Season 1

Jan 23, 1975

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

Jan 30, 1975

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

Feb 6, 1975

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

Feb 13, 1975 · 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.

Feb 20, 1975

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

Feb 27, 1975

Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.

Mar 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.

Mar 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.

Mar 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.

Mar 27, 1975

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

Apr 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.

Apr 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.

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.