Screen Gems

A collection of familiar retro classics from the US, featuring old favourites such as Starsky & Hutch and Charlie's Angels.

A wild-eyed prisoner holds Barney and his men hostage at gunpoint in a desperate attempt to escape. Meanwhile a loony ventriloquist is convinced his obnoxious dummy is a real person.While an irate citizen complains of the pornography being displayed at a distinguished art gallery, Captain Miller and his wife face a marital crisis brought on by the dangers of police work.A man liquidates all of his assets into gold, much to his wife's dismay and, as he forged her signature in some of his transactions, Barney brings him in for questioning. Wojo claims he saw a UFO flying over Staten Island.The members of the squad nervously await Barney filling out their evaluation forms. Meanwhile, Harris arrests a suspect who will only give his name as 1223 and the elderly couple running a pornography shop are being victimized.The mayoral inauguration proves hectic for Barney and his team as they rescue a would-be political suicide, investigate the new mayor's hate mail, and learn of the resignation of Harris, who has been asked to work on the mayor's staff.New York City is brought to a standstill by a blizzard and Barney and his men are plagued by a dead body, an irate lawyer and a slightly deranged citizen who claims that a new ice age has begun.Barney's men apprehend a drunk who tried to rob a store by just pointing his fingers like a gun. A TV-obsesssed crook is committing crimes by copying scenes he has seen on TV police shows.When a drug pusher tries to bribe Barney's men with wads of cash, it becomes clear that he is an undercover officer with Internal Affairs, looking for corruption in the 12th Precinct. Meanwhile, Wojo commandeers a cab for police work.Barney and his men help a young woman find her father, missing for twenty eight years. They also arrest television's 'Mr Science', the host of a kids' science show who went crazy on air, verbally abusing his young assistant.As Barney and his detectives deal with a sugar addict and an elderly bounty-hunter, Detective Yemana suddenly doubles over with an appendicitis attack. They have to try to treat him until the ambulance arrives.1 2 next