About this season
Barnaby Jones is a television detective series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father- and daughter-in-law who run a private detective firm in Los Angeles. The show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 to April 3, 1980, beginning as a midseason replacement. William Conrad guest starred as Frank Cannon of Cannon on the first episode of Barnaby Jones, "Requiem for a Son" and the two series had a two-part crossover episode in 1975, "The Deadly Conspiracy".
Episodes (25)
1. Blind Jeopardy
Aired 21 September 1978 • 46 min
2. A Dangerous Affair
Aired 28 September 1978 • 46 min
Barnaby and J.R. investigates an insurance case that was reported as a suicide, but J.R. has a feeling that it could actually be a murder stemming from a blackmail conspiracy.
3. Deadly Sanctuary
Aired 12 October 1978 • 46 min
While taking a couple of days vacation to help out a friend, Betty encounters a serial rapist who prays upon women who frequent a local bar- only to learn that a different man has already been sent to prison for earlier similar assaults.
4. Hitch-Hike to Terror
Aired 19 October 1978 • 46 min
Young Shelley Barrett tries to get to Barnaby, whom she believes is her father. She gets arrested on the way. Barnaby has to clear her, help her mother,and prove he is not the father.
5. Nest of Scorpions
Aired 26 October 1978 • 46 min
J.R. investigates the disappearance of a real estate agent at a resort lodge run by two sisters and their aunt.. The murders pile up as he begins to realize that he's in the midst of a nest of scorpions with these women.
6. Death of a Friendship
Aired 9 November 1978 • 46 min
Barnaby and J.R. get involved in a kidnapping for ransom that goes bad and a former associate gets killed during the drop off -or so it appears. Barnaby has a hunch that it was an inside job, then quickly gets wise to the whole scheme.
7. A Frame for Murder
Aired 16 November 1978 • 46 min
Jedediah is set up on a phony rape charge and sets out to clear his name and find those responsible.
8. Stages of Fear
Aired 23 November 1978 • 46 min
While Barnaby and J.R. are tied up working on another case, Betty takes a part in a stage production as a singer and dancer to find out who's terrorizing it's cast members. But when things turn deadly Barnaby and J.R. come running.
9. Victim of Love
Aired 30 November 1978 • 46 min
J.R. gets involved in a dangerous situation when an old friend tells him that her ex-husband is stalking her and their son and using his influence as a police officer to do it.
10. Memory of a Nightmare
Aired 14 December 1978 • 46 min
Betty goes under hypnosis so she can remember the events that led up to a car accident that killed her friend and caused her to lose her memory-and realizes it was no accident.
11. The Picture Pirates
Aired 21 December 1978 • 46 min
In the course of investigating the death of a film editor, Barnaby and J.R. uncover a movie pirating operation that could potentially cost the studio millions in lost revenue.
12. Academy of Evil
Aired 28 December 1978 • 46 min
Betty investigates an academy for girls where a series of accidents have injured instructors and students alike. What she finds is a vicious group of girls who dominate the school through fear and intimidation tactics.
13. The Medium
Aired 4 January 1979 • 46 min
J.R. investigates the disappearance of three women in a five week time period, and then gets involved with a psychic to help him when it looks like she might be his best chance of solving the case.
14. Echo of a Distant Battle (1)
Aired 11 January 1979 • 46 min
15. Echo of a Distant Battle (2)
Aired 11 January 1979 • 46 min
16. The Enslaved
Aired 18 January 1979 • 46 min
Betty goes undercover at a rehabilitation center for substance abuse addicts to investigate a suspicious death and discovers a sinister scheme where they administer dangerous drugs that keep patients coming back.
17. Dance with Death
Aired 25 January 1979 • 46 min
A beautiful disco dancer is harassed by numerous men from the disco where she dance's and her life is threatened. When her roommate is murdered she believes it was meant to be her and she asks J.R. to investigate.
18. The Protectors
Aired 1 February 1979 • 46 min
A high tech security team asks Barnaby to help them with a case in which a wealthy business narrowly escaped a kidnapping attempt. Together they discover it was an inside job and the objective is not kidnapping, but murder.
19. Fatal Overture
Aired 8 February 1979 • 46 min
Betty is asked to investigate the death of an inspiring young actress after she witnesses the deceased and another couple in a heated argument at the hotel across from her own on the very same night of her death.
20. Master of Deception
Aired 22 February 1979 • 46 min
A woman that is helping to develop a revolutionary new type of television set disappears without a trace, and the company that she works for asks Barnaby to find out what happened to her.
21. A Short Happy Life
Aired 1 March 1979 • 46 min
Betty's cousin Foxey Dolan comes into town and sets her and Betty up for a night out on the town with a man she just met. He also happens to be on the run from crooks he's stolen from, and they'll kill to get their goods back.
22. Child of Love Child of Vengeance (1)
Aired 15 March 1979 • 46 min
23. Child of Love Child of Vengeance (2)
Aired 22 March 1979 • 46 min
J.R. infiltrates a religious cult to help Barnaby get to the bottom of why a lawyer for a family run corporation was murdered, and why the identity of a young woman that is a member there is being kept so secret.
24. Target for a Wedding
Aired 12 April 1979 • 46 min
A young man tries to coerce the niece of gold prospector(and Barnaby's goddaughter)into marrying him after he learns that she is set to inherit the property his gold mine is located on. Barnaby suspects he has murdered the uncle as well.
25. Temptation
Aired 19 April 1979 • 46 min