The BEST episodes written by Reinhold Weege

8.11

65 votes

#1 - 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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8.04

82 votes

#2 - The Mole

Barney Miller - Season 2 - Episode 22

Fish considers an operation; a burglar known as "The Mole" leads Harris and Wojo on a merry chase through the city sewer system. Ron Carey plays the Mole, and returns as Levitt in the next season.

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7.80

185 votes

#3 - Dad's First Date

Night Court - Season 3 - Episode 3

Christine's father has his first date in eight years and ends up before Harry, along with the tenants of a clothing-optional building.

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7.70

60 votes

#4 - Goodbye, Mr. Fish (1)

Barney Miller - Season 4 - Episode 1

A neighborhood vigilante group runs amok, and Fish is AWOL on the day of his retirement.

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7.65

57 votes

#5 - Thanksgiving Story

Barney Miller - Season 4 - Episode 9

The detectives clean up after three mental patients sit down to Thanksgiving dinner at an automat.

7.62

61 votes

#6 - Recluse

Barney Miller - Season 3 - Episode 7

A latter-day prophet claims the end is near - 5:30, to be precise; a man who hasn't left his apartment since World War II is brought in for refusing to serve jury duty. John Cassisi appears as Victor Kreutzer, a role he would continue to play on "Fish."

7.62

61 votes

#7 - Chase

Barney Miller - Season 4 - Episode 8

A taxi company is irate when Wojo totals a borrowed cab while pursuing a robbery suspect; Lieutenant Scanlon tries to ferret out 12th Precinct corruption with a drug pusher.

7.62

60 votes

#8 - Goodbye, Mr. Fish (2)

Barney Miller - Season 4 - Episode 2

Fish finally shows up for work, but refuses to acknowledge his mandatory retirement.

7.61

61 votes

#9 - 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.

7.60

63 votes

#10 - The Ghost

Barney Miller - Season 4 - Episode 13

The detectives are unimpressed with a man who claims he's being visited by a poltergeist - that is, until they lock the man up and strange events begin occurring about the squad room.

7.60

372 votes

#11 - Santa Goes Downtown

Night Court - Season 1 - Episode 2

The season is merry as Harry deals with a man in a red suit charged with trespassing and tries to restore the faith of a pair of cynical teenage runaways.

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7.59

59 votes

#12 - 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."

7.59

56 votes

#13 - Asylum

Barney Miller - Season 3 - Episode 19

Marty is picked up for parole violation with a half ounce of marijuana; Wojo prematurely grants a Russian defector asylum.

7.58

64 votes

#14 - Hostage

Barney Miller - Season 4 - Episode 20

Harris finally finds an apartment in the Village; a ventriloquist insists he's not responsible for his dummy's insensitive remarks; a prisoner holds the boys at gunpoint.

7.58

66 votes

#15 - Werewolf

Barney Miller - Season 3 - Episode 6

A disturbance in the park turns out to be a man who claims to be a werewolf.

7.54

57 votes

#16 - 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.

7.53

60 votes

#17 - Christmas Story

Barney Miller - Season 3 - Episode 10

Wojo wants to tell Yemana that his Christmas Eve date is a call girl; Fish dons a red suit to catch a mugger who's targeting Kris Kringles; Luger fishes for an invitation from Barney for Christmas Day.

7.51

200 votes

#18 - Dan's Parents

Night Court - Season 2 - Episode 13

Dan's past is revealed when the parents he told everyone were dead come to see their successful sonny boy.

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7.51

63 votes

#19 - 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.

7.50

60 votes

#20 - Evaluation

Barney Miller - Season 4 - Episode 21

The members of the squad nervously await Barney filling out their evaluation forms. Meanwhile, Harris arrests a numerologist who will only give his name as "1223," and a porno shop reporting vandalism turns out to be a mom and pop operation being hassled by their kids.

7.49

63 votes

#21 - Atomic Bomb

Barney Miller - Season 4 - Episode 11

Neither the bomb squad nor the government recognizes a college student's physics project as a functional atomic bomb - but Detective Dietrich does.

7.49

51 votes

#22 - Strike (2)

Barney Miller - Season 3 - Episode 22

Barney and Inspector Luger man the fort alone when the detectives go out on strike.

7.49

140 votes

#23 - Murder

Night Court - Season 4 - Episode 12

Harry has to deal with a woman who confesses to him that she killed her husband that morning, a detective who can't get used to working without his partner and a morose Dan who was rejected as a sperm bank donor.

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7.48

63 votes

#24 - Smog Alert

Barney Miller - Season 3 - Episode 12

All eyes are on Fish as the city undergoes a first-stage smog alert; an unlikely connection is made between a potential suicide victim and an obscene graffiti artist.

7.48

61 votes

#25 - Non-Involvement

Barney Miller - Season 3 - Episode 8

Barney doesn't see a crime, but Wojo's brought in a man for refusing to aid a mugging victim.

7.48

61 votes

#26 - The Prisoner

Barney Miller - Season 5 - Episode 7

A released prisoner can't adjust to civilian life; the widow of a cat burglar elects to perpetuate the family business.

7.47

59 votes

#27 - Moonlighting

Barney Miller - Season 3 - Episode 18

Barney discovers that Harris has been moonlighting; Dietrich arrests a priest who's fencing stolen goods; a racketeer is using a retarded boy as an assistant.

7.46

152 votes

#28 - The Night Off

Night Court - Season 3 - Episode 13

A crazy judge brought in to substitute for Harry imprisons Dan and Mac for contempt and appoints Florence and Phil the wino as the defense and prosecuting attorneys.

7.46

63 votes

#29 - Inauguration

Barney Miller - Season 4 - Episode 23

Harris does some extensive soul searching when he's offered a job on the mayor's security team.

7.45

58 votes

#30 - Middle Age

Barney Miller - Season 5 - Episode 18

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.

7.43

56 votes

#31 - Kidnapping (1)

Barney Miller - Season 5 - Episode 1

A political activist abducts a department store magnate; Wojo arrests a prostitute and her Arkansan business manager.

7.42

55 votes

#32 - The Counterfeiter

Barney Miller - Season 5 - Episode 19

Harris milks a wily counterfeiter for his life story; a man takes exception to a plastic surgeon's work on his wife.

7.40

156 votes

#33 - The Next Voice You Hear...

Night Court - Season 4 - Episode 1

Harry's distracted from a courtroom full of ventriloquists and their dummies by the delivery of a letter from his mother, mailed fifteen years earlier.

7.40

188 votes

#34 - Walk, Don't Wheel

Night Court - Season 2 - Episode 22

A disabled law student takes Harry's refusal of her prom invitation as a slap against her handicap.

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7.39

54 votes

#35 - Strike (1)

Barney Miller - Season 3 - Episode 21

An impending strike is on everyone's mind, except the woman who was robbed by her computer date. (Part 1 of 2)

7.38

60 votes

#36 - The Abduction

Barney Miller - Season 3 - Episode 16

Barney has his hands full with a couple who want his assistance with their cult-influenced daughter, and Nick's bookie who's arrested for his efforts.