Barney Miller: Complete First Season (1974)

Includes all 13 episodes from the first season!

Book 'em for hilarity in the first degree, as Barney Miller: the First Season returns to protect and serve up laughs. Digitally remastered on DVD for the first time, this collector's two-disc set compiles all thirteen hysterical episodes from the first season of the long-running hit series (1975-1982), so you can revisit those laugh-out-loud moments down at the station all over again!

Beloved by fans and critics, Emmy-winning Barney Miller rose above the prime-time pack as one of the funniest yet most realistic police series ever. Set in New York City's 12th Precinct, this sly show featured a revolving door of wacky eccentrics and an unlikely band of detectives headed by Captain Barney Miller (Hal Linden). Everyone's favorite motley crew included grumpy old man Det. Phil Fish (Abe Vigoda, star of his own spin-off, TV's "Fish"), Puerto Rican stand-up comedian Det. Sgt. Chano Amenguale (Gregory Sierra), gullible Det. Stanley "Wojo" Wojciehowicz (Max Gail), Zen-like Asian Det. Nick Yemana (Jack Soo), outspoken African American Det. Ron Harris (Ron Glass) and lone female Det. Janice Wentworth (Linda Lavin, TV's "Alice"). Fueled by sharp dialogue and a refreshingly diverse cast, Barney Miller: The First Season proves crime doesn't pay - but it sure can be funny!

Seen it: Yes 0 hr 30 mins 1/23/1975 1. Ramon

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

Director: Bill Davis Writer: Danny Arnold / Theodore J Flicker

Guest starring: Chu Chu Mulave, Michael Moore, Buddy Lester, John Hawker

Seen it: Yes 0 hr 30 mins 1/30/1975 2. Experience

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

Director: Danny Arnold Writer: Steve Gordon

Guest starring: Ray Sharkey, Rod Perry, Jane Dulo, Noam Pitlik

Seen it: Yes 0 hr 30 mins 2/6/1975 3. Snow Job

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

Director: Richard Kinon Writer: Danny Arnold / Ron Friedman

Guest starring: Ronald Feinberg, Richard Stahl, Ted Noose, Paul Lichtman, Reid Cruickshanks, Jeffrey Kramer

Seen it: Yes 0 hr 30 mins 2/13/1975 4. Graft

An old friend of Barney's is assigned to investigate allegations of corruption in the squadroom; Chano is after an obscene phone caller.

Director: Noam Pitlik Writer: Danny Arnold / Chris Hayward

Guest starring: Dick O'Neill, Buddy Lester, Derrel Maury

Seen it: Yes 0 hr 30 mins 2/20/1975 5. The Courtesans

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

Director: Jerry Davis / Noam Pitlik Writer: Jerry Davis / Danny Arnold

Guest starring: Nancy Dussault, Naomi Stevens, Audrey Christie, Rosanna DeSoto, Shannon Christie, Lavell Roby

Seen it: Yes 0 hr 30 mins 2/27/1975 6. Stakeout

Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.

Director: John Rich Writer: Danny Arnold

Guest starring: Lou Jacobi, Eddie Barth, Brett Sommers, Vic Tayback, Marjorie Bennett, Lucille Meredith, Jo Jo Malone, Peter Carew

Seen it: Yes 0 hr 30 mins 3/6/1975 7. Bureaucrat

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.

Director: Bob Finkel Writer: Danny Arnold / Richard Baer

Guest starring: David Wayne, Elliot Reid, Milton Selzer, Claudio Martinez

Seen it: Yes 0 hr 30 mins 3/13/1975 8. Ms. Cop

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.

Director: Noam Pitlik Writer: Danny Arnold / Chris Hayward

Guest starring: Howard Platt, Wynn Irwin

Seen it: Yes 0 hr 30 mins 3/20/1975 9. Vigilante

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.

Director: Howard Albrecht / Noam Pitlik Writer: Danny Arnold / Chris Hayward

Guest starring: Marla Gibbs, Gabriel Dell, Titos Vandis, Lee de Broux, Nick Holt

Seen it: Yes 0 hr 30 mins 3/27/1975 10. The Guest

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

Director: Noam Pitlik Writer: Danny Arnold / Chris Hayward

Guest starring: Herb Edelman, Ed McCready

Seen it: Yes 0 hr 30 mins 4/10/1975 11. Escape Artist

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.

Director: Noam Pitlik Writer: Danny Arnold / Howard Leeds

Guest starring: Roscoe Lee Browne, Leonard Frey, Danny Dayton, Judson Pratt, Reid Cruickshanks

Seen it: Yes 0 hr 30 mins 4/17/1975 12. Hair

A scruffy ""Serpico""-type cop has good reason to hide behind unruly hair; Bernice discovers that Fish spent the afternoon in a massage parlor.

Director: Allen Baron Writer: Danny Arnold / Chris Hayward

Guest starring: Charles Fleischer, Michael Lembeck, Henry Beckman

Seen it: Yes 0 hr 30 mins 5/1/1975 13. The Hero

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.

Director: Noam Pitlik Writer: Danny Arnold / Chris Hayward

	Abe Vigoda	Det. Phil Fish
	Hal Linden	Capt. Barney Miller
	Barbara Barrie	Elizabeth Miller
	Max Gail	Det. Stan 'Wojo' Wojciehowicz
	Ron Glass	Det. Ron Harris
	Linda Lavin
	Gregory Sierra	Det. Sgt. Chano Amenguale
	Jack Soo	Det. Sgt. Nick Yemana
	Steve Landesberg	Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich
	Ron Carey	Officer Carl Levitt
	James Gregory	Inspector Frank Luger