I watched these during the original broadcasts and just got the DVD set. I'm up to season 5 now and I'm highly disappointed! Seasons 1-4 were great. Then in season 5 they brought in a rude and angry young guy to liven up the show. He was supposed to be Barnaby's nephew. So he was allowed to run amok insulting people and flirting with all the women. It really ruined the theme of the series. Even Barnaby's dialogue changed. There was an episode where elderly Barnaby guessed at a young ladies vital statistics in front of her father. That wasn't cool even back in those days. Series 1-4 are a solid 8-9! Past that, it's maybe a 3-4. I'm averaging it out to a 6 star rating.
Review of Barnaby Jones
