Barney asks "Didn't we just go through this with Rachel?", and is shocked to learn, "Seven years ago?" That was the fifth episode of the series, " The Courtesans", in which 17-year-old Rachel was pestering her parents for a new apartment. Speaking of Liz, Barney fields a call from Liz about how David wants his own apartment, despite being only 17 years old.That was a story arc in Seasons 4 and 5 where the Millers separated for a while. When Barney mentions his wife Liz, Miss Wakefield catches him off guard by saying she's glad that Barney and Liz are back together.Ripner winds up admitting that after attorney's fees and taxes and such, Harris's artwork was all he has left from the judgment. The last reference to the almost series-long arc about Harris's writing career and his Roman à Clef "Blood on the Badge".Continuity Porn: A lot of Continuity Nods, maybe because the series was winding to a close.Ambiguously Jewish: This episode has the last of a few random mentions of how Barney is Jewish, as Miss Wakefield says she sent a check for David's bar mitzvah.Finally, Harris punches Ripner in the face, a rash act that threatens not only his own career but Barney's possible promotion to Deputy Inspector. Ripner, who won a $375,000 judgment against Harris, taunts him about now owning Harris's artwork and threatens to attach his future earnings. He is on the phone to his agent when his archnemesis, sleazy lawyer Arnold Ripner, strolls into the squad room. Harris has apparently gotten over his long-term case of Writer's Block and is about to sign a deal for another book. Hackett, turns out to actually be a stockbroker who was selling off his excess stash.īoth cases take a back seat to personal business. The other case involves a drug dealer arrested on Wall Street. (That's why she was outside the building.) It turns out that Miss Guthrie is a stalker, albeit a harmless one, who has been following Captain Miller and adoring him from afar for many years. The cops retrieve her purse from Guthrie's apartment, and discover something startling: a sheaf of news story clippings about Barney Miller. "Altercation" is the 18th episode of the eighth season of Barney Miller.ĭietrich brings in one Miss Wakefield, who was mugged right outside the 12th Precinct building! Miss Wakefield, who has an oddly spacey manner, goes through the mug books and succeeds in identifying her mugger, Edward Guthrie ( Robert Pastorelli in his first acting credit). Guest Starring: Miriam Byrd Nethery, Todd Susman, Rod Colbin, Robert Pastorelli
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