The Best Episodes of Barney Miller Season 1
Every episode of Barney Miller Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Barney Miller Season 1!
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. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker. Noam Pitlik directed the majority of the episodes.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Barney Miller" season 1 is "Ramon", rated 7.2/10 from 254 user votes. It was directed by Bill Davis and written by Danny Arnold. "Ramon" aired on 1/23/1975 and is rated 0.8 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Experience".
7.2/10 254 votes#1 - 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
8.0/10 233 votes#2 - 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
7.7/10 191 votes#3 - 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
7.6/10 179 votes#4 - 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
7.8/10 198 votes#5 - 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: Noam Pitlik, Jerry Davis
Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward, Jerry Davis
7.6/10 189 votes#6 - Stakeout
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/27/1975
Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.
Director: John Rich
Writer: Danny Arnold
7.6/10 175 votes#7 - 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: N/A
Writer: Richard Baer, Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward
7.5/10 180 votes#8 - 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
8.0/10 179 votes#9 - 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
8.3/10 176 votes#10 - 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
8.7/10 215 votes#11 - 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
7.9/10 176 votes#12 - 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
8.5/10 196 votes#13 - 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