Goodbye to the Ol' One Two in Final Scenes of Barney Miller - 1982

Barney, Harris, Wojo, Dietrich and Levitt say goodbye to each other and to the 12th Precinct when their building is sold off by the city.
I watched this final episode when it first aired and can't believe that was 40 years ago.

[@jamesdrynan]

Seeing this clip in 2023, it's bittersweet to think only Gail and Linden are still around. It had great writing, comedic and dramatic, under the sure hand of Danny Arnold.

[@mikesaccoia5748]

To borrow a quote from a movie 'time is the fire is which we burn'. Yes time has consumed some of this cast and many others we cherished from other series. But the one thing this thing called time can't consume is our memories of the time. Thanks for posting the wonderful memories.

[@kevinbutler1955NYC]

Ms.Barrie and Ms.Lavin are still with us.

[@Bradydog-in7ut]

When something or someone dies in our lives it is really only gone if we forget them. If we keep them in our hearts, they are always with us.

[@kennethfeula2773]

Inspector Luger always cracked me up.

[@JSUN19]

@@kennethfeula2773 me too !!

[@wintonhudelson2252]

After all these years, I still miss this show being on the air. I loved it in my youth.

[@sherylbeasley4938]

Same.

[@tombucsfan666]

@@sherylbeasley4938 The show is still funny in reruns after 40 years. A lot of comedies do not age well. This one did.

[@st.charlesstreet9876]

Very Much Agree ❤❤

[@ImYourHuckleberry_29]

This and Goodbye Mr Fish makes me tear up each and every time. RIP to all the wonderful cast members who are no longer with us today.

[@JuanRodriguez-hs9sp]

I just binged the whole series on Amazon PrimeTV recently. I always loved and respected Barney Miller. But now, after watching it again, I can say this show was ahead of it's time and is one of the best television programs that transcended several genres - comedy, police procedural and drama. Thank you everyone who made Barney Miller what it is, a true gem!

[@bmasters1981]

So much better than what passes for it, like Cougar Town and The Big Bang Theory.

[@Sojourning_]

Here I sit watching all these Barney Miller shows, I'm now 75, have cancer, enjoying all of these guys, loving all of them even more like never before. I love Ron Glass, aka Harris, I loved the character Inspector Luger........ all of them......... I pray for The Lord to Bless Them All.............

[@ShatnerMethod]

The Lord bless you also.

[@GREGWATSON-lc8cc]

Bless you Sir.

[@hatednyc]

THAT is the way you say goodbye to all the fans and the people who made it happen. Every beloved program deserves closure.

[@dawnvalentine74]

I’m a sap - I just wish they had all been transferred together.

[@wurly164]

This show stayed classy and went out while on top, instead of running itself into the ground

[@bmasters1981]

So did MTM and The Bob Newhart Show in 1977 and 1978 respectively on CBS.

[@jorgejefferson8251]

I watched the show religiously. It debut when I was 17, and by the time it went off the air I had been a police officer for more than 2 years. Good Lord I'm old.

[@djrychlak4443]

As a kid, I learned how to be a decent, thoughtful human being from watching Barney Miller. The books came later.

[@markrenfrow9873]

Barney Miller: the last cop show I have been able to enjoy. Thanks for all the laughs.

[@joeyank2451]

I’m 58 And Love This Show Got The DVD Set It’s Rocking

[@paulc1665]

Just watched this for the first time in forty years and it still moves me deeply. There's a reason the assignment board, jail cell door, and badges are at the National Museum of American History (although not currently on display), and I hope they always will be.

[@alabhaois]

The best "sitcom" ever-- I still watch it (bought the DVD) and still laugh at the humor. No other program comes near its class, sense of humor, writing, or acting. Pure bliss! ♥

[@jonnnyren6245]

I started watching Barney Miller when I was 10. 17 years later, I'm still hooked. I love this show to bits, especially Chano, Wentworth, Yemana, Harris and especially Fish. All of the guys at the 12th will always have a place in my heart. And thank goodness I still have Law and Order to binge as well.

