7.2/10260 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
8.0/10240 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
7.7/10195 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
7.6/10182 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
7.8/10202 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
7.7/10191 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
7.7/10177 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: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward, Richard Baer
7.6/10182 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
8.0/10180 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
8.3/10178 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
8.7/10218 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
7.9/10179 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
8.5/10200 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
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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Ramon" is the best rated episode of "Barney Miller" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 260 votes. Directed by Bill Davis and written by Danny Arnold, it aired on 1/23/1975. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Experience".