Season 4

September 28, 1977

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

October 5, 1977

Insufficient evidence allows a man to be released from jail and resume his efforts to hurt a nightclub dancer.

October 19, 1977

An FBI computer expert poses as a field agent to join Baretta on a case regarding stolen emeralds that led to murder.

October 26, 1977

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

November 2, 1977

Baretta poses as the trainer of a former champion boxer to trap a drug-smuggling murderer.

November 16, 1977

Baretta puts his career at risk by sheltering a retarded teenager who he thinks has been falsely accused of killing his mother.

November 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.

November 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.

December 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 handicap access.

December 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.

January 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.

January 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.

January 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 anything because of his political situation.

February 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 assassin on her trail.

February 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.

February 16, 1978

Family loyalty compels a friend of Baretta's to agree to kill the man who assaulted an aging mobster's daughter.

February 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.

March 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.

March 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.

March 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.

April 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.

May 4, 1978

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

May 11, 1978

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

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.