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Barney Miller Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1975 - 1976
Episode 1
Doomsday
Thu, Sep 11, 197530 mins
A disgruntled man wearing a belt of dynamite threatens to detonate himself and the squad room. Wojo arrests a fraudulent priest. The squad room plumbing goes haywire.
Episode 2
The Social Worker
Thu, Sep 18, 197530 mins
Liz tires of housework and tries her hand at social work, to Barney's dismay. Harris is intrigued by a master forger. Inspector Luger wants Wojo's signed baseball. Detective Mike Lovatelli appears for the first and only time on the show as one of the main detectives.
Episode 3
The Layoff
Thu, Sep 25, 197530 mins
A city-wide labor layoff forces Barney, Fish, and Yemana to do without the services of Chano, Harris and Wojo. A morose stockbroker resorts to petty theft.
Episode 4
Ambush
Thu, Oct 2, 197530 mins
Yemana is out of commission after getting shot in his behind in an ambush. This makes Harris and Chano feel unappreciated as cops in New York City. Old timer, Detective Kelly, joins Barney's unit. Barney is offered a cozy job in a beach town in Florida.
Episode 5
Heat Wave
Thu, Oct 9, 197530 mins
A wife claims spousal abuse. Wojo and Wentworth go undercover to catch a park rapist.
Episode 6
The Arsonist
Thu, Oct 16, 197530 mins
The officers look out for an arsonist. Chano arrests a man who assaulted a vending machine with a deadly weapon.
Episode 7
Grand Hotel
Thu, Oct 23, 197530 mins
Wojo and Wentworth go undercover as a married couple to break up a burglary ring set in an upscale hotel.
Episode 8
Discovery
Thu, Oct 30, 197530 mins
Marty claims that a member of the precinct is harassing the gay community. The precinct computers have recorded Fish as dead.
Episode 9
You Dirty Rat
Thu, Nov 13, 197530 mins
Two kilos of confiscated marijuana disappears from the evidence locker. A homeless man spends his nights in a a series of department stores.
Episode 10
Horse Thief
Thu, Nov 20, 197525 mins
A hansom cab owner reports his horse as missing. A man is assaulted in his hotel room; yet he insists he was alone.
Episode 11
Rain
Thu, Nov 27, 197525 mins
The squad must work through the precinct roof threatening to collapse from the rain and a nightclub comic's Bicentennial jokes.
Episode 12
Fish
Thu, Dec 4, 197525 mins
A look at Fish's home life results when he decides to go on restricted duty. Steve Landesberg steps in as Arthur Dietrich. Doris Belack substitutes for Florence Stanley as Bernice Fish.
Episode 13
Hot Dogs
Thu, Dec 11, 197525 mins
A man is convinced that a photo of Jean Harlow is of his missing wife. A pair of female officers makes an overzealous drug bust.
Episode 14
Protection
Thu, Dec 18, 197525 mins
Citizens are in a panic over rumors that the 12th Precinct is being shut down. A repentant hood can't prove that he committed a crime.
Episode 15
Happy New Year
Thu, Jan 8, 197630 mins
On New Year's Eve, Wojo delivers a baby, and Fish tries to stop a jumper.
Episode 16
The Sniper
Thu, Jan 22, 197630 mins
Wojo and Luger become targets of a sniper. A con man is selling charter flights to Saturn.
Episode 17
Fear of Flying
Thu, Jan 29, 197625 mins
Although Wojo is afraid of flying, he must escort a bigamist to Cleveland. Meanwhile, the bigamist's New York wife turns up at the precinct. A man turns in an unmarked envelope containing $3,500 in cash, anxious to know when he will able to claim it.
Episode 18
Block Party
Thu, Feb 12, 197625 mins
Both Wentworth and Chano are furious when Manhattan South police swoop in and take credit for Wentworth's "collar". Captain Miller, with help from Det. Harris, eventually gets Lt. Scanlon from Manhattan South to recommend Wentworth for a commendation.
Episode 19
Massage Parlor
Thu, Feb 19, 197625 mins
Wentworth arrests a dime-store cowboy in a massage parlor. The detectives arrest a mugger who's in her eighties.
Episode 20
The Psychiatrist
Thu, Feb 26, 197625 mins
A psychiatrist advises the department to confiscate Wojo's gun.
Episode 21
The Kid
Thu, Mar 4, 197625 mins
Fish is attracted to a mugger's mother. A man who turned in $3,500 he found a few weeks ago is anxious to know whether the owner has claimed it.
Episode 22
The Mole
Thu, Mar 18, 197625 mins
A burglar known as "The Mole" leads Harris and Wojo on a chase through the city sewer system. Fish considers an operation.
