In 2002 he returned to the John Wells fold to produce and direct the pilot, "The Big Time", featuring Christina Hendricks, Dylan Baker, Molly Ringwald and Christopher Lloyd—which eventually aired as a two-hour movie. In the years that followed, Barclay worked on a wide variety of television dramas and comedies. He served as co-executive producer and producing director of the series "Cold Case", for which he has also directed nine episodes. Other shows he directed in the decade include "The West Wing", "Huff", "Law & Order", "Numb3rs", "Lost", "House", "The Shield", "Weeds", "Monk","The Good Wife", ', "Sons of Anarchy", ', "The Mentalist" and 9 episodes of "Glee".