The whole Fish story lines his wife ,health etc. aren't funny.
His treatment of women is horrendous. Yes I know the times were different but really when Fish left the series got better

Barney Miller was one of the all time funniest programs.
Every episode was well written and the chemistry between the actors was great.
This was also one of the first if not the first program to introduce several new characters in each episode. This made every episode fresh and different.
The subtle dry humor is great.
This is proof that it is possible to have a sucessful sitcom that is clean and suitable for all ages (though younger viewers might not get the jokes).
It's sad that many of todays sitcoms have language and subject matter that make many of us cringe when watching with our younger kids or grandchildren.
My God, back in the 70's you would never hear some of the anitomical crude words that are the norm today on what are supposed to be family shows.

Come on people. The jokes are flat. There is absolutely no chemistry between Fish and his wife played by some other actress in this epsiode. It is boring and staid. Abe Vigoda looks as if he is just going through the motions in it as he has no connection with this hack of an actress playing Bernice. I wonder who she was related to on the production staff. Thank God they got rid of her. Terrible terrible episode.

... they've got a different actress playing Bernice for some reason. It just doesn't seem right.