Barney Miller (season 2)
Barney Miller | |
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Season 2 | |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 22 |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | September 11, 1975 March 18, 1976 | –
Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes from The second season of Barney Miller.
Broadcast history[]
The season originally aired Thursdays at 8:00-8:30 pm (EST) and 8:30-9:00 pm (EST).[1][2][3][4]
Episodes[]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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14 | 1 | "Doomsday" | Noam Pitlik | Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward & Arne Sultan | September 11, 1975 | |
A disgruntled man threatens to blow up the squardroom with a belt of dynamite unless all the corrupt politicians are arrested, while the plumbing goes haywire and Wojo arrests a phony man-of-the-cloth. | ||||||
15 | 2 | "The Social Worker" | Noam Pitlik | Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward & Arne Sultan | September 18, 1975 | |
Barney worries when Elizabeth's job as a social worker takes her to a tough part of the East Bronx and Harris becomes obsessed with a master forger. | ||||||
16 | 3 | "The Layoff" | Noam Pitlik | Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward & Arne Sultan | September 25, 1975 | |
A labor layoff forces Barney, Fish and Yemana to man the squadroom without Chano, Harris and Wojo, while a manicurist goes deeper than the nail and a morose former stockbroker becomes a petty thief. | ||||||
17 | 4 | "Ambush" | Noam Pitlik | Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward & Arne Sultan | October 2, 1975 | |
Yemana is shot in front of uninterested witnesses and Barney is offered a job in Florida. | ||||||
18 | 5 | "Heat Wave" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward & Arne Sultan Teleplay by : Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward | October 9, 1975 | |
As a heat wave strikes New York, a wife claims spousal abuse and a reluctant Wojo goes out in drag with Wentworth as bait to catch a park rapist. Note: This episode shows a rare plot line where a private citizen actually goes through with filing a criminal complaint. | ||||||
19 | 6 | "The Arsonist" | Noam Pitlik | Tony Sheehan | October 16, 1975 | |
Harris is on the lookout for an arsonist who is terrorizing the neighborhood, while Chano arrests a man for shooting at a candy machine. | ||||||
20 | 7 | "Grand Hotel" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward Teleplay by : Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward & Arne Sultan | October 23, 1975 | |
Wojo and Wentworth go undercover as a married couple at a hotel that's been experiencing a series of robberies. | ||||||
21 | 8 | "Discovery" | Lee Bernhardi | Tom Reeder, Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward | October 30, 1975 | |
Marty believes a member of the 12th Precinct is harassing the gay community, while the police department computers think Fish is dead. | ||||||
22 | 9 | "You Dirty Rat" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Arne Sultan Teleplay by : Arne Sultan, Chris Hayward & Danny Arnold | November 13, 1975 | |
Confiscated marijuana goes missing, a homeless man is brought in for spending the night in a department store and a man is arrested for stealing a police car. | ||||||
23 | 10 | "Horse Thief" | Noam Pitlik | Tony Sheehan | November 20, 1975 | |
A hansom cab driver reports his horse stolen and despite all evidence to the contrary a man assaulted in his hotel room swears he was alone. The episode takes place on July 4, 1976. | ||||||
24 | 11 | "Rain" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward Teleplay by : Tony Sheehan | November 27, 1975 | |
It's a rainy day as the squad contends with the roof on the verge of collapsing and a nightclub comedian telling bad historical jokes. | ||||||
25 | 12 | "Fish" | Noam Pitlik | Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward & Herbert Baker | December 4, 1975 | |
Fish is forced to go on restricted duty. | ||||||
26 | 13 | "Hot Dogs" | Lee Bernhardi | Story by : Chris Hayward, Danny Arnold & Arne Sultan Teleplay by : Tony Sheehan | December 11, 1975 | |
A man believes that Jean Harlow is his missing wife and a gung-ho pair of female officers make an overzealous drug bust. | ||||||
27 | 14 | "Protection" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward & Tom Reeder Teleplay by : Tom Reeder | December 18, 1975 | |
The local citizenry start panicking amid rumors of the 12th Precinct shutting down, while a repentant hood is unable to prove he committed a crime. | ||||||
28 | 15 | "Happy New Year" | Bruce Bilson | Danny Arnold, Chris Hayward & Arne Sultan | January 8, 1976 | |
On New Year's Eve, Fish tries to stop a jumper and Wojo delivers a baby. | ||||||
29 | 16 | "Sniper" | Lee Bernhardi | Tom Reeder, Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward | January 22, 1976 | |
A con man sells charter flights to Saturn, while a sniper targets first Wojo then Luger. | ||||||
30 | 17 | "Fear of Flying" | Lee Bernhardi | Reinhold Weege | January 29, 1976 | |
Wojo, who's afraid of flying, must escort a bigamist back to Cleveland - then the bigamist's New York wife shows up. | ||||||
31 | 18 | "Block Party" | Noam Pitlik | Tom Reeder | February 12, 1976 | |
Wentworth is denied credit for busting an assassin at a block party. | ||||||
32 | 19 | "Massage Parlor" | Dennis Steinmetz | Tony Sheehan | February 19, 1976 | |
Wentworth arrests a dime-store cowboy at a massage parlor, while the other detectives arrest an octogenarian mugger. | ||||||
33 | 20 | "The Psychiatrist" | Noam Pitlik | Story by : Gregory Tiefer Teleplay by : Tony Sheehan, Danny Arnold & Chris Hayward | February 26, 1976 | |
After a particularly zealous bust by Wojo, a psychiatrist advises the Department to suspend Wojo and confiscate his gun. | ||||||
34 | 21 | "The Kid" | Stan Lathan | Tony Sheehan, Chris Hayward & Danny Arnold | March 4, 1976 | |
Fish is attracted to a mugger kid's mother, while a man tries to obtain an unclaimed windfall he found on the street. | ||||||
35 | 22 | "The Mole" | Mark Warren | Reinhold Weege, Chris Hayward & Danny Arnold | March 18, 1976 | |
As Fish considers an operation, Harris and Wojo chase a burglar called "The Mole" through the sewers. Final appearance of Gregory Sierra as Chano. |
References[]
Categories:
- 1975 American television seasons
- 1976 American television seasons
- Barney Miller seasons