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The Best Episodes of Barney Miller

Every episode of Barney Miller ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Barney Miller!

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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC

Best Episodes Summary

"Jack Soo, a Retrospective" is the best rated episode of "Barney Miller". It scored 9.5/10 based on 237 votes. Directed by Noam Pitlik and written by N/A, it aired on 5/17/1979. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Hash".

  • Jack Soo, a Retrospective
    9.5/10237 votes
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    #1 - Jack Soo, a Retrospective

    Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 5/17/1979

    The cast step out of character to offer a tribute to Jack Soo, who died during the show's fifth season.

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: N/A

  • Hash
    9.3/10376 votes
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    #2 - Hash

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/30/1976

    Wojo brings hashish-laced brownies his new girlfriend made to the 12th Precinct, getting the detective squad stoned; while an actor and critic (""natural enemies"" says Harris) square off with dueling swords.

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: N/A

  • Landmark (3)
    9.0/10188 votes
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    #3 - Landmark (3)

    Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 5/20/1982

    Friends, foes and felons alike drop by to pay their last respects as the detectives prepare to leave for new assignments; Harris contemplates his resignation when he's assigned to Flushing Meadows; Barney recalls friends departed before he turns out the squad room lights for the last time.

    Director: Danny Arnold

    Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein, Tony Sheehan

  • Escape Artist
    8.7/10217 votes
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    #4 - Escape Artist

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/10/1975

    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.

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward

  • Werewolf
    8.7/10204 votes
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    #5 - Werewolf

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1976

    A disturbance in the park turns out to be a man who claims to be a werewolf.

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: Danny Arnold, Reinhold Weege

  • Goodbye, Mr. Fish (2)
    8.6/10145 votes
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    #6 - Goodbye, Mr. Fish (2)

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1977

    Fish finally shows up for work, but refuses to acknowledge his mandatory retirement.

    Director: Danny Arnold

    Writer: Reinhold Weege

  • Voice Analyzer
    8.6/10117 votes
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    #7 - Voice Analyzer

    Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1979

    Lieutenant Scanlon returns, this time attempting to ferret out corruption with a lie detector; Barney is suspicious of a furrier's robbery report.

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: Reinhold Weege

  • The Hero
    8.5/10199 votes
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    #8 - The Hero

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/1/1975

    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.

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward

  • Eviction (1)
    8.5/10117 votes
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    #9 - Eviction (1)

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/2/1978

    Barney puts his career on the line by refusing to forcibly evict the tenants of a condemned hotel, while Lugar tries to figure out what to do with his vacation time.

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: Reinhold Weege

  • The Vandal
    8.5/10134 votes
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    #10 - The Vandal

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1978

    Barney has the uneasy feeling that it may have been Levitt that vandalized the precinct squad room; a TV programming executive is assaulted in a coffee shop.

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: Tony Sheehan

  • The Harris Incident
    8.5/10137 votes
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    #11 - The Harris Incident

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1978

    A stockbroker leaves Wall Street to become a beggar; a rookie cop, assuming Harris to be a felon, shoots at him.

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: Reinhold Weege

  • Vanished (2)
    8.5/10113 votes
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    #12 - Vanished (2)

    Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/1980

    Harris disappears while undercover as a vagrant; Luger elects to be demoted rather than to retire.

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: Tony Sheehan, Jeff Stein, Frank Dungan

  • Fog
    8.5/10114 votes
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    #13 - Fog

    Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/8/1980

    Barney is down in the dumps when he is passed over again for deputy inspector

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: Jeff Stein, Frank Dungan

  • Community Relations
    8.4/10115 votes
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    #14 - Community Relations

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/13/1977

    An evicted tenant greets a landlord with a musket; Barney's charged with harassment when he books a blind shoplifter.

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: Tony Sheehan

  • Chase
    8.4/10124 votes
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    #15 - Chase

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1977

    A taxi company is irate when Wojo totals a borrowed cab while pursuing a robbery suspect; Lieutenant Scanlon tries to ferret out 12th Precinct corruption with a drug pusher.

    Director: Jeremiah Morris

    Writer: Danny Arnold, Reinhold Weege

  • Eviction (2)
    8.4/10112 votes
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    #16 - Eviction (2)

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/9/1978

    The hotel situation now involves a SWAT team, while Dietrich learns the identity of his amnesic ""girlfriend.""

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: Reinhold Weege

  • Hostage
    8.4/10121 votes
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    #17 - Hostage

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 3/23/1978

    Harris finally finds an apartment in the Village; a ventriloquist insists he's not responsible for his dummy's insensitive remarks; a prisoner holds the boys at gunpoint.

    Director: Hal Linden

    Writer: Reinhold Weege

  • The Indian
    8.4/10119 votes
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    #18 - The Indian

    Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/1979

    A woman has her shoes stolen - from her feet; Wojo is forced to arrest an aging Indian who only wants to die in the park.

    Director: Noam Pitlik, Reinhold Weege

    Writer: Reinhold Weege

  • The Child Stealers
    8.4/10125 votes
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    #19 - The Child Stealers

    Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 1/24/1980

    A self-proclaimed time traveler tells Harris to fine tune his stock portfolio; Marty's divrorced gentleman friend Mr. Driscoll attempts to reclaim his son by abducting him from the playground.

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: Jeff Stein, Frank Dungan

  • The Inventor
    8.4/10118 votes
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    #20 - The Inventor

    Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/1980

    The squad tries hypnosis to uncover the name of a felon that Wojo has forgotten; an inventor steals the plans for his own creation.

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: Tony Sheehan, Jeff Stein, Frank Dungan

  • The Psychic
    8.4/10103 votes
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    #21 - The Psychic

    Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 2/5/1981

    An accused mugger claims that he was answering a psychic vision; a language professor takes vandalistic umbrage to a grammatically incorrect billboard.

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein, Tony Sheehan

  • The Librarian
    8.4/10123 votes
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    #22 - The Librarian

    Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 2/19/1981

    A serious tone pervades this episode about a gypsy and his harassment of the owner of a novelty store; on the lighter side, a librarian takes extreme measures to ensure quiet amongst the stacks.

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein, Tony Sheehan

  • Lady and the Bomb
    8.4/10109 votes
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    #23 - Lady and the Bomb

    Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 4/9/1981

    The verdict is in on the Harris/Ripner libel suit, and a woman threatens to blow up the squad room with a homemade bomb. What better time for Detective Fish to drop by for a visit?

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: N/A

  • Riot
    8.4/10103 votes
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    #24 - Riot

    Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 4/30/1981

    Luger takes a small disturbance with the Hassidic community and turns it into a full-scale riot; the squad discovers a survivalist couple setting up housekeeping in the sewers.

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein

  • The Guest
    8.3/10178 votes
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    #25 - The Guest

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/27/1975

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

    Director: Noam Pitlik

    Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward