Barney Miller · S1 E13

The Hero

May 1, 1975 · TV-PG

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.

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Season 1 · 13 episodes

1. Ramon
Jan 23, 1975 · ★ 7.5
Captain Barney Miller talks down a junkie who is holding the 12th Precinct hostage.
2. Experience
Jan 30, 1975 · ★ 9.0
A bomber targets the 12th Precinct, as Det. Fish contemplates retirement.
3. Snow Job
Feb 6, 1975 · ★ 7.0
The squad grapples with guarding a department store payroll and a flasher who attempts suicide in the bathroom.
4. Graft
Feb 13, 1975 · 30m · ★ 6.0
An old friend of Barney's is assigned to investigate allegations of corruption in the squadroom; Chano is after an obscene phone caller.
5. The Courtesans
Feb 20, 1975 · ★ 6.0
A prostitute threatens to file harassment charges against Wojo; Rachel wants to move into her own apartment.
6. Stakeout
Feb 27, 1975 · ★ 6.0
Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.
7. Bureaucrat
Mar 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.
8. Ms. Cop
Mar 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.
9. Vigilante
Mar 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.
10. The Guest
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.
11. Escape Artist
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.
12. Hair
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.
13. 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.