The BEST episodes of Barnaby Jones season 7
Every episode of Barnaby Jones season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Barnaby Jones season 7!
Barnaby Jones was a retired private investigator, but quickly came out of retirement after his son Hal, who had taken over Barnaby's job, was murdered. Hal's widow, Betty, helped Barnaby try and find her husband's murderer. The murder was solved, but Barnaby decided he wanted to return to investigating full-time and Betty decided to join him.
#1 - Echo of a Distant Battle (Part 2)
Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/1979
When an eager D.A. threatens with a charge of negligent homicide a shattered Barnaby wants to give up the case, but Dorothy asks him to continue. Barnaby uncovers that several soldiers robbed gold in Vietnam and then deserted. Barnaby and J.R. try to figure out how Colby Warner fits into that picture or if he does at all.
#2 - Stages of Fear
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/1978
Laura Harding, Betty's acting teacher from college, asks for help when Sybil Crawford, leading lady of a musical, is haunted by a series of threats. Betty poses as an actress to investigate. Sybil's boy friend is killed and the solution seems to lie in the girl's past.
#3 - Deadly Sanctuary
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1978
During her vacation Betty visits her friend Phyllis. When a young woman whom she denied help is raped, Betty feels guilty and starts to investigate on her own. Once Barnaby and J.R. realize the danger Betty is putting herself in, J.R. goes out to help Betty. Together they question the previous victims and Betty then decides to pose as bait for the rapist to catch him.
#4 - Hitch-hike to Terror
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1978
When young Shelly hitch-hikes to L.A. the driver vanishes after an accident, leaving her with drugs in the car. As Shelly is arrested she claims that Barnaby is her father. Jones visits her at the hospital and tries to clear the girl, whose mother he knew years ago.
#5 - A Frame for Murder
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1978
During a restaurant date with Drew Barber, the daughter of Barnaby's client, J.R.'s coffee is drugged, and he passes out on the drive home. He awakes in a strange room and is arrested with accusation of rape. Released on bail, he searches for the man who drugged him, but his attempts to speak with his accuser gets his bail revoked, and he finds himself on the run. Barnaby investigates Barber's past and links him to a murder in Cleveland and the reason for the frame of J.R.
#6 - Memory of a Nightmare
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/1978
When driving her boyfriend Larry Reed to the airport, Betty is forced off the road by a car. Larry is killed and Betty loses her memory about the accident. While Betty recovers, Barnaby and J.R. investigate to find out who might have killed Larry.
#7 - The Medium
Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/1979
Father Donovan hires Barnaby and J.R. to find his missing sister Julie and requests the help of the young psychic Cleo da Vinci. J.R. befriends Cleo, but at first she is reluctant to use her clairvoyant talent.
#8 - Echo of a Distant Battle (Part 1)
Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1979
Barnaby is hired by Dorothy Warner to find out whether her missing husband Colby really was a deserter in Vietnam. Trying to locate Warner's war comrade Lee Henderson, Barnaby gets involved in a shooting and a ricochet shot from his gun kills a seemingly innocent bystander. Barnaby and J.R. continue to try and under cover exactly what happened to Colby Warner.
#9 - The Protectors
Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/1979
Two masked men threaten wealthy business man Charles Abbott. Once he escapes, he hires a highly modern security team called ""Counterforce"". Barnaby is investigating for the insurance company and the head of Counterforce asks Barnaby to help in solving the case.
#10 - Fatal Overture
Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/8/1979
Betty witnesses the quarrel of a neighbor with two women. On the next day one of them is dead and the man, Peter Kirkland, asks Betty to investigate the apparent suicide. He fears his jealous, unbalanced wife Virginia might have committed a crime.
#11 - Blind Jeopardy
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1978
Mrs. Russell hires Barnaby to locate Jenny Hastings, who witnessed a murder that Mrs.Russell's husband is about to go on trial for. Barnaby thinks he has located Jenny in a motel a few miles outside of Colverton and while Barnaby is on the phone having Betty check out the license number, Jenny is abducted by men who are working for Curt Phillips. Phillips wants to make sure that Jenny is not around to testify at the trial. While following them into a forest area Barnaby is wounded by a bullet and left blinded. Escaped Jenny discovers him and both try to flee on foot, pursued by the men. Back at the office J.R. has become concerned since he can't reach Barnaby and he sets out to look for him. J.R. arrives in just the nick of time to rescue Barnaby.
