She’s also the one less willing to yield to the kidnappers demands. Beyond the business at hand, she suggests he go into modeling. Lorraine Siegel is making a statement to Harris. All this annoys Wojo who thinks Marsha shouldn’t be having so much fun, having been arrested. Though he can’t do anything but advise unless a state line has been crossed, the FBI agent, Philip Martin, he also attempts to flirt with Marsha. Andrew Siegel and Marsha Dixon appear to have hit it off since he works in Women’s Wear, he noticed her outfit is actually quite nice she’s not dressed in an overtly sexual manner, except that the top few buttons are undone. Now that everyone’s here, it’s time to let the characters wait the situation out. When Barney requests that Nick search the files for The Manhattan Liberation Force, or other similar groups, Nick replies “Don’t you think it’d be easier to just find the guy?” The Manhattan Liberation Force has committed this act so that the store could give away all its merchandise instead of continuing the ways of capitalist oppression. In addition to money, the kidnappers have a political agenda. To make matters worse, Luger drops by and starts telling stories within earshot of the children about kidnappings in years past, like the Lindbergh baby, and incidents where the kidnapped victims were returned in shoe boxes and mason jars. Siegel’s adult children, Lorraine and Andrew Siegel, have arrived to assist, and Yemana has brought in a witness, an arthritic chauffer Eddie Blake, played by Ralph Manza, who previously played Leon Roth in “Community Relations” and Anthony Barelli in “Protection.” An unhelpful twenty-eight year old FBI agent is involved, Mr. Forty uniforms have been sent over, knocking on doors in the neighborhood. So often on the show, the store has been the scene of petty crimes, and often the plaintiff in cases brought up against the customers at the station.īut this is the biggest incident we’ve ever seen involving the store. Siegel, of the neighborhood’s Siegel’s Department Store has been kidnapped. On his way, out, he attempts to hint to Dixon where and when he’ll be.Īnd much more urgently, Mr. When booked, he tells Dietrich his first and middle name, to which Dietrich replies “Bobby Joe.” Later, Wilmore has been released with a court appearance ticket. Wilmore on the other hand is self-conscious about his Southern background, touting Little Rock’s booming manufacturing and industry. But Marsha claims to be new to the neighborhood and offers up the sunniest disposition of any prostitute to enter the one-two, taking everything as a compliment, and freely distributing similar sentiments, much to Wojo’s chagrin. Esterhazy in “The Psychiatrist,” on probable cause of solicitation, setting up a story we’ve seen many times before. Now that the shift has begun, Wojo brings in a prostitute, Marsha Dixon and Little Rock businessman, Robert Joseph Wilmore, Fred Sadoff, who previously played Dr. When Barney reminds them that their shift has begun, Dietrich cleverly manipulates Harris through reverse psychology into a move to hasten the end of the game and win. It begins, leisurely enough, with Dietrich and Harris playing backgammon for money on a particularly slow morning. It’s as if the story dictated the pace, and not the other way around. It’s a format that will be revisited later in the season, but here it’s quite effective at pacing out the story. There have been two-part episodes before on Barney Miller, but this is the first time there has been an unbroken hour-long episode.
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