The BEST episodes directed by Noam Pitlik
#1 - Bringing in the Clowns
One Day at a Time - Season 9 - Episode 17
A frustrated Barbara tries to teach Mark's joke-playing friends a painful lesson.
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#2 - Elegant Iggy
Taxi - Season 4 - Episode 20
Jim invites Elaine to a concert, and while there, they run into an important patron at Elaine's art gallery. The woman invites them both to a party, although Elaine is very worried that Jim will embarrass her in an event that's important to her career. Still, she doesn't quite have it in her to ask Jim not to go. At the party, Elaine's worst fears are realized with Jim's behavior, until he surprisingly wows the crowd on the piano and turns things around.
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#4 - The Unkindest Cut
Taxi - Season 4 - Episode 18
Elaine spends over $200 to go to a trendy hairstylist before a special date, but the result is outrageously bad. When she expresses some disappointment, the hairstylist insults her and she leaves, crying, but still pays. Alex talks her into going back and standing up for herself, so she can get her hair fixed and her money back. That doesn't go too well, but in the end, Louie, who has followed Alex and Elaine to the hairstylist, exacts revenge on the guy by pouring a bucket of red hair dye on him.
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#5 - The Harris Incident
Barney Miller - Season 5 - Episode 10
A stockbroker leaves Wall Street to become a beggar; a rookie cop, assuming Harris to be a felon, shoots at him.
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#6 - Field Associate
Barney Miller - Season 7 - Episode 8
Someone is sending specific information on transgressions of the men to Internal Affairs; Harris sets up a reunion between an elderly cat burglar and the wife who reported him missing years ago.
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#7 - Love Un-American Style
Taxi - Season 5 - Episode 1
Newlyweds Latka & Samka throw a Shloogel, one of their religion's traditions. The shloogel is, in effect, a party at Mario's where they set all the gang up on blind dates. Tony is set up with Vicki, an abrasive brunette and immediately starts arguing with her. Elaine is set up with mousy Arnie, who has low self esteem. Jim is set up with actress, Marcia Wallace, who played Carol on his favorite show, Bob Newhart. Louie is set up with Judy, a pretty blind woman. Alex is set up with Susan, who seems to be his dream woman and he seems to be falling for her immediately. Despite the fact that none of the other matches seem perfect, all of them show promise by the end of the evening.
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#8 - The Slave
Barney Miller - Season 6 - Episode 5
Harris bristles when he learns that the Burmese chauffeur being booked for a traffic accident is actually an indentured servant.
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#9 - The Inventor
Barney Miller - Season 6 - Episode 21
The squad tries hypnosis to uncover the name of a felon that Wojo has forgotten; an inventor steals the plans for his own creation.
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#10 - You Dirty Rat
Barney Miller - Season 2 - Episode 9
Barney smells a rat when two pounds of confiscated marijuana disappears from the evidence locker, and a homeless man spends the night in a department store apparently one of many.
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#11 - Lady and the Bomb
Barney Miller - Season 7 - Episode 18
The verdict is in on the Harris/Ripner libel suit, and a woman threatens to blow up the squad room with a homemade bomb. What better time for Detective Fish to drop by for a visit?
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#12 - Grand Hotel
Barney Miller - Season 2 - Episode 7
Wojo and Wentworth pose as marrieds in order to bust a burglary ring set in a posh hotel.
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#13 - Hash
Barney Miller - Season 3 - Episode 11
Wojo brings hashish-laced brownies his new girlfriend made to the 12th Precinct, getting the detective squad stoned; while an actor and critic ("natural enemies" says Harris) square off with dueling swords.
