When a drug addict holds the precinct hostage, Captain Barney Miller has to talk him out of it.When a drug addict holds the precinct hostage, Captain Barney Miller has to talk him out of it.When a drug addict holds the precinct hostage, Captain Barney Miller has to talk him out of it.
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- TriviaA remake, in slightly modified form, of the original pilot. The Uncle Charlie character featured in the pilot was omitted and the episode slightly rewritten to remove all scenes. A new teaser opening in the Miller house was written to replace the scenes with Uncle Charlie. The remainder of the episode's dialogue is identical to the pilot, aside from the changes to the characters who were changed.
- GoofsWhen Ramon holds the detectives hostage in the squad room, the dangling handcuff on his left wrist constantly changes from being locked closed to hanging open.
- Quotes
Ramon Santos: I'm a Puerto Rican junkie, in a police station, with a gun in my hand! What am I gonna do with a fair trial?
- Alternate versionsSony's Season 1 DVD sets use the syndicated version, as the master copy of the original broadcast version was thought to have been lost at the time of its release. The original broadcast master was later located and issued as part of the complete Barney Miller series DVD set by Shout Factory in 2011.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Barney Miller: Landmark: Part 3 (1982)
Featured review
The show took a different direction almost immediately...
... after its premiere.
The first episode spent considerable time at the home of NYPD Captain Barney Miller. You see his wife and two kids, and you learn that his wife would be happier living almost anywhere else, including Montana. They live in a cramped apartment and, as they make breakfast, there are radio reports that mirror the ludicrous nature of life in New York, and this seems all very reminiscent of the previous year's "Prisoner of Second Avenue."
Then the scene changes to the detective squad room where Miller works. This is six years before Hill Street Blues, so the detained are seldom that dangerous, although there is a dangerous one here in the premiere episode, and he gets Fish's gun away from him when Fish is careless with it and threatens the detectives. Still, this show is a comedy, so you know it will turn out OK.
The show concentrates more on the squad room after this initial episode since the quirky detectives are far more entertaining that Miller's TV family could ever be with a greater opportunity for a variety of situations and "guest perps". Plus, there was a name for a 70s comedy focusing on family life in New York and that name was All In the Family.
The first episode spent considerable time at the home of NYPD Captain Barney Miller. You see his wife and two kids, and you learn that his wife would be happier living almost anywhere else, including Montana. They live in a cramped apartment and, as they make breakfast, there are radio reports that mirror the ludicrous nature of life in New York, and this seems all very reminiscent of the previous year's "Prisoner of Second Avenue."
Then the scene changes to the detective squad room where Miller works. This is six years before Hill Street Blues, so the detained are seldom that dangerous, although there is a dangerous one here in the premiere episode, and he gets Fish's gun away from him when Fish is careless with it and threatens the detectives. Still, this show is a comedy, so you know it will turn out OK.
The show concentrates more on the squad room after this initial episode since the quirky detectives are far more entertaining that Miller's TV family could ever be with a greater opportunity for a variety of situations and "guest perps". Plus, there was a name for a 70s comedy focusing on family life in New York and that name was All In the Family.
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