Barney Miller - Season 1

First aired: 1/23/1975 13 episodes

The first season of Barney Miller aired on ABC from January 23 to May 1, 1975.

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Episodes

1. Ramon

Aired: 1/23/1975

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

2. Experience

Aired: 1/30/1975

A bomber targets the 12th Precinct, as Det. Fish contemplates retirement.

3. Snow Job

Aired: 2/6/1975

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

4. Graft

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.

5. The Courtesans

Aired: 2/20/1975

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

6. Stakeout

Aired: 2/27/1975

Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.

7. Bureaucrat

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.

8. Ms. Cop

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.

9. Vigilante

Aired: 3/20/1975

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.

10. The Guest

Aired: 3/27/1975

The 12th Precinct reluctantly guards a mob witness; Chano uses his co-workers' own cash stash to set up a narcotics buy.

11. Escape Artist

Aired: 4/10/1975

A self-avowed ""bird-man"" drops in; Barney holds a resourceful escaped prisoner for the FBI; Harris decides to write a novel, setting up one of the series' most durable storylines.

12. Hair

Aired: 4/17/1975

A scruffy ""Serpico""-type cop has good reason to hide behind unruly hair; Bernice discovers that Fish spent the afternoon in a massage parlor.

13. The Hero

Aired: 5/1/1975

Chano is guilt-stricken when he shoots a holdup man; Liz makes a citizen's arrest, after being robbed at ""stickpoint"" by a twelve-year-old.