[@dabig_guy2204]

I grew up with this show watching it after coming from my school. They don't make this level of comedy and substance anymore.

[@DJ-bj8ku]

The bass line in the theme song is iconic.

[@kendallrivers1119]

Thanks for posting! This is one of the all time best final scenes in television history and the whole three part finale is one of the best. Up there with the MTM series ender imo.

[@ShatnerMethod]

You're very welcome, Kendall! The three part finale is worth watching for sure.

[@ICU2B4UDO]

@@ShatnerMethod ...Can you please send me a link to the SO8 E22 Series Finale please?? Outside of this 3 minute clip, I can't find the full episode Anywhere!! Thank you so very much!! 👍👏

[@ShatnerMethod]

@@ICU2B4UDO Hi Gabriel, For copyright reasons I don't think you can watch the whole episode for free except with a reversed image on "Daily Motion": www.dailymotion.com/video/x82r7s7

[@ICU2B4UDO]

@@ShatnerMethod ....Actually, I just found it!! Watching it now!! Thanks for responding so fast bro!

[@gizzykatkat9687]

Im fifty years old now, i was a little kid back then but i still remember this

[@AarHan3]

This clip edits out the scenes where Barney reminisces about departed Detectives Chano (Gregory Sierra), Fish (Abe Vigoda), and Yemana (Jack Soo), who appear in clips from past episodes.

[@farajr1]

Yeah, I noticed that. That was the whole reason I viewed this video. Was hoping to see those scenes, but they were deleted. I don't know why.

[@KBTime]

Also Wentworth (Linda Lavin)

[@Juliaflo]

I so noticed that. What was the big idea?

[@shaunstrasser1]

And Wentworth

[@RealArtfulDodger]

Really takes away from the emotional closure of the series. Not even the same clip. You can thank TV syndication these days and commercial greed for editing out stuff to make room for more ads. Another reason to block as many ads as possible.

[@warnold909]

How wonderful for an ensemble series to be able to say goodbye as a group. Outstanding!

[@green_acres_7240]

Watching BM nightly on Antenna TV- such an amazingly great, underrated show!

[@colleen4ever]

It's also on at midnight on FE TV, right after Adam-12

[@bmasters1981]

@@colleen4ever And I saw it through on DVD from Shout! Factory's all-in-one.

[@BobbySanders-bf2fr]

What a great show. Thank you for posting this.

[@jamesdrynan]

Writing and performances still resonate fifty years later. That is some huge hug between Gail and Linden. Any fan of the show got a lump in the throat when Levitt bows his head into his Captain's chest. I think Arnold's decision to go out on a high note was correct. But we miss them all.

[@dirdib69]

A rare example of a TV show that actually got out at the top of its game.

[@ricksmith4782]

I became a cop because of this show and just retired after a marvelous 31-year career.... most realistic cop series ever.. RIP all who have contributed and thank you to those still here.

[@joeayala4812]

So much that needed to be said was never said 30 minutes for a final episode was just unfair. But I relive this Grand Old sitcom of my childhood and reminisce a Time that never forgets.

[@kendallrivers1119]

Actually the finale was in three parts. Plenty was said and it is still one of the all time perfect series finales along with The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Fugitive, Newhart etc.

[@joeayala4812]

@@kendallrivers1119 well thanks for the info I was 13 years old at that time and I never saw that three part finale do you know if it's on video?

[@mikesaccoia5748]

Was in my mid twenty's. Newly married. Enjoying and relishing this with my first wife, now gone. Beautiful memory of simpler times. Barney's turning out the lights for the last time on the ole 12 is more than just a series finale for me. Thanks for posting this .

[@kendallrivers1119]

​@@joeayala4812I don't think it's all here on KZbin but the show airs reruns on FETV and you could catch these episodes there soon.

[@dominickdirienzo8266]

So sad that Barney Miller ended like this. They all had a long great times together.

[@zyrrhos]

Went out while it was still good, best way to go. Like the Doors with LA Woman.

