Barney Miller

It's the day before Fish retires and he's nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, Barney and the detectives have to deal with a group of disgruntled business owners forming a vigilante organization to deal with the crime rate in the neighborhood.

When Fish finally arrives at the twelfth precinct after worrying his wife and colleagues, he refuses to acknowledge he has to retire because of his age. Dietrich and Harris arrest a paranoid man demolishing the security cameras at a supermarket.

Barney and the detectives are in for a surprise and become paranoid when the exterminator dealing with a cockroach problem in the squad room discovers a listening device.

An attorney for a large chemical company comes to the twelfth precinct to ask for assistance in identifying the person who has been vandalizing their properties. Wojo brings in a homeless woman who was the victim of a mugging so she could fill out a report.

When Fish returns to the twelfth precinct to fill out some paperwork for his pension, he assists his former colleagues in locating the corpse that was kidnapped from a nearby mortuary.

As Wojo anxiously awaits the results of his sergeant's exam, Harris laments not being able to find a suitable apartment to move into. Thanks to the bright idea of Yemana, the detectives try using a tv guide to figure out where a copy cat criminal will strike next, based on what will be on television for the upcoming week. Harris brings in a drunk when he attempts to rob a liquor store without the use of a weapon.

With the city experiencing a blizzard, Barney and the detectives are currently having to deal with a suspect dying while in custody and the coroner's office unable to come and retrieve the body. Dietrich and Harris arrest an eccentric man who claims the world is about to end with an upcoming ice age.

Barney looses his cool when he discovers that Lieutenant Scanlon has enlisted the aid of a drug pusher to test the members of the precincts honesty. Wojo has taxi cab problems.

Fork stabbing highlights Thanksgiving, three mental patients have Thanksgiving dinner at a laundromat.

Harris searches Manhattan for an apartment that is up to his intended lifestyle; Wojo is buried alive while pursuing a thief.

The FBI arrives at the twelfth precinct to help Barney and the detectives investigate a college student who inadvertently built a functional atomic bomb.