Columbo

Season 4

TV-PG

80%

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.

Where to Watch Season 4

6 Episodes

An Exercise in Fatality
E1
An Exercise in FatalityA health and fitness franchiser who sells supplies to his franchisees at exorbitant prices murders one of them after they discovered his criminal business practices. Lt. Columbo has to outsmart the crafty killer to solve this one.
Negative Reaction
E2
Negative ReactionBrilliant 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.
By Dawn's Early Light
E3
By Dawn's Early LightThe commandant of a military academy for boys kills the chairman of the board for planning on turning the academy into a coed junior college. Lt. Columbo takes up residence in the barracks to investigate what looks like an accident.
Troubled Waters
E4
Troubled WatersLt. Columbo and his wife win a pleasure cruise to Acapulco, but the lieutenant finds himself investigating a murder aboard the cruise ship when a married car dealer kills an ex-lover who's been blackmailing him over their past fling.
Playback
E5
PlaybackAn inventor in love with gadgets murders his mother-in-law after she fires him as CEO of her electronics company, and uses his expertise of surveillance systems to craft the perfect alibi. Lt. Columbo is on the case.
A Deadly State of Mind
E6
A Deadly State of MindDuring a physical altercation, a psychiatrist who specializes in hypnosis kills the husband of a patient with whom he's been having an affair and convinces the wife to lie to the police; it's up to Lt. Columbo to discover the truth.