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#14 - A Grand Gesture
Taxi - Season 5 - Episode 23
Newly wealthy Jim gives each of the gang $1000 to give away, in an effort to teach them how good it feels to give someone else $1000. Latka & Simka give the money to their minister, who protests loudly (as is their custom) but accepts the money nonetheless. Tony uses the money to buy his friend Walt a large TV set. Elaine (inexplicably) gives the money to her daughter, suggesting that she split it with her brother. Louie gives the money to Jeff, who won't accept Louie's "dirty money" until he learns it was from Jim. Alex has trouble finding someone to give the money to until he comes accross an old lady in his cab with seven kids.
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#15 - The Doll
Barney Miller - Season 7 - Episode 17
An expensive doll is abducted for ransom; a man claims he was swindled in exchange for a ticket on the space shuttle; Luger informs Barney that he's in his will.
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#16 - Jim's Inheritance
Taxi - Season 5 - Episode 2
When Jim's father passes away and leaves him a substantial inheritance, Jim's siblings sue to have Jim declared incompetent and his inheritance placed in an account that the brother will have control of. In court, Louie and Alex speak in Jim's behalf, but to no avail. Jim later feels better when he plays a tape of "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" that his father left for him.
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#18 - The Tennis Bum
Wings - Season 2 - Episode 14
Brian is upset because Fay beat him at tennis. Meanwhile, Roy tries to mess with Helen's mind by claiming that one of his male pilots is actually female and Joe, despite being told otherwise, can't resist flying Lowell's prized Graf Zeppelin model he's keeping in Joe's office ahead of a model airplane show.
#19 - The Judge
Barney Miller - Season 6 - Episode 9
A judge provides an attorney with the ultimate over-ruling; a gavel on the noggin; the crimes reported by a lonely woman emanate from daytime television soap operas.
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#20 - Voice Analyzer
Barney Miller - Season 5 - Episode 14
Lieutenant Scanlon returns, this time attempting to ferret out corruption with a lie detector; Barney is suspicious of a furrier's robbery report.
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#21 - The Search
Barney Miller - Season 5 - Episode 3
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.
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#22 - Vanished (1)
Barney Miller - Season 6 - Episode 13
Vagrant Ray returns to report his fellow bums' disappearances; a woman wishes to have a child with a surrogate and is focusing in on Dietrich and Wojo.
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#24 - The Spy
Barney Miller - Season 5 - Episode 15
A paranoid spy holds the precinct house at bay; the men bring in a disorderly mime.
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#25 - Louie and the Blind Girl
Taxi - Season 5 - Episode 19
Louie plans to his girlfriend, Judy (a blind woman introduced to him earlier this season by Latka & Simka), but before he can do it, Judy tells him that she's having an operation to get her sight back. Louie then gets cold feet, worried that she'll reject him because of his looks. Alex talks Louie through his insecurities and Louie goes to the hospital to support Judy after her surgery. It turns out the surgery is a success and she still loves Louie after seeing him. Louie is thrilled and decides to buy her a real diamond before he proposes (since she can now see and may be able to tell the difference).
#26 - The Psychiatrist
Barney Miller - Season 2 - Episode 20
A department psychiatrist advises the department to confiscate Wojo's gun.
#27 - The Bird
Barney Miller - Season 6 - Episode 7
Harris' book publication hits a snag when Dietrich refuses to sign a release; a suicide hot line operator becomes suicidal; the clerk that sold Wojo a sick bird changes his strict no-return policy when he learns that the detective is a cop.
#28 - The Desk
Barney Miller - Season 6 - Episode 8
A former master criminal becomes a walking zombie following his lobotomy; a man is unable to use the telephone after being mugged because he's Amish. Jeff Corey, who appeared previously as "The Prisoner," was a renowned acting teacher.
#29 - The Child Stealers
Barney Miller - Season 6 - Episode 15
A self-proclaimed time traveler tells Harris to fine tune his stock portfolio; Marty's divrorced gentleman friend Mr. Driscoll attempts to reclaim his son by abducting him from the playground.
#30 - The Hero
Barney Miller - Season 1 - Episode 13
Chano is guilt-stricken when he shoots a holdup man; Liz makes a citizen's arrest, after being robbed at "stickpoint" by a twelve-year-old.
