8.6/1057 votesLoading...#1 - On the Road
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/1975
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.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Michael Butler
8.6/1048 votesLoading...#2 - When Dues Come Down
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/12/1975
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.
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: Paul A. Magistretti
8.6/1043 votesLoading...#3 - Shoes
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1976
No description available
Director: Chris Robinson
Writer: N/A
- 8.6/1037 votesLoading...
#4 - The Stone Conspiracy
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/23/1978
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.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: N/A
8.2/1054 votesLoading...#5 - The Good-Bye Orphan Annie Blues
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1975
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.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: Paul A. Magistretti
8.2/1047 votesLoading...#6 - The Glory Game
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1975
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.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Michael Butler
8.2/1041 votesLoading...#7 - Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/15/1975
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.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: Roy Huggins
8.2/1046 votesLoading...#8 - Dead Man Out
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/3/1976
Baretta risks his life going undercover as a prison inmate to discover why two suspects in a jewelry heist were killed.
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: Robert Lewin, Earl W. Wallace
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#9 - And Down Will Come Baby
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 4/28/1976
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 - The Big Hand's on Trouble
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/29/1976
No description available
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1037 votesLoading...
#11 - Just for Laughs
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/1978
Baretta comes to the aid of a has-been comic trying to make a comeback, who has recently suffered several attempts on his life.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
8.1/1047 votesLoading...#12 - Double Image
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/1975
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.
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writer: Jeff Spielman, Michael Simpson
8.1/1040 votesLoading...#13 - Set Up City
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/1975
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
8.1/1049 votesLoading...#14 - Pay or Die
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/1976
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
8.1/1044 votesLoading...#15 - The Blood Bond
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/1976
Believing that Baretta pocketed $500,000 in stolen bonds after stopping a robbery, a mobster takes Billy hostage until the money is turned over.
Director: Vincent Sherman
Writer: Gustave Field
- 8.1/1042 votesLoading...
#16 - Runaway Cowboy
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1976
No description available
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: N/A
8.0/1045 votesLoading...#17 - The Fire Man
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/1975
To find an arsonist, Baretta seeks the help of a former investigator who retired after suffering both physical and psychological damage in a fire.
Director: Ted Post
Writer: Gregory Teifer
8.0/1048 votesLoading...#18 - The Left Hand of the Devil
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/7/1976
When a plea bargain falls through, Baretta must infiltrate a murderous motorcycle gang to save his informant.
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
8.0/1044 votesLoading...#19 - Murder for Me
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/14/1976
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.
Director: Curtis Harrington
Writer: Robert Lewin
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#20 - Soldier in the Jungle
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1976
Baretta finds out that that hit man he is trying to stop from killing a local mobster may be one of his childhood friends.
Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
Writer: Norman Lessing
- 8.0/1041 votesLoading...
#21 - Dear Tony
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/1976
No description available
Director: Robert Douglas
Writer: Norman Hudis
- 8.0/1040 votesLoading...
#22 - Crazy Annie
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1976
No description available
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1040 votesLoading...
#23 - Somebody Killed Cock Robin
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1977
Insufficient evidence allows a man to be released from jail and resume his efforts to hurt a nightclub dancer.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
7.9/10158 votesLoading...#24 - He'll Never See Daylight Again
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/17/1975
Baretta vows revenge on the hoodlum whose thugs murdered his girlfriend.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: Stephen J. Cannell
- 7.9/1052 votesLoading...
#25 - Aggie
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 3/24/1976
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
The Best Episodes of Baretta
Every episode of Baretta ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Baretta!
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...
Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"On the Road" is the best rated episode of "Baretta". It scored 8.6/10 based on 57 votes. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by Michael Butler, it aired on 9/24/1975. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "When Dues Come Down".