The Best Episodes of Barnaby Jones Season 1

Detective Barnaby Jones comes out of retirement to solve his son's murder with some help from fellow detective Frank Cannon.

Director: Walter Grauman

Writer: Edward Hume

A sportsman's plans for a new life begin with murder.

Director: William Hale

Writer: Benjamin Masselink

Barnaby engages in a game of cat-and-mouse with a murderer who blames him for his jail time

Director: Michael Caffey

Writer: Morton S. Fine, David Friedkin

Barnaby investigates a murder at a prep-school.

Director: Ralph Senensky

Writer: Robert Sherman

An affair leads to an accidental murder.

Director: Walter Grauman

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

What's the perfect heroin-smuggling plot? Hide it in the radiator of a car owned by a tourist above suspicion--Barnaby Jones. When the shipment is replaced by sugar, Barnaby finds himself being threatened by both shipper and receiver, desperately trying to find the truth.

Director: Virgil W. Vogel

Writer: Edward J. Lakso

An author whose novels feature his hometown disappears; the publisher hires Barnaby to find the last chapter of the newest novel. A senile aunt introduces Barnaby to the "family" in her dollhouse, providing the clue to more than one murder.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin

Writer: Benjamin Masselink

"Rock star found with head smashed in empty pool" That headline would end the gravy train so his managers fake a kidnapping to salvage something, but they are unaware of a witness.

Director: Virgil W. Vogel

Writer: Martin Roth, Lou Shaw

A blind pianist whose sight has been restored kills his blackmail victim just before Barnaby arrives. Barnaby suspects him but must prove he can see.

Director: Lawrence Dobkin

Writer: George F. Slavin

A suspicious hit and run brings Barnaby to a little town where sudden riches are obvious. "Town council meetings" are a cover for plotting murder, and Barnaby is in their sights.

Director: Marc Daniels

Writer: Steve Fisher

A murdered mistress and a missing wife bring Barnaby Jones onto the case. The problem? Two weeks have passed, and the killer has covered his tracks.

Director: Ralph Senensky

Writer: Robert C. Dennis

Barnaby investigates the death of a woman who was killed in a car accident after the woman's daughter claims that it was no accident. An aging movie star with something to hide is Barnaby's number one suspect.

Director: Robert Day

Writer: Shirl Hendryx

Barnaby investigates the theft of a million dollar necklace and the murder of the butler who unwittingly walked in on the thief. The leading suspect is a retired jewel thief with a rock solid alibi-he was on TV at the time of the theft.

Director: Michael Caffey

Writer: Robert Hamner