The BEST episodes of Barney Miller season 1
Every episode of Barney Miller season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Barney Miller season 1!
Hal Linden stars in the title role as a NYPD captain in charge of a squad of oddball detectives and even stranger criminals.
#1 - Ramon
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/23/1975
Captain Barney Miller talks down a junkie who is holding the 12th Precinct hostage.
#2 - The Experience
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/30/1975
A bomber targets the 12th Precinct, as Det. Fish contemplates retirement.
#3 - The Stakeout
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/27/1975
Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.
#4 - The Hero
Season 1 - Episode 13 - 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.
#5 - The Escape Artist
Season 1 - Episode 11 - 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.
#6 - Ms. Cop
Season 1 - Episode 8 - 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.
#7 - The Vigilante
Season 1 - Episode 9 - 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.
#8 - The Bureaucrat
Season 1 - Episode 7 - 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.
#10 - The Guest
Season 1 - Episode 10 - 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 - Snow Job
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/6/1975
The squad grapples with guarding a department store payroll and a flasher who attempts suicide in the bathroom.
#12 - Graft
Season 1 - Episode 4 - 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.
#13 - Hair
Season 1 - Episode 12 - 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.