Baretta - Episode Guide

Season 1

He'll Never See Daylight

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jan 17, 1975

He'll Never See Daylight

After Baretta busts a small time numbers racket his girlfriend is shot and killed. He looks to come up with a plan that will allow him to seek revenge while making sure he stays on the right side of the law.

The 5½ Pound Junkie

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1975

The 5½ Pound Junkie

After Baretta's childhood friend Eddie is killed, he takes on the obligation of a pregnant widow who is addicted to smack. He "kidnaps" her in an attempt to wean her off drugs to prevent the baby's being born addicted as well. His CI helps Baretta get justice.

Woman in the Harbor

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jan 31, 1975

Woman in the Harbor

Baretta's best friend, a parole officer, is murdered after telling Baretta that a model who supposedly killed herself months earlier is alive and well in Mexico.

If You Can't Pay The Price...

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1975

If You Can't Pay The Price...

Baretta tries to nail a seemingly untouchable crime czar by placing the aging man under painfully overt 24 hour/day surveillance.

The Half-Million Dollar Baby

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1975

The Half-Million Dollar Baby

Baretta's career and reputation are almost ruined by a beautiful photographer who tricks him into helping her steal a half million dollars of mob money.

Ragtime Billy Peaches

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Feb 28, 1975

Ragtime Billy Peaches

Going undercover as a flamboyant hippie named Ragtime Billy Beaches, Baretta flies to Los Angeles to investigate a beautiful woman, married to a rich doctor, who was murdered.

The Coppelli Oath

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Mar 7, 1975

The Coppelli Oath

The brother of a young dope dealer Baretta killed in a back alley shootout vows vengeance.

Walk Like You Talk

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Mar 14, 1975

Walk Like You Talk

A committee on police corruption investigates Baretta after his partner takes a bribe in order to support his girlfriend's expensive tastes.

The Mansion

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Apr 2, 1975

The Mansion

After an undercover policewoman is killed, Baretta poses as a fugitive gangster in order to infiltrate a mansion that the syndicate runs as a house of illicit pleasures.

Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Apr 9, 1975

Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow

Baretta begins to suspect that a rash of petty burglaries is actually the result of his mentally challenged friend's efforts to emulate Robin Hood.

The Secret of Terry Lake

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Apr 16, 1975

The Secret of Terry Lake

Baretta seeks to learn why a mobster's girlfriend will not confirm her lover's alibi for a murder.

This Ain't My Bag

Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Apr 30, 1975

This Ain't My Bag

A wealthy District Attorney calls his childhood friend Baretta to investigate his brother's missing wife. But the brother/husband doesn't seem very concerned.

Season 2

The Goodbye Orphan Annie Blues

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 10, 1975

The Goodbye Orphan Annie Blues

Baretta comes to suspect that his close friend, a music store owner, may not only be a drug dealer but may be unknowingly selling heroin so pure that it's killing his customers.

The Glory Game

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Sep 17, 1975

The Glory Game

Baretta has to go on the run to clear his name after he's framed for the murder of a gun dealer he was investigating, who was selling weapons to teenagers.

On The Road

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Sep 24, 1975

On The Road

Baretta must use his wits to survive after he and a runaway girl he apprehended unwittingly get into a police car being driven by a couple of holdup men disguised as cops.

Nobody in a Nothing Place

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 1, 1975

Nobody in a Nothing Place

When a conventioneer is murdered, Baretta finds that the only witness is a busboy who doesn't want to get involved, but the real murderer is after the man too.

The Fire Man

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 8, 1975

The Fire Man

To find an arsonist, Baretta seeks the help of a former investigator who retired after suffering both physical and psychological damage in a fire.

Double Image

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Oct 15, 1975

Double Image

While Baretta is investigating a series of waterfront killings, his cover becomes in danger of being blown by a waitress who knows him and thinks he's responsible for the death of her boyfriend.

Photography by John Doe

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Oct 22, 1975

Photography by John Doe

Persuaded by the grandson of a retired cop who had supposedly been killed in a fall to reopen the case, Baretta discovers a judge on the take.

