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Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.
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Episodes
4 seasons · 83 episodesSeason 112 ep. · 1975
Episode 1: He'll Never See Daylight Again
Jan 17, 1975 · 1h
Baretta vows revenge on the hoodlum whose thugs murdered his girlfriend.
Episode 2: The Five and a Half Pound Junkie
Jan 24, 1975 · 1h
When his childhood friend is murdered, Baretta tries to protect the pregnant widow and her unborn child from the killers, and from her own drug habit.
Episode 3: Woman in the Harbor
Jan 31, 1975 · 1h
A parole officer is murdered after telling Baretta that a model who supposedy killed herself months earlier is alive in Mexico.
Episode 4: If You Can't Pay the Price
Feb 7, 1975 · 1h
Baretta tries to nail a seemingly untouchable crime czar by placing the aging man under painfully overt 24-hour-a-day surveillance.
Episode 5: Half a Million Dollar Baby
Feb 14, 1975 · 1h
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.
Episode 6: Ragtime Billy Peaches
Feb 28, 1975 · 1h
When the dead body of a prominent attorney's wife is found, Baretta becomes interested when he finds that there is no record of her existence before age 20.
Episode 7: The Coppelli Oath
Mar 7, 1975 · 1h
After Baretta kills a drug pusher in a shootout, the man's teenage brother vows revenge.
Episode 8: Walk Like You Talk
Mar 14, 1975 · 1h
A committee on police corruption investigates Baretta after his partner takes a bribe in order to support his girlfriend's expensive tastes.
Episode 9: The Mansion
Apr 2, 1975 · 1h
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.
Episode 10: Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow
Apr 9, 1975 · 1h
Baretta begins to suspect that a rash of petty burglaries is actually the result of his retarded friend's efforts to emulate Robin Hood.
Episode 11: The Secret of Terry Lake
Apr 16, 1975 · 1h
Baretta comes to believe that a mobster is being framed for the murder of his boss when the man's girlfriend is too scared to confirm his alibi.
Episode 12: This Ain't My Bag
Apr 30, 1975 · 1h
Baretta feels out of his element as he investigates the affluent friends of a heiress who has gone missing.
Season 222 ep. · 1975–1976
Episode 1: The Good-Bye Orphan Annie Blues
Sep 10, 1975 · 1h
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 is killing his customers.
Episode 2: The Glory Game
Sep 17, 1975 · 1h
Baretta has to go on the run to clear his name after he is framed for the murder of a gun dealer he was investigating, who was selling weapons to teenagers.
Episode 3: On the Road
Sep 24, 1975 · 1h
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.
Episode 4: Nobody in a Nothing Place
Oct 1, 1975 · 1h
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.
Episode 5: The Fire Man
Oct 8, 1975 · 1h
To find an arsonist, Baretta seeks the help of a former investigator who retired after suffering both physical and psychological damage in a fire.
Episode 6: Double Image
Oct 15, 1975 · 1h
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 is responsible for the death of her boyfriend.
Episode 7: Photography by John Doe
Oct 22, 1975 · 1h
Persuaded by his grandson to reopen the case of a retired cop supposedly killed in a fall, Baretta discovers a judge on the take.
Episode 8: Set Up City
Oct 29, 1975 · 1h
To infiltrate a gang of jewel robbers, Baretta seeks the help of a former expert safecracker he once sent to prison.
Episode 9: A Bite of the Apple
Nov 5, 1975 · 1h
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.
Episode 10: When Dues Come Down
Nov 12, 1975 · 1h
Baretta doggedly follows a truck driver he suspects of killing the cat burglar who injured his wife, waiting for the man to make a mistake that will reveal his guilt.
Episode 11: The Big Hand's on Trouble
Nov 19, 1975 · 1h
Baretta is investigating a mob theft of diamonds belonging to Mr. Nicholas and winds up helping a merchant who is threatened by a new group in the neighborhood called the East Side Benevolent Society, who is forcing all the shop owners to pay money for protection or suffer the consequences.
Episode 12: Count the Days I'm Gone
Nov 26, 1975 · 1h
Baretta must find a nurse's 9-year-old sister, witness to the murder of a blind hot-dog vendor, before the killers do.
