Barney Miller season 6

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Barney Miller
Season 6
No. of episodes22
Release
Original network ABC
Original releaseSeptember 13, 1979 (1979-09-13) 
May 8, 1980 (1980-05-08)
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List of episodes

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

Contents

Broadcast history

The season originally aired Thursdays at 9:00-9:30 pm (EST). [1] [2]

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1051"Inquisition"Noam PitlikStory by: Calvin Kelly & Jim Tisdale
Teleplay by: Tony Sheehan
September 13, 1979 (1979-09-13)

Lt. Scanlon of Internal Affairs shows up at the station to find the anonymous letter writer who claims to be gay, while a concerned citizen (Peter Jurasik) attacks the source of subliminal commercial advertising.

In the DVD release, and in broadcast on Antenna TV, the term "Muzak" is muted out whenever said by one of the characters during this episode.
1062"The Photographer"Noam PitlikBob CollearySeptember 20, 1979 (1979-09-20)
Wojo arrests a man with a literal messianic complex, while a gallant thief steals a woman's purse.
1073"Vacation"Noam PitlikFrank Dungan & Jeff SteinSeptember 27, 1979 (1979-09-27)
A series of false alarms implies that a sniper is after a cop, but the station is preoccupied with vacation schedules and the case of a man who refuses to donate a kidney to his brother.
1084"The Brother"Noam PitlikShelley Zellman & Wally DaltonOctober 4, 1979 (1979-10-04)
A monk comes to the station to notify the disappearance of a novice, while Dietrich dresses in drag to catch muggers.
1095"The Slave"Noam PitlikFrank Dungan & Jeff SteinOctober 18, 1979 (1979-10-18)
A Burmese national arrested for a traffic accident turns out to be a slave to a fellow countryman who's part of the Burmese embassy.
1106"Strip Joint"Noam PitlikJaie Brashar, Frank Dungan & Jeff SteinNovember 1, 1979 (1979-11-01)
A man says he'll die of spontaneous combustion, while a strip joint disrupts a bookstore's peace and quiet.
1117"The Bird"Noam PitlikStory by: Richard W. Beban, Judith Anne Nielsen, Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein
Teleplay by: Frank Dungan & Jeff Stein
November 8, 1979 (1979-11-08)
Wojo mourns his parrot's death, while a suicide hotline operator finally cracks and Harris needs everyone's signed release to get his police fiction novel published.
1128"The Desk"Noam PitlikFrank Dungan & Jeff SteinNovember 22, 1979 (1979-11-22)
A thief has become a virtual zombie as a result of an amygdalotomy, while religious morals prevent an Amish robbery victim from calling home. The episode title "The Desk" refers to a subplot that was moved to the following episode during the rewrite process.
1139"The Judge"Noam PitlikFrank Dungan, Jeff Stein & Tony SheehanDecember 6, 1979 (1979-12-06)
Wojo arrests a judge who attacked a lawyer with a gavel; a soap-opera fan is unable to distinguish between fact and fiction; Nick's old desk is removed from the squadroom.
11410"The DNA Story"Noam PitlikStory by: Rich Reinhart & Jaie Brasher
Teleplay by: Rich Reinhart
December 13, 1979 (1979-12-13)
A woman believes her husband has been replaced by a clone, while a potentially infected strain of DNA is stolen from a lab.
11511"The Dentist"Noam PitlikFrank Dungan & Jeff SteinDecember 27, 1979 (1979-12-27)
A dentist is accused of molesting his patients while under anesthesia, while a musician with an unusual instrument is brought in for disturbing the peace.
11612"People's Court"Noam PitlikFrank Dungan & Jeff SteinJanuary 3, 1980 (1980-01-03)
A group of vigilantes are brought into the station for imprisoning a thief, while a census-taker is booked for breaking into a house just to count heads.
11713"Vanished: Part 1"Noam PitlikTony Sheehan & Frank Dungan & Jeff SteinJanuary 10, 1980 (1980-01-10)
Harris vanishes when he goes undercover at a skid-row mission, and a woman has some unusual ideas about how to begin a single-parent family.
11814"Vanished: Part 2"Noam PitlikTony Sheehan & Frank Dungan & Jeff SteinJanuary 17, 1980 (1980-01-17)
Harris is still missing, while Luger gets demoted to captain.
11915"The Child Stealers"Noam PitlikFrank Dungan & Jeff SteinJanuary 24, 1980 (1980-01-24)
Marty and his partner Mr. Driscoll are back when Mr. Driscoll is charged with attempting to kidnap his son, while another man claims to be from the future and Officer Zitelli makes a startling public admission.
12016"Guns"Noam PitlikRich Reinhart, Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein & Tony SheehanJanuary 31, 1980 (1980-01-31)
A thief's using a dueling pistol leads to the uncovering of both the theft of a huge weapons collection and former-Inspector Luger's possible intentions, while a man steals back his TV from Police Property.
12117"Uniform Days"Noam PitlikRichard Beban & Judith NeilsenFebruary 7, 1980 (1980-02-07)
Harris shows up to the station on Uniform Day in street clothes and balks at exchanging them for a uniform, resulting in harsh words between him and Barney.
12218"Dietrich's Arrest: Part 1"Noam PitlikTony Sheehan & Frank Dungan & Jeff SteinFebruary 28, 1980 (1980-02-28)
Against regulations, Dietrich joins an anti-nuclear protest, while Barney is unable to afford his condo-converted apartment and a lottery winner tries to give away all of his prize money in an unusual fashion.
12319"Dietrich's Arrest: Part 2"Noam PitlikTony Sheehan & Frank Dungan & Jeff SteinMarch 6, 1980 (1980-03-06)
Dietrich is arrested at the protest, Harris is tasked the job of booking him, and Lt. Scanlon of Internal Affairs is loving the whole ordeal.
12420"The Architect"Noam PitlikStory by: Calvin Kelly & Jim Tisdale
Teleplay by: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein & Tony Sheehan
March 27, 1980 (1980-03-27)
An architect arrested for vandalizing a building he originally designed claims to have planted bombs in the building. Two thugs hold the squad hostage to free their boss. Dietrich balks at being on restricted duty, as a result of his recent arrest, and Harris worries about his vacation plans being ruined.
12521"The Inventor"Noam PitlikTony Sheehan & Frank Dungan & Jeff SteinMay 1, 1980 (1980-05-01)
An inventor is busted for stealing his own ideas from a company safe, while Wojo is hypnotized into remembering details about the robbery he witnessed and in the process revealing his true feelings about his fellow detectives.
12622"Fog"Noam PitlikStory by: Mark Brull
Teleplay by: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein & Tony Sheehan
May 8, 1980 (1980-05-08)
While Barney copes with his third failed chance at promotion to Deputy Inspector, a trumpeter is booked for assault and another man is arrested for vandalism.

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