Editing Nick Yemana (Barney Miller)

[[File: Jack_soo_01.jpg | thumb | frameless | right | 300px | Nick Yemana]]

'''Nick Yemana''' is a philosophical, wisecracking [[:Category: 🇺🇸🇯🇵 | Japanese American]] detective played by [[Jack Soo]]. Yemana is noted for his "off the wall" sense of humor and wry observations about life, as well as for his gambling habits, extraordinarily erratic paperwork filing skills, and for making the squad's coffee (which is disliked by everyone who drinks it). 

After Fish's retirement, Yemana becomes the ranking detective. A regular in seasons 1 to 5, Soo died on January 11, 1979 (midway through season 5). A special memorial episode was aired, with the actors breaking character and recalling their favorite Yemana scenes. The episode ended with the entire cast raising their coffee cups in tribute.

===Appearances===

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! Episode
! Title
! Air Date
! Notes
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| S01.E01
| "Ramon"
| 23-Jan-75
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| S01.E02
| "Experience"
| 30-Jan-75 
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| S01.E03
| "Snow Job" 
| 6-Feb-75 
| 
|-
| S01.E04
| "Graft"
| 13-Feb-75 
| 
|-
| S01.E05
| "The Courtesans" 
| 20-Feb-75 
| 
|-
| S01.E06
| "Stakeout" 
| 27-Feb-75 
| 
|-
| S01.E07
| "Bureaucrat" 
| 6-Mar-75 
| 
|-
| S01.E08
| "Ms. Cop"	
| 13-Mar-75 
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|-
| S01.E09
| "Vigilante"
| 20-Mar-75 
| 
|-
| S01.E10
| "The Guest"
| 27-Mar-75 
| 
|-
| S01.E11	
| "Escape Artist"
| 10-Apr-75 
| 
|-
| S01.E12
| "Hair"	
| 17-Apr-75 
| 
|-
| S01.E13
| "The Hero"	
| 1-May-75 
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|-
| S02.E01
| "Doomsday"
| 11-Sep-75 
| 
|-
| S02.E02
| "The Social Worker"
| 18-Sep-75 
| 
|-
| S02.E03
| "The Layoff"
| 25-Sep-75 
| A city-wide labor layoff forces Barney, Fish, and Yemana to do without the services of Chano, Harris and Wojo. 
|-
| S02.E04
| "Ambush"
| 2-Oct-75 
| Yemana is shot in plain sight of disinterested bystanders. 
|-
| S02.E05
| "Heat Wave"
| 9-Oct-75 
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|-
| S02.E06
| "The Arsonist"	
| 16-Oct-75 
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|-
| S02.E07
| "Grand Hotel"
| 23-Oct-75 
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|-
| S02.E08
| "Discovery"
| 30-Oct-75 
| 
|-
| S02.E09
| "You Dirty Rat"
| 13-Nov-75 
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|-
| S02.E10
| "Horse Thief"
| 20-Nov-75 
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|-
| S02.E11	
| "Rain"
| 27-Nov-75
| 
|-
| S02.E12
| "Fish"	
| 4-Dec-75 
| 
|-
| S02.E13
| "Hot Dogs"	
| 11-Dec-75 
| 
|-
| S02.E14
| "Protection"
| 18-Dec-75 
| 
|-
| S02.E15
| "Happy New Year"	
| 8-Jan-76 
| 
|-
| S02.E16
| "Sniper"
| 22-Jan-76 
| 
|-
| S02.E17
| "Fear of Flying"
| 29-Jan-76 
| 
|-
| S02.E18
| "Block Party"	
| 12-Feb-76 
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|-
| S02.E19
| "Massage Parlor"
| 19-Feb-76 
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|-
| S02.E20
| "The Psychiatrist"
| 26-Feb-76 
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|-
| S02.E21
| "The Kid"
| 4-Mar-76 
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|-
| S02.E22
| "The Mole"
| 18-Mar-76 
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|-
| S03.E01
| "Evacuation"
| 23-Sep-76
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|-
| S03.E02
| "Quarantine: Part 1"
| 30-Sep-76 
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|-
| S03.E03
| "Quarantine: Part 2"
| 7-Oct-76 
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|-
| S03.E04
| "Bus Stop"
| 14-Oct-76 
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|-
| S03.E05
| "The Election"
| 21-Oct-76 
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|-
| S03.E06
| "Werewolf"
| 28-Oct-76
| 
|-
| S03.E07
| "The Recluse"
| 11-Nov-76 
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|-
| S03.E08
| "Noninvolvement"
| 18-Nov-76 
| 
|-
| S03.E09
| "Power Failure"	
| 9-Dec-76 
| 
|-
| S03.E10
| "Christmas Story"
| 23-Dec-76 
| Wojo doesn't know how to tell Yemana that his Christmas Eve date is a call girl.
|-
| S03.E11	
| "Hash"
| 30-Dec-76 
| Everyone on the squad except Barney is stoned by hashish-laced brownies made by Wojo's new girlfriend.
|-
| S03.E12
| "Smog Alert"
| 6-Jan-77
| 
|-
| S03.E13
| "Community Relations"
| 13-Jan-77 
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|-
| S03.E14
| "The Rand Report"
| 20-Jan-77
| 
|-
| S03.E15
| "Fire '77"
| 27-Jan-77
| 
|-
| S03.E16
| "Abduction"
| 3-Feb-77
| 
|-
| S03.E17
| "Sex Surrogate"
| 10-Feb-77
| 
|-
| S03.E18
| "Moonlighting"
| 17-Feb-77 
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|-
| S03.E19
| "Asylum"
| 24-Feb-77 
| 
|-
| S03.E20
| "Group Home"
| 10-Mar-77 
| Yemana assists a bigoted Army officer when a bomber threatens a recruiting facility.
|-
| S03.E21
| "Strike: Part 1"
| 24-Mar-77 
| 
|-
| S03.E22
| "Strike: Part 2"	
| 31-Mar-77 
| 
|-
| S04.E01
| "Goodbye, Mr. Fish: Part 1"	
| 15-Sep-77 
| 
|-
| S04.E02
| "Goodbye, Mr. Fish: Part 2"	
| 22-Sep-77 
| 
|-
| S04.E03
| "Bugs"	
| 29-Sep-77 
| 
|-
| S04.E04
| "Corporation"	
| 6-Oct-77 
| 
|-
| S04.E05
| "Burial"	
| 13-Oct-77 
| 
|-
| S04.E06
| "Copy Cat"	
| 27-Oct-77 
| Yemana uses a TV Guide to second-guess the perpetrator who's mimicking crime shows.
|-
| S04.E07
| "Blizzard"	
| 3-Nov-77 
| 
|-
| S04.E08
| "Chase"	
| 17-Nov-77 
| 
|-
| S04.E09
| "Thanksgiving Story"	
| 24-Nov-77 
| 
|-
| S04.E10
| "Tunnel"	
| 1-Dec-77 
| 
|-
| S04.E11	
| "Atomic Bomb"	
| 15-Dec-77 
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|-
| S04.E12
| "The Bank"	
| 5-Jan-78 
| 
|-
| S04.E13
| "The Ghost"	
| 12-Jan-78 
| 
|-
| S04.E14
| "Appendicitis"	
| 19-Jan-78 
| Yemana is hospitalized with appendicitis. 
|-
| S04.E15
| "Rape"	
| 26-Jan-78 
| To Yemana's delight, the city legalizes off-track betting.

