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Episode: Season 2, Episode 4\\
Title: Ambush\\
Directed by: Noam Pitlik\\
Written by: Chris Hayward, Danny Arnold, and Arne Sultan\\
Air Date: October 2, 1975\\
Previous: The Layoff\\
Next: Heat Wave\\
Guest Starring: Dick O'Neill, David Doyle]
"Ambush" is the fourth episode of the second season of ''Series/BarneyMiller''.
Nick is not in the squad room, because he was shot in the butt while responding to a report of an armed robery. Why was he shot in the butt? Because someone laid an ambush for the detectives. It seems that a cop-hater has been calling in fake reports of crime to the 12th Precinct, then shooting at cops and detectives as they respond. The men of the 12th, who are pretty bitter about this, start combing through the files to see if they can find a likely suspect.
With Yemana out of commission, the 12th receives Detective Kelly, formerly of InternalAffairs. Kelly, who was trying to nail Barney's detectives for corruption in Season 1 episode "[[Recap/BarneyMillerS1E04 Graft]]", is no longer with IA but is still his racist, obnoxious self.
Meanwhile, Wojo arrests a gun nut, Emil Ditka (David Doyle, soon to be a regular on ''Series/CharliesAngels'' as Bosley) who was seen wielding a rifle on the roof of his apartment building. Barney for his part is seriously contemplating a job offer to be chief of police in a small town in Florida.
Last appearance of recurring character Officer Kogan, the downstairs desk sergeant. While Kogan would eventually be replaced as a character by Ron Carey's Officer Levitt, he would be TheGhost for years to come as members of the 12th kept calling him downstairs.
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!!Tropes:
* TheBadGuyWins: For a mild version of "bad guy", anyway. But after Barney turns down the cushy Florida job, and Fish turns down the cushy Florida job, and the rest of the detectives pass on applying, the job goes to... obnoxious, racist Detective Kelly.
* BystanderSyndrome: After Nick gets shot, Chano comes into the squad room angrily ranting about how no one would help or even call for help.
* ContinuityNod: Second and last appearance of Detective Kelly, who apparently took the cushy job in Florida that both Barney and Fish declined.
* TheDandy: Harris and Chano get garbage dumped on them. Chano complains that he has to buy a new suit, leaving Harris shocked that Chano owns only one suit.
* DirtyCoward: Kelly visibly panics when the 12th gets a call that they think might be another ambush. He struggles with excuses for why he shouldn't go out on the call, until they confirm that it is a legit call, after which Kelly cheerfully leaves.
* GunNut: Ditka, who makes a show out of cleaning his rifle on the roof of his building just to intimidate the neighborhood, and is a member of "The Staten Island Shoot Club and Personal Armament League".
* MilesGloriosus: Ditka, the GunNut who likes to intimidate the neighborhood with his rifle and who talks a big game about how he and his shooting club buddies are going to shoot all the bad guys. When Barney calls his bluff by inviting him to come along with them to arrest the ambush suspect, Ditka quails with fear, calls Barney crazy, and hurriedly leaves.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Kelly is as horribly racist as before. He assumes that Yemana got shot because he's Japanese, and he's surprised that Harris smells nice.
* ShotInTheAss: Chano reports that Yemana was shot in the cheek. After a shocked Barney unconciously raises his hand to his face, Chano says "Not that one!"
* ShoutOut: Harris, musing about how he might take the job in Florida, says "They must have seen ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' by now."
Episode: Season 2, Episode 4\\
Title: Ambush\\
Directed by: Noam Pitlik\\
Written by: Chris Hayward, Danny Arnold, and Arne Sultan\\
Air Date: October 2, 1975\\
Previous: The Layoff\\
Next: Heat Wave\\
Guest Starring: Dick O'Neill, David Doyle]
"Ambush" is the fourth episode of the second season of ''Series/BarneyMiller''.
Nick is not in the squad room, because he was shot in the butt while responding to a report of an armed robery. Why was he shot in the butt? Because someone laid an ambush for the detectives. It seems that a cop-hater has been calling in fake reports of crime to the 12th Precinct, then shooting at cops and detectives as they respond. The men of the 12th, who are pretty bitter about this, start combing through the files to see if they can find a likely suspect.
With Yemana out of commission, the 12th receives Detective Kelly, formerly of InternalAffairs. Kelly, who was trying to nail Barney's detectives for corruption in Season 1 episode "[[Recap/BarneyMillerS1E04 Graft]]", is no longer with IA but is still his racist, obnoxious self.
Meanwhile, Wojo arrests a gun nut, Emil Ditka (David Doyle, soon to be a regular on ''Series/CharliesAngels'' as Bosley) who was seen wielding a rifle on the roof of his apartment building. Barney for his part is seriously contemplating a job offer to be chief of police in a small town in Florida.
Last appearance of recurring character Officer Kogan, the downstairs desk sergeant. While Kogan would eventually be replaced as a character by Ron Carey's Officer Levitt, he would be TheGhost for years to come as members of the 12th kept calling him downstairs.
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!!Tropes:
* TheBadGuyWins: For a mild version of "bad guy", anyway. But after Barney turns down the cushy Florida job, and Fish turns down the cushy Florida job, and the rest of the detectives pass on applying, the job goes to... obnoxious, racist Detective Kelly.
* BystanderSyndrome: After Nick gets shot, Chano comes into the squad room angrily ranting about how no one would help or even call for help.
* ContinuityNod: Second and last appearance of Detective Kelly, who apparently took the cushy job in Florida that both Barney and Fish declined.
* TheDandy: Harris and Chano get garbage dumped on them. Chano complains that he has to buy a new suit, leaving Harris shocked that Chano owns only one suit.
* DirtyCoward: Kelly visibly panics when the 12th gets a call that they think might be another ambush. He struggles with excuses for why he shouldn't go out on the call, until they confirm that it is a legit call, after which Kelly cheerfully leaves.
* GunNut: Ditka, who makes a show out of cleaning his rifle on the roof of his building just to intimidate the neighborhood, and is a member of "The Staten Island Shoot Club and Personal Armament League".
* MilesGloriosus: Ditka, the GunNut who likes to intimidate the neighborhood with his rifle and who talks a big game about how he and his shooting club buddies are going to shoot all the bad guys. When Barney calls his bluff by inviting him to come along with them to arrest the ambush suspect, Ditka quails with fear, calls Barney crazy, and hurriedly leaves.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Kelly is as horribly racist as before. He assumes that Yemana got shot because he's Japanese, and he's surprised that Harris smells nice.
* ShotInTheAss: Chano reports that Yemana was shot in the cheek. After a shocked Barney unconciously raises his hand to his face, Chano says "Not that one!"
* ShoutOut: Harris, musing about how he might take the job in Florida, says "They must have seen ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' by now."
