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Columbo"Columbo" isn't the typical detective whodunit TV show. On most detective shows, viewers don't know who committed the crime until the detective pieces the clues together and figures it out. On this show, however, viewers see the crime unfold at the beginning of most episodes, including who the perpetrator is. The mystery and fun for viewers is trying to spot the clues that will lead Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) to discover the culprit and watching the tricks he uses to get a confession. Episodes of "Columbo" were movie-length and ran sporadically on multiple networks during its run.S5, EP1 "Forgotten Lady"A retired actress/dancer stages her wealthy husband's suicide after he refuses to finance her Broadway comeback.
S3, EP3 "Candidate for a Crime"A senatorial candidate exploits death threats, fabricated for publicity, to kill his manager.
S8, EP1 "Columbo Goes to the Guillotine"An egocentric psychic murders his old mentor, a magician charged to expose him as fraud, by beheading him while he's rehearsing his guillotine trick.
S8, EP2 "Murder, Smoke and Shadows"A Hollywood director tries to fool Columbo when a studio becomes a murder scene.
S5, EP3 "Identity Crisis"A cunning advertising consultant leading a double life as a spy tries to cover up the details of a homicide.
S3, EP7 "Swan Song"A gospel singer kills his evangelist wife when she denies him more money and threatens blackmail.
S5, EP5 "Now You See Him"A magician claims an airtight alibi -- being sealed in a tank of water -- in the murder of a blackmailing associate.
S4, EP6 "A Deadly State of Mind"A psychiatrist (George Hamilton) romances a wealthy patient (Lesley Ann Warren) then uses her in his alibi after killing her husband (Stephen Elliott).
S5, EP6 "Last Salute to the Commodore"Lt. Columbo's prime suspect in the case of a drowned yacht magnate also turns up dead.
S3, EP8 "A Friend in Deed"A man murders his wife and has a friend cover up the act with a burglary, only to have the friend blackmail him into doing the same favor in return.
S7, EP3 "Make Me a Perfect Murder"A TV-network executive murders her boss and lover when he fails to promote her.
S7, EP5 "The Conspirators"An Irish poet, who fronts a peace organization while secretly running guns, kills an arms dealer who tries to swindle him.
S8, EP3 "Sex and the Married Detective"The disheveled detective gets some free advice from a world famous sex therapist.
S8, EP4 "Grand Deceptions"The detective is called in to investigate the death of a sergeant major at a training camp.
S9, EP1 "Murder, a Self Portrait"Homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo investigates the murder of a famous painter's ex-wife.
S9, EP2 "Columbo Cries Wolf"Columbo investigates the disappearance of the director of a men's magazine.
S9, EP3 "Agenda for Murder"The disheveled detective investigates the apparent suicide of a notorious racketeer who was facing an indictment.
S9, EP4 "Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo"When a crooked estate agent dies in prison, his widow vows to exact her revenge on the two men that put him there. After killing her husband's informing boss, she sets her sights on Lieutenant Columbo.
S9, EP5 "Uneasy Lies the Crown"A dentist frames his wife for a murder in order to keep up his image and expensive lifestyle.
S1, EP1 "Murder by the Book"A blackmailer interferes with a mystery writer's scheme to kill his former partner in a perfect crime.
S9, EP6 "Murder in Malibu"A famous romance novelist is shot dead in the course of what looks like a robbery.
S10, EP1 "Columbo Goes to College"The rumpled lieutenant is invited to give a college lecture on criminology but ends up investigating the murder of one of the institution's professors.
S1, EP2 "Death Lends a Hand"Columbo investigates the case of an unfaithful wife who was murdered when she refused to be blackmailed.
S1, EP3 "Dead Weight"No body, no weapon and a witness courted by the war hero she thinks committed murder, complicate a case.
S10, EP2 "Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health"Columbo investigates the murder of a crime show host's rival with incriminating evidence.
S10, EP3 "Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star"Columbo is put to the test against an equally brilliant, criminal defence lawyer who murders his rock star girlfriend.
