The BEST episodes written by Robert W. Lenski

A Gathering of Thieves
star
9.14
7 votes

#1 - A Gathering of Thieves

Barnaby Jones - Season 3 - Episode 1

Whit Brewer sells lots at Shadow Lake Estates, but the construction works did not start yet. Claude Meecham discovers the fraud and is killed in a car accident. When Whit tries to get rid of his associates, the two rivaling women Madge and Irene ally.

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The Killing Point
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9.00
4 votes

#2 - The Killing Point

Barnaby Jones - Season 8 - Episode 14

During his investigations to find millionaire Kirkland's girl friend Ursula P.I. Gannus is shot, because he ""knows too much"". He asks his old friend Barnaby for help. Ursula steals items from Kirkland's art collection and her accomplice Nick smuggles them. Gannus wants to get a piece of the action by extortion.

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Dark Legacy
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8.71
7 votes

#3 - Dark Legacy

Barnaby Jones - Season 2 - Episode 21

During his honeymoon Paul Barringer falls to death from a cliff. Barnaby investigates for his widow Marilyn and finds out that there is one heir who wants to inherit the Barringer family fortune, killing the others. Marilyn waived, but learns she is pregnant.

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A Taste for Murder
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8.67
6 votes

#4 - A Taste for Murder

Barnaby Jones - Season 4 - Episode 12

On her 21th birthday Allison Clark gets an emerald necklace, that is stolen. Barnaby investigates for the insurance company. The accomplice of the thief is Kathy Cooper, Allison's friend from the Riding Academy, who romances Alison's wealthy widowed father.

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Child of Love, Child of Vengeance (Part 1)
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8.67
3 votes

#5 - Child of Love, Child of Vengeance (Part 1)

Barnaby Jones - Season 7 - Episode 22

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"".

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Child of Love, Child of Vengeance (Part 2)
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8.67
3 votes

#6 - Child of Love, Child of Vengeance (Part 2)

Barnaby Jones - Season 7 - Episode 23

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.

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Murder Once Removed
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8.57
7 votes

#7 - Murder Once Removed

Barnaby Jones - Season 3 - Episode 15

When her rich father-in-law R.B. Catlin repudiates her, Melissa kills him in a boating accident. His sister Meg hires Barnaby. When the family reunites at the opening of the will, Arthur, Melissa's brother-in-law, recognizes her as party girl Melinda.

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Trial Run for Death
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8.50
2 votes

#8 - Trial Run for Death

Barnaby Jones - Season 2 - Episode 5

Curt Fowler discovers his brother-in-law, race car champion Mark Landy, kissing Lori Wright. As he threatens to tell his sister, Mark kills him and tries to fake a trial run accident. When Barnaby comes on to scene, Lori wants to make profit from being a witness.

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Stand-In for Death
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8.50
4 votes

#9 - Stand-In for Death

Barnaby Jones - Season 2 - Episode 9

Medic Marshall Briggs watches his wife Ellie leaving Gary Denning's boat. He kills the assumed rival and fakes a boating accident. When Barnaby discovers that Ellie's lover is tennis teacher Victor and Marshall wants to correct his mistake, he tries to help them.

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A Short Happy Life
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8.50
4 votes

#10 - A Short Happy Life

Barnaby Jones - Season 7 - Episode 21

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.

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Theater of Fear
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8.30
10 votes

#11 - Theater of Fear

Barnaby Jones - Season 4 - Episode 2

Shirley Evans, a former theater star, had to stop her career due to blows of fate, a fatal car accident and alcoholism. Now she plans a comeback, but is harassed by telephone calls and pursued by a prowler. Is it Lloyd Kilgore, who is found dead in Shirley's pool?

Child of Fear
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8.29
6 votes

#12 - Child of Fear

Cannon - Season 2 - Episode 9

Called in to find a missing rancher, Cannon attempts to discover why the farm hands have been replaced with security guards.

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Band of Evil
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8.25
4 votes

#13 - Band of Evil

Barnaby Jones - Season 5 - Episode 6

During a fishing vacation Barnaby and J.R. are hired by rancher Tim Carter to investigate a conversation overheard by Carter's daughter,Cassie, on her CB radio. Cassie believes that a hired hand, was the victim of foul play on his way out of town. J.R. uses his knowledge of the lingo used on CB radios to help Barnaby figure out that the disappearance is tied to a drug smuggling operation.

Fantasy of Fear
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8.20
5 votes

#14 - Fantasy of Fear

Barnaby Jones - Season 3 - Episode 19

One year after the death of her daughter Sandy, Kay Lewiston is haunted by a mysterious call from a little girl. She also finds Sandy's pet panda bear and hires Barnaby to clear the mystery and to prove that she is not mad. But the haunting continues.

Who Killed Helen French?
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8.13
8 votes

#15 - Who Killed Helen French?

The Streets of San Francisco - Season 5 - Episode 14

The police learn that a victim of spousal abuse has been leading a double life.

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Kiss It All Goodbye
star
8.11
9 votes

#16 - Kiss It All Goodbye

Kojak - Season 4 - Episode 22

Crocker accidentally shoots a fashion model while trying to stop a robbery, jeopardizing his career.

