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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 Angeles. The show ran on CBS from January 28, 1973

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Season 1

7.8/10243 votes
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
7.8/10228 votes
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
7.6/10193 votes
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: David Friedkin, Morton S. Fine
7.8/10182 votes
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
7.6/10162 votes
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
7.7/10154 votes
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
7.6/10170 votes
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
8.0/10169 votes
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: Lou Shaw, Martin Roth
7.8/10162 votes
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
8.2/10177 votes
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
8.0/10174 votes
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
7.6/10141 votes
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
7.8/10150 votes
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