tears down a grammatically incorrect poster. ||||||
| 138 | 12 | "Stormy Weather" | Noam Pitlik | Nat Mauldin | February 12, 1981 (1981-02-12) |
| On a stormy night, Harris is sick, Levitt tries to communicate with a deaf woman and Wojo goes missing in the Hudson River while chasing a suspect. ||||||
| 139 | 13 | "The Librarian" | Noam Pitlik | Tony Sheehan & Jeff Stein & Frank Dungan | February 19, 1981 (1981-02-19) |
| The detectives deal with a gun-toting librarian and a store owner has his store vandalized by a gypsy who claims the owner is a Nazi war criminal. ||||||
| 140 | 14 | "Rachel" | Homer Powell | Tony Sheehan & Jeff Stein & Frank Dungan | February 26, 1981 (1981-02-26) |
| Barney's daughter makes plans to go out with Wojo, much to Barney's surprise... and concern, while the portrayal of a character in Harris' novel gets him sued for libel. ||||||
| 141 | 15 | "Contempt: Part 1" | Noam Pitlik | Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein | March 12, 1981 (1981-03-12) |
| Barney refuses to reveal his sources in a drug-bust case. ||||||
| 142 | 16 | "Contempt: Part 2" | Noam Pitlik | Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein | March 19, 1981 (1981-03-19) |
| Harris takes over the squadroom while Barney is held in contempt of court. ||||||
| 143 | 17 | "The Doll" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Jordan Moffet & Nat Mauldin Teleplay by : Tony Sheehan | March 26, 1981 (1981-03-26) |
| A woman's doll - worth $5,000 - is stolen, while a man buys a ticket to take the Space Shuttle to the Moon. ||||||
| 144 | 18 | "Lady and the Bomb" | Noam Pitlik | Lee H. Grant | April 9, 1981 (1981-04-09) |
| Fish stops by the station where two fighting chess players are brought in, a woman blames radioactive waste for her husband's impotence and Harris' libel case is decided. ||||||
| 145 | 19 | "Riot" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Greg Giangregorio Teleplay by : Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein | April 30, 1981 (1981-04-30) |
| A group of Orthodox Jews complain about the precinct's slow responses to emergencies and Luger makes matters worse, while a survivalist couple sets up housekeeping in the sewers. ||||||
| 146 | 20 | "The Vests" | Noam Pitlik | Nat Mauldin | May 7, 1981 (1981-05-07) |
| As the precinct receives new bulletproof vests, an inventor thinks someone's trying to rip him off and Luger wants biographies of his fellow detectives. ||||||
| 147 | 21 | "The Rainmaker" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Paul Robinson Hunter & Jeff Stein & Frank Dungan Teleplay by : Jeff Stein & Frank Dungan | May 14, 1981 (1981-05-14) |
| A rainmaker hired by the city builds a bonfire due to a drought, while the detectives consider a job opening in Vice. ||||||
| 148 | 22 | "Liquidation" | Noam Pitlik | Jeff Stein & Frank Dungan | May 21, 1981 (1981-05-21) |
| A newspaper vendor is charged with petty trespassing, while Harris must deal with the consequences of his lost libel suit. ||||||