The BEST episodes written by Gerald Sanford

#1 - Echo of a Distant Battle (Part 2)

Barnaby Jones - Season 7 - Episode 15

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 - A Ransom in Diamonds

Barnaby Jones - Season 6 - Episode 16

Warren Christie, manager of a jewelry store, steals several diamonds to ransom his abducted wife but when Stan Donaldson tries to deliver the gems they are robbed. Barnaby investigates for the insurance company and offers his help for a second delivery.

#3 - Indoctrination in Evil

Barnaby Jones - Season 8 - Episode 7

While trying to seduce and drug young Jeanny for the white-slavery market Les Harmon and Al De Paris accidentally kill her. Barnaby searches for her, but Mr. Adamson, owner of a lodge, seems to conceal information. Betty, working undercover at the lodge, finds out about a blackmailing.

#4 - Final Judgment (Part 1)

Barnaby Jones - Season 6 - Episode 18

Shortly before leaving for a fishing trip Barnaby gets a telephone call from a desperate Jennifer Rhodes, whose husband was convicted of kidnapping the Sayers's child eleven years ago due to Barnaby's testimony. Barnaby can rescue her from an attempted suicide. Feeling guilty, he tries to locate a witness for the defense but when the girl Hayley is murdered Barnaby is shattered.

#5 - Final Judgment (Part 2)

Barnaby Jones - Season 6 - Episode 19

Feeling guilty, Barnaby tries to locate a witness for the defense but when the girl Hayley is murdered Barnaby is shattered. He finds out that Gates, a former police detective, covered up for the kidnappers. During a shooting Gates is seriously injured by Barnaby, but his current boss Kingman doesn't show much efforts to help him.

#6 - The Damocles Gun

Barnaby Jones - Season 6 - Episode 5

When Peggy Giroux meets her brother Neal at a restaurant he mysteriously vanishes after being injured by a hit-and-run driver. Peggy hires Barnaby to locate Neal and he and J.R. find out that Neal is a professional killer who hides a gun proving his boss murdered a man years ago.

#7 - Echo of a Distant Battle (Part 1)

Barnaby Jones - Season 7 - Episode 14

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.

#8 - Fraternity of Thieves

Barnaby Jones - Season 5 - Episode 10

Roger, Al and Lester, three former college fraternity brothers want to solve their financial problems by stealing diamonds. During their preparations Lester is shot by a guard. Barnaby is hired by Lester's wife to try and find the missing man. During the investigation, Barnaby and J.R. uncover and foil the plans that Roger and Al have continued with after Lester's death.

#9 - Run Away to Terror

Barnaby Jones - Season 5 - Episode 24

Barnaby is hired by wealthy Mr Enright to find his daughter Julie who ran away from home. While waiting outside a parking garage for her boyfriend Steve, Julie hits a man coming out of the garage and not knowing her boyfriend had shot the man, Julie thinks she has killed the man. With the help of her friend, Gloria, Julie tries to hide out and find peace at the ""Garden of Elyseum"". Things are not what they seem at the garden and the leaders hold Julie hostage and demand ransom for her. It is up to Barnaby and J.R. to find and rescue Julie.

#10 - The Medium

Barnaby Jones - Season 7 - Episode 13

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.

#11 - Blueprint for a Caper

Barnaby Jones - Season 3 - Episode 7

Insurance man Clete Larkin is pushed into an elevator shaft by his colleague Camp. Clete's wife, doubting an accident, hires Barnaby. He finds out that Gina, Clete's mistress, gave away a stolen jade bracelet and that Clete provided the plans for the security system.

#12 - The Wife Beater

Barnaby Jones - Season 6 - Episode 3

Pat Halston seeks the help of her friend Betty as she is repeatedly beaten by her drunken husband Glenn, who is reluctant to consult a psychologist. When Pat's boss David Conrad is slain suspicion falls on the jealous Glenn, who protests his innocence.

#13 - Duet for Dying

Barnaby Jones - Season 5 - Episode 17

The singing sisters Pearl and Ruby - prettier than talented - accidentally kill Harry Dunbar and Pearl steals his rare coin collection. Dunbar's widow hire Barnaby to find out if Dunbar did really drown or if he was murdered. While checking out clubs that Dunbar frequented, Barnaby is told that Dunbar left the club with the sisters and when they try to fence the coins it puts Barnaby and J.R. on their trail. After killing Pearl's boyfriend, Harley and framing his co-worker, Lester for the murder, J.R. poses as a friend of Harley and Lester's to trick the sister into confessing their involvement in the frame and murders.

