Storyline
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.
Episodes
Season 1
No overview available for this season.
He'll Never See Daylight Again
Jan 17, 1975
Baretta vows revenge on the hoodlum whose thugs murdered his girlfriend.
The Five and a Half Pound Junkie
Jan 24, 1975
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.
Woman in the Harbor
Jan 31, 1975
A parole officer is murdered after telling Baretta that a model who supposedy killed herself months earlier is alive in Mexico.
If You Can't Pay the Price
Feb 07, 1975
Baretta tries to nail a seemingly untouchable crime czar by placing the aging man under painfully overt 24-hour-a-day surveillance.
Half a Million Dollar Baby
Feb 14, 1975
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
Feb 28, 1975
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.
The Coppelli Oath
Mar 07, 1975
After Baretta kills a drug pusher in a shootout, the man's teenage brother vows revenge.
Walk Like You Talk
Mar 14, 1975
A committee on police corruption investigates Baretta after his partner takes a bribe in order to support his girlfriend's expensive tastes.
The Mansion
Apr 02, 1975
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
Apr 09, 1975
Baretta begins to suspect that a rash of petty burglaries is actually the result of his retarded friend's efforts to emulate Robin Hood.
The Secret of Terry Lake
Apr 16, 1975
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.
This Ain't My Bag
Apr 30, 1975
Baretta feels out of his element as he investigates the affluent friends of a heiress who has gone missing.
Season 2
No overview available for this season.
The Good-Bye Orphan Annie Blues
Sep 10, 1975
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.
The Glory Game
Sep 17, 1975
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.
On the Road
Sep 24, 1975
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
Oct 01, 1975
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
Oct 08, 1975
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
Oct 15, 1975
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.
Photography by John Doe
Oct 22, 1975
Persuaded by his grandson to reopen the case of a retired cop supposedly killed in a fall, Baretta discovers a judge on the take.
Set Up City
Oct 29, 1975
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
Nov 05, 1975
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
Nov 12, 1975
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.
The Big Hand's on Trouble
Nov 19, 1975
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.
Count the Days I'm Gone
Nov 26, 1975
Baretta must find a nurse's 9-year-old sister, witness to the murder of a blind hot-dog vendor, before the killers do.
Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
Dec 15, 1975
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
Jan 07, 1976
When a plea bargain falls through, Baretta must infiltrate a murderous motorcycle gang to save his informant.
Murder for Me
Jan 14, 1976
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
Jan 28, 1976
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
Feb 18, 1976
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
Feb 25, 1976
After a young pickpocket is killed, Baretta solicits the help of an expert to infiltrate the gang that operates at an airline terminal.
Dead Man Out
Mar 03, 1976
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
Mar 17, 1976
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
Mar 24, 1976
A retarded waitress who sees a narcotics cop commit murder allows herself to be persuaded that another man committed the crime.
And Down Will Come Baby
Apr 28, 1976
When a mother has second thoughts after selling her baby, she helps Baretta infiltrate a group trafficking in black market babies.
Season 3
No overview available for this season.
The Ninja
Sep 22, 1976
Baretta tries to stop a Japanese martial arts expert from taking personal revenge on the mobsters who murdered his daughter.
Soldier in the Jungle
Sep 29, 1976
Baretta finds out that that hit man he is trying to stop from killing a local mobster may be one of his childhood friends.
Runaway Cowboy
Oct 06, 1976
Street Edition
Oct 13, 1976
They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To
Oct 20, 1976
Shoes
Oct 27, 1976
Under the City
Nov 03, 1976
Dear Tony
Nov 10, 1976
Crazy Annie
Nov 24, 1976
Nothin' for Nothin'
Dec 01, 1976
Can't Win for Losin'
Dec 15, 1976
Look Back in Terror
Dec 22, 1976
The Big Hand's on Trouble
Dec 29, 1976
Don't Kill the Sparrows
Jan 12, 1977
That Sister Ain't No Cousin
Jan 19, 1977
Open Season
Jan 26, 1977
The Reunion
Feb 02, 1977
Not on Our Block
Feb 09, 1977
The Runaways
Feb 16, 1977
Everybody Pays the Fare
Feb 23, 1977
Think Mink
Mar 09, 1977
Carla
Mar 16, 1977
Big Bad Charlie
Mar 30, 1977
Guns and Brothers
Apr 06, 1977
Playin' Police
May 04, 1976
Season 4
No overview available for this season.
New Girl in Town
Sep 28, 1977
A mobster orders a ""hit"" on Baretta's new partner, a drug-sniffing police dog.
Somebody Killed Cock Robin
Oct 05, 1977
Insufficient evidence allows a man to be released from jail and resume his efforts to hurt a nightclub dancer.
Lyman P. Doffer, Fed
Oct 19, 1977
An FBI computer expert poses as a field agent to join Baretta on a case regarding stolen emeralds that led to murder.
The Sky Is Falling
Oct 26, 1977
Baretta tries to save a teen-age male prostitute who is being pursued by a killer after witnessing a friend's murder.
It's Hard But It's Fair
Nov 02, 1977
Baretta poses as the trainer of a former champion boxer to trap a drug-smuggling murderer.
Buddy
Nov 16, 1977
Baretta puts his career at risk by sheltering a retarded teenager who he thinks has been falsely accused of killing his mother.
Por Nada
Nov 23, 1977
An attack on the leader of a street gang, and the murder of his girlfriend, threatens to ignite a war in the barrio.
Who Can Make the Sun Shine?
Nov 30, 1977
His concern for an elderly amnesiac interferes with Baretta's investigation of a schoolyard drug pusher who is responsible for several overdose deaths.
All That Shatters
Dec 07, 1977
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.
It Goes with the Job
Dec 21, 1977
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.
Hot Horse
Jan 04, 1978
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.
Why Me?
Jan 11, 1978
A woman who was attacked is so traumatized that she clings to Baretta and hampers his investigation of the robbery and murder she witnessed.
I'll Take You to Lunch
Jan 18, 1978
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.
It's a Boy
Feb 02, 1978
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.
Just for Laughs
Feb 09, 1978
Baretta comes to the aid of a has-been comic trying to make a comeback, who has recently suffered several attempts on his life.
The Marker
Feb 16, 1978
Family loyalty compels a friend of Baretta's to agree to kill the man who assaulted an aging mobster's daughter.
The Stone Conspiracy
Feb 23, 1978
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.
The Appointment
Mar 09, 1978
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.
Woman Trouble
Mar 23, 1978
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.
The Gadjo
Mar 30, 1978
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.
Barney
Apr 06, 1978
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.
The Dream
May 04, 1978
Faced with a difficult kidnapping case, Baretta accepts help from a girl who appears to have psychic knowledge of the crime.
The Snake Chaser
May 11, 1978
A mobster who was badly scarred as the result of a shoot-out seeks revenge on Baretta.
The Bundle
May 18, 1978
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.