Episode 13: Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
Dec 15, 1975 · 1h
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.
Episode 14: The Left Hand of the Devil
Jan 7, 1976 · 1h
When a plea bargain falls through, Baretta must infiltrate a murderous motorcycle gang to save his informant.
Episode 15: Murder for Me
Jan 14, 1976 · 1h
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.
Episode 16: Pay or Die
Jan 28, 1976 · 1h
After a crime lord is arrested, Baretta must jeopardize an undercover policewoman to stop an escalating war of succession between gangland factions.
Episode 17: The Blood Bond
Feb 18, 1976 · 1h
Believing that Baretta pocketed $500,000 in stolen bonds after stopping a robbery, a mobster takes Billy hostage until the money is turned over.
Episode 18: The Dippers
Feb 25, 1976 · 1h
After a young pickpocket is killed, Baretta solicits the help of an expert to infiltrate the gang that operates at an airline terminal.
Episode 19: Dead Man Out
Mar 3, 1976 · 1h
Baretta risks his life going undercover as a prison inmate to discover why two suspects in a jewelry heist were killed.
Episode 20: Death on the Run
Mar 17, 1976 · 1h
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.
Episode 21: Aggie
Mar 24, 1976 · 1h
A retarded waitress who sees a narcotics cop commit murder allows herself to be persuaded that another man committed the crime.
Episode 22: And Down Will Come Baby
Apr 28, 1976 · 1h
When a mother has second thoughts after selling her baby, she helps Baretta infiltrate a group trafficking in black market babies.
Season 325 ep. · 1976–1977
Episode 1: The Ninja
Sep 22, 1976 · 1h
Baretta tries to stop a Japanese martial arts expert from taking personal revenge on the mobsters who murdered his daughter.
Episode 2: Soldier in the Jungle
Sep 29, 1976 · 1h
Baretta finds out that that hit man he is trying to stop from killing a local mobster may be one of his childhood friends.
Episode 3: Runaway Cowboy
Oct 6, 1976 · 1h
Episode 4: Street Edition
Oct 13, 1976 · 1h
Episode 5: They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To
Oct 20, 1976 · 1h
Episode 6: Shoes
Oct 27, 1976 · 1h
Episode 7: Under the City
Nov 3, 1976 · 1h
Episode 8: Dear Tony
Nov 10, 1976 · 1h
Episode 9: Crazy Annie
Nov 24, 1976 · 1h
Episode 10: Nothin' for Nothin'
Dec 1, 1976 · 1h
Episode 11: Can't Win for Losin'
Dec 15, 1976 · 1h
Episode 12: Look Back in Terror
Dec 22, 1976 · 1h
Episode 13: The Big Hand's on Trouble
Dec 29, 1976 · 1h
Episode 14: Don't Kill the Sparrows
Jan 12, 1977 · 1h
Episode 15: That Sister Ain't No Cousin
Jan 19, 1977 · 1h
Episode 16: Open Season
Jan 26, 1977 · 1h
Episode 17: The Reunion
Feb 2, 1977 · 1h
Episode 18: Not on Our Block
Feb 9, 1977 · 1h
Episode 19: The Runaways
Feb 16, 1977 · 1h
Episode 20: Everybody Pays the Fare
Feb 23, 1977 · 1h
Episode 21: Think Mink
Mar 9, 1977 · 1h
Episode 22: Carla
Mar 16, 1977 · 1h
Episode 23: Big Bad Charlie
Mar 30, 1977 · 1h
Episode 24: Guns and Brothers
Apr 6, 1977 · 1h
Episode 25: Playin' Police
May 4, 1976 · 1h
Season 424 ep. · 1977–1978
Episode 1: New Girl in Town
Sep 28, 1977 · 1h
A mobster orders a ""hit"" on Baretta's new partner, a drug-sniffing police dog.
Episode 2: Somebody Killed Cock Robin
Oct 5, 1977 · 1h
Insufficient evidence allows a man to be released from jail and resume his efforts to hurt a nightclub dancer.
Episode 3: Lyman P. Doffer, Fed
Oct 19, 1977 · 1h
An FBI computer expert poses as a field agent to join Baretta on a case regarding stolen emeralds that led to murder.
