Season 1

Season 1 • 1975

⭐ 3.4 / 5

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

Episodes

1. Ramon

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

1975-01-23 • ? min

2. Experience

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

1975-01-30 • ? min

3. Snow Job

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

1975-02-06 • ? min

4. Graft

An old friend of Barney's is assigned to investigate allegations of corruption in the squadroom; Chano is after an obscene phone caller.

1975-02-13 • 30 min

5. The Courtesans

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

1975-02-20 • ? min

6. Stakeout

Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.

1975-02-27 • ? min

7. Bureaucrat

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.

1975-03-06 • ? min

8. Ms. Cop

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.

1975-03-13 • ? min

9. Vigilante

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.

1975-03-20 • ? min

10. The Guest

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

1975-03-27 • ? min

11. Escape Artist

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.

1975-04-10 • ? min