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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!

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

Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Good-Bye Orphan Annie Blues" is the best rated episode of "Baretta" season 2. It scored 8.2/10 based on 54 votes. Directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and written by Paul A. Magistretti, it aired on 9/10/1975. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Glory Game".

  • The Good-Bye Orphan Annie Blues
    8.2/1054 votes

    #1 - 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

  • The Glory Game
    8.2/1047 votes

    #2 - 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

  • On the Road
    8.6/1057 votes

    #3 - 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

  • Nobody in a Nothing Place
    7.6/1047 votes

    #4 - Nobody in a Nothing Place

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/1975

    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.

    Director: Arnold Laven

    Writer: Jack Turley

  • The Fire Man
    8.0/1045 votes

    #5 - 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

  • Double Image
    8.1/1047 votes

    #6 - 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

  • Photography by John Doe
    7.7/1044 votes

    #7 - Photography by John Doe

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/22/1975

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

    Director: Bernard L. Kowalski

    Writer: Michael Simpson, Jeff Spielman

  • Set Up City
    8.1/1040 votes

    #8 - 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

  • A Bite of the Apple
    6.9/1051 votes

    #9 - A Bite of the Apple

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/5/1975

    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.

    Director: Robert Douglas

    Writer: Robert Janes

  • When Dues Come Down
    8.6/1048 votes

    #10 - 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

  • The Big Hand's on Trouble
    7.1/1044 votes

    #11 - The Big Hand's on Trouble

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/19/1975

    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.

    Director: Burt Brinckerhoff

    Writer: Burt Young

  • Count the Days I'm Gone
    7.8/1047 votes

    #12 - Count the Days I'm Gone

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/26/1975

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

    Director: Bruce Kessler

    Writer: Robert E. Swanson

  • Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
    8.2/1041 votes

    #13 - 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

  • The Left Hand of the Devil
    8.0/1048 votes

    #14 - 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

  • Murder for Me
    8.0/1044 votes

    #15 - 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

  • Pay or Die
    8.1/1049 votes

    #16 - 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

  • The Blood Bond
    8.1/1044 votes

    #17 - 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

  • The Dippers
    7.7/1043 votes

    #18 - The Dippers

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/25/1976

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

    Director: Douglas Heyes

    Writer: T.S. Cook

  • Dead Man Out
    8.2/1046 votes

    #19 - 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

  • Death on the Run
    7.3/1045 votes

    #20 - Death on the Run

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/17/1976

    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.

    Director: Burt Brinckerhoff

    Writer: Paul Casey

  • Aggie
    7.9/1052 votes

    #21 - 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

  • And Down Will Come Baby
    8.2/1047 votes

    #22 - 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