#12 - Death of a Friendship
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1978
Jeff McKnight is kidnapped and his wealthy father Dan asks Barnaby to assist Paul Craig with the ransom payoff. When his friend Paul is killed after the delivery Barnaby feels guilty. He doesn't know that Paul faked his death to escape with the money and Ellie, Jeff's girl friend.
#13 - Dance with Death
Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/25/1979
When staying with her ex-roommate, disco dancer Penny, Felicia Norris is shot. Penny believes the attempt was meant for her, and fearing for her life she asks Barnaby for help. Barnaby turns the case over to J.R. While investigating, J.R. finds out that in fact Felicia's husband hired Penny's dancing partner Gary to get rid of his wife.
#14 - Child of Love, Child of Vengeance (Part 2)
Season 7 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/22/1979
During the course of their investigations Barnaby gets his license revoked due to a false accusation, and J.R. joins the ""Center"" to find Diana, who turns out to be the illegitimate child of Mimi Nettleson Chiles of Nettleson Corp. and the leader of the religious cult, Garrison, rejected by Mimi's family.
#15 - Child of Love, Child of Vengeance (Part 1)
Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/15/1979
Shortly after lawyer Adams of Nettleson Corporation withdraws a commission from Barnaby, he is killed. In trying to solve the case, Barnaby and J.R. are assisted by Stephanie Capello, a young colleague of Adams, who tells he was searching for Diana Scott. Diana went to the ""Center for Spiritual Enlightment"".
#16 - A Dangerous Affair
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1978
While investigating for the insurance company whether Frank Auburn's death was an accident, J.R. falls in love with beautiful Scotty, who works for Vic Chambers as a model. She takes care of lonely customers and a hidden camera films it so Vic can blackmail the men.
#17 - Victim of Love
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/1978
Julia Schumacher, a girlfriend of J.R.'s from high school, divorced her violent husband Floyd recently. She travels from Chicago to L.A. to find a job and to withhold their son Danny from Floyd. J.R. tries to mediate when Floyd threatens Julia to force her to come back.
#18 - Nest of Scorpions
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1978
Frank Leeds, a real estate developer, is mysteriously slain with a spade after following Melissa Warren into the forest. In search of Frank J.R. encounters Emily and her nieces Melissa and Sarah at Big Cedar Lodge, who kill any intruder and J.R. will be their next target.
#19 - The Picture Pirates
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/21/1978
To pay the debts of his girl friend Rita, Jimmy Collier gives brand new motion pictures to film pirates. Editor Ken discovers him, but is killed by Jimmy's accomplices. J.R. arranges a meeting with Francesca and Barnaby poses as a black market film buyer.
#20 - Master of Deception
Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/22/1979
Darryl Enders copies secret files from Veretex Electronics, where his wife Pauline works. She discovers the photos and is killed. Barnaby finds out that Darryl is a bigamist with another wife, Linda, secretary at a company cooperating on the same secret project.
#21 - A Short Happy Life
Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/1/1979
Buoyant Foxey comes to visit her cousin Betty, and is dated by fellow passenger Arnie. She doesn't know that he hid the key to a locker in one of her pinching sandals, now sent to a shoe repair. Foxey is pursued by two men, who try to get the key after killing Arnie.
#22 - Temptation
Season 7 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/19/1979
To convict Rick Garrett of murder, Lt. Biddle tried to develop Rick's ex girl friend nurse Julie into a secret witness and fell in love with her. When a second witness is killed, J.R. investigates, finding clues that point to Biddle. Barnaby and J.R. try to help the framed one.
#23 - The Enslaved
Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/1979
Investigating a fatal accident at the Suncrest House Sanitarium (an institution for addicts), Betty gets back in touch with her friend Peggy, now turned into an alcoholic. Betty poses as an addict and discovers that the ""vitamins"" wealthy patients receive are drugs to make them suffer a relapse.
#24 - Target for a Wedding
Season 7 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/12/1979
Barnaby visits his god-daughter Laurie for her wedding with Lester, but the murder of Laurie's uncle Tully, a prospector, casts a shadow on the event. Laurie falls for Blue Simpson, not knowing that he killed Tully and wants to marry her as she will inherit a gold mine.
#25 - Academy of Evil
Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/28/1978
When several teachers of Westhaven Academy for Girls are afflicted by mysterious accidents, Betty goes undercover and finds out about a secret society that punishes not only strict teachers but also disloyal members. Her life is endangered when Olivia, the leader, discovers her identity.