S1, EP4 "Suitable for Framing"Evidence points to an innocent woman after an art critic and his protege murder an uncle to inherit a collection.
S1, EP5 "Lady in Waiting"Bitter sibling competition for control of a family-owned corporation escalates into murder.
S10, EP4 "Death Hits the Jackpot"A police detective questions a jewelry-store owner whose late nephew had a winning lottery ticket.
S10, EP5 "No Time to Die"Columbo attends his nephew's wedding and as the couple get ready to leave on their honeymoon, the bride disappears; Columbo investigates and suspects his nephew may have made a few enemies on the police force.
S1, EP6 "Short Fuse"An explosion kills an executive as he calls his wife from a car phone, and suspicion falls on a company attorney.
S1, EP7 "Blueprint for Murder"At tremendous expense to the city, Columbo excavates the area surrounding the newly poured foundation of a building to search for a corpse.
S10, EP6 "A Bird in the Hand..."Columbo investigates a hit and run, followed by a car explosion.
S10, EP7 "It's All in the Game"Two women kill their two-timing lover but have solid alibis; one of the women tries to seduce Columbo to keep him off her trail.
"Columbo""Columbo" isn't the typical detective whodunit TV show. On most detective shows, viewers don't know who committed the crime until the detective pieces the clues together and figures it out. On this show, however, viewers see the crime unfold at the beginning of most episodes, including who the perpetrator is. The mystery and fun for viewers is trying to spot the clues that will lead Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) to discover the culprit and watching the tricks he uses to get a confession. Episodes of "Columbo" were movie-length and ran sporadically on multiple networks during its run.
S7, EP4 "How to Dial a Murder"Columbo suspects a psychologist (Nicol Williamson), a noted expert in mind control, is guilty of murder.
S7, EP2 "Murder Under Glass"Columbo investigates the murder of a gourmet restaurant owner who had been the victim of an extortionist.
S7, EP1 "Try & Catch Me"A mystery writer uses her plot as a guide to murder her nephew , whom she blames for her niece's death.
S6, EP3 "The Bye-Bye Sky-High IQ Murder Case"An accountant, embezzling to support his wife's lifestyle, murders his partner after the man discovers his crimes.
S6, EP2 "Old-Fashioned Murder"The curator (Joyce Van Patten) of a strapped family-owned museum stages a robbery, for insurance, then murders to hide her crime; guests Celeste Holm, Tim O'Connor.
S6, EP1 "Fade In to Murder"An egotistic TV detective matches wits with Columbo after murdering his producer , a former lover and current blackmailer.
S5, EP4 "A Matter of Honor"A retired bullfighter credited with saving a young man from a bull arranges the death of the boy's father to protect his own reputation.
S5, EP2 "A Case of Immunity"A foreign dignitary murders his rival then disguises the crime as part of a robbery blamed on college protesters.
S4, EP4 "Troubled Waters"Columbo's Mexico cruise is disrupted when an automobile executive kills his blackmailing lover, the ship's singer, then frames a musician.
S4, EP3 "By Dawn's Early Light"A military-academy commandant murders to protect his career and prevent his school's conversion to a coed junior college.
S4, EP2 "Negative Reaction"A prominent photographer hatches a scheme to cover up his wife's murder with a phony kidnapping plot.
"Columbo" isn't the typical detective whodunit TV show. On most detective shows, viewers don't know who committed the crime until the detective pieces the clues together and figures it out. On this show, however, viewers see the crime unfold at the beginning of most episodes, including who the perpetrator is. The mystery and fun for viewers is trying to spot the clues that will lead Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) to discover the culprit and watching the tricks he uses to get a confession. Episodes of "Columbo" were movie-length and ran sporadically on multiple networks during its run.
Original Air Date: Sep 15, 1971
Genres: DramaTV Series
Rating: TVG
Playback: HD
4 seasons available on demand (11 episodes)
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