#31 - Dorsey
Barney Miller - Season 7 - Episode 4
The new detective is convinced that his compatriots are on the take and asks to be dealt out.
#32 - The Indian
Barney Miller - Season 5 - Episode 13
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.
#33 - The Bank
Barney Miller - Season 4 - Episode 12
A man charges a sperm bank with murder after the lab unwittingly destroys the man's last sample.
#34 - Guns
Barney Miller - Season 6 - Episode 16
Wojo fears that a despondent Luger is planning to do himself in; a man seeking to reclaim his television set robs the police vault; a rash of bizarre robberies leads to an eccentric gun collector.
#35 - Eviction (2)
Barney Miller - Season 4 - Episode 17
The hotel situation now involves a SWAT team, while Dietrich learns the identity of his amnesic "girlfriend."
#36 - Riot
Barney Miller - Season 7 - Episode 19
Luger takes a small disturbance with the Hassidic community and turns it into a full-scale riot; the squad discovers a survivalist couple setting up housekeeping in the sewers.
#37 - The Escape Artist
Barney Miller - Season 1 - Episode 11
A self-avowed "bird-man" drops in; Barney holds a resourceful escaped prisoner for the FBI; Harris decides to write a novel, setting up one of the series' most durable storylines.
#38 - My Brother's Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble
Wings - Season 2 - Episode 15
Joe is hospitalized for back trouble and leaves his normally overly detailed schedule for Brian to manage Sandpiper. Brian disregards Joe's schedule and runs the airline his own way. All his schemes suddenly go off the rails when the plane goes missing.
#39 - Werewolf
Barney Miller - Season 3 - Episode 6
A disturbance in the park turns out to be a man who claims to be a werewolf.
#40 - Scenskees from a Marriage (1)
Taxi - Season 5 - Episode 4
Latka is sent to rescue a female cabbie who is stranded in a snowstorm, but he breaks down as he reaches her. The two are freezing in her cab and decide to make love in order to avoid freezing to death. They survive and are rescued but Latka feels tremendous guilt and Simka realizes he's been unfaithful (despite the circumstances) before he can even tell her. Latka and Simka seek the guidance of their minister, who says to set things right, Simka must sleep with someone Latka works with. (Continued in part two)
#41 - Block Party
Barney Miller - Season 2 - Episode 18
Wentworth is furious when Chano gets the credit for her bust of an assassin at a block party.
#42 - The Vigilante
Barney Miller - Season 1 - Episode 9
Barney is visited by Inspector Luger, who complains that his men aren't disliked enough by the public; a neighborhood vigilante is well into his twilight years; Wojo collars a cross-dressing teamster.
#43 - Eviction (1)
Barney Miller - Season 4 - Episode 16
Barney puts his career on the line by refusing to forcibly evict the tenants of a condemned hotel, while Lugar tries to figure out what to do with his vacation time.
#44 - Community Relations
Barney Miller - Season 3 - Episode 13
An evicted tenant greets a landlord with a musket; Barney's charged with harassment when he books a blind shoplifter.
#45 - Jack Soo: A Retrospective
Barney Miller - Season 5 - Episode 24
The cast step out of character to offer a tribute to Jack Soo, who died during the show's fifth season.
#46 - Identity
Barney Miller - Season 5 - Episode 21
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.
#47 - The RAND Report
Barney Miller - Season 3 - Episode 14
Rather than return one week per month to uniformed patrol, Wojo quits the force.
#48 - Dog Days
Barney Miller - Season 5 - Episode 4
The German Shepherd that bit Wojo may be rabid; Barney and Liz prepare for their impending separation.
#49 - Power Failure
Barney Miller - Season 3 - Episode 9
A power failure darkens spirits at the 12th, where they play host to a man with a split personality.
#50 - Toys
Barney Miller - Season 5 - Episode 12
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.