8.3
1,107 votes
NBC 1968
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Brilliant photographer Paul Galesko plans to murder his domineering wife, Frances, and pin the crime on an ex-convict named Alvin Deschler. His plan is to make it look as if Alvin kidnapped his wife and killed her before picking up the ransom money.
The episode was rated from 152 votes.
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.
The episode was rated from 131 votes.
Two former college friends, now partners in an accounting firm, become enemies when one realizes the other has embezzled funds. The reason for his embezzling ways is his wife, she demands nothing but the best.
The episode was rated from 139 votes.
A police commissioner provides an alibi to a friend who has just killed his wife. Later the commissioner kills his own wife and gets the friend to repay the favour.
The episode was rated from 132 votes.
Wine producer Adrian Carsini discovers that his younger brother Enrico plans to sell the family vineyards to pay his playboy-life debts, and sets out to murder him. He locks him in a wine vault and turns off the air and conditioning, then drags the body out to the ocean and makes it look like Enrico died during a scuba-diving accident. Columbo is suspicious of the contradictions that show up in the autopsy, and soon realizes that Adrian is the murderer. The final clue is the wine that was spoiled when the vault's air conditioning was turned off. Only Adrian could tell the difference, so Columbo secretly gets him to sample the wine and declare it unfit. Once Adrian realizes his wines were ruined, he is forced to throw them over a cliff, as Columbo looks on. In the end, Columbo takes in a relieved Adrian, confessing that Carsini is one of the few killers he was reluctant to bring in.
The episode was rated from 156 votes.
A high-flying lady lawyer kills her husband for the insurance money, and tries to makes It look like a kidnapping gone wrong.
The episode was rated from 270 votes.
Lt. Columbo is pitted against an equally brilliant, nationally recognized criminal defence lawyer who murders his rock star girlfriend when he discovers she is seeing another man.
The episode was rated from 113 votes.
A writer of murder mysteries wreaks revenge on her nephew-in-law by blaiming him for her niece's murder.
The episode was rated from 147 votes.
Lt. Columbo is invited as guest speaker in a Criminology course and squares off against two cunning students, who are confident they have duped the lieutenant with various leads, when their professor is found murdered.
The episode was rated from 140 votes.
Columbo is asked to investigate the disappearance of Diane Hunter, director of a men's magazine. Naturally, the prime suspect is her lover and co-editor Sean Brantley, who spends lots of time with the young girls he works with.
The episode was rated from 105 votes.Last updated: jan 24, 2022
La meilleur série de tout les temps !
good stuff!!
OMFG! OMG! I'm so stoked.
A true classic that you can always go back too and re-watch. Which one is your most watched episode? **1x09** _Blueprint for Murder_ 13 hours, 30 mins 9 plays
I have seen every episode at least 10 times, and I will see them again. The best detective TV show ever.
Columbo is one of those shows that you can easily put on when you're mood of something fun but also clever. Peter Falk was a genius and still had it in 2003 when he made the last episode. Not many shows span 35 years with the same central character!
