A London-bound plane is the setting for the murder of an heiress's (Kate Mulgrew) bodyguard and the theft of a valuable necklace.
A young man must protect a frame-up arranged by his father (Tige Andrews) to avenge his paralyzed brother.
Ray Dixon has too much invested in molding his son Norm into an Olympic champion and sees those dreams threatened by a rival swimmer. Ray changes out his medication and the young man dies. Barnaby Jones tackles an seemingly unsolvable case.