Barney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to run into. Always sensible, he maintains order over a band of detectives who gamble, hit on anything in skirts, go to renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, and would really prefer to be writing. Nearly all of the action takes place in the squad room where citizens and criminals are brought in to complicate the mix.
Captain Barney Miller talks down a junkie who is holding the 12th Precinct hostage.
S01E02
Experience
⭐ 9.0
Jan 30, 1975
A bomber targets the 12th Precinct, as Det. Fish contemplates retirement.
S01E03
Snow Job
⭐ 7.0
Feb 6, 1975
The squad grapples with guarding a department store payroll and a flasher who attempts suicide in the bathroom.
S01E04
Graft
⭐ 6.0
Feb 13, 197530 min
An old friend of Barney's is assigned to investigate allegations of corruption in the squadroom; Chano is after an obscene phone caller.
S01E05
The Courtesans
⭐ 6.0
Feb 20, 1975
A prostitute threatens to file harassment charges against Wojo; Rachel wants to move into her own apartment.
S01E06
Stakeout
⭐ 6.0
Feb 27, 1975
Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.
S01E07
Bureaucrat
⭐ 7.0
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…
S01E08
Ms. Cop
⭐ 7.0
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.
S01E09
Vigilante
⭐ 7.0
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 cros…
S01E10
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.
S01E11
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…
S01E12
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.
S01E13
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.