Barnaby Jones season 8

Barnaby Jones
Season 8
No. of episodes	22
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 20, 1979 (1979-09-20) – April 3, 1980 (1980-04-03)
Season chronology

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	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
157	1	"Man on Fire"	Seymour Robbie	Jack V. Fogarty	September 20, 1979 (1979-09-20)
Barnaby works with a claims adjuster in an arson-and-murder case. Gary Lockwood and Michael Strong guest star.
158 159	2 3	"Nightmare in Hawaii"	Michael Caffey	Robert Sherman	September 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.
160	4	"A Desperate Pursuit"	Seymour Robbie	Norman Jolley	October 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).
161	5	"Design for Madness"	Dennis Donnelly	Dick Nelson	October 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.
162	6	"Girl on the Road"	Kenneth Gilbert	Gerald Sanford	October 25, 1979 (1979-10-25)
A runaway girl discovers that the glitter of the drug world has a deadly underside.
163	7	"Indoctrination in Evil"	Leo Penn	Gerald Sanford	November 1, 1979 (1979-11-01)
While on the search for a missing girl, Betty uncovers a center for white slavers.
164	8	"Homecoming for a Dead Man"	Bruce Kessler	Jack B. Sowards	November 8, 1979 (1979-11-08)
Barnaby finds a man who vanished ten years ago - along with a fortune in stolen gold.
165	9	"False Witness"	Winrich Kolbe	Paul Robert Coyle	November 29, 1979 (1979-11-29)
Betty probes the rape of a friend who was in shock when she identified her attacker.
166	10	"School of Terror"	Kenneth Gilbert	William Keys	December 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.
167	11	"Cry for Vengeance"	Allen Baron	Robert I. Holt	December 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.
168	12	"Run to Death"	John Carter	John Donley & Linda Fortney	January 3, 1980 (1980-01-03)
Betty's friend dies of an alleged heart attack during his constitutional.
169	13	"The Price of Anger"	Larry Elikann	Albert Aley	January 10, 1980 (1980-01-10)
A black cab driver runs from a murder scene on the grounds that circumstantial evidence - and racism - would make him the prime suspect.
170	14	"The Killing Point"	Michael Preece	Robert W. Lenski	January 17, 1980 (1980-01-17)
Barnaby looks for a millionaire's mistress, unaware that she's stolen a priceless objet d'art.
171	15	"Focus on Fear"	Kenneth Gilbert	Jack V. Fogarty	January 31, 1980 (1980-01-31)
Thugs steal a photographer's negatives and blind her after she does an assignment at an air-freight terminal.
172	16	"Murder in the Key of C"	Michael Caffey	Robert I. Holt	February 7, 1980 (1980-02-07)
Barnaby is hired to find a composer's fiance who disappeared running away from unscrupulous music publishers.
173	17	"Killer Without a Name"	Kenneth C. Gilbert	David P. Harmon	February 14, 1980 (1980-02-14)
While on a cruise, Betty falls for a man who's being targeted by South American street police.
174	18	"Death Is the Punchline"	Dick Lowry	Paul Robert Coyle	February 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.
175	19	"The Final Victim"	Robert Sherman	S : 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.
176	20	"The Silent Accuser"	Graeme Clifford	Carolyn See & Jackie Joseph	March 13, 1980 (1980-03-13)
Betty responds to an SOS from her teacher friend, only to find her dead.
177	21	"Deadline for Murder"	Lewis Teague	Larry Alexander	March 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.
178	22	"The Killin' Cousin"	Michael Preece	Norman Jolley	April 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.