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The Good-Bye Orphan Annie Blues

Episode number: 1

Overview: 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.

The Glory Game

Episode number: 2

Overview: 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.

On the Road

Episode number: 3

Overview: 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.

Nobody in a Nothing Place

Episode number: 4

Overview: 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.

The Fire Man

Episode number: 5

Overview: To find an arsonist, Baretta seeks the help of a former investigator who retired after suffering both physical and psychological damage in a fire.

Double Image

Episode number: 6

Overview: 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.

Photography by John Doe

Episode number: 7

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

Set Up City

Episode number: 8

Overview: To infiltrate a gang of jewel robbers, Baretta seeks the help of a former expert safecracker he once sent to prison.

A Bite of the Apple

Episode number: 9

Overview: 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.

When Dues Come Down

Episode number: 10

Overview: 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.

The Big Hand's on Trouble

Episode number: 11

Overview: 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.

Count the Days I'm Gone

Episode number: 12

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

Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth

Episode number: 13

Overview: 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.

The Left Hand of the Devil

Episode number: 14

Overview: When a plea bargain falls through, Baretta must infiltrate a murderous motorcycle gang to save his informant.

Murder for Me

Episode number: 15

Overview: 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.

Pay or Die

Episode number: 16

Overview: After a crime lord is arrested, Baretta must jeopardize an undercover policewoman to stop an escalating war of succession between gangland factions.

The Blood Bond

Episode number: 17

Overview: Believing that Baretta pocketed $500,000 in stolen bonds after stopping a robbery, a mobster takes Billy hostage until the money is turned over.

The Dippers

Episode number: 18

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

Dead Man Out

Episode number: 19

Overview: Baretta risks his life going undercover as a prison inmate to discover why two suspects in a jewelry heist were killed.

Death on the Run

Episode number: 20

Overview: 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.

Aggie

Episode number: 21

Overview: A retarded waitress who sees a narcotics cop commit murder allows herself to be persuaded that another man committed the crime.

And Down Will Come Baby

Episode number: 22

Overview: When a mother has second thoughts after selling her baby, she helps Baretta infiltrate a group trafficking in black market babies.