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The Worst 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 Worst Episode
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    Baretta Season 3 Episode 25 - Playin' Police
    0.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Playin' Police

    S3:E25

    No description available

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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

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

    #3 - 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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  4. Baretta Season 3 Episode 10 - Nothin' for Nothin'
    6.8/10(39 votes)

    #4 - Nothin' for Nothin'

    S3:E10

    No description available

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Baretta Season 3 Episode 18 - Not on Our Block
    6.9/10(38 votes)

    #5 - Not on Our Block

    S3:E18

    No description available

    Director:Burt Brinckerhoff
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Baretta Season 4 Episode 22 - The Dream
    6.9/10(31 votes)

    #6 - The Dream

    S4:E22

    Faced with a difficult kidnapping case, Baretta accepts help from a girl who appears to have psychic knowledge of the crime.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #7 - 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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  8. Baretta Season 3 Episode 1 - The Ninja
    7.0/10(42 votes)

    #8 - The Ninja

    S3:E1

    Baretta tries to stop a Japanese martial arts expert from taking personal revenge on the mobsters who murdered his daughter.

    Director:Don Weis
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Baretta Season 3 Episode 19 - The Runaways
    7.0/10(40 votes)

    #9 - The Runaways

    S3:E19

    No description available

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Baretta Season 3 Episode 22 - Carla
    7.0/10(38 votes)

    #10 - Carla

    S3:E22

    No description available

    Director:Alex March
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Baretta Season 3 Episode 23 - Big Bad Charlie
    7.0/10(38 votes)

    #11 - Big Bad Charlie

    S3:E23

    No description available

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Christopher Crowe

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  12. Baretta Season 4 Episode 1 - New Girl in Town
    7.0/10(32 votes)

    #12 - New Girl in Town

    S4:E1

    A mobster orders a ""hit"" on Baretta's new partner, a drug-sniffing police dog.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Baretta Season 4 Episode 7 - Por Nada
    7.0/10(33 votes)

    #13 - Por Nada

    S4:E7

    An attack on the leader of a street gang, and the murder of his girlfriend, threatens to ignite a war in the barrio.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Baretta Season 4 Episode 9 - All That Shatters
    7.0/10(37 votes)

    #14 - All That Shatters

    S4:E9

    War veterans are being blamed for a series of bombings that are actually the work of a wheelchair-bound bomber who is attacking buildings and transportation systems without handicap access.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writers:Rift Fournier, Sidney Ellis

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  15. Baretta Season 4 Episode 10 - It Goes with the Job
    7.0/10(30 votes)

    #15 - It Goes with the Job

    S4:E10

    Baretta does a lot of soul-searching after wounding a boy while trying to stop a holdup. Then he himself is targeted for revenge by one of the robbers who escaped.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Robert Crais

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  16. Baretta Season 4 Episode 14 - It's a Boy
    7.0/10(35 votes)

    #16 - It's a Boy

    S4:E14

    When a former girlfriend shows up with a baby named after him, Baretta plans to marry her until it turns out that she is a pawn in a power struggle between two mobs, with an assassin on her trail.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Baretta Season 4 Episode 19 - Woman Trouble
    7.0/10(34 votes)

    #17 - Woman Trouble

    S4:E19

    Baretta tries to help a 12-year-old girl who has run away from the orphanage find her recently paroled father before he takes part in a jewel robbery.

    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski
    Writer:Robert Crais

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  18. Baretta Season 4 Episode 20 - The Gadjo
    7.0/10(32 votes)

    #18 - The Gadjo

    S4:E20

    Baretta's young partner is ostracised by his Gypsy family for refusing to perform an atonement ceremony after accidentally killing his younger brother during a robbery.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Baretta Season 4 Episode 21 - Barney
    7.0/10(36 votes)

    #19 - Barney

    S4:E21

    Baretta goes undercover as a trucker to help the daughter of a murdered newspaperman pursue the hijackers who killed her father when he got too close.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #20 - 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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  21. Baretta Season 3 Episode 17 - The Reunion
    7.1/10(42 votes)

    #21 - The Reunion

    S3:E17

    No description available

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Christopher Crowe

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  22. Baretta Season 4 Episode 4 - The Sky Is Falling
    7.1/10(36 votes)

    #22 - The Sky Is Falling

    S4:E4

    Baretta tries to save a teen-age male prostitute who is being pursued by a killer after witnessing a friend's murder.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Baretta Season 4 Episode 8 - Who Can Make the Sun Shine?
    7.1/10(31 votes)

    #23 - Who Can Make the Sun Shine?

    S4:E8

    His concern for an elderly amnesiac interferes with Baretta's investigation of a schoolyard drug pusher who is responsible for several overdose deaths.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Robert Crais

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  24. Baretta Season 4 Episode 11 - Hot Horse
    7.1/10(34 votes)

    #24 - Hot Horse

    S4:E11

    Two elderly neighbors of Baretta's steal a million-dollar racehorse back from the thief who originally took it, then hide it in their apartment until they can claim the reward.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Baretta Season 4 Episode 23 - The Snake Chaser
    7.1/10(31 votes)

    #25 - The Snake Chaser

    S4:E23

    A mobster who was badly scarred as the result of a shoot-out seeks revenge on Baretta.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Playin' Police" is the worst rated episode of "Baretta". It scored 0/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Don Medford and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/4/1976. This episode scored 6.4 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Bite of the Apple".