The Best Episodes of Barney Miller Season 2
Every episode of Barney Miller Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Barney Miller Season 2!
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 2 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Barney Miller" season 2 is "Doomsday", rated 7.8/10 from 173 user votes. It was directed by Noam Pitlik and written by Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward. "Doomsday" aired on 9/11/1975 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Social Worker".
7.8/10 173 votes#1 - Doomsday
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1975
A disgruntled man with a belt of dynamite threatens to blow himself and the squad room sky high unless President Nixon agrees to speak with him; the plumbing goes kaput; Wojo arrests a phony man-of-the-cloth.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward
7.6/10 157 votes#2 - The Social Worker
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1975
Weary of housework, Liz tries her hand at social work, to Barney's dismay; a master forger fascinates Harris.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward
8.0/10 154 votes#3 - The Layoff
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1975
Barney, Fish and Yemana feel the crunch when a labor layoff forces them to do without Chano, Harris and Wojo; a manicurist goes deeper than the nail; a morose stockbroker takes to petty theft.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward
7.6/10 149 votes#4 - Ambush
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1975
Yemana is shot in full view of disinterested bystanders, and Barney is offered a job in Florida.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward
8.1/10 156 votes#5 - Heat Wave
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1975
A wife claims spousal abuse; Wojo and Wentworth are bait for a park rapist.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward
7.7/10 132 votes#6 - The Arsonist
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/1975
The precinct is on the lookout for an arsonist; Chano brings in a man who used a deadly weapon on a vending machine.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Tony Sheehan
8.0/10 163 votes#7 - Hotel
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/23/1975
Wojo and Wentworth pose as marrieds in order to bust a burglary ring set in a posh hotel.
Director: Noam Pitlik, Danny Arnold
Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward
8.3/10 162 votes#8 - Discovery
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/1975
Marty claims that a member of the 12th is harassing the gay community; the precinct computers think Fish is dead.
Director: N/A
Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward
8.3/10 152 votes#9 - You Dirty Rat
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1975
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.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward
8.0/10 146 votes#10 - Horse Thief
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/1975
A hansom cab owner reports his horse missing. A man assaulted in his hotel room insists he was alone.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Tony Sheehan
8.2/10 148 votes#11 - Rain
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1975
During a very rainy day, the squad must endure both the precinct roof threatening to collapse, and VERY bad Bicentennial jokes from a nightclub comedian-the stationhouse roof literally groaning in response!!
Director: Noam Pitlik, Danny Arnold
Writer: Tony Sheehan
8.0/10 165 votes#12 - Fish
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/1975
A glimpse at Detective Fish's home life ensues when the detective decides to go on restricted duty. Steve Landesberg bows as Arthur Dietrich; Doris Belack fills in for Florence Stanley as Bernice Fish.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward, Herbert Baker
7.7/10 148 votes#13 - Hot Dogs
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/11/1975
A man is convinced that a photo of Jean Harlow is his missing wife; a pair of lady cops makes an overzealous drug bust.
Director: Danny Arnold
Writer: Tony Sheehan
7.6/10 134 votes#14 - Protection
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/18/1975
The citizenry is in a panic amidst the rumors that the 12th Precinct is being shut down; a repentent hood can't prove that he committed a crime.
Director: Noam Pitlik, Danny Arnold
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 135 votes#15 - Happy New Year
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/8/1976
On New Year's Eve, Fish tries to stop a jumper, and Wojo delivers a baby.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward
7.8/10 135 votes#16 - Sniper
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/22/1976
A con man is selling charter flights to Saturn; Wojo and Luger are sniper targets.
Director: N/A
Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward
7.9/10 128 votes#17 - Fear of Flying
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/29/1976
Wojo must escort a bigamist to Cleveland, even though he is (guess!) afraid of flying. Meanwhile,the bigamist's New York wife shows up. Also, a man turns in an unmarked envelope containing $3500 in cash.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 124 votes#18 - Block Party
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/12/1976
Wentworth is furious when Chano gets the credit for her bust of an assassin at a block party.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Tony Sheehan
7.7/10 130 votes#19 - Massage Parlor
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/19/1976
Wentworth busts a dime-store cowboy in a massage parlor, and the detectives bust an octogenarian mugger.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tony Sheehan
7.5/10 132 votes#20 - The Psychiatrist
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/26/1976
A department psychiatrist advises the department to confiscate Wojo's gun
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward, Tony Sheehan
7.9/10 129 votes#21 - The Kid
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/6/1976
Fish is attracted to the mother of a young mugger; a man is a bit premature to obtain the unclaimed windfall he found on the street.
Director: Stan Lathan
Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward, Tony Sheehan
8.2/10 141 votes#22 - The Mole
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 3/18/1976
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.
Director: Mark Warren
Writer: Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward, Reinhold Weege