Season 1

1975 · 13 episodes

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

1RamonCaptain Barney Miller talks down a junkie who is holding the 12th Precinct hostage.
2ExperienceA bomber targets the 12th Precinct, as Det. Fish contemplates retirement.
3Snow JobThe squad grapples with guarding a department store payroll and a flasher who attempts suicide in the bathroom.
4GraftAn old friend of Barney's is assigned to investigate allegations of corruption in the squadroom; Chano is after an obscene phone caller.
5The CourtesansA prostitute threatens to file harassment charges against Wojo; Rachel wants to move into her own apartment.
6StakeoutWell-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.
7BureaucratGuests 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.
8Ms. CopAn 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.
9VigilanteBarney 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.
10The GuestThe 12th Precinct reluctantly guards a mob witness; Chano uses his co-workers' own cash stash to set up a narcotics buy.
11Escape ArtistA 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.
12HairA scruffy ""Serpico""-type cop has good reason to hide behind unruly hair; Bernice discovers that Fish spent the afternoon in a massage parlor.
13The HeroChano 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.

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