8.2/1052 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
8.2/1045 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
8.6/1055 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
7.5/1045 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
8.0/1043 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
8.0/1045 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
7.6/1042 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
8.0/1038 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
6.9/1049 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
8.6/1046 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
7.1/1042 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
7.8/1045 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
8.2/1039 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
8.0/1047 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
8.0/1043 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
8.1/1048 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
8.1/1043 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
7.7/1042 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
8.2/1045 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
7.3/1044 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
7.9/1051 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
- 8.2/1046 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
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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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 52 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".