Set-Up City

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Oct 29, 1975

Set-Up City

To infiltrate a gang of jewel robbers, Baretta seeks the help of a former expert safecracker he once sent to prison.

A Bite of the Apple

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Nov 5, 1975

A Bite of the Apple

When a dying hoodlum entrusts his girlfriend with a detailed record of all his underworld activities, she is sought by both the police and his former cronies seeking to protect themselves.

When Dues Come Down

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Nov 12, 1975

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Even though he has no evidence, Baretta suspects a man named Mazurski of killing a petty criminal. His hunch is based on the man's wife Doris being injured during a burglary committed by the now dead man.

The Big Hand's on Trouble

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Nov 19, 1975

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Baretta aids a watchmaker who refuses to pay protection money to a mobster.

Count the Days I'm Gone

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Nov 26, 1975

Count the Days I'm Gone

Baretta must find a nurse's nine year old sister, witness to the murder of a blind hot dog vendor, before the killers do.

Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth

Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Dec 15, 1975

Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth

When his partner is charged with shooting a suspect in the back, Baretta tries to locate the only witness who can save the man's career, but the real murderers are after him too.

The Left Hand of the Devil

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Jan 7, 1976

The Left Hand of the Devil

When a plea bargain falls through, Baretta must infiltrate a murderous motorcycle gang to save his informant.

Murder for Me

Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Jan 14, 1976

Murder for Me

Baretta tracks a distraught father who has killed the doctor he believes responsible for the death of his son, then has gone after the local drug dealers as well.

Pay or Die

Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Jan 28, 1976

Pay or Die

After a crime lord is arrested, Baretta must jeopardize an undercover policewoman to stop an escalating war of succession between gangland factions.

The Blood Bond

Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Feb 18, 1976

The Blood Bond

Believing that Baretta pocketed $500,000 in stolen bonds after stopping a robbery, a mobster takes Billy hostage until the money is turned over.

The Dippers

Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Feb 25, 1976

The Dippers

After a young pickpocket named Jonesy is killed, Baretta solicits the help of an expert to infiltrate a gang that operates at an airline terminal... not realizing that the reason for the death is related to the lifting of a passport from a hired assassin.

Dead Man Out

Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Mar 3, 1976

Dead Man Out

Baretta risks his life going undercover as a prison inmate to discover why two suspects in a jewelry heist were killed.

Death on the Run

Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: Mar 17, 1976

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Pursuing a gunrunner with spinal meningitis, Baretta becomes infected and has 48 hours to find the man and his cohorts before he has to go into quarantine.

Aggie

Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: Mar 24, 1976

Aggie

A mentally challenged deli waitress who sees a narcotics cop commit murder allows herself to be persuaded that another man committed the crime.

And Down Will Come Baby

Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: Apr 28, 1976

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When a mother has second thoughts after selling her baby, she helps Baretta infiltrate a group trafficking in black market babies.

Season 3

The Ninja

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Sep 22, 1976

The Ninja

Baretta tries to stop a Japanese martial arts expert from taking personal revenge on the mobsters who murdered his daughter.

Soldier in the Jungle

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Sep 29, 1976

Soldier in the Jungle

Baretta finds out that that hit man he is trying to stop from killing a local mobster may be one of his childhood friends.

Runway Cowboy

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Oct 6, 1976

Runway Cowboy

Baretta is ready to bring an extortionist to justice but finds out that the presiding judge is the man's next victim.

Street Edition

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Oct 13, 1976

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A persistent female reporter continually interferes with Baretta's investigation into the aborted robbery of a half-million dollars in syndicate money.

They Don't Make 'Em Like They Use To

Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Oct 20, 1976

They Don't Make 'Em Like They Use To

A vengeful master thief follows Baretta when he boards a cross country bus to catch a female jewel heist suspect.

Shoes

Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Oct 27, 1976

Shoes

With the help of a nun and a deaf mute nicknamed Shoes, Baretta tries to find a serial rapist who initially poses to his female victims as a plainclothes detective.

Under the City

Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Nov 3, 1976

Under the City

A gang of escaped juvenile convicts is holed up in an abandoned plant, surrounded by state police and a S.W.A.T. team.

