Wed, Feb 9, 1977
The mob controls the neighborhood. As a new, young, collector makes his rounds, as he accidentally runs into an old lady, crossing the street. The old lady just happens to be special to the local mob boss (who is posing as the head of the local Italian American Association). Baretta wants to use the accident as a way to get The young collector to give up the mob boss. The young collector resists Barletta but knowing he has a problem with Giove he goes to see Mr. Montovani (Ross Martin). Along with his sister (Katy Juardo) they own an Italian restaurant. He volunteers to act as a mediator, agreeing to speak with Giove (Michael Gazzo). Later, Rosa Montovani witnesses Giove's henchman Ducas murder the young collector. She is afraid to tell anyone, preferring to just keep silent. That is until her brother gets murdered by Ducas after he tried to speak with Giove about the young collector and Giove threatens Rosa with the health and safety of her own daughter. She realizes Glove is ruining the neighborhood and only by speaking up will anything change. She tells Baretta, in front of Giove and the rest of the neighborhood, that she has a lot to say. After a fight in the restaurant, Barletta takes Ducas and Giove off to jail in handcuffs.
Wed, Mar 30, 1977
Baretta sets up his kindhearted and inexperienced friend Charlie (Slim Pickens) with a waitress (Sheree North) with a past. Before this, Charlie fought with an Asian mafia gang, and with his size and strength, he won. But as Baretta investigates the gang, and Charlie continues his romance with the waitress, danger may befall all three of them.
Wed, Apr 6, 1977
Three juvenile delinquents, tired of stealing cars for scrap money, find a load of M-16 rifles and fill them in a truck. Baretta, who knows them from previous arrests (and their naive mother who owns the local pastry shop), winds up trying to convince the boys (especially Brad Davis as the most vulnerable) that they're in over their heads. Especially one in particular (John Friedrich), who has the potential to be really dangerous.
Wed, Sep 28, 1977
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.
Wed, Dec 7, 1977
Strother Martin's third and final episode casts him as a nerdy FBI computer expert who desperately wants to get out into the field. When his bosses in Washington pooh-pooh that idea, he creates a "supercop" with the name in the episode's title and casts himself in the role (Robert Blake used the same pseudonym, with a slight change of spelling, for his part as executive producer of "Hell Town" eight years later). "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.