Examination Day 

The detectives work in uniform while Levitt and the others take their sergeant's exams. While working with the squad, Luger is overly rough with a perpetrator, and later with Barney.

Director:

Gennaro Montanino

Writers:

Jordan Moffet, Danny Arnold (created by)

Stars:

Hal Linden, Max Gail, Ron Glass

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Hal Linden	...	Capt. Barney Miller
Max Gail	...	Det. Stan 'Wojo' Wojciehowicz
Ron Glass	...	Det. Ron Harris
Steve Landesberg	...	Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich
Ron Carey	...	Officer Carl Levitt
Jack Kruschen	...	Benjamin Diamond
Lyman Ward	...	Harv Jetter
Louis Giambalvo	...	Warren Shippel
James Gregory	...	Inspector Frank Luger

Storyline

The detectives work in uniform while Levitt and the others take their sergeant's exams. While working with the squad, Luger is overly rough with a perpetrator, and later with Barney.

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Plot Keywords:

two word episode title | day in episode title | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Did You Know?

Goofs

In an earlier episode, it was established that the plain clothes officers had to show up for work with their uniform. Harris didn't have one and was made to go out and buy one that day. But in this episode, the inspector says he hasn't had his uniform on for 25 years.

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Quotes

Capt. Barney Miller: Did you check with the wholesaler who sold the meat ?
Harv Jetter: They wouldn't talk to me. They wouldn't talk to me.. This isn't a network show, with a big budget, and a big crew and team jackets. I got an old beat up van, one used camera, and a crew that consists of NYU film student. We drove up to the company and they laughed at us.
Capt. Barney Miller: That's hardly justification for persecuting an innocent man.
Harv Jetter: What makes you think he's innocent?
Capt. Barney Miller: What makes you think he's not? If that show goes on the air, he'll never have a ...
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Soundtracks

Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture
Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (as Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky)
Courtesy of Extreme Music

User Reviews

Jack Kruschen and Lyman Ward

"Examination Day" finds the squad room detectives ready to walk the beat in uniform, in place of the officers downstairs, 70% of whom will be taking the sergeant's exam that Wojo himself flunked three times. This naturally delights Levitt, who wonders what he can do with all the free time he'll have after he's finished (Wojo: "it's only a test...the worst thing that can happen is you fail it and take it again!" Levitt: "like you!"). Inspector Luger assigns himself to the 12th, not having donned his uniform in 25 years, shaking down a purse snatcher (Louis Giambalvo, second of two) in an overtly rough manner, which doesn't sit well with an understandably irate Captain Miller. Meanwhile, Jewish butcher Benjamin Diamond (Jack Kruschen, last of three) is ambushed on camera by smarmy TV reporter Harv Jetter (Lyman Ward, second of two), whose telecast threatens Diamond's business, an expose of where the unsuspecting proprietor purchases his kosher meats.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 January 1982 (USA)

Filming Locations:

ABC Television Center - 4151 Prospect Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Four D Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 25 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1