A political activist kidnaps a department store magnate. Wojo arrests a prostitute and her business manager.

A political activist kidnaps a department store magnate. Wojo arrests a prostitute and her business manager.

The officers reopen a 28-year-old missing persons case. The host of a children's science show goes berserk. Harris takes a turn at cross-dressing mugging detail.

The officers reopen a 28-year-old missing persons case. The host of a children's science show goes berserk. Harris takes a turn at cross-dressing mugging detail.

Wojo is bitten by a German Shepherd that may be rabid. The Millers prepare for their impending separation.

Wojo is bitten by a German Shepherd that may be rabid. The Millers prepare for their impending separation.

A German woman attempts to escape the country rather than surrender her baby to a baby broker's clients. Levitt resorts to stimulants to maintain his self-imposed thirty-six-hour shift.

An accusation against Dietrich leads to a visit from Lieutenant Scanlon of Internal Affairs. Yemana arrests a rabbi who is running a gambling casino in his synagogue.

An accusation against Dietrich leads to a visit from Lieutenant Scanlon of Internal Affairs. Yemana arrests a rabbi who is running a gambling casino in his synagogue.

A prisoner released after serving his sentence has difficulty adjusting to civilian life. A cat burglar's widow continues the family business.

Harris arrests a young loan shark. Barney notes some uncharacteristic behavior from Yemana. A tattoo artist refuses to remove his work from a client.

Barney suspects Levitt of vandalizing the squad room. A TV programming executive is assaulted in a coffee shop.

A rookie cop assumes Harris is a felon and shoots at him. A stockbroker leaves Wall Street to become a beggar.

A shoplifting suspect turns out to be a wanted 1960s-era radical, whose raging about the Vietnam War stirs up passions and polarizes the precinct. An overweight burglar becomes the butt of jokes.

Combatting toy makers create a disturbance. A claustrophobic prisoner has a problem with the jail cell. Barney faces his first holiday as a separated man.

Wojo is forced to arrest an aging Indian who only wants to die in the park. A woman's shoes are stolen-from her feet.

Lieutenant Scanlon tries to hunt corruption with a lie detector. Barney suspects a furrier's robbery report.

A paranoid spy holds the squad room at bay. The officers bring in a disorderly mime.

Wojo decides to move in with his girlfriend. A man tells his wife that he's leaving to become a mercenary.

Barney feels the aging process. Dietrich arrests an aging Olympic hopeful who practices his javelin toss in Central Park. A Hassidic Jew is the target of a diamond thief.

Harris pumps a counterfeiter for his life story. A man takes exception to a cosmetic surgeon's work on his wife.

The precinct hosts an open house that attracts only vagrants. Wojo and Harris try to get a lead on an arsonist. Barney's enthusiasm in moving back home is tempered by the hotel manager who refuses to refund him his upcoming month's rent.

The precinct is asked to assist a thief who is entering a witness relocation program. Harris quickly regrets the fact that Dietrich has saved his life.

A computer firm has difficulty retrieving embezzled funds. An educated young man claims to be under the influence of a voodoo curse.

The squad works the late night shift wherein they get a couple of crazies. First is a man who claims that a succubus is sapping his will to live while he sleeps. Second is a series of bomb threats from a guy named Leon. When Leon is apprehended, it turns out that he's a quiet but frustrated man who lives next door to the station house. He's angry because he's lived in the neighborhood for 15 years and feels that the police have no courtesy. At the sidelines of this craziness is a good-hearted tourist from Ohio who came to New York and immediately got mugged. Written by Jerry Roberts armchairoscars@hotmail.com

The death of Jack Soo in 1979 marked the passing of both a fine comedy actor and one of TV's most memorable characters: Nick Yemana, the deadpan detective known for his dry wit and wretched coffee. This tribute to Soo features reminiscences by the series regulars as well as some notable Yemana vignettes--Nick's curious response to an ink-blot test administered by a police psychiatrist; his attraction to a Japanese woman who turns out to be a hooker; and his inability to stop singing after he innocently eats brownies laced with hashish. Written by Anonymous