Season 1
14 episodes · 1975
The first season of Barney Miller aired on ABC from January 23 to May 1, 1975.
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The Life and Times of Barney Miller
1Ramon
Captain Barney Miller talks down a junkie who is holding the 12th Precinct hostage.
2Experience
A bomber targets the 12th Precinct, as Det. Fish contemplates retirement.
3Snow Job
The squad grapples with guarding a department store payroll and a flasher who attempts suicide in the bathroom.
4Graft
An old friend of Barney's is assigned to investigate allegations of corruption in the squadroom; Chano is after an obscene phone caller.
5The Courtesans
A prostitute threatens to file harassment charges against Wojo; Rachel wants to move into her own apartment.
6Stakeout
Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.
7Bureaucrat
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.
8Ms. Cop
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.
9Vigilante
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.
10The Guest
The 12th Precinct reluctantly guards a mob witness; Chano uses his co-workers' own cash stash to set up a narcotics buy.
11Escape Artist
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.
12Hair
A scruffy ""Serpico""-type cop has good reason to hide behind unruly hair; Bernice discovers that Fish spent the afternoon in a massage parlor.
13The Hero
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.