[@benjaminwigley4132]

i watched soooooo many episodes... but to watch this one again... LOVE IT

[@jennifermeyer704]

I remembering sobbing over the finale in ‘82. I was 28. I just cried again. It was one of the best shows ever on TV. I loved that every episode (almost) was shot right there in the precinct. I had a huge crush on Hal Linden. So handsome! And everyone on the show was just great. Watching this clip in particular, Wojo reminds me of Sam in Lord of the Rings. He’s deeper than anyone thinks. ❤

[@robbiesdad1]

Man i love this show and was so sad when it ended

[@britneyspears1932]

A GREAT SHOW THAT WILL NEVER BE REPLACED!!!!!! THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@anchmcle]

As a theater student, I've always seen this as a great staged sitcom, where filmed plays don't normally go so well. Maybe it was that they drew you in and you stayed for the 20 whatever minutes. Something about this show.

[@williamdavis3609]

Love the I was raised by wolves comment from Steve L

[@LanceHall]

I've been watching this in reruns and only now appreciate what a great show this was.

[@kevinbutler1955NYC]

If I had met Ron Carey("Sgt.Carl Levitt")before he left us....Which I never did(Crying)I'd embrace him and cry..before..he(Crying)..JC! he's been gone for years..and I'm still crying over his loss..and over the losses of Ron Glass,Abe Vigoda,Jim Gregory,Steve Landesberg ,Greg Sierra, Doris Roberts and Flo Stanley.

[@jesusruizs2ndyoutubechanne509]

And Jack Soo! 😢

[@kevinbutler1955NYC]

Yes..another talented,sweet man..who left us..all too soon.

[@vincentp.locollo3343]

That was like a broadway show leaving for the last time!

[@olskool3967]

i was sad and a tear came to my eye when i saw the last scene, not now but back in 82,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@roychang8193]

Arthur's part of "raised by wolves " is edited out on the FETV reruns I've seen. I've wondered by he was quiet and only Harris and Wojo made speeches to say goodbye.

[@ruthmiller1406]

Well....they did take an episode all about yamana....but your right about fish & chano.... I guess the others didn't want a big going out! But it's good to know they still play Good...clean....funny..... dramatic stories...and everyone of these men were very good in their craft! Hal linden ...... Abe vigoda.... Greg sierra..... Jack Soo..... ! Fantastic!

[@paulallen8495]

In my personal opinion, the worst sort of series finale is when the characters go their separate ways. I enjoy the thought of the characters continuing to go on, as usual, once the cameras stop. Really, the only situations in which I find the separations satisfying is when the characters have been through years of hardship, like trapped on an island. The great exception was "Good Times". Even though they moved out of the ghetto, in the final episode, they all moved on up. It was heartwarming to see that the plans made separately were like fate working to keep most of them together, living in a better place. In Barney Miller's case, I would have loved the story to end with the squad was being relocated together into a more modern station. Really, it would have been like a reward, since the building they were leaving looked like you would need a tetanus shot, after visiting.

[@robbiesdad1]

Some Of the best Television ever

[@dave929]

I like when Luger comes in and called Levitt “Lavine”. Gets pissed! “Office Carl E Levitt!” ‘No - Sgt……’ and his eyes light up.

[@roderickstockdale1678]

Levine

[@artchem1]

PERFECTION AT ITS FINEST.......THE LAST OF THE 12TH PRECINCT! THANK YOU MR. ARNOLD FOR A FINE CAST OF " BARNEY MILLER" .... NONE SHALL EVER COMPARE. 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘😊😊😊😊😊😊😊💝🔱

[@zyrrhos]

Remember when sitcoms and sports looked real and not like Pottery Barn catalogs and video games?

[@TigerDominic-uh1dv]

Great Series 👍 👌

[@flatmoon6359]

Hope nobody does a new series,it would somehow detract so much. They would try too hard. Things like this and Hill St Blues,and MASH, should be left alone.Not a lover of modern American TV.

