Baretta — Season 2
If you can't do the time don't do the crime
About this season
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 (22)
1. The Good-Bye Orphan Annie Blues
10.0Aired 10 September 1975 • 60 min
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.
2. The Glory Game
Aired 17 September 1975 • 60 min
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.
3. On the Road
Aired 24 September 1975 • 60 min
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.
4. Nobody in a Nothing Place
Aired 1 October 1975 • 60 min
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.
5. The Fire Man
Aired 8 October 1975 • 60 min
To find an arsonist, Baretta seeks the help of a former investigator who retired after suffering both physical and psychological damage in a fire.
6. Double Image
Aired 15 October 1975 • 60 min
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.
7. Photography by John Doe
Aired 22 October 1975 • 60 min
Persuaded by his grandson to reopen the case of a retired cop supposedly killed in a fall, Baretta discovers a judge on the take.
8. Set Up City
Aired 29 October 1975 • 60 min
To infiltrate a gang of jewel robbers, Baretta seeks the help of a former expert safecracker he once sent to prison.
9. A Bite of the Apple
Aired 5 November 1975 • 60 min
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.
10. When Dues Come Down
Aired 12 November 1975 • 60 min
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.
11. The Big Hand's on Trouble
Aired 19 November 1975 • 60 min
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.
12. Count the Days I'm Gone
Aired 26 November 1975 • 60 min
Baretta must find a nurse's 9-year-old sister, witness to the murder of a blind hot-dog vendor, before the killers do.
13. Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
Aired 15 December 1975 • 60 min
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.
14. The Left Hand of the Devil
Aired 7 January 1976 • 60 min
When a plea bargain falls through, Baretta must infiltrate a murderous motorcycle gang to save his informant.
15. Murder for Me
Aired 14 January 1976 • 60 min
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.
16. Pay or Die
Aired 28 January 1976 • 60 min
After a crime lord is arrested, Baretta must jeopardize an undercover policewoman to stop an escalating war of succession between gangland factions.
17. The Blood Bond
Aired 18 February 1976 • 60 min
Believing that Baretta pocketed $500,000 in stolen bonds after stopping a robbery, a mobster takes Billy hostage until the money is turned over.
18. The Dippers
Aired 25 February 1976 • 60 min
After a young pickpocket is killed, Baretta solicits the help of an expert to infiltrate the gang that operates at an airline terminal.
19. Dead Man Out
Aired 3 March 1976 • 60 min
Baretta risks his life going undercover as a prison inmate to discover why two suspects in a jewelry heist were killed.
20. Death on the Run
Aired 17 March 1976 • 60 min
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.
21. Aggie
Aired 24 March 1976 • 60 min
A retarded waitress who sees a narcotics cop commit murder allows herself to be persuaded that another man committed the crime.
22. And Down Will Come Baby
Aired 28 April 1976 • 60 min
When a mother has second thoughts after selling her baby, she helps Baretta infiltrate a group trafficking in black market babies.