When a drug addict holds the precinct hostage, Captain Barney Miller has to talk him out of it.

When a drug addict holds the precinct hostage, Captain Barney Miller has to talk him out of it.

A bomber targets the 12th Precinct. Fish contemplates retirement.

The squad guards a department store payroll. A flasher attempts suicide in the bathroom.

Barney's friend is assigned to investigate allegations of corruption in the 12th precinct. Chano pursues an obscene phone caller.

Wojo reveals his hatred for prostitutes but ends up falling for one. Rachel wants her own apartment.

Nosy neighbors interfere with a stakeout operation.

Among others, the 12th hosts a drunken bureaucrat and the 12-year-old who robbed Chano's apartment. Wojo forces the precinct's favorite deli closed for minor health code infractions.

An overeager female officer disrupts the all-male squad. Chano arrests an obscene phone caller.

Inspector Luger visits Barney to complain that the public doesn't dislike his men enough. Wojo arrests a cross-dressing teamster. A neighborhood vigilante is "over the hill."

The Precinct reluctantly guards a Mafia witness. Chano uses his fellow officers' cash reserve to set up a narcotics buy.

Barney holds a resourceful escaped prisoner for the FBI. A self-declared "bird-man" drops in. Harris decides to write a novel.

A Serpico replica joins the squad temporarily. Bernice discovers that Fish spent the afternoon in a massage parlor.

Chano deals with psychological trauma after killing two bank robbers. Liz makes a citizen's arrest of her assailant -- an eight-year-old boy.