Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker. Noam Pitlik directed the majority of the episodes.
Ramon (Episode 1) 5.0
Writer: Danny Arnold
Air date: 1975-01-23
Overview: Captain Barney Miller talks down a junkie who is holding the 12th Precinct hostage.
Experience (Episode 2) 9.0
Writer: Steve Gordon
Air date: 1975-01-30
Overview: A bomber targets the 12th Precinct, as Det. Fish contemplates retirement.
Snow Job (Episode 3) 7.0
Writer: Danny Arnold
Air date: 1975-02-06
Overview: The squad grapples with guarding a department store payroll and a flasher who attempts suicide in the bathroom.
Graft (Episode 4) 6.0
Writer: Danny Arnold
Air date: 1975-02-13
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: An old friend of Barney's is assigned to investigate allegations of corruption in the squadroom; Chano is after an obscene phone caller.
The Courtesans (Episode 5) 6.0
Writer: Danny Arnold
Air date: 1975-02-20
Overview: A prostitute threatens to file harassment charges against Wojo; Rachel wants to move into her own apartment.
Stakeout (Episode 6) 6.0
Writer: Danny Arnold
Air date: 1975-02-27
Overview: Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.
Bureaucrat (Episode 7) 7.0
Writer: Danny Arnold
Air date: 1975-03-06
Overview: Guests to the 12th include a drunken bureaucrat and the 12-year-old who robbed Chano's apartment; Wojo closes the precinct's favorite delicatessen for minor health-code infractions.
Ms. Cop (Episode 8) 7.0
Writer: Danny Arnold
Air date: 1975-03-13
Overview: An overzealous lady cop ruffles the feathers of the testosterone-run 12th; Chano nabs an obscene phone caller. Linda Lavin (""Alice"") debuts as Detective Janice Wentworth.
Vigilante (Episode 9) 7.0
Writer: Danny Arnold
Air date: 1975-03-20
Overview: Barney is visited by Inspector Luger, who complains that his men aren't disliked enough by the public; a neighborhood vigilante is well into his twilight years; Wojo collars a cross-dressing teamster.
The Guest (Episode 10)
Writer: Danny Arnold
Air date: 1975-03-27
Overview: The 12th Precinct reluctantly guards a mob witness; Chano uses his co-workers' own cash stash to set up a narcotics buy.
Escape Artist (Episode 11)
Writer: Danny Arnold
Air date: 1975-04-10
Overview: A self-avowed ""bird-man"" drops in; Barney holds a resourceful escaped prisoner for the FBI; Harris decides to write a novel, setting up one of the series' most durable storylines.
Hair (Episode 12)
Writer: Danny Arnold
Air date: 1975-04-17
Overview: A scruffy ""Serpico""-type cop has good reason to hide behind unruly hair; Bernice discovers that Fish spent the afternoon in a massage parlor.
The Hero (Episode 13)
Writer: Danny Arnold
Air date: 1975-05-01
Overview: Chano is guilt-stricken when he shoots a holdup man; Liz makes a citizen's arrest, after being robbed at ""stickpoint"" by a twelve-year-old.