Episode
Barney Miller: Escape Artist
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Barney Miller
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 1975-04-10
Episode context
Escape Artist is Episode 11 in Season 1 of Barney Miller. It aired on 1975-04-10.
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Episode 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.
Episode 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.
More episodes from this season
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 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.
Episode 6: Stakeout
Well-meaning nosy neighbors overrun a covert stakeout operation.
Episode 5: The Courtesans
A prostitute threatens to file harassment charges against Wojo; Rachel wants to move into her own apartment.
Episode 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.
Episode 3: Snow Job
The squad grapples with guarding a department store payroll and a flasher who attempts suicide in the bathroom.
Episode 2: Experience
A bomber targets the 12th Precinct, as Det. Fish contemplates retirement.
Episode 1: Ramon
Captain Barney Miller talks down a junkie who is holding the 12th Precinct hostage.