Barney Miller

The Worst Episodes of Barney Miller

Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC

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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...
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  1. 6.3/10(121 votes)

    #1 - Wojo's Girl (2)

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    S5:E17

    Wojo struggles to co-habitate with his ex-prostitute girlfriend.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  2. 7.1/10(135 votes)

    #2 - Rape

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    S4:E15

    The city legalizes off-track gambling, to the delight of Yemana; a woman wants her husband arrested on a rape charge; a master of disguise perpetuates a crime spree.

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    Director:Noam Pitlik
    Writer:N/A
  3. 7.2/10(270 votes)

    #3 - Ramon

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    S1:E1

    Captain Barney Miller talks down a junkie who is holding the 12th Precinct hostage.

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    Director:Bill Davis
  4. 7.4/10(123 votes)

    #4 - Wojo's Girl (1)

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    S5:E16

    Wojo decides to move in with his girlfriend; Mr. Brauer tells his wife that he's leaving to become a mercenary. This was a pilot for a potential spin-off series, each week focusing on one of the cops' off-duty lives.

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  5. 7.5/10(136 votes)

    #5 - The Psychiatrist

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    S2:E20

    A department psychiatrist advises the department to confiscate Wojo's gun

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  6. 7.5/10(123 votes)

    #6 - Smog Alert

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    S3:E12

    All eyes are on Fish as the city undergoes a first-stage smog alert; an unlikely connection is made between a potential suicide victim and an obscene graffiti artist.

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  8. 7.5/10(132 votes)

    #7 - Fire '77

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    S3:E15

    The 12th may go up in smoke, to the delight of a suicidal couple.

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    Director:Bruce Bilson
  9. 7.5/10(107 votes)

    #8 - Dorsey

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    S7:E4

    The new detective is convinced that his compatriots are on the take and asks to be dealt out.

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    Director:Noam Pitlik
  10. 7.5/10(102 votes)

    #9 - Arrival

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    S8:E14

    Luger's mail-order bride arrives; an elderly woman mugs a man.

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  11. 7.6/10(190 votes)

    #10 - Graft

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    S1:E4

    An old friend of Barney's is assigned to investigate allegations of corruption in the squadroom; Chano is after an obscene phone caller.

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  12. 7.6/10(194 votes)

    #11 - Ms. Cop

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    S1:E8

    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.

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  13. 7.6/10(154 votes)

    #12 - Ambush

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    S2:E4

    Yemana is shot in full view of disinterested bystanders, and Barney is offered a job in Florida.

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  14. 7.6/10(137 votes)

    #13 - Protection

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    S2:E14

    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.

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    Writer:N/A
  15. 7.6/10(130 votes)

    #14 - Block Party

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    S2:E18

    Wentworth is furious when Chano gets the credit for her bust of an assassin at a block party.

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    Director:Noam Pitlik
  16. 7.6/10(134 votes)

    #15 - The Recluse

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    S3:E7

    A latter-day prophet claims the end is near - 5:30, to be precise; a man who hasn't left his apartment since World War II is brought in for refusing to serve jury duty. John Cassisi appears as Victor Kreutzer, a role he would continue to play on ""Fish.""

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  17. 7.6/10(127 votes)

    #16 - The Rand Report

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    S3:E14

    Rather than return one week per month to uniformed patrol, Wojo quits the force.

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  18. 7.6/10(110 votes)

    #17 - Bones

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    S8:E19

    A museum presses charges when an Indian retrieves his tribe's ancestral bones from an exhibit; a scoutmaster catches a mugger.

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    Director:Max Gail
  19. 7.7/10(202 votes)

    #18 - Snow Job

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    S1:E3

    The squad grapples with guarding a department store payroll and a flasher who attempts suicide in the bathroom.

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  20. 7.7/10(199 votes)

    #19 - Stakeout

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    S1:E6

    Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.

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    Director:John Rich
  21. 7.7/10(181 votes)

    #20 - Bureaucrat

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    S1:E7

    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.

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  22. 7.7/10(162 votes)

    #21 - The Social Worker

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    S2:E2

    Weary of housework, Liz tries her hand at social work, to Barney's dismay; a master forger fascinates Harris.

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  23. 7.7/10(153 votes)

    #22 - Hot Dogs

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    S2:E13

    A man is convinced that a photo of Jean Harlow is his missing wife; a pair of lady cops makes an overzealous drug bust.

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    Director:Danny Arnold
  24. 7.7/10(133 votes)

    #23 - Massage Parlor

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    S2:E19

    Wentworth busts a dime-store cowboy in a massage parlor, and the detectives bust an octogenarian mugger.

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    Director:N/A
  25. 7.7/10(136 votes)

    #24 - Evacuation

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    S3:E1

    Wojo is dismayed to discover that the city doesn't have up-to-date evacuation procedures in the event of an emergency; Fish meets Jilly Pappalardo, a young thief who he will eventually care for in the ""Barney"" spin-off ""Fish.""

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  26. 7.7/10(124 votes)

    #25 - The Election

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    S3:E5

    Election Day at the One-Two includes: A woman, being held from voting by her husband, throws a toilet seat into the street to get attention; a shoplifter gets escorted to vote by Wojo, who promptly 'loses' him; and Inspector Lugar comes electioneering for a old time political hack.

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    Director:N/A
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Wojo's Girl (2)" is the worst rated episode of "Barney Miller". It scored 6.3/10 based on 121 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/25/1979. This episode scored 0.8 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Rape".