# Barnaby Jones season 1

This is a list of episodes from the first season of Barnaby Jones. The show was Buddy Ebsen's return to a regular television series after his stint as Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies.

## Broadcast history

The season originally Sundays at 9:30-10:30 pm (EST).

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
| 1 | 1 | "Requiem for a Son" | Walter Grauman | S : Adrian Samish; T : Edward Hume | January 28, 1973 (1973-01-28) | 9701 |
| Detective Barnaby Jones (Buddy Ebsen) comes out of retirement to solve his son's murder with some help from fellow detective Frank Cannon (William Conrad). Bradford Dillman and Robert Hogan guest star. |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "To Catch a Dead Man" | William Hale | Ben Masselink | February 4, 1973 (1973-02-04) | 9702 |
| A sportsman's plans for a new life begin with murder. Darleen Carr, Janice Rule, William Shatner and Victoria Shaw guest star. |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Sunday: Doomsday" | Michael Caffey | Mort Fine & David Friedkin | February 25, 1973 (1973-02-25) | 9705 |
| Barnaby engages in a game of cat-and-mouse with a murderer who blames him for his jail time. Gary Lockwood guest stars. |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Murdering Class" | Ralph Senensky | Robert Sherman | March 4, 1973 (1973-03-04) | 9704 |
| Barnaby investigates a murder at a prep-school. Geraldine Brooks guest stars. |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Perchance to Kill" | Walter Grauman | Robert Dennis | March 11, 1973 (1973-03-11) | 9706 |
| An affair leads to an accidental murder while Barnaby deals with an incompetent police lieutenant. Sharon Acker, Eric Braeden, and Richard Hatch guest star. |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "The Loose Connection" | Virgil W. Vogel | Edward J. Lakso | March 18, 1973 (1973-03-18) | 9707 |
| Barnaby is used to smuggle narcotics. Christine Belford, Lloyd Bochner, and Nico Minardos guest star. |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Murder in the Doll's House" | Lawrence Dobkin | Ben Masselink | March 25, 1973 (1973-03-25) | 9708 |
| Barnaby matches wits with a debonair killer. Whit Bissell, Jack Cassidy, Cathy Lee Crosby, Anne Francis, Phillip Pine, and Estelle Winwood guest star. |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Sing a Song of Murder" | Virgil W. Vogel | Martin Roth & Lou Shaw | April 1, 1973 (1973-04-01) | 9709 |
| The managers of a rock music star, whom they think drowned in his pool, cash in on his "tragedy". Jackie Coogan, Arlene Golonka, and Judy Strangis guest star. |||||||
| 9 | 9 | "See Some Evil...Do Some Evil" | Lawrence Dobkin | George F. Slavin | April 8, 1973 (1973-04-08) | 9710 |
| A blackmailer and murderer pretends to be blind. Marlyn Mason, Roddy McDowell, and Reni Santoni guest star. |||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Murder-Go-Round" | Marc Daniels | Steve Fisher | April 15, 1973 (1973-04-15) | 9703 |
| It's one killing after another as Barnaby investigates a hit-and-run accident while wealthy townspeople plot his murder. Claude Akins, Dabbs Greer, Geoffrey Lewis, and Neva Patterson guest star. |||||||
| 11 | 11 | "To Denise, with Love and Murder" | Ralph Senensky | Robert C. Dennis | April 22, 1973 (1973-04-22) | 9711 |
| A philanderer murders his mistress. Bill Bixby guest stars. |||||||
| 12 | 12 | "A Little Glory, A Little Death" | Robert Day | Shirl Hendryx | April 29, 1973 (1973-04-29) | 9712 |
| A blackmailing actress gets pushed off a cliff. Meg Foster and Barry Sullivan guest star. |||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Twenty Million Alibis" | Michael Caffey | Robert Hamner | May 6, 1973 (1973-05-06) | 9713 |
| A jewel thief writing his memoirs accidentally kills a butler while making off with a diamond necklace. Bert Freed, Peter Haskell, and Marie Windsor guest star. |||||||