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Hush Now, Don't You Die
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8.00
20 votes

#17 - Hush Now, Don't You Die

Kojak - Season 2 - Episode 3

Kojak tracks down a college student that he suspects has been raped, but is too afraid to come forward after she witnesses one of the assailants murdered by the other.

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Babe in the Woods
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8.00
10 votes

#18 - Babe in the Woods

Mannix - Season 5 - Episode 16

Murder on the golf course leads to open season on Mannix, who's looking for valuable microcircuit plans hidden by the victim.

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The Deadly Jinx
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8.00
7 votes

#19 - The Deadly Jinx

Barnaby Jones - Season 2 - Episode 15

After several boyfriends of rich orphaned Jenny Sutherland have been killed or crippled, the housekeeper Kathy Revere asks Barnaby to investigate. Jenny believes she is a jinx, but Barnaby tries to find out whether these were accidents or murder was involved.

Dark So Early, Dark So Long
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7.88
14 votes

#20 - Dark So Early, Dark So Long

Mannix - Season 5 - Episode 1

A blackmail victim is headed for prison.

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The First Day of Forever
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7.75
44 votes

#21 - The First Day of Forever

The Streets of San Francisco - Season 1 - Episode 3

Stone and Keller finally get a lead on a serial killer who has been knifing prostitutes when one of the victims survives the attack.

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The Other Game in Town
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7.75
12 votes

#22 - The Other Game in Town

Mannix - Season 4 - Episode 7

A plunger disappears after a night in Vegas.

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Nightmare
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7.67
2 votes

#23 - Nightmare

Cannon - Season 5 - Episode 1

A dying prisoner, a former hit man confesses to Cannon that he killed his wife and child 14 years ago when Cannon was a cop. Cannon investigates.

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The Stalking Horse
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7.33
3 votes

#24 - The Stalking Horse

Barnaby Jones - Season 4 - Episode 24

Stayley Kircher, a warehouse owner, hires Barnaby to find out who tried to kill him. Barnaby poses as long lost brother Harry Kircher with Betty as his Girl Friday. They discover that several employees of unwitting Stayley are involved in a munition contraband.

Deadline for Dying
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7.33
6 votes

#25 - Deadline for Dying

Barnaby Jones - Season 5 - Episode 2

Ben Ross falls to death after telling reporter Larry Christopher about an ecological association that is a fraud. Barnaby and J.R. investigate for Ross' wife. Christopher spots Ross' informer Ruth Sorrell and becomes a murder suspect when she is killed.

Cry Danger
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7.29
6 votes

#26 - Cry Danger

Mannix - Season 7 - Episode 12

An old girlfriend makes Mannix the man in the middle of rival smugglers.

Murder by Proxy
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7.29
7 votes

#27 - Murder by Proxy

Cannon - Season 3 - Episode 6

A prima facie murder case involving a lady journalist.

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The Man Who Wasn't There
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7.22
9 votes

#28 - The Man Who Wasn't There

Mannix - Season 6 - Episode 16

A boastful nemesis takes Peggy for bait.

Die Before They Wake
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7.16
19 votes

#29 - Die Before They Wake

Kojak - Season 1 - Episode 14

A prostitute with a drug addiction (Tina Louise)holds the key to solving the murders of her roomate and a local TV reporter.

To Quote a Dead Man
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7.11
8 votes

#30 - To Quote a Dead Man

Mannix - Season 6 - Episode 22

Someone is trying to kill a bum for his ""coat of many colors.""

To Ride a Tiger
star
7.06
34 votes

#31 - To Ride a Tiger

Cannon - Season 2 - Episode 19

When the lawyer for a halfway house vanishes along with his funds, Cannon is hired to find him.

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The Good Seeds
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7.04
131 votes

#32 - The Good Seeds

Planet of the Apes - Season 1 - Episode 4

Burke and Virdon have to seek the help of a gorilla farmer and his family when Galen falls sick.

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Hear No Evil
star
7.00
4 votes

#33 - Hear No Evil

Cannon - Season 2 - Episode 11

Dale and Laura Corey are a happily married couple who own an electronics store; he does a lot of electronic eavesdropping for clients, she was a cop on the force with Cannon a few years back, and hires him because Dale is being threatened after bugging some hotel rooms for the owner and catching three guests in compromising positions. The three are being blackmailed, and think Dale is behind it. Cannon interviews them and determines that one of the three is blackmailing the other two.

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The Faces of Murder
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6.90
9 votes

#34 - The Faces of Murder

Mannix - Season 6 - Episode 20

Conflicting confessions have to be sifted.

A Deadly Quiet Town
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6.83
6 votes

#35 - A Deadly Quiet Town

Cannon - Season 1 - Episode 20

Larry Bolinger, a charismatic young man, cons the youth of a quiet town into his cult.

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Tomorrow's Tide
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6.62
164 votes

#36 - Tomorrow's Tide

Planet of the Apes - Season 1 - Episode 6

An ape who runs a fishing business plans to use Virdon and Burke as slaves after he captures them.

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