Barney Miller — Season 1
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About this season
The first season of Barney Miller aired on ABC from January 23 to May 1, 1975.
Episodes (13)
1. Ramon
7.5Aired 23 January 1975
Captain Barney Miller talks down a junkie who is holding the 12th Precinct hostage.
2. Experience
9.0Aired 30 January 1975
A bomber targets the 12th Precinct, as Det. Fish contemplates retirement.
3. Snow Job
7.0Aired 6 February 1975
The squad grapples with guarding a department store payroll and a flasher who attempts suicide in the bathroom.
4. Graft
6.0Aired 13 February 1975 • 30 min
An old friend of Barney's is assigned to investigate allegations of corruption in the squadroom; Chano is after an obscene phone caller.
5. The Courtesans
6.0Aired 20 February 1975
A prostitute threatens to file harassment charges against Wojo; Rachel wants to move into her own apartment.
6. Stakeout
6.0Aired 27 February 1975
Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.
7. Bureaucrat
7.0Aired 6 March 1975
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.
8. Ms. Cop
7.0Aired 13 March 1975
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.
9. Vigilante
7.0Aired 20 March 1975
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.
10. The Guest
Aired 27 March 1975
The 12th Precinct reluctantly guards a mob witness; Chano uses his co-workers' own cash stash to set up a narcotics buy.
11. Escape Artist
Aired 10 April 1975
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.
12. Hair
Aired 17 April 1975
A scruffy ""Serpico""-type cop has good reason to hide behind unruly hair; Bernice discovers that Fish spent the afternoon in a massage parlor.
13. The Hero
Aired 1 May 1975
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.