#14 - The Tune in Dan's Cafe

Night Gallery - Season 2 - Episode 45

A couple stopping at a roadside diner encounter a jukebox that plays only one song, a tune connected with a tragic romance.

#15 - Image in a Cracked Mirror

Barnaby Jones - Season 2 - Episode 23

Angie McClaine hires Barnaby to find her husband, who has disappeared and in reality is a marriage impostor that takes the identities of successful men. He marries rich Vanessa and poses as a doctor. Two people who try to unmask him are killed.

#16 - Girl on the Road

Barnaby Jones - Season 8 - Episode 6

At the request of a former girlfriend in Chicago, J.R. tracks down her younger sister, Jennifer, who has run away to LA. While at a party, Jennifer makes a phone call from the bedroom and sees the drugged rock-star Randy March and the red dress belonging to March's dead girlfriend. Believing that Jennifer may have seen the dead woman, March's representatives try to track down the teen.

#17 - Master of Deception

Barnaby Jones - Season 7 - Episode 20

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.

#18 - Hostage

Barnaby Jones - Season 4 - Episode 17

Betty is abducted by Corey Doyle. He demands Barnaby to prove the innocence of his brother Joe, who was sentenced for having murdered his wife, a case Barnaby rejected before. Jones, fearing for Betty's life, is given only 48 hours to find the real murderer.

#19 - Duet for Danger

Barnaby Jones - Season 5 - Episode 22

The singing sisters Ruby and Pearl Connors from the episode ""Duet for Dying"" join a prison escape and seek Lester Gibson's help to travel to Nashville. His bride Mary Beth asks Barnaby to find Lester. When Ruby and Pearl try to cheat club owner De Marco he forces them to distract gambler Kingston. Eventually Barnaby and J.R. must come to the rescue of Lester and the duo.

#20 - The Nineteenth Hole

Knight Rider - Season 3 - Episode 17

Michael enters KITT in a small-town road rally to investigate death threats received by the race's sponsor (Wendy Schaal).

#21 - Knight of the Drones (2)

Knight Rider - Season 3 - Episode 2

#22 - Anatomy of Fear

Barnaby Jones - Season 5 - Episode 19

Three young men from a carpet cleaning company, Tony, Vic and Casey, intrude in the house of Betty's friend Sharon and she is raped by Tony. Barnaby and J.R. manage to capture Casey, but Tony abducts Betty and demands to receive Sharon in exchange.

#23 - The Sacrifice

Ironside - Season 2 - Episode 4

A policeman friend of Ironside and the team is the prime suspect in a murder investigation. Is he really guilty, though, or is the evidence just a little too damning?

#24 - The Witness

T.J. Hooker - Season 1 - Episode 5

An attractive young woman witnesses a murder, but her married boss dissuades her from going to the Police in fear that it will uncover their affair. Hooker must try and persuade the frightened girl to help them and testify against the psychotic killer, but the murderer intends to see that she never makes it that far...

#25 - Sins of Thy Father

Barnaby Jones - Season 5 - Episode 3

In order to get the same recognition as his older brother, Danny Reeves robs laundered gambling money from his father, a syndicate man, and is responsible for the death of a pilot. Barnaby and J.R. investigate for the pilot's wife to find out what really happened to her husband since she does not believe it was an accident.

#26 - Journey to a Spacecraft

CHiPs - Season 6 - Episode 15

Ponch and Bobby have to take care of a kidnapped dog and a sick child runaway. Kevin is dreaming from ufos bringing him away from his sickness. Ponchs friend allows him a look into the night sky.

#27 - Lady on the Run

Cannon - Season 4 - Episode 21

The wife of an industrialist is missing, and the search is a difficult one.

#28 - The Cheerleader Murder

T.J. Hooker - Season 3 - Episode 4

Hooker and Romano, with Stacy and Corrigan, catch the thief of a freshly stolen car, but in the car's trunk, they find the body of a teenage girl. With the coroner's report revealing that the girl was a heavy cocaine user and had a recent, crudely-operated abortion, they find themselves uncovering a racket that is getting young girls hooked on drugs and then leading them into making underage porn movies to pay for their addiction...

#29 - Fun House

CHiPs - Season 6 - Episode 19

Ponch and Bobby look into a series of thefts at a local campus, while Bruce tries to find a little girl who is abducted by a woman.

