# Barnaby Jones season 5

This is a list of episodes from the fifth 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 |
| 86 | 1 | "Blood Vengeance" | Walter Grauman | Dick Nelson | October 7, 1976 (1976-10-07) |
| Barnaby sets out to avenge his cousin's murder. ||||||
| 87 | 2 | "Deadline for Dying" | Walter Grauman | Robert W. Lenski | October 14, 1976 (1976-10-14) |
| A journalist's investigation of a land scandal ends in murder and blackmail. ||||||
| 88 | 3 | "Sins of Thy Father" | Walter Grauman | Gerald Sanford | October 21, 1976 (1976-10-21) |
| A pilot's body, slashed by a propeller, is found on an airship. ||||||
| 89 | 4 | "The Fatal Dive" | Walter Grauman | Paul Robert Coyle | October 28, 1976 (1976-10-28) |
| Treasure hunters falsify the facts of a diver's death to prevent anyone from meddling in their quest. ||||||
| 90 | 5 | "Final Ransom" | Mel Damski | Mann Rubin | November 11, 1976 (1976-11-11) |
| A man returns from prison and learns that his partner in a ten-year-old kidnapping never gave back the abducted child. ||||||
| 91 | 6 | "Band of Evil" | Walter Grauman | Robert W. Lenski | November 18, 1976 (1976-11-18) |
| Barnaby and J.R. help a cowgirl look for a missing broncobuster, unaware that he's already been murdered. ||||||
| 92 | 7 | "Voice in the Night" | Leslie H. Martinson | Robert Sherman | December 2, 1976 (1976-12-02) |
| A woman who allegedly killed herself a year ago is now the unlikely suspect in a series of murders. ||||||
| 93 | 8 | "The Bounty Hunter" | Alf Kjellin | William Keys | December 16, 1976 (1976-12-16) |
| Barnaby must beat a bounty hunter to an escaped convict who can vindicate a prison trustee charged with murder. ||||||
| 94 | 9 | "Renegade's Child" | Harry Falk | Larry Alexander | December 23, 1976 (1976-12-23) |
| Barnaby's search for a 6-year-old boy leads him to the boy's father - a vagrant who deals in illegal arms. ||||||
| 95 | 10 | "Fraternity of Thieves" | Mel Damski | Gerald Sanford | December 30, 1976 (1976-12-30) |
| A pair of amateur thieves attempt to cover up the death of their cohort during a holdup - at the risk of the diamonds they've stolen. ||||||
| 96 | 11 | "Sister of Death" | Michael Caffey | Bethel Leslie & Gerry Day | January 6, 1977 (1977-01-06) |
| A nun is accused of taking her terminally ill sister off life support. ||||||
| 97 | 12 | "The Deadly Charade" | Michael Caffey | Calvin Clements, Jr. | January 13, 1977 (1977-01-13) |
| Betty falls for a playboy who's planning a murder to gain an inheritance. ||||||
| 98 | 13 | "Testament of Power" | Alf Kjellin | Stanley Roberts | January 20, 1977 (1977-01-20) |
| The executors of a millionaire's estate attempt to get rid of a new will putting them out of their jobs. ||||||
| 99 | 14 | "Copy-Cat Killing" | Leslie H. Martinson | Larry Forrester | January 27, 1977 (1977-01-27) |
| A husband kills his wife's lover. ||||||
| 100 | 15 | "A Simple Case of Terror" | Michael Caffey | Calvin Clements, Jr. | February 3, 1977 (1977-02-03) |
| A man is tricked into thinking he committed a murder, but the real killer is his own friend who smuggles diamonds. ||||||
| 101 | 16 | "The Marathon Murders" | Walter Grauman | Worley Thorne | February 17, 1977 (1977-02-17) |
| Barnaby probes the death of a heavily-insured man that is believed to be an accident. ||||||
| 102 | 17 | "Duet for Dying" | Leo Penn | Gerald Sanford | February 24, 1977 (1977-02-24) |
| A pair of amateur singers commit larceny and murder in an attempt to finance a record. ||||||
| 103 | 18 | "Circle of Treachery" | Walter Grauman | Robert Sherman | March 3, 1977 (1977-03-03) |
| After a pair of incompetent US Marshalls allow a sole witness to escape protective custody, a thief awaiting trial has his accomplice put out a contract on the witness to the crime. ||||||
| 104 | 19 | "Anatomy of Fear" | Walter Grauman | Gerald Sanford | March 17, 1977 (1977-03-17) |
| A rapist threatens to get more violent with Betty's friend if she tells the police. ||||||
| 105 | 20 | "The Killer on Campus" | Leo Penn | Dick Nelson | March 24, 1977 (1977-03-24) |
| Barnaby probes the supposed suicide of a college professor who had been the victim of his student's pranks. ||||||
| 106 | 21 | "The Deadly Valentine" | Walter Grauman | Mann Rubin | March 31, 1977 (1977-03-31) |
| A murderer is sending valentines to his victims before killing them - and Betty may be the next target. ||||||
| 107 | 22 | "Duet for Danger" | Leslie H. Martinson | Gerald Sanford | May 5, 1977 (1977-05-05) |
| The two amateur singers that Barnaby put in jail escape and head for Nashville. ||||||
| 108 | 23 | "The Inside Man" | Guerdon Trueblood | Paul Robert Coyle | May 12, 1977 (1977-05-12) |
| An aspiring robber is declared a hero for facing his double-crossing partner. ||||||
| 109 | 24 | "Run Away to Terror" | Kenneth Gilbert | Gerald Sanford | May 19, 1977 (1977-05-19) |
| A runaway thinks she committed a murder. ||||||