Episode 4: The Sky Is Falling
Oct 26, 1977 · 1h
Baretta tries to save a teen-age male prostitute who is being pursued by a killer after witnessing a friend's murder.
Episode 5: It's Hard But It's Fair
Nov 2, 1977 · 1h
Baretta poses as the trainer of a former champion boxer to trap a drug-smuggling murderer.
Episode 6: Buddy
Nov 16, 1977 · 1h
Baretta puts his career at risk by sheltering a retarded teenager who he thinks has been falsely accused of killing his mother.
Episode 7: Por Nada
Nov 23, 1977 · 1h
An attack on the leader of a street gang, and the murder of his girlfriend, threatens to ignite a war in the barrio.
Episode 8: Who Can Make the Sun Shine?
Nov 30, 1977 · 1h
His concern for an elderly amnesiac interferes with Baretta's investigation of a schoolyard drug pusher who is responsible for several overdose deaths.
Episode 9: All That Shatters
Dec 7, 1977 · 1h
War veterans are being blamed for a series of bombings that are actually the work of a wheelchair-bound bomber who is attacking buildings and transportation systems without handicap access.
Episode 10: It Goes with the Job
Dec 21, 1977 · 1h
Baretta does a lot of soul-searching after wounding a boy while trying to stop a holdup. Then he himself is targeted for revenge by one of the robbers who escaped.
Episode 11: Hot Horse
Jan 4, 1978 · 1h
Two elderly neighbors of Baretta's steal a million-dollar racehorse back from the thief who originally took it, then hide it in their apartment until they can claim the reward.
Episode 12: Why Me?
Jan 11, 1978 · 1h
A woman who was attacked is so traumatized that she clings to Baretta and hampers his investigation of the robbery and murder she witnessed.
Episode 13: I'll Take You to Lunch
Jan 18, 1978 · 1h
When his friend Billy is one of the hostages taken by robbers trapped at a roadside tavern, Baretta tries to negotiate a deal between them and a sheriff who is unwilling to concede anything because of his political situation.
Episode 14: It's a Boy
Feb 2, 1978 · 1h
When a former girlfriend shows up with a baby named after him, Baretta plans to marry her until it turns out that she is a pawn in a power struggle between two mobs, with an assassin on her trail.
Episode 15: Just for Laughs
Feb 9, 1978 · 1h
Baretta comes to the aid of a has-been comic trying to make a comeback, who has recently suffered several attempts on his life.
Episode 16: The Marker
Feb 16, 1978 · 1h
Family loyalty compels a friend of Baretta's to agree to kill the man who assaulted an aging mobster's daughter.
Episode 17: The Stone Conspiracy
Feb 23, 1978 · 1h
On temporary duty with the vice squad, Baretta learns that his partner is taking bribes, and is ordered by his boss to investigate the other officers on the squad as well.
Episode 18: The Appointment
Mar 9, 1978 · 1h
Baretta tries to find out why a laundry owner, who happens to be engaged to his cousin, refuses to identify the two men who held up his store and killed a cop.
Episode 19: Woman Trouble
Mar 23, 1978 · 1h
Baretta tries to help a 12-year-old girl who has run away from the orphanage find her recently paroled father before he takes part in a jewel robbery.
Episode 20: The Gadjo
Mar 30, 1978 · 1h
Baretta's young partner is ostracised by his Gypsy family for refusing to perform an atonement ceremony after accidentally killing his younger brother during a robbery.
Episode 21: Barney
Apr 6, 1978 · 1h
Baretta goes undercover as a trucker to help the daughter of a murdered newspaperman pursue the hijackers who killed her father when he got too close.
Episode 22: The Dream
May 4, 1978 · 1h
Faced with a difficult kidnapping case, Baretta accepts help from a girl who appears to have psychic knowledge of the crime.
Episode 23: The Snake Chaser
May 11, 1978 · 1h
A mobster who was badly scarred as the result of a shoot-out seeks revenge on Baretta.
Episode 24: The Bundle
May 18, 1978 · 1h
Two actresses, one of whom is Rooster's cousin, are in fear for their lives after a murder allows them to make off with $50,000 in stolen money.

















