6.1/10117 votesLoading...#1 - Wojo's Girl (2)
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 1/25/1979
Wojo struggles to co-habitate with his ex-prostitute girlfriend.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/10131 votesLoading...#2 - Rape
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 1/26/1978
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.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: N/A
7.2/10260 votesLoading...#3 - 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
7.5/10132 votesLoading...#4 - 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
7.5/10120 votesLoading...#5 - Smog Alert
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/1977
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.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: Reinhold Weege
7.5/10130 votesLoading...#6 - Fire '77
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/1977
The 12th may go up in smoke, to the delight of a suicidal couple.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: Tony Sheehan
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#7 - Wojo's Girl (1)
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 1/25/1979
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.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Danny Arnold, Tony Sheehan
7.5/10103 votesLoading...#8 - Dorsey
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 11/27/1980
The new detective is convinced that his compatriots are on the take and asks to be dealt out.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Tony Sheehan
7.5/10100 votesLoading...#9 - Arrival
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 2/25/1982
Luger's mail-order bride arrives; an elderly woman mugs a man.
Director: Lee Lochhead
Writer: Jordan Moffet
7.6/10182 votesLoading...#10 - 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
7.6/10182 votesLoading...#11 - 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
7.6/10156 votesLoading...#12 - 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
7.6/10148 votesLoading...#13 - 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
7.6/10134 votesLoading...#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
7.6/10125 votesLoading...#15 - 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
7.6/10119 votesLoading...#16 - The Election
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1976
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10130 votesLoading...#17 - The Recluse
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1976
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.""
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: Danny Arnold, Reinhold Weege
7.6/10124 votesLoading...#18 - The Rand Report
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/20/1976
Rather than return one week per month to uniformed patrol, Wojo quits the force.
Director: Noam Pitlik
Writer: Reinhold Weege
7.7/10195 votesLoading...#19 - 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
7.7/10191 votesLoading...#20 - 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 votesLoading...#21 - 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
7.7/10131 votesLoading...#22 - 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
7.7/10147 votesLoading...#23 - 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
7.7/10130 votesLoading...#24 - 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
7.7/10132 votesLoading...#25 - Evacuation
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1976
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.""
Director: Danny Arnold, Noam Pitlik
Writer: Danny Arnold
The Worst Episodes of Barney Miller
Every episode of Barney Miller ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Barney Miller!
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
Worst Episodes Summary
"Wojo's Girl (2)" is the worst rated episode of "Barney Miller". It scored 6.1/10 based on 117 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/25/1979. This episode scored 1.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Rape".