Barnaby Jones: Season 7
Season 7 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Barnaby Jones Season 6.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 7 Progress Shield
A Dangerous Affair
Sep 28, 1978 · 46 min
Barnaby and J.R. investigates an insurance case that was reported as a suicide, but J.R. has a feeling that it could actually be a murder stemming from a blackmail conspiracy.
Deadly Sanctuary
Oct 12, 1978 · 46 min
While taking a couple of days vacation to help out a friend, Betty encounters a serial rapist who prays upon women who frequent a local bar- only to learn that a different man has
Hitch-Hike to Terror
Oct 19, 1978 · 46 min
Young Shelley Barrett tries to get to Barnaby, whom she believes is her father. She gets arrested on the way. Barnaby has to clear her, help her mother,and prove he is not the fath
Nest of Scorpions
Oct 26, 1978 · 46 min
J.R. investigates the disappearance of a real estate agent at a resort lodge run by two sisters and their aunt.. The murders pile up as he begins to realize that he's in the midst
Death of a Friendship
Nov 9, 1978 · 46 min
Barnaby and J.R. get involved in a kidnapping for ransom that goes bad and a former associate gets killed during the drop off -or so it appears. Barnaby has a hunch that it was an
A Frame for Murder
Nov 16, 1978 · 46 min
Jedediah is set up on a phony rape charge and sets out to clear his name and find those responsible.
Stages of Fear
Nov 23, 1978 · 46 min
While Barnaby and J.R. are tied up working on another case, Betty takes a part in a stage production as a singer and dancer to find out who's terrorizing it's cast members. But whe
Victim of Love
Nov 30, 1978 · 46 min
J.R. gets involved in a dangerous situation when an old friend tells him that her ex-husband is stalking her and their son and using his influence as a police officer to do it.
Memory of a Nightmare
Dec 14, 1978 · 46 min
Betty goes under hypnosis so she can remember the events that led up to a car accident that killed her friend and caused her to lose her memory-and realizes it was no accident.
The Picture Pirates
Dec 21, 1978 · 46 min
In the course of investigating the death of a film editor, Barnaby and J.R. uncover a movie pirating operation that could potentially cost the studio millions in lost revenue.
Academy of Evil
Dec 28, 1978 · 46 min
Betty investigates an academy for girls where a series of accidents have injured instructors and students alike. What she finds is a vicious group of girls who dominate the school
The Medium
Jan 4, 1979 · 46 min
J.R. investigates the disappearance of three women in a five week time period, and then gets involved with a psychic to help him when it looks like she might be his best chance of
The Enslaved
Jan 18, 1979 · 46 min
Betty goes undercover at a rehabilitation center for substance abuse addicts to investigate a suspicious death and discovers a sinister scheme where they administer dangerous drugs
Dance with Death
Jan 25, 1979 · 46 min
A beautiful disco dancer is harassed by numerous men from the disco where she dance's and her life is threatened. When her roommate is murdered she believes it was meant to be her
The Protectors
Feb 1, 1979 · 46 min
A high tech security team asks Barnaby to help them with a case in which a wealthy business narrowly escaped a kidnapping attempt. Together they discover it was an inside job and t
Fatal Overture
Feb 8, 1979 · 46 min
Betty is asked to investigate the death of an inspiring young actress after she witnesses the deceased and another couple in a heated argument at the hotel across from her own on t
Master of Deception
Feb 22, 1979 · 46 min
A woman that is helping to develop a revolutionary new type of television set disappears without a trace, and the company that she works for asks Barnaby to find out what happened
A Short Happy Life
Mar 1, 1979 · 46 min
Betty's cousin Foxey Dolan comes into town and sets her and Betty up for a night out on the town with a man she just met. He also happens to be on the run from crooks he's stolen f
Child of Love Child of Vengeance (2)
Mar 22, 1979 · 46 min
J.R. infiltrates a religious cult to help Barnaby get to the bottom of why a lawyer for a family run corporation was murdered, and why the identity of a young woman that is a membe
Target for a Wedding
Apr 12, 1979 · 46 min
A young man tries to coerce the niece of gold prospector(and Barnaby's goddaughter)into marrying him after he learns that she is set to inherit the property his gold mine is locate