Sept. 14, 1978, midnight 0.0
S5E1 - Kidnapping (1)
A political activist abducts a department store magnate; Wojo arrests a prostitute and her Arkansan business manager.
Sept. 14, 1978, midnight 0.0
S5E2 - Kidnapping (2)
Wojo delivers the ransom money for the department store owner, while the prostitute charms both Wojo and the victim's nebbish son.
Sept. 21, 1978, midnight 0.0
S5E3 - The Search
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.
Sept. 28, 1978, midnight 0.0
S5E4 - Dog Days
The German Shepherd that bit Wojo may be rabid; Barney and Liz prepare for their impending separation.
Oct. 5, 1978, midnight 9.0
S5E5 - The Baby Broker
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.
Oct. 12, 1978, midnight 0.0
S5E6 - Accusation
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.
Oct. 19, 1978, midnight 0.0
S5E7 - The Prisoner
A released prisoner can't adjust to civilian life; the widow of a cat burglar elects to perpetuate the family business.
Nov. 2, 1978, midnight 0.0
S5E8 - Loan Shark
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
Nov. 9, 1978, midnight 0.0
S5E9 - The Vandal
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.
Nov. 30, 1978, midnight 0.0
S5E10 - The Harris Incident
A stockbroker leaves Wall Street to become a beggar; a rookie cop, assuming Harris to be a felon, shoots at him.
Dec. 7, 1978, midnight 0.0
S5E11 - The Radical
Luger faces off against a 60s radical, and Harris arrests a portly second story man.
Dec. 14, 1978, midnight 0.0
S5E12 - Toys
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.
Jan. 4, 1979, midnight 0.0
S5E13 - The Indian
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.
Jan. 11, 1979, midnight 0.0
S5E14 - Voice Analyzer
Lieutenant Scanlon returns, this time attempting to ferret out corruption with a lie detector; Barney is suspicious of a furrier's robbery report.
Jan. 18, 1979, midnight 0.0
S5E15 - The Spy
A paranoid spy holds the precinct house at bay; the men bring in a disorderly mime.
Jan. 25, 1979, midnight 0.0
S5E16 - Wojo's Girl (1)
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.
Jan. 25, 1979, midnight 0.0
S5E17 - Wojo's Girl (2)
Wojo struggles to co-habitate with his ex-prostitute girlfriend.
Feb. 1, 1979, midnight 0.0
S5E18 - Middle Age
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.
Feb. 8, 1979, midnight 0.0
S5E19 - The Counterfeiter
Harris milks a wily counterfeiter for his life story; a man takes exception to a plastic surgeon's work on his wife.
Feb. 15, 1979, midnight 0.0
S5E20 - Open House
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.
March 1, 1979, midnight 0.0
S5E21 - Identity
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.
March 15, 1979, midnight 0.0
S5E22 - Computer Crime
A computer firm has difficulty retrieving embezzled funds; an educated young man claims to be under the influence of a voodoo curse.
May 10, 1979, midnight 0.0
S5E23 - Graveyard Shift
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.
May 17, 1979, midnight 0.0
S5E24 - Jack Soo, a Retrospective
The cast step out of character to offer a tribute to Jack Soo, who died during the show's fifth season.
