The Best Episodes of Barney Miller Season 6
Every episode of Barney Miller Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Barney Miller Season 6!
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 6 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Barney Miller" season 6 is "Inquisition", rated 8.3/10 from 112 user votes. It was directed by Noam Pitlik and written by Tony Sheehan. "Inquisition" aired on 9/13/1979 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Photographer".
8.3/10 112 votes#1 - Inquisition
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1979
When an anonymous letter identifies a member of the 12th Precinct as a homosexual, it buys the boys a visit from Lieutenant Scanlon, who proceeds to make a witch hunt out of his search for the author. Meanwhile, a disgruntled shopper takes a fire axe to an elevator's MUZAK machine.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Tony Sheehan
8.3/10 110 votes#2 - The Photographer
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1979
A tranquil prisoner claims to be Jesus Christ, which is timely for the drug dealer caught with an impressive stash; an elderly mugger poses as a photographer to ensnare lonely women.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 98 votes#3 - Vacation
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 9/27/1979
A string of false alarms suggests that a sniper may be after a cop, but the detectives are preoccupied with Barney's posted vacation schedules and the case of a man who won't donate a kidney to his ailing brother.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein
7.7/10 115 votes#4 - The Brother
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1979
A visiting monk opts for a quick dalliance with a lady of the streets; Barney discovers to his horror that Dietrich may not be cut out for mugging detail—especially since it must be done in drag.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: N/A
7.8/10 113 votes#5 - The Slave
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1979
Harris bristles when he learns that the Burmese chauffeur being booked for a traffic accident is actually an indentured servant.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein
8.0/10 119 votes#6 - Strip Joint
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1979
A bookstore owner is infuriated when a strip club opens near his place of business; and man is convinced that he is on the verge of spontaneous combustion.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein
8.0/10 105 votes#7 - The Bird
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1979
Harris' book publication hits a snag when Dietrich refuses to sign a release; a suicide hot line operator becomes suicidal; the clerk that sold Wojo a sick bird changes his strict no-return policy when he learns that the detective is a cop.
Director: Noam Pitlik, Jeff Stein
Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein
8.3/10 119 votes#8 - The Desk
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1979
A former master criminal becomes a walking zombie following his lobotomy; a man is unable to use the telephone after being mugged because he's Amish. Jeff Corey, who appeared previously as ""The Prisoner,"" was a renowned acting teacher.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein
8.1/10 105 votes#9 - The Judge
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 12/6/1979
A judge provides an attorney with the ultimate over-ruling—a gavel on the noggin; the crimes reported by a lonely woman emanate from daytime television soap operas.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein, Tony Sheehan
8.0/10 110 votes#10 - The DNA Story
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/1979
The detectives search for a missing viral strain stolen from a lab; a woman is convinced that her husband is actually a clone.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 110 votes#11 - The Dentist
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/27/1979
One man's hands are a musical instrument to himself and a nuisance to others; a detective goes undercover to trap a dentist with wandering instruments.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein
7.9/10 97 votes#12 - People's Court
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1980
Weary of an uncooperative populace, a census taker goes to drastic measures to make a head count; beleaguered apartment dwellers band together and capture a burglar.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein
8.3/10 121 votes#13 - Vanished (1)
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/1980
Vagrant Ray returns to report his fellow bums' disappearances; a woman wishes to have a child with a surrogate and is focusing in on Dietrich and Wojo.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein, Tony Sheehan
8.5/10 111 votes#14 - Vanished (2)
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/1980
Harris disappears while undercover as a vagrant; Luger elects to be demoted rather than to retire.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein, Tony Sheehan
8.4/10 125 votes#15 - The Child Stealers
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 1/24/1980
A self-proclaimed time traveler tells Harris to fine tune his stock portfolio; Marty's divrorced gentleman friend Mr. Driscoll attempts to reclaim his son by abducting him from the playground.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein
8.2/10 103 votes#16 - Guns
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/1980
Wojo fears that a despondent Luger is planning to do himself in; a man seeking to reclaim his television set robs the police vault; a rash of bizarre robberies leads to an eccentric gun collector.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein, Tony Sheehan
8.0/10 114 votes#17 - Uniform Days
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 2/7/1980
The cops observe the annual department-mandated ritual of wearing their uniforms - except for Harris who shows up in his usual natty street clothes.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: N/A
8.2/10 110 votes#18 - Dietrich's Arrest (1)
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/1980
A lottery winner dispenses of the prize money by tossing it out a window; Sgt. Dietrich is arrested for his off-duty participation at an anti-nuclear rally; Barney discovers he can't afford his condo-converted apartment.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein, Tony Sheehan
8.2/10 111 votes#19 - Dietrich's Arrest (2)
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 3/6/1980
Harris gets the unenviable task of booking his colleague Dietrich, whose arrest prompts a visit from Internal Affairs; meanwhile, a nuclear engineer is brought in for dousing the participants with atomic water.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein, Tony Sheehan
8.2/10 114 votes#20 - The Architect
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 3/27/1980
A disgruntled architect decides to improve on his building—by blowing it up.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein, Tony Sheehan
8.4/10 117 votes#21 - The Inventor
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/1980
The squad tries hypnosis to uncover the name of a felon that Wojo has forgotten; an inventor steals the plans for his own creation.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein, Tony Sheehan
8.5/10 113 votes#22 - Fog
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/8/1980
Barney is down in the dumps when he is passed over again for deputy inspector
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein