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The Best Episodes of Barney Miller

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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...

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  1. Background image for Jack Soo, a Retrospective
    9.5/10(256 votes)

    #1 - Jack Soo, a Retrospective

    S5:E24

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

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    Director:Noam Pitlik
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Hash
    9.3/10(397 votes)

    #2 - Hash

    S3:E11

    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.

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    Director:Noam Pitlik
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Landmark (3)
    9.0/10(207 votes)

    #3 - Landmark (3)

    S8:E22

    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.

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    8.7/10(228 votes)

    #4 - Escape Artist

    S1:E11

    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.

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    8.7/10(216 votes)

    #5 - Werewolf

    S3:E6

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

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  6. Background image for Goodbye, Mr. Fish (2)
    8.6/10(154 votes)

    #6 - Goodbye, Mr. Fish (2)

    S4:E2

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

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  8. Background image for The Hero
    8.5/10(213 votes)

    #7 - The Hero

    S1:E13

    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.

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    8.5/10(140 votes)

    #8 - The Vandal

    S5:E9

    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.

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    Director:Noam Pitlik
  10. Background image for The Harris Incident
    8.5/10(149 votes)

    #9 - The Harris Incident

    S5:E10

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

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  11. Background image for Discovery
    8.4/10(170 votes)

    #10 - Discovery

    S2:E8

    Marty claims that a member of the 12th is harassing the gay community; the precinct computers think Fish is dead.

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    8.4/10(123 votes)

    #11 - Hostage

    S4:E20

    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.

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    Director:Hal Linden
  13. Background image for The Child Stealers
    8.4/10(132 votes)

    #12 - The Child Stealers

    S6:E15

    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.

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    8.4/10(112 votes)

    #13 - The Psychic

    S7:E11

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

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    8.4/10(135 votes)

    #14 - The Librarian

    S7:E13

    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.

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  16. Background image for Lady and the Bomb
    8.4/10(119 votes)

    #15 - Lady and the Bomb

    S7:E18

    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?

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    Director:Noam Pitlik
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for The Guest
    8.3/10(188 votes)

    #16 - The Guest

    S1:E10

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

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  18. Background image for You Dirty Rat
    8.3/10(158 votes)

    #17 - You Dirty Rat

    S2:E9

    Barney smells a rat when two pounds of confiscated marijuana disappears from the evidence locker, and a homeless man spends the night in a department store—apparently one of many.

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    8.3/10(152 votes)

    #18 - The Mole

    S2:E22

    Fish considers an operation; a burglar known as ""The Mole"" leads Harris and Wojo on a merry chase through the city sewer system. Ron Carey plays the Mole, and returns as Levitt in the next season.

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    8.3/10(132 votes)

    #19 - Chase

    S4:E8

    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.

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  21. Background image for Voice Analyzer
    8.3/10(124 votes)

    #20 - Voice Analyzer

    S5:E14

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

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  22. Background image for Vanished (2)
    8.3/10(119 votes)

    #21 - Vanished (2)

    S6:E14

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

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  23. Background image for The Inventor
    8.3/10(125 votes)

    #22 - The Inventor

    S6:E21

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

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  24. Background image for Homicide (2)
    8.3/10(116 votes)

    #23 - Homicide (2)

    S7:E2

    Harris woos the precinct's crime photographer, while Dietrich tracks down the hit man's intended target; Barney's frustration boils over when the new homicide-only edict results in the death of an old friend.

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  25. Background image for Stormy Weather
    8.3/10(137 votes)

    #24 - Stormy Weather

    S7:E12

    A deaf woman is arrested for prostitution; Barney anxiously awaits news of Wojo, who dived into the Hudson River in pursuit of a looter.

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    Director:Noam Pitlik
  26. Background image for Contempt (2)
    8.3/10(114 votes)

    #25 - Contempt (2)

    S7:E16

    When Barney spends the night in jail, the squad room is left in the natty hands of Sergeant Harris.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Jack Soo, a Retrospective" is the best rated episode of "Barney Miller". It scored 9.5/10 based on 256 votes. Directed by Noam Pitlik and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/17/1979. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Hash".