TV Quote of the Day (‘Barney Miller,’ On Getting Off on the Wrong Foot With an Eyewitness)

Detective Ron Harris [played by Ron Glass, pictured]: “Miss Jacobs? Hi, I'm Detective Harris. If you'll have a seat right over there, we'll be right with you.”

Miss Jacobs [played by Ivy Bethune]: "Both of you?”

Harris: “Uh, no, I meant me.”

Miss Jacobs: “Then say what you mean, for heaven's sake!”—Barney Miller, Season 5, Episode 29, “Quo Vadis?” original air date Mar. 2, 1978, teleplay by Tony Sheehan, directed by Alex March