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
"Give me a break." "Sure. What do you want broken?"
A revised version of the original pilot episode, 'Ramon' begins this cop sitcom with a fair amount of biting wit. Showing us a glimpse of Barney's home life to start, it ultimately tells a tale of a young Puerto Rican drug addict (Chu Chu Malave, "Dog Day Afternoon") grabbing Fish's gun away from him and holding all of the detectives at gunpoint, until Barney arrives and has to spend several stressful minutes talking the suspect down.
The various opening jokes and gags concerning the travails of life in NYC are a hoot. For one thing, Barney's apartment has bars on the windows. The cynicism of his wife Elizabeth (Barbara Barrie) is most amusing, and there's a generous amount of time devoted to her dislike of her husbands' profession, and her wishes that he'd give it up and go into chicken farming.
Some of the lines are indeed pretty funny, and there's some pertinent dialogue between the kid and Puerto Rican detective Chano Amenguale (Gregory Sierra) to add some subtext. Elizabeth tends to get the best one-liners. The characters are nicely established right away, with Sgt. Yemana (Jack Soo), for example, portrayed as a gambler with mostly bad luck. But for this viewer, it's not so much the jokes and one-liners that make this work: it's the characters, and they should prove to be interesting to watch as this viewer begins working his way through this series. Certainly the actors assembled here (also including Max Gail, Ron Glass, and the inimitable Abe Vigoda) display a winning chemistry as this colorful assortment of lawmen.
Actually, this viewer laughed hardest at the running gag with Barney's son (Michael Tessier), never to be seen again, and his predilection for toy guns (or aiming toys at Barney as if they were guns).
Also guest starring stand-up comedian and character actor Buddy Lester as Harry the bookie.
Seven out of 10.
The various opening jokes and gags concerning the travails of life in NYC are a hoot. For one thing, Barney's apartment has bars on the windows. The cynicism of his wife Elizabeth (Barbara Barrie) is most amusing, and there's a generous amount of time devoted to her dislike of her husbands' profession, and her wishes that he'd give it up and go into chicken farming.
Some of the lines are indeed pretty funny, and there's some pertinent dialogue between the kid and Puerto Rican detective Chano Amenguale (Gregory Sierra) to add some subtext. Elizabeth tends to get the best one-liners. The characters are nicely established right away, with Sgt. Yemana (Jack Soo), for example, portrayed as a gambler with mostly bad luck. But for this viewer, it's not so much the jokes and one-liners that make this work: it's the characters, and they should prove to be interesting to watch as this viewer begins working his way through this series. Certainly the actors assembled here (also including Max Gail, Ron Glass, and the inimitable Abe Vigoda) display a winning chemistry as this colorful assortment of lawmen.
Actually, this viewer laughed hardest at the running gag with Barney's son (Michael Tessier), never to be seen again, and his predilection for toy guns (or aiming toys at Barney as if they were guns).
Also guest starring stand-up comedian and character actor Buddy Lester as Harry the bookie.
Seven out of 10.
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