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The Best Episodes of Baretta Season 2

Every episode of Baretta Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Baretta Season 2!

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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
    Baretta Season 2 Episode 1 - The Good-Bye Orphan Annie Blues
    8.1/10(53 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Baretta Season 2 Episode 2 - The Glory Game
    7.9/10(44 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Baretta Season 2 Episode 3 - On the Road
    8.4/10(54 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Baretta Season 2 Episode 4 - Nobody in a Nothing Place
    7.2/10(44 votes)

    #4 - Nobody in a Nothing Place

    S2:E4

    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.

    Director:Arnold Laven
    Writer:Jack Turley

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  5. Baretta Season 2 Episode 5 - The Fire Man
    7.6/10(42 votes)

    #5 - The Fire Man

    S2:E5

    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

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  6. Baretta Season 2 Episode 6 - Double Image
    7.8/10(45 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. Baretta Season 2 Episode 7 - Photography by John Doe
    7.1/10(41 votes)

    #7 - Photography by John Doe

    S2:E7

    Persuaded by his grandson to reopen the case of a retired cop supposedly killed in a fall, Baretta discovers a judge on the take.

    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski
    Writers:Jeff Spielman, Michael Simpson

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  8. Baretta Season 2 Episode 8 - Set Up City
    7.8/10(37 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. Baretta Season 2 Episode 9 - A Bite of the Apple
    6.4/10(48 votes)

    #9 - A Bite of the Apple

    S2:E9

    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.

    Director:Robert Douglas
    Writer:Robert Janes

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  10. Baretta Season 2 Episode 10 - When Dues Come Down
    8.6/10(49 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. Baretta Season 2 Episode 11 - The Big Hand's on Trouble
    6.8/10(40 votes)

    #11 - The Big Hand's on Trouble

    S2:E11

    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.

    Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
    Writer:Burt Young

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  12. Baretta Season 2 Episode 12 - Count the Days I'm Gone
    7.6/10(44 votes)

    #12 - Count the Days I'm Gone

    S2:E12

    Baretta must find a nurse's 9-year-old sister, witness to the murder of a blind hot-dog vendor, before the killers do.

    Director:Bruce Kessler
    Writer:Robert E. Swanson

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  13. Baretta Season 2 Episode 13 - Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
    8.1/10(39 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. Baretta Season 2 Episode 14 - The Left Hand of the Devil
    7.9/10(47 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. Baretta Season 2 Episode 15 - Murder for Me
    7.8/10(42 votes)

    #15 - Murder for Me

    S2:E15

    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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  16. Baretta Season 2 Episode 16 - Pay or Die
    7.9/10(48 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. Baretta Season 2 Episode 17 - The Blood Bond
    7.9/10(42 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. Baretta Season 2 Episode 18 - The Dippers
    7.3/10(41 votes)

    #18 - The Dippers

    S2:E18

    After a young pickpocket is killed, Baretta solicits the help of an expert to infiltrate the gang that operates at an airline terminal.

    Director:Douglas Heyes
    Writer:T.S. Cook

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  19. Baretta Season 2 Episode 19 - Dead Man Out
    7.9/10(45 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. Baretta Season 2 Episode 20 - Death on the Run
    7.0/10(44 votes)

    #20 - Death on the Run

    S2:E20

    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.

    Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
    Writer:Paul Casey

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  21. Baretta Season 2 Episode 21 - Aggie
    7.7/10(50 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. Baretta Season 2 Episode 22 - And Down Will Come Baby
    8.0/10(48 votes)

    #22 - 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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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Good-Bye Orphan Annie Blues" is the best rated episode of "Baretta" season 2. It scored 8.1/10 based on 53 votes. Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and written by Paul A. Magistretti, it aired on 9/10/1975. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Glory Game".