The Life & Times of Captain Barney Miller

Special guest Otto Bruno (Barney Miller and the Files of the Ol’ One-Two) join Mike and Chris to discuss three episodes from the middle of the fifth season of Barney Miller, the best season of the show so far.

Chris and Mike discuss three solid episodes of "Barney Miller" with stories of past grudges, racial relations, and patriotism. The Harris Incident, in particular, is an amazingly powerful half hour of television.

We're still in the nascent stages of Season 5 where Chris and Mike discuss Dietrich being accused of lewd conduct, Yemana being underappreciated at work, and a cat burglar who continues her husband's work.

We're in the beginnings of Season 5, the season of Noam Pitlik, where we are discussing the episodes The Search, Dog Days, and The Baby Broker where we start to come around to Levitt while Harris loses his mustache.

We're wrapping up Season 4 and starting Season 5 of Barney Miller with the one and only Otto Bruno who triumphantly returns to discuss his book, Barney Miller and the Files of the Ol' One Two. Buy Otto's book at https://amzn.to/3hfYkUN

A woman files a complaint against an art gallery, Don Calfa takes the 12th Precinct hostage, and the proprietors of an adult bookstore get hassled by their snotty kids on the latest episode of The Life & Times of Captain Barney Miller.

We're discussing another two-parter with Eviction wherein Barney Miller squares off with Ruben Kincaid who's trying to evict tenants from a hotel. This is followed by a very special episode of Barney Miller directed by Max Gail which discusses the problem of erectile dysfunction.

Writer Richard Hatem joins us again to discuss a trio of episodes from the fourth season of Barney Miller: The Ghost, Appendicitis, and Rape. In The Ghost, Kenneth Tigar returns along with his personal poltergeist. In Appendicitis we get a health scare from Nick. And, in Rape, it's a sobering discussion of spousal rape coupled with a laugh track.

The Life & Times of Captain Barney Miller returns with a look at three episodes from the fourth season of Barney Miller; Tunnel, Atomic Bomb, and The Bank. We're looking at cryogenics, in vitro fertilization, and life after death in this trio of sitcom episodes.

Mike and Chris continue their discussion of the 4th season of Barney Miller with a look at three solid episodes: Blizzard, Chase, and Thanksgiving Story. We see the return of Arnold Ripner and Lt. Scanlon while learning more about Dietrich.

We continue discussing the fourth season of Barney Miller with three solid episodes. In Corporation a disgruntled employee warns of his company's poor environmental track record. With Burial we get the return of Fish. And, in Copy Cat we learn of a criminal (Don Kalfa) who gets inspired by crime on TV.

We start off Season 4 of Barney Miller with the departure of Detective Fish. It's an odd time for goodbyes and a strange two-part episode. We follow that up with the episode "Bugs" where we find that the 12th Precinct is riddled with listening devices.

We wrapping up Season 3 of Barney Miller with a look at the episodes Asylum, Group Home, and Strike (Parts 1 & 2). We're getting ready to say goodbye to Fish while discussing the Cold War and the state of police budgets in the 1970s.

On this episode of The Life & Times of Captain Barney Miller podcast we discuss cults, sex surrogates, and second jobs as we discuss three episodes from the third season: Abduction, Sex Surrogate, and Moonlighting.

Writer Richard Hatem joins Mike & Chris to discuss three classic episodes of Barney Miller: Community Relations, The Rand Report, and Fire '77.

Otto Bruno -- author of an upcoming BearManor Media book about Barney Miller -- joins Mike and Chris to correct their past mistakes and discuss one of the most hilarious episodes of Barney Miller that ever aired -- Hash (the other episodes, Christmas Story and Smog Alert aren't too shabby either).

On this episode of The Life & Times of Captain Barney Miller podcast we discuss three middling episodes from the middle of the third season. In The Recluse a NYC hermit, Mr. Unger (Ivor Francis), is basically killed by the men of the 12th Precinct without consequence. In Noninvolvement, Wojo arrests a man who wouldn't come to his aid when chasing down a mugger. And, in Power Failure, it's lights o...

We discuss Bus Stop, The Election, and Werewolf -- three pretty solid episodes of Barney Miller.

On this episode, Chris and Mike kick off Season 3 of Barney Miller with a look at the episodes Evacuation and our first two-part episode, Quarantine. The first deals with paranoia at the 12th Precinct while the other has the entire building shut down with a potential outbreak of smallpox. The fellas have to lock down and quarantine for an entire night. Just one night. Must be nice, right?

We're wrapping up Season 2 of Barney Miller with a look at four episodes: Massage Parlor, The Psychiatrist. The Kid. and The Mole. We see the end of Sgt. Wentworth (Linda Lavin), the departure of Chano (Gregory Sierra), the addition of Ron Carey -- playing a cat burglar known as The Mole -- and Barney's broken foot.

On this episode we discuss Sniper, Fear of Flying, and Block Party. We see the introduction of Lt. Scanlon and one of the final appearances by Detective Wentworth (Linda Lavin).

We're wrapping up 1975 with an episode about two lady cops working outside of their bailiwick, Ray Sharkey being afraid of "the organization", and a baby being delivered in the 12th Precinct on an all new THE LIFE & TIMES OF CAPTAIN BARNEY MILLER. Also, this is the last time we'll see Barbara Barrie for a long time.

On this episode we look at two Bicentennial-themed episodes -- Horse Thief and Rain -- and a peek at Fish's home life in the episode Fish where we're introduced to Det. Sgt. Arthur Dietrich. We also prematurely discuss the disappearance of Liz Miller.

On this batch of Barney Miller episodes we get Sgt. Wentworth (Linda Lavin) almost getting romantic with Wojciehowicz, Wojciehowicz having troubles with homosexuality (again), and a pest problem at the 12th Precinct.

The second season of Barney Miller falls off a bit with three rather mediocre episodes including the tone deaf Heat Wave which uses domestic violence as a punchline.