Episode guide
Barney Miller: Season 1
13 episodes · premiered Jan 23, 1975
The first season of Barney Miller aired on ABC from January 23 to May 1, 1975.
- Episode 1: Ramon Jan 23, 1975 Captain Barney Miller talks down a junkie who is holding the 12th Precinct hostage.
- Episode 2: Experience Jan 30, 1975 A bomber targets the 12th Precinct, as Det. Fish contemplates retirement.
- Episode 3: Snow Job Feb 6, 1975 The squad grapples with guarding a department store payroll and a flasher who attempts suicide in the bathroom.
- Episode 4: Graft Feb 13, 1975 · 30m An old friend of Barney's is assigned to investigate allegations of corruption in the squadroom; Chano is after an obscene phone caller.
- Episode 5: The Courtesans Feb 20, 1975 A prostitute threatens to file harassment charges against Wojo; Rachel wants to move into her own apartment.
- Episode 6: Stakeout Feb 27, 1975 Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.
- Episode 7: Bureaucrat Mar 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.
- Episode 8: Ms. Cop Mar 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.
- Episode 9: Vigilante Mar 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…
- Episode 10: The Guest Mar 27, 1975 The 12th Precinct reluctantly guards a mob witness; Chano uses his co-workers' own cash stash to set up a narcotics buy.
- Episode 11: Escape Artist Apr 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.
- Episode 12: Hair Apr 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.
- Episode 13: The Hero May 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.