Baretta
Tony Baretta (Robert Blake) is a street-smart, maverick undercover cop with the N.Y.P.D., who won't hesitate for a second to toss the rule book out the window if it stands between him and taking some bad guy off the street. His unconventional methods often land him in hot water with his boss (Lieutenant Shiller (Dana Elcar), later Lieutenant Hal Brubaker (Edward Grover)), but as long as Baretta was getting the job done, there wasn't much they could do. Ex-cop Billy Truman (Tom Ewell) and Rooster (Michael D. Roberts) were Baretta's main men on the street, and Fred was his pet cockatoo.
- 1975-1978
- 4 seasons
- ABC
- Suspense, Drama
- TV-PG
Tony Baretta (Robert Blake) is a street-smart, maverick undercover cop with the N.Y.P.D., who won't hesitate for a second to toss the rule book out the window if it stands between him and taking some bad guy off the street. His unconventional methods often land him in hot water with his boss (Lieutenant Shiller (Dana Elcar), later Lieutenant Hal Brubaker (Edward Grover)), but as long as Baretta was getting the job done, there wasn't much they could do. Ex-cop Billy Truman (Tom Ewell) and Rooster (Michael D. Roberts) were Baretta's main men on the street, and Fred was his pet cockatoo.
Season 4 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1977 - 1978
Episode 1
New Girl in Town
Wed, Sep 28, 1977 60 mins
Baretta is in a blue funk because of a string of failed relationships with women; in fact, the opening finds him nursing a massive hangover and crawling to the phone after going on a bender after another breakup. So who does he get as a new partner? A real bitch --literally. Kelly, a female dog, is brought in to work with Baretta as both sniff out (him figuratively, her literally) a dangerous psychedelic mushroom. Baretta gradually gains respect for the dog -- but then both of them start ducking rifle bullets from an aging Mob hit man. Fortunately, the hired gun is getting so old he can't shoot straight, but it just makes him more and more determined to kill. Finally Rooster (who's carrying drugs on him and is sniffed out) tells Baretta there is a murder contract on the dog rather than on Baretta. The young-Turk mob capo tries to fire the hit man, but when Baretta and Kelly invade the warehouse, the hit man picks up his rifle again and vows to kill the entire group if they interfere with the hit.
Episode 2
Somebody Killed Cock Robin
Wed, Oct 5, 1977 60 mins
Somebody Killed Cock Robin.
Episode 3
All That Shatters
Wed, Oct 19, 1977 60 mins
All That Shatters.
Episode 4
The Sky Is Falling
Wed, Oct 26, 1977 60 mins
The Sky Is Falling.
Episode 5
It's Hard But It's Fair
Wed, Nov 2, 1977 60 mins
It's Hard But It's Fair.
Episode 6
Buddy
Wed, Nov 16, 1977 60 mins
Buddy.
Episode 7
Por Nada
Wed, Nov 23, 1977 60 mins
Por Nada.
Episode 8
Make the Sun Shine
Wed, Nov 30, 1977 60 mins
Make the Sun Shine.
Episode 9
Lyman P. Dokker, Fed
Wed, Dec 7, 1977 60 mins
A nerdy FBI computer expert desperately wants to get out into the field. When his bosses in Washington dismiss that idea, he creates a "supercop" with the name Lyman P. Dokker. "Dokker" then assigns himself to a case where an Algerian smuggler was murdered for the fortune in emeralds he was carrying. The victim told Billy, while checking into his hotel, that he was going to meet someone, which makes it clear that he knew his killer. But which of several possible suspects could it be? The phony G-man proves surprisingly resourceful as he bumbles through sifting out the clues.
Episode 10
It Goes with the Job
Wed, Dec 21, 1977 60 mins
Episode 11
Hot Horse
Wed, Jan 4, 1978 60 mins
Episode 12
Why Me?
Wed, Jan 11, 1978 60 mins
Episode 13
I'll Take You to Lunch
Wed, Jan 18, 1978 60 mins
Episode 14
It's a Boy
Thu, Feb 2, 1978 60 mins
Baretta is entertaining a girlfriend in his apartment when there is a knock on his door. He opens the door to find an old girlfriend and her infant son -- and she claims he is the father. Baretta reluctantly takes on the role. While the two of them are walking near the ocean, a hired gun with a high-powered rifle fires at them. The rifleman then spins around and puts a bullet through the windshield of another car -- but he misses the driver and the car crushes him to death, then backs out and peels rubber away from the scene. A check on the dead man reveals he was a hit man for a mobster. Baretta hunts for the huge man who drove the second car. It turns out he's a capo for the Mob himself, sent to watch over the woman and to thwart the assassination attempt.
Episode 15
Just for Laughs
Thu, Feb 9, 1978 60 mins
Episode 16
The Marker
Thu, Feb 16, 1978 60 mins
Episode 17
The Stone Conspiracy
Thu, Feb 23, 1978 60 mins
Episode 18
The Appointment
Thu, Mar 9, 1978 60 mins
Episode 19
Woman Trouble
Thu, Mar 23, 1978 60 mins
Episode 20
The Gadjo
Thu, Mar 30, 1978 60 mins
Episode 21
Barney
Thu, Apr 6, 1978 60 mins
Episode 22
The Dream
Thu, May 4, 1978 60 mins
Episode 23
The Snake Chaser
Thu, May 11, 1978 60 mins
Episode 24
The Bundle
Thu, May 18, 1978 60 mins
Two thugs knock over a manufacturing plant and make off with a $200,000 payroll. They know the money is hot and make arrangements with a man named Trudgeon to launder it, passing it through channels and returning $50,000 in clean cash to them. Meanwhile, back at Baretta's apartment, he and Billy are busy making stew when their pimp buddy Rooster turns up -- in a business suit? The reason comes very quickly with a trilled "Oh Quen-tinnn! Where are youuuuu?" Rooster is posing as a legitimate businessman to impress his cousin and her friend, both of whom have come to Los Angeles to work as dance instructors. But the man they work for is Trudgeon the money launderer. Trudgeon now has the $50,000 in legit money, but he's feeling the heat. So he gives the money, wrapped in a bundle, to Rooster's cousin for safekeeping -- and she smuggles it out and keeps it. In the ensuing fight with the thugs, Trudgeon is gunned down and the thugs start hunting for "their" money. Eventually they kidnap one of the girls, leading Rooster to don drag and pose as his own cousin.