Baretta: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Baretta Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
New Girl in Town
Sep 28, 1977
A mobster orders a ""hit"" on Baretta's new partner, a drug-sniffing police dog.
Somebody Killed Cock Robin
Oct 5, 1977
Insufficient evidence allows a man to be released from jail and resume his efforts to hurt a nightclub dancer.
Lyman P. Doffer, Fed
Oct 19, 1977
An FBI computer expert poses as a field agent to join Baretta on a case regarding stolen emeralds that led to murder.
The Sky Is Falling
Oct 26, 1977
Baretta tries to save a teen-age male prostitute who is being pursued by a killer after witnessing a friend's murder.
It's Hard But It's Fair
Nov 2, 1977
Baretta poses as the trainer of a former champion boxer to trap a drug-smuggling murderer.
Buddy
Nov 16, 1977
Baretta puts his career at risk by sheltering a retarded teenager who he thinks has been falsely accused of killing his mother.
Por Nada
Nov 23, 1977
An attack on the leader of a street gang, and the murder of his girlfriend, threatens to ignite a war in the barrio.
Who Can Make the Sun Shine?
Nov 30, 1977
His concern for an elderly amnesiac interferes with Baretta's investigation of a schoolyard drug pusher who is responsible for several overdose deaths.
All That Shatters
Dec 7, 1977
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 handica
It Goes with the Job
Dec 21, 1977
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.
Hot Horse
Jan 4, 1978
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.
Why Me?
Jan 11, 1978
A woman who was attacked is so traumatized that she clings to Baretta and hampers his investigation of the robbery and murder she witnessed.
I'll Take You to Lunch
Jan 18, 1978
When his friend Billy is one of the hostages taken by robbers trapped at a roadside tavern, Baretta tries to negotiate a deal between them and a sheriff who is unwilling to concede
It's a Boy
Feb 2, 1978
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 assass
Just for Laughs
Feb 9, 1978
Baretta comes to the aid of a has-been comic trying to make a comeback, who has recently suffered several attempts on his life.
The Marker
Feb 16, 1978
Family loyalty compels a friend of Baretta's to agree to kill the man who assaulted an aging mobster's daughter.
The Stone Conspiracy
Feb 23, 1978
On temporary duty with the vice squad, Baretta learns that his partner is taking bribes, and is ordered by his boss to investigate the other officers on the squad as well.
The Appointment
Mar 9, 1978
Baretta tries to find out why a laundry owner, who happens to be engaged to his cousin, refuses to identify the two men who held up his store and killed a cop.
Woman Trouble
Mar 23, 1978
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.
The Gadjo
Mar 30, 1978
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.
Barney
Apr 6, 1978
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.
The Dream
May 4, 1978
Faced with a difficult kidnapping case, Baretta accepts help from a girl who appears to have psychic knowledge of the crime.
The Snake Chaser
May 11, 1978
A mobster who was badly scarred as the result of a shoot-out seeks revenge on Baretta.
The Bundle
May 18, 1978
Two actresses, one of whom is Rooster's cousin, are in fear for their lives after a murder allows them to make off with $50,000 in stolen money.