[@HerbertSchurz-hh1do]

Rest in peace to Abe Vigoda, Ron Glass, Jack Soo, Gregory Sierra, Steve Landesberg, Ron Carey, James Gregory, & now we lost Linda Lavin who guest stars as Detective Wentworth on Barney Miller. 🙏 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@o.g.antdogg6267]

Best ending ever!!

[@zyrrhos]

Breaking Bad was pretty good.

[@vpcproduction7070]

loved that show

[@barbradickman5868]

I love this show

[@mikeneil798]

Also I'm 100% sure they wont be calling their individual next Captains by their first name

[@larrygrebler5054]

I wish who ever has the rights to this would allow the whole episode to be played.

[@beav1962]

Dietrich 😂, you never know what he was going to say next.

[@regissuchma5764]

Sad they never reunited after the show went off the air

[@cisium1184]

I think it's better that they didn't.

[@pacmanindy]

There was a great mixture of ethnicity on the show: Hal Linden, Abe Vigoda, and Steve Landesburg (Jewish), Gregory Sierra (Hispanic), Jack Soo (Asian-American), Max Gail (Irish), Ron Glass (African-American), Ron Carey (Italian-American, and James Gregory (Caucasian).

[@pacmanindy]

I forgot George Murdock (Lebanese-American).

[@dawnvalentine74]

And now people would scream “woke.”

[@ericw3229]

Why was the segment of Barney reminiscing about Yemana and Chano left out? Ruined it

[@JR-vi4rl]

The assignment board, cage door, all the character's badges and Jack Soo's coffee cup are all in the Smithsonian.

[@zyxnix]

Totally remember that.

[@markkirby1131]

Dont makem like that anymore... good times...

[@npxmnpxm]

That's not acting, folks!

[@alfonsogreen2722]

The late Ron Glass would go on 2 play Felix Unger in the NEW odd couple that same year

[@rayinpau.s.a.6351]

The opening Music always strikes a nerve for me !

[@t.y.5565]

The throwing of French bread! Lol

[@Awaywrdson]

I love this show but I have never seen the last episode, they never show it, when it gets close they start it all over again.

[@colleen4ever]

FE TV just aired the final ep yesterday and now they're starting over again.

[@robd2721]

The finale is called "Landmark" & it is spread out over 3 episodes.

[@alabhaois]

I haven't seen the last show-- I really don't want to, I guess. 😥

[@davidschick6951]

I assume the 12th Precinct in Blue Bloods is an homage to this show.

[@mikeneil798]

LOL I'm 100% sure they had each other's telephone numbers so they wouldn't be saying "Goodbye", just I'll see when I see you

[@kendallrivers1119]

Yeah but people from work rarely see each other outside of it. How many old co workers do you still keep up with? These guys never really hung out outside the precinct. They may get together once in a blue moon but this really was goodbye.

[@ifadamhadcorrectedeve4003]

Scanlon cracked me up. 😂😂

[@apolonioromerojr6380]

My Sunday Evening 🌆 Sitcom On TV Show LOL Videos LOL 😂 In 2017!!!

[@michaellopez6568]

I'm guessing copyright issues were why the flashbacks got cut?

[@sherylbeasley4938]

😢💔😢😢😢

[@BigGuyIn_aLittleBoat]

You cut out the best part

[@BeeDotSix]

were the flashback/archive clips of Fish etc. missing from this cut?

[@chrissmith7669]

Lol. It’s only now seeing it in hi def that i noticed how much of the background was simply painted.

[@nickwride2023]

One of the greatest shows on television.

[@ianmackenzie686]

Szmaltzfest.

[@artchem1]

AS OUR FRIENDS DEPART FROM THE OLE " 1-2 " WE WISH THEM WELL. ON TBEUR NEW ENDEAVOURS IN THE BUSINESS OF A SERIES. NONE WILL EVER MATCH TO FONDNESS OF " THE MEN OF THE 12TH PRECINCT, IN GREENICH VILLAGE, NYPD - ⛾🔱🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