# Barnaby Jones season 7

This is a list of episodes from the seventh season of Barnaby Jones.

## Broadcast history

The season originally aired Thursdays at 10:00-11:00 pm (EST).

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 132 | 1 | "Blind Jeopardy" | Walter Grauman | William Keys | September 21, 1978 (1978-09-21) |
| Barnaby must find a key witness to a murder hiding in a remote area before hit men do. ||||||
| 133 | 2 | "A Dangerous Affair" | Dick Lowry | Dick Nelson | September 28, 1978 (1978-09-28) |
| A salesman murders a customer who was going to expose his corrupt business practices. ||||||
| 134 | 3 | "Deadly Sanctuary" | Leo Penn | Mann Rubin | October 12, 1978 (1978-10-12) |
| A rapist terrorizes a resort where Betty is vacationing. ||||||
| 135 | 4 | "Hitch-Hike to Terror" | Walter Grauman | S : Jeff Kanter; T : Mann Rubin | October 19, 1978 (1978-10-19) |
| A young woman claiming to be Barnaby's daughter asks him to clear her of false drug charges. ||||||
| 136 | 5 | "Nest of Scorpions" | Kenneth Gilbert | Norman Jolley | October 26, 1978 (1978-10-26) |
| J.R. goes to a mountain resort to find real estate developer who's gone missing. ||||||
| 137 | 6 | "Death of a Friendship" | Bruce Kessler | Robert E. Swanson | November 9, 1978 (1978-11-09) |
| A millionaire hires Barnaby to rescue his son from kidnappers. Guests: Lawrence Casey, Jo Ann Harris, Christopher Allport, Ward Costello ||||||
| 138 | 7 | "A Frame for Murder" | Leo Penn | Dallas L. Barnes | November 16, 1978 (1978-11-16) |
| J.R. attempts to save his reputation when he's framed for rape. ||||||
| 139 | 8 | "Stages of Fear" | Leo Penn | Marc Brandell | November 23, 1978 (1978-11-23) |
| Betty's former drama coach asks her to look into a series of unexplained events that are scaring a young actress. ||||||
| 140 | 9 | "Victim of Love" | Walter Grauman | Jack V. Fogarty | November 30, 1978 (1978-11-30) |
| J.R.'s old flame asks him to protect her from her desperate ex-husband. ||||||
| 141 | 10 | "Memory of a Nightmare" | Walter Grauman | Shirley Leeds | December 14, 1978 (1978-12-14) |
| Betty's escort is killed in a car crash, leaving her with partial amnesia and on suspicion of drunken driving. ||||||
| 142 | 11 | "The Picture Pirates" | Kenneth Gilbert | S : Jon Christiansen & Brigitt Christiansen; T : Robert Sherman | December 21, 1978 (1978-12-21) |
| While investigating a murder in Hollywood, Barnaby discovers that it was committed to cover-up the theft of a movie print to be used in a film-piracy racket. ||||||
| 143 | 12 | "Academy of Evil" | Ray Austin | Margaret Armen and Alf Harris | December 28, 1978 (1978-12-28) |
| Betty investigates a series of mishaps terrorizing the faculty of a private girls' school. ||||||
| 144 | 13 | "The Medium" | Dick Lowry | Gerald Sanford | January 4, 1979 (1979-01-04) |
| J.R. goes from skeptic to believer when he helps a psychic investigate the disappearances of several young women. ||||||
| 145146 | 1415 | "Echo of a Distant Battle" | Walter Grauman | Gerald Sanford | January 11, 1979 (1979-01-11) |
| Barnaby tangles with violent veterans of the Vietnam war as he attempts to clear the name of an Army deserter who's still missing. ||||||
| 147 | 16 | "The Enslaved" | Michael Caffey | Jeff Myrow | January 18, 1979 (1979-01-18) |
| While investigating a death at a posh sanitarium, Betty discovers a sinister plot to defraud the patients. ||||||
| 148 | 17 | "Dance with Death" | Ron Satlof | Larry Alexander | January 25, 1979 (1979-01-25) |
| When a friend of a disco dancer is found murdered, she believes she's a killer's real target. ||||||
| 149 | 18 | "The Protectors" | Seymour Robbie | Jack V. Fogarty | February 1, 1979 (1979-02-01) |
| An assault on a businessman leads Barnaby to work with a firm that specializes in preventing terrorist kidnappings. ||||||
| 150 | 19 | "Fatal Overture" | Graeme Clifford | Dick Nelson | February 8, 1979 (1979-02-08) |
| A husband and wife are framed for the death of the husband's ex-lover. ||||||
| 151 | 20 | "Master of Deception" | Kenneth Gilbert | Gerald Sanford | February 22, 1979 (1979-02-22) |
| A man marries many women involved in electronics projects to steal their industrial secrets. ||||||
| 152 | 21 | "A Short Happy Life" | John Carter | Robert W. Lenski | March 1, 1979 (1979-03-01) |
| Betty's cousin is unaware that she's carrying a locker key that the two men stalking her are willing to kill for. ||||||
| 153 | 22 | "Child of Love, Child of Vengeance: Part 1" | Michael Preece | Robert W. Lenski | March 15, 1979 (1979-03-15) |
| Barnaby's probing of a lawyer's murder leads him to a religious cult. When he gets too close, he is framed for a felony. NOTE: This two part episode aired just four months after the Jonestown Massacre. ||||||
| 154 | 23 | "Child of Love, Child of Vengeance: Part 2" | Michael Preece | Robert W. Lenski | March 22, 1979 (1979-03-22) |
| A member of the cult that Barnaby has encountered may be the key to solving the murder of a lawyer the detective's been investigating. ||||||
| 155 | 24 | "Target for a Wedding" | Robert Sherman | Robert Sherman | April 12, 1979 (1979-04-12) |
| An heiress doesn't know that the fortune hunter she's fallen for has murdered her benefactor. ||||||
| 156 | 25 | "Temptation" | Joseph Manduke | Norman Jolley | April 19, 1979 (1979-04-19) |
| As a police lieutenant ends up falling for the ex-girlfriend of a murderer in trying to make her a witness to have the murderer convicted, he's framed for the murder of a second witness, so Barnaby and J.R. try to clear him. ||||||