# Barney Miller season 8

This is a list of episodes from the eighth and final season of Barney Miller.

## Broadcast history

The season originally aired Thursdays at 9:00-9:30 pm (EST), except for three episodes (16, 17 and 18), which aired on Fridays at 8:30-9:00 pm (EST).

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 149 | 1 | "Paternity" | Danny Arnold | Nat Mauldin | October 29, 1981 (1981-10-29) |
| A beauty contestant's purse is stolen. Wojo is served a paternity lawsuit, then shockingly learns that he's sterile. ||||||
| 150 | 2 | "Advancement" | Danny Arnold | Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein | November 5, 1981 (1981-11-05) |
| A lottery winner threatens the couple who forgot to send his form, while Luger asks Barney to find him a wife. A rift opens between Barney and Harris when Barney orders him to miss a publisher's meeting in order to make a collar. ||||||
| 151 | 3 | "The Car" | Bruce Bilson | Nat Mauldin | November 12, 1981 (1981-11-12) |
| A car thief confesses to his crime 25 years after he did it. Harris's continuing hostility to Barney actually hides a case of writer's block. ||||||
| 152 | 4 | "Possession" | Bruce Bilson | Tom Reeder & Roland Kibbee | November 19, 1981 (1981-11-19) |
| A woman attacks her husband for making her wear tight jeans Stefan Kopechne from "Werewolf" returns, now claiming to be possessed by a demon. ||||||
| 153 | 5 | "Stress Analyzer" | Bruce Bilson | Nat Mauldin | November 26, 1981 (1981-11-26) |
| Dietrich is feared dead when his stress analyzer stops working, while a woman wants the precinct to arrest her husband's alleged mistress. ||||||
| 154 | 6 | "Games" | Gennaro Montanino | Jordan Moffet | December 10, 1981 (1981-12-10) |
| A burglary at a warehouse exposes the owner as a KGB agent, while a WAC is booked for soliciting. ||||||
| 155 | 7 | "Homeless" | Lee Lochhead | Jordan Moffet, Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein | December 17, 1981 (1981-12-17) |
| The precinct is overrun with homeless people during the holidays. Bruno Binder gets arrested for beating a vagrant with a cattle prod. ||||||
| 156 | 8 | "The Tontine" | Homer Powell | Story by : Dick Wesson & Nat Mauldin Teleplay by : Nat Mauldin | January 7, 1982 (1982-01-07) |
| The two remaining members of a tontine decide that one should die for the other to collect. The detectives arrest a deranged CPR instructor who believes his dummy is real. Levitt brings in three witnesses for Barney to interview for Levitt's medal. ||||||
| 157 | 9 | "Examination Day" | Gennaro Montanino | Jordan Moffet | January 14, 1982 (1982-01-14) |
| The detectives don uniforms due to a shortage of foot patrolmen. They arrest a kosher butcher who claims a news reporter falsely accused him of selling non kosher meat. Luger brutally assaults a purse snatcher. ||||||
| 158 | 10 | "The Clown" | Alan Bergmann | Sam Simon | January 21, 1982 (1982-01-21) |
| A clown is mugged, a police recruiter throws a stag party for applicants and a corrections officer released a hundred inmates on Madison Avenue. Levitt is dismayed when the police turn him down for a medal of valor. ||||||
| 159 | 11 | "Chinatown: Part 1" | Danny Arnold | Jeff Stein & Frank Dungan | February 4, 1982 (1982-02-04) |
| A Chinese waiter is reluctant to give information about a gang killing, while Scanlon falls for a rich mugging victim. ||||||
| 160 | 12 | "Chinatown: Part 2" | Danny Arnold | Jeff Stein & Frank Dungan | February 11, 1982 (1982-02-11) |
| Harris and Dietrich continue looking after the uncooperative waiter Mr. Ling, while the mugging victim files a harassment complaint against Scanlon. ||||||
| 161 | 13 | "Hunger Strike" | Tony Sheehan | Story by : Stephen Neigher & Tony Sheehan Teleplay by : Tony Sheehan | February 18, 1982 (1982-02-18) |
| A prisoner goes on a hunger strike, while Dietrich doubts that an elderly patient belongs in a mental hospital. ||||||
| 162 | 14 | "Arrival" | Lee Lochhead | Jordan Moffet | February 25, 1982 (1982-02-25) |
| While Luger is unhappy with his mail-order bride, a genius becomes a petty thief and a man is robbed by an old woman. ||||||
| 163 | 15 | "Obituary" | Gennaro Montanino | Nat Mauldin | March 11, 1982 (1982-03-11) |
| A man assaults the reporter who printed his obituary, while a thief is caught stealing chickens from a Government warehouse. ||||||
| 164 | 16 | "Inquiry" | Gennaro Montanino | Jeff Stein & Frank Dungan | March 26, 1982 (1982-03-26) |
| As Wojo faces a police board for shooting a thief, an angry parent assaults a nursery-school teacher and a mugging victim becomes a mugger to get out of a pay parking lot. ||||||
| 165 | 17 | "Old Love" | Hal Linden | Phillip Jayson Lasker | April 2, 1982 (1982-04-02) |
| While Dietrich's old college flame stops by, Deluca returns with an assault charge and a child actor is arrested for attacking his agent. ||||||
| 166 | 18 | "Altercation" | Alan Bergmann | Tony Sheehan | April 9, 1982 (1982-04-09) |
| Harris' enemy Ripner comes back expecting to take the rewards of Harris' latest book, while a woman is mugged in front of the station and a stockbroker is busted for drugs. ||||||
| 167 | 19 | "Bones" | Max Gail | Story by : Lee H. Grant, Jordan Moffet & Nat Mauldin Teleplay by : Jordan Moffet & Nat Mauldin | April 29, 1982 (1982-04-29) |
| A scoutmaster nabs a mugger, while an Amerindian steals his ancestors' bones from a museum. Meanwhile, the precinct is without running water. During the repair effort, Wojo finds an antique rifle that will have a far-reaching effect on the precinct. ||||||
| 168 | 20 | "Landmark: Part 1" | Tony Sheehan | Tony Sheehan | May 6, 1982 (1982-05-06) |
| The rifle Wojo found in the previous episode is linked to Theodore Roosevelt, meaning that the 12th Precinct may be a landmark -- one that the city decides to sell for a profit. Police business goes on regardless, as a man is robbed at a bank machine, and a former hostage wishes to return to the country that held him captive. ||||||
| 169 | 21 | "Landmark: Part 2" | Danny Arnold | Jeff Stein & Frank Dungan | May 13, 1982 (1982-05-13) |
| A pair of old ladies are arrested for passing stolen credit cards. Meanwhile, the precinct is sold, and Luger avoids his fiancée. ||||||
| 170 | 22 | "Landmark: Part 3" | Danny Arnold | Jeff Stein, Frank Dungan & Tony Sheehan | May 20, 1982 (1982-05-20) |
| Friends and felons stop by to say their farewells as the 12th Precinct prepares to close its doors, and the staff gets their reassignment orders. ||||||