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Season 1

Season 1

1975
13 Episodes

The first season of Barney Miller aired on ABC from January 23 to May 1, 1975.

Episodes

Ramon
1

1. Ramon

Jan 23, 1975
7.5

Captain Barney Miller talks down a junkie who is holding the 12th Precinct hostage.

Experience
2

2. Experience

Jan 30, 1975
9.0

A bomber targets the 12th Precinct, as Det. Fish contemplates retirement.

Snow Job
3

3. Snow Job

Feb 6, 1975
7.0

The squad grapples with guarding a department store payroll and a flasher who attempts suicide in the bathroom.

Graft
4

4. Graft

Feb 13, 1975
30 min
6.0

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
5

5. The Courtesans

Feb 20, 1975
6.0

A prostitute threatens to file harassment charges against Wojo; Rachel wants to move into her own apartment.

Stakeout
6

6. Stakeout

Feb 27, 1975
6.0

Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.

Bureaucrat
7

7. Bureaucrat

Mar 6, 1975
7.0

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
8

8. Ms. Cop

Mar 13, 1975
7.0

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
9

9. Vigilante

Mar 20, 1975
7.0

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
10

10. The Guest

Mar 27, 1975

The 12th Precinct reluctantly guards a mob witness; Chano uses his co-workers' own cash stash to set up a narcotics buy.

Escape Artist
11

11. Escape Artist

Apr 10, 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.

Hair
12

12. Hair

Apr 17, 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.

The Hero
13

13. The Hero

May 1, 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.