Episode holds up pretty well 30 years later

Main Street Gym - 318½ S Main St, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Well that was kind of a promise I made to my old man. See my folks came over on a boat, and they didn't know nothing just ignorant. My mother did whatever she had to on the streets to support us. She died when I was 10, she sure loved me a lot, I never could figure that one out. Now my old man, my old man was the greatest street hustler in the history of the world. He had himself the sweetest little book. He ran numbers, and on a pool table, he can just shoot the eyes right out of them. By the time I was 10, he taught me everything was to know about the streets. When he wasn't in the joint, we had good times together. Anyway, when I was 17 before he died, I promised him I figure out some way to use everything he taught me so I won't wind up in the slammer myself, and when me and old Fred bailed out of the merchants, we talked it over, decided I'll become a flat foot, and that's the name of that tune.

Robert Blake

Dana Elcar

Ayn Ruymen

Peter S. Fischer

After Baretta&apos;s childhood friend Eddie is killed, he takes on the obligation of a pregnant widow who is addicted to smack. He &quot;kidnaps&quot; her in an attempt to wean her off drugs to prevent the baby&apos;s being born addicted as well. His...

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The 5½ Pound Junkie

The events of the first episode are not totally forgotten as Baretta remembers his dead girlfriend.

Here Baretta is after his childhood friend Eddie, a boxer who refuses to throw a fight. After a cop is killed Eddie is a suspect and the goons who wanted Eddie to throw the fight have made him disappear permanently.

Eddie left behind his pregnant girlfriend Sue who is a junkie. Baretta wants to know what happened to Eddie and wean Sue off drugs or else the baby will be born a junkie.

A strong gritty episode about drug addiction. The goons are a nasty lot shooting the policeman and blaming Eddie. Although I am not sure how the forensics add up.

Baretta still uses his penchant for dressing up to go undercover and we get to know a little about his backstory. His father was a hustler and we see Baretta thinking on his feet to get out of sticky situations.

After Baretta's childhood friend Eddie is killed, he takes on the obligation of a pregnant widow who is addicted to smack. He "kidnaps" her in an attempt to wean her off drugs to prevent the baby's being born addicted as well. His CI helps Baretta get justice.

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