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Episode: Season 6, Episode 10\\
Title: The DNA Story\\
Directed by: Noam Pitlik\\
Written by: Rich Reinhart and Jaie Brashar (story), Rich Reinhart (teleplay)\\
Air Date: December 13, 1979\\
Previous: The Judge\\
Next: The Dentist\\
Guest Starring: Jack Kruschen, Kay Medford, Creator/AMartinez, Raymond Singer, Stefan Gierasch]
"The DNA Story" is the 10th episode of the sixth season of ''Series/BarneyMiller''.
Wojo is late for work yet again, causing Barney to go out on a call himself. Barney and Dietrich are summoned to a medical research lab to respond to a burglary. The doctors report the theft of an autoclave and other medical equipment, but one of them, Dr. Rubin, is oddly jumpy. His colleague Dr. Burlson tries to shut him up, but eventually Dr. Rubin blurts out the truth: the burglar also stole some cultures of recombinant DNA--cultures which could be infectious.
In the other wacky case a Mrs. Kamen comes into the precinct to report her husband missing. She isn't sure just how long he's been missing: a month, maybe? When a puzzled Harris asks why she doesn't know when her husband disappeared, she says he hasn't exactly disappeared, he's been replaced by an identical impersonator.
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!!Tropes:
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Mrs. Kamen, as proof of her accusation, gives Harris pictures of her husband a year ago and a few days ago. When Harris said "These men are identical," Mrs. Kamen says "And you thought it was just me, huh?".
* CuffsOffRubWrists: When the burglar (Creator/AMartinez) is brought in, he's complaining about not making a big score, and he makes a show of rubbing his wrists when he's uncuffed.
* DesignerBabies: Dr. Burlson is excited about the possibility of "creating a whole new superior race of... ''really nice people!''"
* NoodleIncident: Mrs. Kamen says "Ask him about his perversions!", but the audience never learns just what Mr. Kamen was doing differently in the bedroom.
* OddballInTheSeries: The only episode in the whole run to include a scene in the bathroom, when Mrs. Kamen goes in there to hide and Harris has to talk her out.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: This episode about a potential leak of infectious material from a research lab aired one year after an infamous [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_smallpox_outbreak_in_the_United_Kingdom smallpox leak from a research lab]] in England, which led to the death of a medical photographer, the last person in the history of the world to die from smallpox.
* ReplicantSnatching: Mrs. Kamen is convinced that her husband has been replaced by an impersonator or robot, mainly because her husband has been trying new things in the bedroom after decades of their sex life being "the same".
* StraightMan: It was a sort of anti-RunningGag that Barney was just never funny. When Harris explains Mrs. Kamen's delusion, Barney says "[[Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978 Have you checked for pods?]]". A stone-faced Harris says "That's not funny," even though minutes before he made the exact same joke to Mrs. Kamen herself. Moments later Barney asks if Harris has called the husband and Harris says "Which one?". After Barney glares at him Harris says "Barney, it's just different when I do it!".
* SwappedRoles: Wojo finally shows up to work so he's there when Barney brings in the doctors. Then the whole exchange plays out with Wojo asking Barney "So what's the story?", and Barney explaining, rather than the other way around as usual.
* ThereAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: As Dr. Burlson is leaving the squad room he discusses this with Barney.
-->'''Dr. Burlson''': I know what you're thinking! We're tampering with nature. Invading God's domain. Ushering in a brave new world.\\
'''Barney''': No.\\
'''Dr. Burlson''': Sure, what's it to you?
Episode: Season 6, Episode 10\\
Title: The DNA Story\\
Directed by: Noam Pitlik\\
Written by: Rich Reinhart and Jaie Brashar (story), Rich Reinhart (teleplay)\\
Air Date: December 13, 1979\\
Previous: The Judge\\
Next: The Dentist\\
Guest Starring: Jack Kruschen, Kay Medford, Creator/AMartinez, Raymond Singer, Stefan Gierasch]
"The DNA Story" is the 10th episode of the sixth season of ''Series/BarneyMiller''.
Wojo is late for work yet again, causing Barney to go out on a call himself. Barney and Dietrich are summoned to a medical research lab to respond to a burglary. The doctors report the theft of an autoclave and other medical equipment, but one of them, Dr. Rubin, is oddly jumpy. His colleague Dr. Burlson tries to shut him up, but eventually Dr. Rubin blurts out the truth: the burglar also stole some cultures of recombinant DNA--cultures which could be infectious.
In the other wacky case a Mrs. Kamen comes into the precinct to report her husband missing. She isn't sure just how long he's been missing: a month, maybe? When a puzzled Harris asks why she doesn't know when her husband disappeared, she says he hasn't exactly disappeared, he's been replaced by an identical impersonator.
----
!!Tropes:
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Mrs. Kamen, as proof of her accusation, gives Harris pictures of her husband a year ago and a few days ago. When Harris said "These men are identical," Mrs. Kamen says "And you thought it was just me, huh?".
* CuffsOffRubWrists: When the burglar (Creator/AMartinez) is brought in, he's complaining about not making a big score, and he makes a show of rubbing his wrists when he's uncuffed.
* DesignerBabies: Dr. Burlson is excited about the possibility of "creating a whole new superior race of... ''really nice people!''"
* NoodleIncident: Mrs. Kamen says "Ask him about his perversions!", but the audience never learns just what Mr. Kamen was doing differently in the bedroom.
* OddballInTheSeries: The only episode in the whole run to include a scene in the bathroom, when Mrs. Kamen goes in there to hide and Harris has to talk her out.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: This episode about a potential leak of infectious material from a research lab aired one year after an infamous [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_smallpox_outbreak_in_the_United_Kingdom smallpox leak from a research lab]] in England, which led to the death of a medical photographer, the last person in the history of the world to die from smallpox.
* ReplicantSnatching: Mrs. Kamen is convinced that her husband has been replaced by an impersonator or robot, mainly because her husband has been trying new things in the bedroom after decades of their sex life being "the same".
* StraightMan: It was a sort of anti-RunningGag that Barney was just never funny. When Harris explains Mrs. Kamen's delusion, Barney says "[[Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers1978 Have you checked for pods?]]". A stone-faced Harris says "That's not funny," even though minutes before he made the exact same joke to Mrs. Kamen herself. Moments later Barney asks if Harris has called the husband and Harris says "Which one?". After Barney glares at him Harris says "Barney, it's just different when I do it!".
* SwappedRoles: Wojo finally shows up to work so he's there when Barney brings in the doctors. Then the whole exchange plays out with Wojo asking Barney "So what's the story?", and Barney explaining, rather than the other way around as usual.
* ThereAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: As Dr. Burlson is leaving the squad room he discusses this with Barney.
-->'''Dr. Burlson''': I know what you're thinking! We're tampering with nature. Invading God's domain. Ushering in a brave new world.\\
'''Barney''': No.\\
'''Dr. Burlson''': Sure, what's it to you?