|-
| S04.E16
| "Eviction: Part 1"	
| 2-Feb-78 
| 
|-
| S04.E17
| "Eviction: Part 2"	
| 9-Feb-78 
| 
|-
| S04.E18
| "Wojo's Problem"	
| 23-Feb-78 
| 
|-
| S04.E19
| "Quo Vadis?"	
| 2-Mar-78 
| 
|-
| S04.E20
| "Hostage"	
| 23-Mar-78 
| 
|-
| S04.E21
| "Evaluation"	
| 4-May-78 
| 
|-
| S04.E22
| "The Sighting"	
| 11-May-78 
| 
|-
| S04.E23
| "Inauguration"	
| 18-May-78 
| 
|-
| S05.E01
| "Kidnapping: Part 1"	
| 14-Sep-78 
| 
|-
| S05.E02
| "Kidnapping: Part 2"	
| 14-Sep-78 
| 
|-
| S05.E03
| "The Search"	
| 21-Sep-78 
| 
|-
| S05.E04
| "Dog Days"	
| 28-Sep-78 
| 
|-
| S05.E05
| "The Baby Broker"
| 5-Oct-78 
| 
|-
| S05.E06
| "Accusation"	
| 12-Oct-78 
| Yemana arrests a rabbi who is running a gambling casino in his synagogue.
|-
| S05.E08
| "[[Loan Shark (Barney Miller) | Loan Shark]]"	
| 2-Nov-78
| Barney notes some uncharacteristic behavior from Yemana.
|-
| S05.E09
| "[[The Vandal (Barney Miller) | The Vandal]]"	
| 9-Nov-78 
| 
|-
| S05.E24	
| "[[Jack Soo, a Retrospective (Barney Miller) | Jack Soo, a Retrospective]]" 
| 17-May-79
|-
|}

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