Dear Tony

Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Nov 10, 1976

Dear Tony

A story told mostly in flashbacks concerns the suicide of a policewoman whose officer husband was killed in a liquor store holdup.

Crazy Annie

Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Nov 24, 1976

Crazy Annie

Posing as a wino, Baretta is trying to nail a skid row killer when he is abducted and held captive by a tough old woman who believes he is her wayward son.

Nothin' for Nothin'

Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Dec 1, 1976

Nothin' for Nothin'

Baretta becomes involved with a young thief, who steals from some pretty dangerous characters to help support his family.

Can't Win for Losing

Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Dec 15, 1976

Can't Win for Losing

Baretta is investigating the takeover of a new drug dealer in town who is knocking off the existing dealers. One of Baretta's friends, Joey Rich, decides to take matters into his own hands after Joey's own son becomes a heroin addict.

Look Back in Terror

Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Dec 22, 1976

Look Back in Terror

A convict whom Baretta sent to prison escapes and discovers his girlfriend is dating the detective.

Don't Kill the Sparrows

Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Jan 12, 1977

Don't Kill the Sparrows

Baretta goes after a corrupt Federal narcotics agent who not only peddles drugs on the side, but murders the buyer who discovers he's a cop.

That Sister Ain't No Cousin

Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Jan 19, 1977

That Sister Ain't No Cousin

Baretta is after drug kingpin El Greco; too many kids are ending up dead, and the dealers are selling to younger and younger kids.

Open Season

Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Jan 26, 1977

Open Season

A doctor turned bounty hunter vies with Baretta to find the pusher responsible for the death of a banker's addicted daughter.

The Reunion

Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Feb 2, 1977

The Reunion

After philanthropist James Simpson is blown up in front of the Genios restaurant, an old friend of Baretta's — a recovered alcoholic — returns to his old haunts to help solve the murder case.

Not on Our Block

Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Feb 9, 1977

Not on Our Block

Baretta faces personal danger when he sets out to expose the local "Godfather" of a close knit Italian neighborhood.

The Runaways

Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Feb 16, 1977

The Runaways

Baretta helps a trio of unpredictable runaway children.

Everybody Pays the Fare

Episode: 3x19 | Airdate: Feb 23, 1977

Everybody Pays the Fare

Baretta seeks revenge on the mobster who put the hit out on his father.

Think Mink

Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: Mar 9, 1977

Think Mink

After two neighbors of Baretta get involved in a mink coat heist, Tony must not only protect the old men from gangsters but try to shield them from prosecution as well.

Carla

Episode: 3x21 | Airdate: Mar 16, 1977

Carla

Baretta falls in love and runs away with the young and beautiful wife of a gangster.

Big Bad Charlie

Episode: 3x22 | Airdate: Mar 30, 1977

Big Bad Charlie

Baretta sets up his kindhearted and inexperienced friend Charlie with a waitress with a past. Before this, Charlie fought with an Asian mafia gang, and with his size and strength, he won. But as Baretta investigates the gang, and Charlie continues his romance with the waitress, danger may befall all three of them.

Guns and Brothers

Episode: 3x23 | Airdate: Apr 6, 1977

Guns and Brothers

After giving the Locker brothers a second chance, Baretta is frustrated to find that one of them has become a psychopathic criminal.

Playin' Police

Episode: 3x24 | Airdate: May 4, 1976

Playin' Police

Two shakedown artists posing as plainclothes cops are making a bundle ripping off other crooks — victims who aren't likely to go to the police.

Season 4

New Girl in Town

Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Sep 28, 1977

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A mobster orders a hit on Baretta's new partner, a drug-sniffing police dog.

Buddy

Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Nov 16, 1977

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Por Nada

Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Nov 23, 1977

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Hot Horse

Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: Jan 4, 1978

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Why Me?

Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: Jan 11, 1978

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The Marker

Episode: 4x16 | Airdate: Feb 16, 1978

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The Gadjo

Episode: 4x20 | Airdate: Mar 30, 1978

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Barney

Episode: 4x21 | Airdate: Apr 6, 1978

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The Dream

Episode: 4x22 | Airdate: May 4, 1978

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The Bundle

Episode: 4x24 | Airdate: May 18, 1978

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