The Life & Times of Captain Barney Miller

A woman files a complaint against an art gallery, Don Calfa takes the 12th Precinct hostage, and the proprietors of an adult bookstore get hassled by their snotty kids on the latest episode of The Life & Times of Captain Barney Miller.

We're discussing another two-parter with Eviction wherein Barney Miller squares off with Ruben Kincaid who's trying to evict tenants from a hotel. This is followed by a very special episode of Barney Miller directed by Max Gail which discusses the problem of erectile dysfunction.

Writer Richard Hatem joins us again to discuss a trio of episodes from the fourth season of Barney Miller: The Ghost, Appendicitis, and Rape. In The Ghost, Kenneth Tigar returns along with his personal poltergeist. In Appendicitis we get a health scare from Nick. And, in Rape, it's a sobering discussion of spousal rape coupled with a laugh track.

The Life & Times of Captain Barney Miller returns with a look at three episodes from the fourth season of Barney Miller; Tunnel, Atomic Bomb, and The Bank. We're looking at cryogenics, in vitro fertilization, and life after death in this trio of sitcom episodes.

Mike and Chris continue their discussion of the 4th season of Barney Miller with a look at three solid episodes: Blizzard, Chase, and Thanksgiving Story. We see the return of Arnold Ripner and Lt. Scanlon while learning more about Dietrich.

We continue discussing the fourth season of Barney Miller with three solid episodes. In Corporation a disgruntled employee warns of his company's poor environmental track record. With Burial we get the return of Fish. And, in Copy Cat we learn of a criminal (Don Kalfa) who gets inspired by crime on TV.

We start off Season 4 of Barney Miller with the departure of Detective Fish. It's an odd time for goodbyes and a strange two-part episode. We follow that up with the episode "Bugs" where we find that the 12th Precinct is riddled with listening devices.

We wrapping up Season 3 of Barney Miller with a look at the episodes Asylum, Group Home, and Strike (Parts 1 & 2). We're getting ready to say goodbye to Fish while discussing the Cold War and the state of police budgets in the 1970s.

On this episode of The Life & Times of Captain Barney Miller podcast we discuss cults, sex surrogates, and second jobs as we discuss three episodes from the third season: Abduction, Sex Surrogate, and Moonlighting.

Writer Richard Hatem joins Mike & Chris to discuss three classic episodes of Barney Miller: Community Relations, The Rand Report, and Fire '77.