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Fish
Overview
Fish is a spin-off television series of the sitcom Barney Miller. It starred Abe Vigoda as New York Police Department Detective Phil Fish and Florence Stanley as his wife Bernice.
Key Crew
Producer: Roy Kammerman, Norman Barasch
Writer: Roy Kammerman, Norman Barasch
Top Cast
Seasons
Season 1 (1977)
No overview available.
13 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Really Longest Day
1977-02-05Bernice & Fish meet the five children who will live at their home.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: The Car
1977-02-12After taking a ride in Fish's car, Mike spends a night in jail.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: Power Play
1977-02-19Fish finds that Victor is involved in a numbers game.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: Cold Cash
1977-02-26With the furnace out of order, the house is freezing. Meanwhile, Diane says she wants to have Charlie's baby.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 5: Fish's Job
1977-03-12Fish thinks about getting a job as a security guard.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 6: Bernice's Problem
1977-03-19When Bernice can no longer deal with the children, she decides to seek professional help.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 7: The Neighbors
1977-03-26Episode 8: Fire
1977-04-02When a fire burns down a neighborhood house, everyone accuses Victor of starting it.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 9: The Social Worker
1977-04-09After seeing how Bernice and Fish run their house, a social worker threatens to replace them.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 10: Fish and Roots
1977-04-16Loomis has become racist after watching Roots. To fix the problem, Charlie asks an African student to speak to Loomis.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 11: Anniversary
1977-04-30While Fish and Bernice are celebrating their 36th Anniversary, Diane sneaks out to be with her boyfriend.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 12: The Adoption
1977-06-02Everyone misses Victor while he is away with the people who could become his foster parents.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 13: The New Kid
1977-08-13To Fish's dismay, a Puerto Rican thief invades his house.
Runtime: 30 minSeason 2 (1977)
No overview available.
22 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Missing Fish
1977-09-17In this season two opener, a retiring Fish is not present for his final day of work.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: Retirement Blues
1977-09-24Fish, who is now retired, gets drunk with a fellow neighbor.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: Fish Behind Bars (1)
1977-10-01When faced with the option of joining a Senior Citizens Group, Fish refuses.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: Fish Behind Bars (2)
1977-10-08Since Fish is in jail, the social worker considers replacing him. To try to prevent this, Charlie flatters the social worker.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 5: Fish and the Rock Star
1977-10-15Fish considers taking a security job for a rock star.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 6: Fish's Daughter
1977-10-22When his daughter decides to marry a man who is twenty-five years older than she is, Fish refuses to give his blessing.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 7: Jilly's Job
1977-11-05Jilly takes a job as a model, but she doesn't realize that the job requires her to pose naked.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 8: Separation
1977-11-14Fish and Bernice get into an argument over reupholstering the couch and decide to separate.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 9: A Fish Christmas
1977-12-20Fish decides not to allow any holiday cheer, so the children choose to create their own.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 10: Mike's Career
1978-01-03Mike finds a patron for his singing career in a rich divorcee.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 11: Close Encounters of a Fishy Kind
1978-01-12A neighbor of Fish's claims he was inside a UFO.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 12: The Million Dollar Misunderstanding
1978-01-19A computer error sends Fish an extremely large pension check.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 13: A Fine Kettle of Fish
1978-01-26Mrs. Fish is flattered when an auditor, investigating the group home's disorganized bookkeeping, becomes smitten.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 14: Charlie Resigns
1978-02-02Charlie resigns after an incident where he is treated like a child.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 15: Love in Bloom
1978-02-09Fish gives Diane's boyfriend lessons in being "macho".
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 16: It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
1978-02-23To his dismay, Fish fiTnds his name in the obituaries. Meanwhile, the children bring a dog home.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 17: Love Thy Neighbor
1978-03-02When Bernice sprains her ankle, Fish's secret admirer helps with the children.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 18: Sweet Sixteen
1978-03-09Jilly requests birth control pills as a gift for her sixteenth birthday.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 19: Fire and Ice
1978-03-23When Bernice sprains her ankle, Fish's secret admirer helps with the children.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 20: A Pinch of Class
1978-05-04Diane contracts appendicitis. Meanwhile, the house is redecorated.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 21: For the Love of Mike
1978-05-11Mike's new girlfriend is wealthy.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 22: Chief Fish
1978-05-18The job of Chief of Police becomes available and Fish plans on taking it.
Runtime: 30 min
