S08 Episode 1

Paternity

Wojo's proven innocent of a paternity suit, but at a cost; a beauty queen is robbed; an irate theater patron vandalizes the theater.

Thu, 29 Oct 1981

S08 Episode 2

Advancement

Luger wants Barney to pen a letter for his mail-order bride; a lottery winner seeks revenge when the ticket seller loses his winning entry; Harris gets a new book deal.

Thu, 5 Nov 1981

S08 Episode 3

The Car

A car thief's conscience gets the better of him ... after twenty-five years; Levitt saves a child from a precarious fate; an overzealous sanitation officer goes to extremes.

Thu, 12 Nov 1981

S08 Episode 4

Possession

A husband is assaulted for forcing his wife into designer jeans; a disorderly conduct report leads to a man who swears he's possessed by an evil spirit.

Thu, 19 Nov 1981

S08 Episode 5

Stress Analyzer

A job fair brings out the worst in a Peace Corps recruiter; Dietrich volunteers for a department stress experiment.

Thu, 26 Nov 1981

S08 Episode 6

Games

A manufacturer of computer game processors is accused of espionage; a WAC supplements her income on the street.

Thu, 10 Dec 1981

S08 Episode 7

Homeless

The 12th is overrun with homeless vagrants on Christmas; a greeting-card writer snaps; a cattle prod is the weapon of choice for a local merchant.

Thu, 17 Dec 1981

S08 Episode 8

The Tontine

The penultimate survivor of a tontine attempts suicide in order to concede the money to his cousin.

Thu, 7 Jan 1982

S08 Episode 9

Examination Day

The detectives don uniforms while Levitt and the others take sergeant's exams; Luger, working with the squad, is overly rough with a collar, and later with Barney.

Thu, 14 Jan 1982

S08 Episode 10

The Clown

Street clowns fall prey to a serial mugger; a hundred inmates are sneaked out of holding in the middle of the night.

Thu, 21 Jan 1982

S08 Episode 11

Chinatown (1)

A murder witness is uncooperative, so he, Harris and Dietrich are forced to share an apartment in seclusion until he talks; Lieutenant Scanlon falls for a wealthy mugging victim.

Thu, 4 Feb 1982

S08 Episode 12

Chinatown (2)

Unless he confesses soon, Harris and Dietrich's unwilling roommate may witness another murder. Meanwhile, harassment charges are pressed against Lieutenant Scanlon.

Thu, 11 Feb 1982

S08 Episode 13

Hunger Strike

Dietrich aids an elderly psychiatric patient who may be speaking a foreign language; a nuclear activist goes on a hunger strike to end nuclear arms; Barney declines a deputy inspector nomination.

Thu, 18 Feb 1982

S08 Episode 14

Arrival

Luger's mail-order bride arrives; an elderly woman mugs a man.

Thu, 25 Feb 1982

S08 Episode 15

Obituary

A newspaper obituary causes a stir when the subject turns up alive; the detectives snag a modern-day chicken thief.

Thu, 11 Mar 1982

S08 Episode 16

Inquiry

Internal Affairs is called in when a charge of excessive force is leveled against Wojo; an angry parent takes action when his child is declined admission into an exclusive kindergarten.

Fri, 26 Mar 1982

S08 Episode 17

Old Love

Dietrich's old flame pays a visit; a former child actor clubs an agent with a telephone.

Fri, 2 Apr 1982

S08 Episode 18

Altercation

Harris and Arnold come to blows; a mugging victim confesses to a twenty-five year old crush on Barney.

Fri, 9 Apr 1982

S08 Episode 19

Bones

A museum presses charges when an Indian retrieves his tribe's ancestral bones from an exhibit; a scoutmaster catches a mugger.

Thu, 29 Apr 1982

S08 Episode 20

Landmark (1)

Wojo's discover of an ancient weapon puts the 12th Precinct up for sale.

Thu, 6 May 1982

S08 Episode 21

Landmark (2)

The 12th Precinct is sold; Dietrich arrests the head of a crime school; Luger tries to duck out on his mail-order bride.

Thu, 13 May 1982

S08 Episode 22

Landmark (3)

Friends, foes and felons alike drop by to pay their last respects as the detectives prepare to leave for new assignments; Harris contemplates his resignation when he's assigned to Flushing Meadows; Barney recalls friends departed before he turns out the squad room lights for the last time.

Thu, 20 May 1982

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