EPISODE 01
Ramon
Captain Barney Miller talks down a junkie who is holding the 12th Precinct hostage.
Jan 23, 1975EPISODE GUIDE
Season 1
The first season of Barney Miller aired on ABC from January 23 to May 1, 1975.
EPISODE 02
Experience
A bomber targets the 12th Precinct, as Det. Fish contemplates retirement.
Jan 30, 1975
EPISODE 03
Snow Job
The squad grapples with guarding a department store payroll and a flasher who attempts suicide in the bathroom.
Feb 6, 1975
EPISODE 04
Graft
An old friend of Barney's is assigned to investigate allegations of corruption in the squadroom; Chano is after an obscene phone caller.
30 min
EPISODE 05
The Courtesans
A prostitute threatens to file harassment charges against Wojo; Rachel wants to move into her own apartment.
Feb 20, 1975
EPISODE 06
Stakeout
Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.
Feb 27, 1975
EPISODE 07
Bureaucrat
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.
Mar 6, 1975
EPISODE 08
Ms. 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.
Mar 13, 1975
EPISODE 09
Vigilante
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.
Mar 20, 1975
EPISODE 10
The Guest
The 12th Precinct reluctantly guards a mob witness; Chano uses his co-workers' own cash stash to set up a narcotics buy.
Mar 27, 1975
EPISODE 11
Escape 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.
Apr 10, 1975
EPISODE 12
Hair
A scruffy ""Serpico""-type cop has good reason to hide behind unruly hair; Bernice discovers that Fish spent the afternoon in a massage parlor.
Apr 17, 1975
EPISODE 13
The 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.
May 1, 1975