#30 - Knight of the Drones (1)

Knight Rider - Season 3 - Episode 1

A scientist (Jared Martin) plans to use robots and drone cars to round up criminals to rob a Federal Reserve Bank.

#31 - Requiem for a Cop

T.J. Hooker - Season 2 - Episode 19

The hunt for a serial arsonist that is torching condemned buildings intensifies when a Private Investigator, who is an ex-cop and an old friend of Hooker's, is murdered. Certain that the man was on the verge of finding out who is behind the attacks, Hooker and Romano work with his daughter, who is also a PI, to bring the arsonist to justice...

#32 - Fast Company

CHiPs - Season 6 - Episode 20

Ponch teams up with Bruce to find the person behind a car theft.

#33 - A Man Alone

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Season 1 - Episode 4

Stardate: 46421.5 - Mob hysteria grips the station when Odo is suspected of committing a murder after a Bajoran's body is discovered.

#34 - Crash

Emergency! - Season 1 - Episode 11

John and Roy bring in a football player who was tackled too hard. A burglar has a heart attack. John wants Roy to apologize for calling him "some kind of nut." Dr. Early treats a hypochondriac. A babysitter brings in a child who has swallowed some pills. Roy and John rescue the occupants of a light plane that crashed in a tree.

#35 - The Rotten Apples

Knight Rider - Season 3 - Episode 7

A psychologist who bought a ranch to use as a home for troubled city kids needs Michael's help to stop rustlers and keep angry townsfolk from taking her land.

#36 - Speedway Fever

CHiPs - Season 6 - Episode 5

Ponch and Bobby go after a gang of high-speed bike bandits, and a young cadet at the CHP Academy tries to help his brother.

#37 - The Nature of Evil

Kung Fu - Season 2 - Episode 21

Caine and Serenity Johnson, the blind preacher last seen in Dark Angel, look for a killer that is stalking Serenity's town of Nineveh.

#38 - One Step to Darkness

Kung Fu - Season 3 - Episode 16

Caine tries helping the depressed wife of an Army sergeant, with a drug addiction, and winds up fighting an inner demon of his own creation.

#39 - Return to Death's Door

CHiPs - Season 6 - Episode 9

A man blames Ponch for the death of his brother - who was also Ponch's friend - and challenges him to a race.

#40 - High Times

CHiPs - Season 6 - Episode 13

Ponch and Bobby try to track down a couple of juvenile car thieves.

#41 - Death Wait

The Virginian - Season 7 - Episode 15

David kills a man in self-defense on Shiloh who stole his girlfriend. He is forced to stay at Shiloh as the man's father and brother wait for him in Medicine Bow as Trampas who is in charge encounters unusual problems on the ranch.

#42 - A Vision of Blindness

The Virginian - Season 7 - Episode 4

Elizabeth is blinded by a stagecoach accident. She is found by Ben Oakes who wanted to kill Trampas who had to miss the stage. Ben tries to help her home but becomes lost. After they are found, She is in love with the conflicted Ben.

#43 - Ride to Misadventure

The Virginian - Season 7 - Episode 8

Shiloh and its neighbor's cattle herds are threaten by an outbreak of anthrax. A wounded man and woman wanting horses tell Clay the stage with a vaccine was robbed and they are chasing the outlaw gang so The Virginian and David join them.

#44 - The Ice Bandits

Knight Rider - Season 3 - Episode 3

Michael trails diamond thieves to the wine country of Northern California where the crooks are using a monastery as a front.

#45 - The Runaway

The Virginian - Season 8 - Episode 6

The Graingers become stand-in parents for a boy running away from an orphanage.

#46 - Day of the Robot

CHiPs - Season 6 - Episode 11

Ponch and Bobby have fun with a robot assigned to their station until it becomes a threat to their lives.

#47 - The Flip-Side of Satan

Night Gallery - Season 2 - Episode 11

A callous disc jockey is offered up as a hellish sacrifice at a deserted radio station.

#48 - Tell David...

Night Gallery - Season 2 - Episode 41

A chance encounter with a strange couple convinces a young woman that she has had a glimpse of the future.

#49 - The Substitute

The Virginian - Season 8 - Episode 8

Trampas' vacation takes a nightmarish turn when he's jailed in a small town on a trumped-up murder charge.

#50 - Knight in Retreat

Knight Rider - Season 3 - Episode 20

Michael poses as a space-weapon scientist to gain access to a club operated by a woman dealing in blackmail and top-secret weapon systems.