Season 1
January 23, 1975
The first season of Barney Miller aired on ABC from January 23 to May 1, 1975.
13 Episodes
Episodes
Ramon
January 23, 1975
Captain Barney Miller talks down a junkie who is holding the 12th Precinct hostage.
Experience
January 30, 1975
A bomber targets the 12th Precinct, as Det. Fish contemplates retirement.
Snow Job
February 6, 1975
The squad grapples with guarding a department store payroll and a flasher who attempts suicide in the bathroom.
Graft
February 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.
The Courtesans
February 20, 1975
A prostitute threatens to file harassment charges against Wojo; Rachel wants to move into her own apartment.
Stakeout
February 27, 1975
Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.
Bureaucrat
March 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.
Ms. Cop
March 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.
Vigilante
March 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.
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
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
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
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.
