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Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
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Episode 1
A writer of murder mysteries wreaks revenge on her nephew-in-law by blaming him for her niece's murder.
Directed by James FrawleyWritten by Gene Thompson, Paul TuckahoeGuest stars Mariette Hartley, Ruth Gordon, Charles Frank, G.D. Spradlin, Mary Jackson, Marie Silva-Alexander, Jerome Guardino
Episode 2
A famous food critic is threatened by a restaurant owner, and so the critic leaves. Soon after, the cook dies. Columbo's involvement is welcomed by all the other chefs in the area, but Columbo wonders why the dead restaurant owner slammed the drawers before he died. And how could the poison that killed him enter an unopened bottle without the killer even being in the room? Could it have been suicide? But then there's the cheques to a mysterious society, and the victim's calender. Can Columbo's cooking skills really match the food critic's taste?
Directed by Jonathan DemmeWritten by Robert Van ScoykGuest stars Richard Dysart, Louis Jourdan, Mako, France Nuyen, Larry D. Mann, Michael V. Gazzo, Shera Danese, Antony Alda
Episode 3
Mark McAndrews a top network programmer is promoted to a New York position. His assistant, who is very ambitious and his lover, expects to get his old job. But of course he feels she is out of her league and needs more experience. Kay, feeling betrayed, decides to seek revenge.
Directed by James FrawleyWritten by Robert Van ScoykGuest stars Laurence Luckinbill, Trish Van Devere, Lainie Kazan, Patrick O'Neal, Ron Rifkin, Jerome Guardino, James McEachin, Bruce Kirby
Episode 4
A famous psychiatrist uses an appointment with his doctor as his alibi while he calls his house, where his dead wife's lover is. The call serves as the first step in a conditioning reflex on the psychiatrist's dogs. The other part is the word Rosebud as uttered by the victim. When Columbo arrives on the scene, the psychiatrist is very understanding when police say they may have to put his dogs to death. But Columbo notices how friendly the dogs seem, and then there's the telephone that's hanging from it's hook.
Directed by James FrawleyWritten by Anthony LawrenceGuest stars Tricia O'Neil, Nicol Williamson, Kim Cattrall, Joel Fabiani, Frank Aletter, Ed Begley Jr., Fred Jay Gordon
Episode 5
An Irish poet, who fronts a peace organization while secretly running guns, kills an arms dealer who tries to swindle him.
Directed by Leo PennWritten by Howard Berk, Pat RobisonGuest stars Clive Revill, Jeanette Nolan, Albert Paulsen, Kedric Wolfe, Bernard Behrens, Michael Horton, L.Q. Jones, Deborah White
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Peter FalkLt. Columbo
Jack CassidyRiley Greenleaf
Robert CulpJordan Rowe
Patrick McGoohanNelson Brenner
Val AveryRalph Dobbs
Arlene MartelSalesgirl
Bruce KirbySergeant Kramer
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