Columbo

Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Cast:Peter Falk , Mike Lally , Dianne Travis , Bruce Kirby , John Finnegan , Fred Draper , Vito Scotti , Val Avery , Jack Cassidy , Robert Culp , Arlene Martel , Richard Stahl , Victor Izay , Jerome Guardino , Cliff Carnell , Harvey Gold , Jimmy Joyce , Dennis Robertson

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Murder by the Book

Wed, Sep 15, 1971

When one member of a mystery writing team wants to break from his less talented partner, he becomes the victim in a real-life murder mystery.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Death Lends a Hand

Wed, Oct 6, 1971

Columbo matches his skills against Brimmer, a former cop turned private investigator with a quick temper who tries to blackmail a client's wife. When she refuses, he accidentally kills her and it's up to Columbo to nail him.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Dead Weight

Wed, Oct 27, 1971

A war hero shoots and kills his business partner; an easily manipulated young divorcée is the only witness.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Suitable for Framing

Wed, Nov 17, 1971

A wealthy art collector is murdered, and all signs point to a robbery gone wrong. But the nephew's alibi is a little too convenient, and Columbo pulls a fast one to ferret out the killer.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Lady in Waiting

Wed, Dec 15, 1971

A mousy heiress murders her brother, pretending she thought he was a burglar. Lt. Columbo unravels her alibi.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Short Fuse

Wed, Jan 19, 1972

Pressured to give up his birthright, a chemical company heir enacts a clever plan to get rid of his blackmailing uncle and take over the family business. But Lt. Columbo suspects the man's death was not just a tragic accident.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Blueprint for Murder

Wed, Feb 9, 1972

Elliot Markham, a brilliant architect and con-man, murders a Texas millionaire and hides his body in order to keep his visionary construction project financed.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Étude in Black

Sun, Sep 17, 1972

A ruthless conductor murders the gifted pianist with whom he is having an affair. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ The Greenhouse Jungle

Sun, Oct 15, 1972

Columbo arrives at a kidnapping case, which at some point turns to worse. Everything seems to be related to a trust fund managed by a man with a great love for orchids.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ The Most Crucial Game

Sun, Nov 5, 1972

The manager of a football team murders its callow owner, making it look as if the young man had had an accident in his swimming pool. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Dagger of the Mind

Sun, Nov 26, 1972

In London, a respected Shakespearean acting duo cover up the unintended killing of their producer.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Requiem for a Falling Star

Sun, Jan 21, 1973

A faded movie actress commits murder. Lt. Columbo, one of her biggest fans, is on the case.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ A Stitch in Crime

Sun, Feb 11, 1973

A surgeon has an ingenious plan for murdering his partner in a research project, but a nurse catches onto the scheme.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ The Most Dangerous Match

Sun, Mar 4, 1973

A chess player murders his opponent before a big match. Lt. Columbo must out-maneuver this crafty, but craven, killer.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Double Shock

Sun, Mar 25, 1973

A smarmy TV chef and his identical twin brother, a rigidly proper banker, are suspects in the electrocution of their rich uncle.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Lovely But Lethal

Sun, Sep 23, 1973

The formula for a miracle wrinkle cream leads the founder of a cosmetics company to murder and Columbo is on this case.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Any Old Port in a Storm

Sun, Oct 7, 1973

A wine connisseur kills his half- brother to prevent him selling the family winery to a merchant company so he can pay off his gambling debts.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Candidate for Crime

Sun, Nov 4, 1973

Senatorial candidate Nelson Hayward murders his domineering campaign manager, staging it to appear that Hayward himself was the intended victim of a mob hit gone wrong.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Double Exposure

Sun, Dec 16, 1973

A self-styled "motivation research specialist" uses subliminal cues to commit a murder. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Publish or Perish

Fri, Jan 18, 1974

A publisher hires a bomb enthusiast to murder a bestselling author of sex novels. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Mind Over Mayhem

Sun, Feb 10, 1974

The director of a government institute that employs various scientific geniuses commits a clever murder. But another kind of genius is on the case: Lt. Columbo.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Swan Song

Sun, Mar 3, 1974

A gospel singer wants to be rid of his zealous wife. But a murder made to look like an airplane accident does not fool the wily Lt. Columbo.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ A Friend in Deed

Sun, May 5, 1974

A police commissioner provides a false alibi for a wife killer, but then expects an alibi in return.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ An Exercise in Fatality

Sun, Sep 15, 1974

A health club owner murders one of his franchisees. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Negative Reaction

Tue, Oct 15, 1974

A photographer murders his wife and blames her death on a bungled kidnapping. But Lt. Columbo has an even sharper eye than the Pulitzer Prize winner.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ By Dawn's Early Light

Sun, Oct 27, 1974

The commandant of a military academy murders the chairman of the board, who wants to oust him. Lt. Columbo takes up residence in the barracks to expose the killer.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ Troubled Waters

Sun, Feb 9, 1975

Lt. Columbo takes a trip to Acapulco, but finds himself on a new case when a used car dealer commits murder on the cruise ship.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Playback

Sun, Mar 2, 1975

A gadget-happy inventor murders his mother-in-law; Lt. Columbo is on the case.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ A Deadly State of Mind

Sun, Apr 27, 1975

A psychiatrist, who specializes in hypnosis, murders the husband of his mistress and convinces her to lie to the police; it's up to Lt. Columbo to discover the truth.