She is, however, often referred to, and Barney is frequently seen (and heard) on the phone with her. She was then largely an offstage character, returning only for a one-episode guest appearance in season 4 and another in season 5. However, she only appeared in seven first-season episodes and just two second season shows. A dedicated social worker, she was intended to be a regular character, being listed in the opening credits of every episode through the first two seasons. The episode ended with the entire cast raising their coffee cups in tribute.īarney’s wife.
A special memorial episode was aired, with the actors breaking character and recalling their favorite Yemana scenes. A regular in seasons 1 to 5, Soo died on Janu(midway through season 5). After Fish's retirement, Yemana becomes the ranking detective. Yemana is noted for his off the wall sense of humor and wry observations about life, as well as for his gambling habits, extraordinarily erratic paperwork filing skills, and for making the squad's coffee (which is disliked by everyone who drinks it). ActorĪ philosophical, wisecracking Japanese American detective. Left to right: Ron Glass, Jack Soo, Abe Vigoda (back to the camera), Hal Linden, Max Gail. Rarely, about once a year, an episode would feature one or more of the detectives outside of the walls of the precinct, either on a stakeout or at their homes.Ĭast Regulars A scene from the season 3 episode “Hash”. Usually, there are two or three separate subplots in a given episode, with different officers dealing with different crimes. A typical episode featured the detectives of the 12th bringing in several complainants and/or suspects to the squad room. Fish.īarney Miller takes place almost entirely within the confines of the detectives' squad room and Captain Barney Miller's adjoining office of New York City's fictional 12th Precinct, located in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. It spawned a spin-off series, Fish, that ran from February 5, 1977, to May 18, 1978, focusing on the character Philip K. Noam Pitlik directed the majority of the episodes. It was created by Danny Arnold and Theodore J.
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The series was broadcast on ABC Network from January 23, 1975, to May 20, 1982. Barney Miller is an American sitcom television series set in a New York City Police Department police station on East 6th St in Greenwich Village ( Lower Manhattan).
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