Barnaby Jones season 8

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Barnaby Jones
Season 8
No. of episodes22
Release
Original network CBS
Original releaseSeptember 20, 1979 (1979-09-20) 
April 3, 1980 (1980-04-03)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

This is a list of episodes from the eighth and final season of Barnaby Jones .

Broadcast history

The season originally aired Thursdays at 10:00-11:00 pm (EST) from September 20 to November 29, 1979 and at 9:00-10:00 pm (EST) from December 20, 1979 to April 3, 1980.

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1571"Man on Fire"Seymour RobbieJack V. FogartySeptember 20, 1979 (1979-09-20)
Barnaby works with a claims adjuster in an arson-and-murder case. Gary Lockwood and Michael Strong guest star.
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"Nightmare in Hawaii"Michael CaffeyRobert ShermanSeptember 27, 1979 (1979-09-27)
In Hawaii, J.R. is framed for murder and thrown in jail by a vengeful and incompetent cop (Tim O'Connor). Dan O'Herlihy guest stars.
1604"A Desperate Pursuit"Seymour RobbieNorman JolleyOctober 11, 1979 (1979-10-11)
Betty's testimony in a trial puts herself in danger and gets her attention from an impressed reporter (Jack Ging).
1615"Design for Madness"Dennis DonnellyDick NelsonOctober 18, 1979 (1979-10-18)
Barnaby tries to help her emotionally disturbed niece when she's suspected of murdering her husband and his lawyer during memory lapses.
1626"Girl on the Road"Kenneth GilbertGerald SanfordOctober 25, 1979 (1979-10-25)
A runaway girl discovers that the glitter of the drug world has a deadly underside.
1637"Indoctrination in Evil"Leo PennGerald SanfordNovember 1, 1979 (1979-11-01)
While on the search for a missing girl, Betty uncovers a center for white slavers.
1648"Homecoming for a Dead Man"Bruce KesslerJack B. SowardsNovember 8, 1979 (1979-11-08)
Barnaby finds a man who vanished ten years ago - along with a fortune in stolen gold.
1659"False Witness"Winrich KolbePaul Robert CoyleNovember 29, 1979 (1979-11-29)
Betty probes the rape of a friend who was in shock when she identified her attacker.
16610"School of Terror"Kenneth GilbertWilliam KeysDecember 20, 1979 (1979-12-20)
Drug dealers infiltrate a treatment center and murder J.R.'s counselor friend. Ed Harris, Sean Penn, Madeline Stowe, and John Witherspoon guest star.
16711"Cry for Vengeance"Allen BaronRobert I. HoltDecember 27, 1979 (1979-12-27)
Barnaby must deal with an incompetent cop after the son of a friend, a former police officer, is killed as a warning not to interfere with the local protection racket. A Martinez guest stars
16812"Run to Death"John CarterJohn Donley & Linda FortneyJanuary 3, 1980 (1980-01-03)
Betty's friend dies of an alleged heart attack during his constitutional.
16913"The Price of Anger"Larry Elikann Albert Aley January 10, 1980 (1980-01-10)
Black cab driver Wes Carter (Lawrence Hilton Jacobs) runs from a murder scene on the grounds that circumstantial evidence - and racism - would make him the prime suspect.
17014"The Killing Point"Michael PreeceRobert W. LenskiJanuary 17, 1980 (1980-01-17)
Barnaby looks for a millionaire's mistress, unaware that she's stolen a priceless objet d'art.
17115"Focus on Fear"Kenneth GilbertJack V. FogartyJanuary 31, 1980 (1980-01-31)
Thugs steal a photographer's negatives and blind her after she does an assignment at an air-freight terminal.
17216"Murder in the Key of C"Michael CaffeyRobert I. HoltFebruary 7, 1980 (1980-02-07)
Barnaby is hired to find a composer's fiance who disappeared running away from unscrupulous music publishers.
17317"Killer Without a Name"Kenneth C. GilbertDavid P. HarmonFebruary 14, 1980 (1980-02-14)
While on a cruise, Betty falls for a man who's being targeted by South American street police.
17418"Death Is the Punchline"Dick LowryPaul Robert CoyleFebruary 21, 1980 (1980-02-21)
A comic is suspected of killing the nightclub owner who fired him after his act proved to be a flop.
17519"The Final Victim"Robert ShermanS: Philip Saltzman;
S/T: Robert Sherman
March 6, 1980 (1980-03-06)
A columnist writing about prostitution focuses on a murdered girl whose reputation Barnaby is trying to save.
17620"The Silent Accuser"Graeme CliffordCarolyn See & Jackie JosephMarch 13, 1980 (1980-03-13)
Betty responds to an SOS from her teacher friend, only to find her dead.
17721"Deadline for Murder"Lewis TeagueLarry AlexanderMarch 27, 1980 (1980-03-27)
A pair of men pretending to be Barnaby and J.R. murder a writer employed by a sleazy publishing empire.
17822"The Killin' Cousin"Michael PreeceNorman JolleyApril 3, 1980 (1980-04-03)
Betty is suspected of killing two members of her family by father-and-son detectives. This was intended to launch a spin off called Tarkington (named after the father and son) but due to the comedic plot and bad ratings, plans for the spin off were abandoned.

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