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)
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Ramon
Unlike the later episodes of Barney Miller.
The first episode has a focus on Barney's homelife. Other episodes were wholly set in the police station room.
Phil Fish's incompetence with his own gun means that an arrested drug addict called Ramon holds the others hostage.
Barney's job is to calm Ramon down. Ramon knows he has done something rash.
Barney cannot let him just walk away from the police station. Barney can give Ramon a card for a defence lawyer. The lawyer goes out with his daughter.
For a first episode of the series. There are less laughs and jokes due to the hostage situation. We don't get to know much of the other characters in the precinct.
It might be that Barney Miller might have started out to be a dramedy instead of an ensemble comedy that it became known as.
The first episode has a focus on Barney's homelife. Other episodes were wholly set in the police station room.
Phil Fish's incompetence with his own gun means that an arrested drug addict called Ramon holds the others hostage.
Barney's job is to calm Ramon down. Ramon knows he has done something rash.
Barney cannot let him just walk away from the police station. Barney can give Ramon a card for a defence lawyer. The lawyer goes out with his daughter.
For a first episode of the series. There are less laughs and jokes due to the hostage situation. We don't get to know much of the other characters in the precinct.
It might be that Barney Miller might have started out to be a dramedy instead of an ensemble comedy that it became known as.
- Prismark10
- Mar 25, 2021
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