7.7/10193 votes#1 - Requiem for a Son
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/28/1973
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
7.7/10188 votes#2 - To Catch a Dead Man
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/4/1973
A sportsman's plans for a new life begin with murder.
Director: William Hale
Writer: Benjamin Masselink
7.5/10163 votes#3 - Sunday: Doomsday
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/25/1973
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
7.7/10149 votes#4 - The Murdering Class
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/4/1973
Barnaby investigates a murder at a prep-school.
Director: Ralph Senensky
Writer: Robert Sherman
7.5/10129 votes#5 - Perchance to Kill
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/11/1973
An affair leads to an accidental murder.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Robert C. Dennis
7.6/10127 votes#6 - The Loose Connection
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/18/1973
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
7.6/10144 votes#7 - Murder in the Doll's House
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/25/1973
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
7.9/10139 votes#8 - Sing a Song of Murder
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/1/1973
"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
7.7/10136 votes#9 - See Some Evil... Do Some Evil
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/8/1973
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
8.1/10149 votes#10 - Murder-Go-Round
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/15/1973
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
8.0/10148 votes#11 - To Denise, with Love and Murder
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/22/1973
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
7.8/10117 votes#12 - A Little Glory, a Little Death
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/29/1973
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
7.7/10121 votes#13 - Twenty Million Alibis
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/6/1973
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
The Best Episodes of Barnaby Jones Season 1
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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...
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Network:CBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Requiem for a Son" is the best rated episode of "Barnaby Jones" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 193 votes. Directed by Walter Grauman and written by Edward Hume, it aired on 1/28/1973. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "To Catch a Dead Man".