Season 1

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  7.2/10273 votes

  Ramon

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/23/1975

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

  Director: Bill Davis

  Writer: Danny Arnold

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  8.0/10248 votes

  Experience

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/30/1975

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

  Director: Danny Arnold

  Writer: Steve Gordon

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  7.7/10206 votes

  Snow Job

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/6/1975

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

  Director: Richard Kinon

  Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward

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  7.6/10192 votes

  Graft

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/13/1975

  An old friend of Barney's is assigned to investigate allegations of corruption in the squadroom; Chano is after an obscene phone caller.

  Director: Noam Pitlik

  Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward

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  7.8/10211 votes

  The Courtesans

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/20/1975

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

  Director: Jerry Davis, Noam Pitlik

  Writer: Danny Arnold, Jerry Davis, Chris Hayward

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  7.7/10200 votes

  Stakeout

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/27/1975

  Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.

  Director: John Rich

  Writer: Danny Arnold

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  7.7/10182 votes

  Bureaucrat

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/6/1975

  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.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Danny Arnold, Richard Baer, Chris Hayward

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  7.6/10195 votes

  Ms. Cop

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/13/1975

  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.

  Director: Noam Pitlik

  Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward

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  8.0/10187 votes

  Vigilante

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/20/1975

  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.

  Director: Noam Pitlik

  Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward

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  8.3/10186 votes

  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

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  8.8/10226 votes

  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

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  7.9/10186 votes

  Hair

  Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/17/1975

  A scruffy ""Serpico""-type cop has good reason to hide behind unruly hair; Bernice discovers that Fish spent the afternoon in a massage parlor.

  Director: Allen Baron

  Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward

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  8.6/10210 votes

  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