The Best Episodes Written By Danny Arnold

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   #1 - Goodbye, Mr. Fish (1)

   S4:E19/15/1977

   A neighborhood vigilante group runs amok, and Fish is AWOL on the day of his retirement.

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   #2 - Chase

   S4:E811/17/1977

   A taxi company is irate when Wojo totals a borrowed cab while pursuing a robbery suspect; Lieutenant Scanlon tries to ferret out 12th Precinct corruption with a drug pusher.

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   9.0/10(3 votes)

   #3 - It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

   S1:E310/1/1964

   When Darrin's alcoholic and lecherous client Rex Barker makes a pass at Samantha, she decides to teach him a lesson by turning him into a dog. The dog runs away, but Samantha eventually gets him back. When Rex makes another pass at her, Darrin knocks him cold. Rex does wind up giving Darrin his account.

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   Writer:Danny Arnold

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   9.0/10(2 votes)

   #4 - And Something Makes Three

   S1:E1212/3/1964

   Larry sees Louise and Samantha entering an obstetrician's office and assumes Darrin is about to become a father. It is actually Louise who is pregnant, but she is afraid to tell Larry. After Larry tells Darrin, he has a daydream about Samantha having "witch" children. When the four of them have dinner that night, the truth comes out.

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   #5 - Mother Meets What's His Name

   S1:E410/8/1964

   Samantha has lunch with a few of her nosy neighbours, using magic to assist with the meal. Endora refers to Darrin as "What's his name", and that night at their first meeting, Darrin tells Endora that they can get along without witchcraft. They have a heated exchange before Endora leaves.

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   7.7/10(3 votes)

   #6 - Help, Help, Don't Save Me

   S1:E510/15/1964

   Samantha suggests clever slogans for Darrin's Caldwell Soup advertising campaign. Darrin is thrilled until he suspects Samantha of using magic to help. A fight ensues and Samantha goes home to mother. Darrin relents and pitches Sam's slogans to Caldwell. He doesn't like them either. Darrin now realises Sam didn't use any magic.

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   Writer:Danny Arnold

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   7.5/10(2 votes)

   #7 - Ramon

   S1:E11/23/1975

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

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   #8 - Bureaucrat

   S1:E73/6/1975

   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.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - Ms. Cop

   S1:E83/13/1975

   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.

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    #10 - Snow Job

    S1:E32/6/1975

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

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    Writer:Danny Arnold

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    #11 - Vigilante

    S1:E93/20/1975

    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.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Graft

    S1:E42/13/1975

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

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    Writer:Danny Arnold

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Courtesans

    S1:E52/20/1975

    A prostitute threatens to file harassment charges against Wojo; Rachel wants to move into her own apartment.

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    #14 - Stakeout

    S1:E62/27/1975

    Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.

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    Writer:Danny Arnold

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    1.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Doomsday

    S2:E19/11/1975

    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.

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    Writer:Danny Arnold

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