Barney Miller

S01E10: The Guest

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

Overview

Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village. The series originally was broadcast from January 23, 1975 to May 20, 1982 on ABC. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J. Flicker. Noam Pitlik directed the majority of the episodes.

Episodes

Ramon

S01E01 Ramon

January 23, 1975 5.0
Captain Barney Miller talks down a junkie who is holding the 12th Precinct hostage.
Experience

S01E02 Experience

January 30, 1975 9.0
A bomber targets the 12th Precinct, as Det. Fish contemplates retirement.
Snow Job

S01E03 Snow Job

February 6, 1975 7.0
The squad grapples with guarding a department store payroll and a flasher who attempts suicide in the bathroom.
Graft

S01E04 Graft

February 13, 1975 6.0 30 min
An old friend of Barney's is assigned to investigate allegations of corruption in the squadroom; Chano is after an obscene phone caller.
The Courtesans

S01E05 The Courtesans

February 20, 1975 6.0
A prostitute threatens to file harassment charges against Wojo; Rachel wants to move into her own apartment.
Stakeout

S01E06 Stakeout

February 27, 1975 6.0
Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.
Bureaucrat

S01E07 Bureaucrat

March 6, 1975 7.0
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.
Ms. Cop

S01E08 Ms. Cop

March 13, 1975 7.0
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.
Vigilante

S01E09 Vigilante

March 20, 1975 7.0
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.
The Guest

S01E10 The Guest

March 27, 1975
The 12th Precinct reluctantly guards a mob witness; Chano uses his co-workers' own cash stash to set up a narcotics buy.
Escape Artist

S01E11 Escape Artist

April 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.
Hair

S01E12 Hair

April 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.
The Hero

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.

Cast

Hal Linden
Hal Linden
Barney Miller
Max Gail
Max Gail
Stan Wojciehowicz
Ron Glass
Ron Glass
Ron Harris
Ron Carey
Ron Carey
Carl Levitt
Steve Landesberg
Steve Landesberg
Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich

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