# Barney Miller season 1

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

## Broadcast history

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

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "Ramon" | Bill Davis | Theodore J. Flicker & Danny Arnold | January 23, 1975 (1975-01-23) |
| A teenage junkie holds the 12th Precinct hostage. ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Experience" | Danny Arnold | Steve Gordon | January 30, 1975 (1975-01-30) |
| The men look for a "mad bomber" and try to cheer up Fish, who thinks he's too old to work. First appearances of Marty Morrison and Arnold Ripner. ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Snow Job" | Richard Kinon | Ron Friedman & Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward | February 6, 1975 (1975-02-06) |
| The squad deals with guarding a department store payroll and a flasher trying to kill himself in the bathroom. ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Graft" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Lila Garrett & Sandford Krinski Teleplay by : Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward | February 13, 1975 (1975-02-13) |
| An old friend of Barney's is investigating allegations of corruption in the squadroom, while Chano is trying to catch an obscene phone caller. ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Courtesans" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Sanford Krinski & Jerome L. Davis Teleplay by : Jerome L. Davis & Chris Hayward & Danny Arnold & Sybil Adelman | February 20, 1975 (1975-02-20) |
| A prostitute (Nancy Dussault) is threatening Wojo with charges of harassment and Rachel is trying to find her own apartment. ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Stakeout" | John Rich | Danny Arnold | February 27, 1975 (1975-02-27) |
| A bunch of curious neighbors interfere with a covert stakeout operation. Note: Most of this episode is set outside of the squad room. ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Bureaucrat" | Bob Finkel | Richard Baer & Chris Hayward & Danny Arnold | March 6, 1975 (1975-03-06) |
| A drunken bureaucrat and a 12-year-old who robbed Chano are brought to the 12th Precinct, while Wojo has the squad's favorite deli shut down for minor health violations. ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Ms. Cop" | Noam Pitlik | Chris Hayward & Danny Arnold | March 13, 1975 (1975-03-13) |
| An ambitious female cop tests the male-dominated 12th Precinct and Chano catches the obscene phone caller. (Note: First of five appearances of Det. Wentworth.) ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Vigilante" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Howard Albrecht & Sol Weinstein Teleplay by : Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward | March 20, 1975 (1975-03-20) |
| In his first appearance, Inspector Luger complains about his men not being disliked enough, a vigilante is feeling his age and Wojo catches a cross-dressing teamster. ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Guest" | Noam Pitlik | Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward & William Taub | March 27, 1975 (1975-03-27) |
| The 12th Precinct must protect a mob witness (Herb Edelman) and Chano uses his own co-workers' money to set up a narcotics buy. ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Escape Artist" | Noam Pitlik | Howard Leeds & Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward | April 10, 1975 (1975-04-10) |
| A so-called "bird man" (Leonard Frey) stops by, Barney holds an escape artist (Roscoe Lee Browne) for the FBI and Harris decides to write a book. ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Hair" | Allen Baron | Story by : Jerry Ross Teleplay by : Ron Pearlman & Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward | April 17, 1975 (1975-04-17) |
| Bernice learns that Fish spent the afternoon at a massage parlor. A lone wolf cop (Michael Lembeck) with a bad attitude joins the precinct from vice, but is made to shave off his prized beard, revealing a surprise weakness. ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "The Hero" | Noam Pitlik | Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward | May 1, 1975 (1975-05-01) |
| Chano feels guilty after killing two holdup men and Liz makes a citizen's arrest when an 8-year-old (Todd Bridges) robs her at "stickpoint." ||||||