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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 from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC.

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Season 1

  • Escape Artist
    8.8/10252 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

  • The Hero
    8.6/10229 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

  • The Guest
    8.4/10204 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

  • Experience
    8.1/10278 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

  • Vigilante
    8.1/10207 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

  • Hair
    8.0/10200 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

  • The Courtesans
    7.9/10231 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

  • Snow Job
    7.8/10229 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

  • Stakeout
    7.8/10222 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

  • Bureaucrat
    7.8/10201 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

  • Graft
    7.7/10212 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

  • Ms. Cop
    7.7/10214 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

  • Ramon
    7.3/10304 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