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The Best Episodes of Baretta

Every episode of Baretta ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Baretta!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Baretta Season 2 Episode 10 - When Dues Come Down
    8.7/10(55 votes)

    #1 - When Dues Come Down

    S2:E10

    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.

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Paul A. Magistretti

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  2. Baretta Season 3 Episode 6 - Shoes
    8.5/10(49 votes)

    #2 - Shoes

    S3:E6

    No description available

    Director:Chris Robinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Baretta Season 4 Episode 17 - The Stone Conspiracy
    8.5/10(41 votes)

    #3 - The Stone Conspiracy

    S4:E17

    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.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Baretta Season 2 Episode 3 - On the Road
    8.3/10(54 votes)

    #4 - On the Road

    S2:E3

    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.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writer:Michael Butler

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  5. Baretta Season 3 Episode 2 - Soldier in the Jungle
    8.2/10(43 votes)

    #5 - Soldier in the Jungle

    S3:E2

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

    Director:Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
    Writer:Norman Lessing

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  6. Baretta Season 3 Episode 13 - The Big Hand's on Trouble
    8.2/10(49 votes)

    #6 - The Big Hand's on Trouble

    S3:E13

    No description available

    Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Baretta Season 2 Episode 1 - The Good-Bye Orphan Annie Blues
    8.1/10(56 votes)

    #7 - The Good-Bye Orphan Annie Blues

    S2:E1

    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.

    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski
    Writer:Paul A. Magistretti

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  8. Baretta Season 2 Episode 13 - Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
    8.1/10(41 votes)

    #8 - Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth

    S2:E13

    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.

    Director:Charles R. Rondeau
    Writer:Roy Huggins

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  9. Baretta Season 2 Episode 22 - And Down Will Come Baby
    8.0/10(51 votes)

    #9 - And Down Will Come Baby

    S2:E22

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

    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Robert I. Holt

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  10. Baretta Season 3 Episode 9 - Crazy Annie
    8.0/10(42 votes)

    #10 - Crazy Annie

    S3:E9

    No description available

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Baretta Season 2 Episode 2 - The Glory Game
    7.9/10(46 votes)

    #11 - The Glory Game

    S2:E2

    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.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writer:Michael Butler

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  12. Baretta Season 2 Episode 14 - The Left Hand of the Devil
    7.9/10(48 votes)

    #12 - The Left Hand of the Devil

    S2:E14

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

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Edward J. Lakso

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  13. Baretta Season 2 Episode 16 - Pay or Die
    7.9/10(50 votes)

    #13 - Pay or Die

    S2:E16

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

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Michael Grais

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  14. Baretta Season 2 Episode 17 - The Blood Bond
    7.9/10(43 votes)

    #14 - The Blood Bond

    S2:E17

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

    Director:Vincent Sherman
    Writer:Gustave Field

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  15. Baretta Season 4 Episode 15 - Just for Laughs
    7.9/10(38 votes)

    #15 - Just for Laughs

    S4:E15

    Baretta comes to the aid of a has-been comic trying to make a comeback, who has recently suffered several attempts on his life.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Baretta Season 1 Episode 1 - He'll Never See Daylight Again
    7.8/10(171 votes)

    #16 - He'll Never See Daylight Again

    S1:E1

    Baretta vows revenge on the hoodlum whose thugs murdered his girlfriend.

    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski
    Writer:Stephen J. Cannell

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  17. Baretta Season 2 Episode 8 - Set Up City
    7.8/10(39 votes)

    #17 - Set Up City

    S2:E8

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

    Director:Curtis Harrington
    Writer:Michael Butler

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  18. Baretta Season 2 Episode 19 - Dead Man Out
    7.8/10(47 votes)

    #18 - Dead Man Out

    S2:E19

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

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writers:Robert Lewin, Earl W. Wallace

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  19. Baretta Season 4 Episode 2 - Somebody Killed Cock Robin
    7.8/10(43 votes)

    #19 - Somebody Killed Cock Robin

    S4:E2

    Insufficient evidence allows a man to be released from jail and resume his efforts to hurt a nightclub dancer.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Baretta Season 1 Episode 9 - The Mansion
    7.7/10(58 votes)

    #20 - The Mansion

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski
    Writer:Philip DeGuere Jr.

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  21. Baretta Season 1 Episode 10 - Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow
    7.7/10(57 votes)

    #21 - Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow

    S1:E10

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

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Paul A. Magistretti

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  22. Baretta Season 2 Episode 6 - Double Image
    7.7/10(47 votes)

    #22 - Double Image

    S2:E6

    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.

    Director:Jeannot Szwarc
    Writers:Jeff Spielman, Michael Simpson

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  23. Baretta Season 2 Episode 21 - Aggie
    7.7/10(52 votes)

    #23 - Aggie

    S2:E21

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

    Director:Vincent Sherman
    Writer:Adrian Spies

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  24. Baretta Season 4 Episode 24 - The Bundle
    7.7/10(38 votes)

    #24 - The Bundle

    S4:E24

    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.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Baretta Season 1 Episode 2 - The Five and a Half Pound Junkie
    7.6/10(66 votes)

    #25 - The Five and a Half Pound Junkie

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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Best Episodes Summary

"When Dues Come Down" is the best rated episode of "Baretta". It scored 8.7/10 based on 55 votes. Directed by Robert Douglas and written by Paul A. Magistretti, it aired on 11/12/1975. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Shoes".