# Barney Miller season 2

This is a list of episodes from the second season of Barney Miller.

## Broadcast history

The season originally aired Thursdays at 8:00-8:30 pm (EST) and 8:30-9:00 pm (EST).

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 14 | 1 | "Doomsday" | Noam Pitlik | Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward & Arne Sultan | September 11, 1975 (1975-09-11) |
| A disgruntled man (William Windom) threatens to blow up the squadroom with a belt of dynamite unless all the corrupt politicians are arrested, while the plumbing goes haywire and Wojo arrests a phony man-of-the-cloth (Steve Landesberg). ||||||
| 15 | 2 | "The Social Worker" | Noam Pitlik | Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward & Arne Sultan | September 18, 1975 (1975-09-18) |
| Barney worries when Elizabeth's new job as a social worker takes her to a tough part of the East Bronx. Harris becomes obsessed with a master forger and Fish deals with memory lapses as he forgets Bernice’s birthday. ||||||
| 16 | 3 | "The Layoff" | Noam Pitlik | Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward & Arne Sultan | September 25, 1975 (1975-09-25) |
| A labor layoff forces Barney, Fish and Yemana to man the squadroom without Chano, Harris and Wojo, while a manicurist (Candice Azzara) goes deeper than the nail and a morose former stockbroker (Bob Dishy) becomes a petty thief. ||||||
| 17 | 4 | "Ambush" | Noam Pitlik | Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward & Arne Sultan | October 2, 1975 (1975-10-02) |
| Yemana is shot in front of uninterested witnesses and Barney is offered a job in Florida. ||||||
| 18 | 5 | "Heat Wave" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward & Arne Sultan Teleplay by : Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward | October 9, 1975 (1975-10-09) |
| As a heat wave strikes New York, a wife (Janet Ward) claims spousal abuse and a reluctant Wojo goes out in drag with Wentworth as bait to catch a park rapist. (Note: Second of five appearances of Det. Wentworth.) ||||||
| 19 | 6 | "The Arsonist" | Noam Pitlik | Tony Sheehan | October 16, 1975 (1975-10-16) |
| Harris is on the lookout for an arsonist who is terrorizing the neighborhood, while Chano arrests a man for shooting at a candy machine. ||||||
| 20 | 7 | "Grand Hotel" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward Teleplay by : Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward & Arne Sultan | October 23, 1975 (1975-10-23) |
| Wojo and Wentworth go undercover as a married couple at a hotel that's been experiencing a series of robberies. (Note: Third of five appearances of Det. Wentworth.) ||||||
| 21 | 8 | "Discovery" | Lee Bernhardi | Tom Reeder, Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward | October 30, 1975 (1975-10-30) |
| Marty believes a member of the 12th Precinct is harassing the gay community, while the police department computers think Fish is dead. ||||||
| 22 | 9 | "You Dirty Rat" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Arne Sultan Teleplay by : Arne Sultan, Chris Hayward & Danny Arnold | November 13, 1975 (1975-11-13) |
| Confiscated marijuana goes missing, a homeless man is brought in for spending the night in a department store and a man is arrested for stealing a police car. ||||||
| 23 | 10 | "Horse Thief" | Noam Pitlik | Tony Sheehan | November 20, 1975 (1975-11-20) |
| A hansom cab driver reports his horse stolen and despite all evidence to the contrary a man assaulted in his hotel room swears he was alone. The episode takes place on July 4, 1976. ||||||
| 24 | 11 | "Rain" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward Teleplay by : Tony Sheehan | November 27, 1975 (1975-11-27) |
| It's a rainy day as the squad contends with the roof on the verge of collapsing and a nightclub comedian telling bad historical jokes. ||||||
| 25 | 12 | "Fish" | Noam Pitlik | Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward & Herbert Baker | December 4, 1975 (1975-12-04) |
| Fish is forced to go on restricted duty. First appearance of Detective Arthur P. Dietrich. ||||||
| 26 | 13 | "Hot Dogs" | Lee Bernhardi | Story by : Chris Hayward, Danny Arnold & Arne Sultan Teleplay by : Tony Sheehan | December 11, 1975 (1975-12-11) |
| A man believes that Jean Harlow is his missing wife and a gung-ho pair of female officers make an overzealous drug bust. ||||||
| 27 | 14 | "Protection" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward & Tom Reeder Teleplay by : Tom Reeder | December 18, 1975 (1975-12-18) |
| The local citizenry start panicking amid rumors of the 12th Precinct shutting down, while a repentant hood is unable to prove he committed a crime. ||||||
| 28 | 15 | "Happy New Year" | Bruce Bilson | Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward & Arne Sultan | January 8, 1976 (1976-01-08) |
| On New Year's Eve, Fish tries to stop a jumper and Wojo delivers a baby. ||||||
| 29 | 16 | "Sniper" | Lee Bernhardi | Tom Reeder, Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward | January 22, 1976 (1976-01-22) |
| A con man sells charter flights to Saturn, while a sniper targets first Wojo then Luger. ||||||
| 30 | 17 | "Fear of Flying" | Lee Bernhardi | Reinhold Weege | January 29, 1976 (1976-01-29) |
| Wojo, who's afraid of flying, must escort a bigamist back to Cleveland - then the bigamist's New York wife shows up. ||||||
| 31 | 18 | "Block Party" | Noam Pitlik | Tom Reeder | February 12, 1976 (1976-02-12) |
| In his first appearance, Lt. Ben Scanlon denies Wentworth any credit for busting an assassin at a block party. (Note: Fourth of five appearances of Det. Wentworth.) ||||||
| 32 | 19 | "Massage Parlor" | Dennis Steinmetz | Tony Sheehan | February 19, 1976 (1976-02-19) |
| Wentworth arrests a dime-store cowboy at a massage parlor, while the other detectives arrest an octogenarian mugger. (Note: Fifth and final appearance of Det. Wentworth.) ||||||
| 33 | 20 | "The Psychiatrist" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Gregory Tiefer Teleplay by : Tony Sheehan, Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward | February 26, 1976 (1976-02-26) |
| After a particularly zealous bust by Wojo, a psychiatrist advises the Department to suspend Wojo and confiscate his gun. ||||||
| 34 | 21 | "The Kid" | Stan Lathan | Tony Sheehan, Chris Hayward & Danny Arnold | March 4, 1976 (1976-03-04) |
| Fish is attracted to a mugger kid's mother, while a man tries to obtain an unclaimed windfall he found on the street. ||||||
| 35 | 22 | "The Mole" | Mark Warren | Reinhold Weege, Chris Hayward & Danny Arnold | March 18, 1976 (1976-03-18) |
| As Fish considers an operation, Harris and Wojo chase a burglar called "The Mole" through the sewers. Final appearance of Gregory Sierra as Chano. ||||||