
The series focuses on life in Greenwich Village's 12th Precinct station house. Initially, it looks at Capt. Barney Miller and his work and home life, but it gradually becomes about the officers of the precinct, including always-on-the-verge-of-retirement Detective Fish.

Demonic possession, an illegal alien and an accountant with a pocketful of marijuana make up a day's work at the precinct.

The usual loonies arrive during the full moon, including a man who swears he's turning into a werewolf.

The precinct's plumbing goes out again; A scoutmaster apprehends a mugger; A militant Indian retrieves his tribe's ancestral bones.

Wojo's discovers an ancient weapon; Barney and his staff learn that the precinct may be sold to a private business.