I'm a big fan of the TV show Barney Miller but this is the worst episode I've ever seen. A woman comes into the precinct with a black eye and tell them her husband beat her up. The detectives don't seem very interested in helping her and even makes jokes about the heat caused her husband to lose control. After they tell the woman her husband could be put in jail for years she starts to cry and decides to drop the charges. All the men seem to think that sending her back to an abusive husband is a happy ending! I know this show was made in the 1970s but domestic violence is never funny. I'm shocked and disappointed at the way they handled this story.