Mrs. Columbo

Season 1

1979 · 5 episodes · 6h 0m in all · 6.4/10

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Word Games

   26 Feb 1979 · 120 min · 4.0/10

   Kate Mulgrew is Kate Columbo, wife of the rumpled police lieutenant and - in her own right - a mother, homemaker and reporter for a neighborhood throwaway. In this week's opener, she also demonstrates a knack for investigation after she overhears a neighbor plotting the murder of his wife.

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   2. Murder Is a Parlor Game

   1 Mar 1979 · 60 min · 7.0/10

   An apparent suicide is actually the handiwork of a retired Scotland Yard investigator who is teaching a course that Mrs. Columbo is taking.

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   3. A Riddle for Puppets

   15 Mar 1979 · 60 min · 7.0/10

   A puppet maker is murdered by a tormented ventriloquist who acted at the urging of his "evil" dummy.

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   4. Caviar with Everything

   22 Mar 1979 · 60 min · 7.0/10

   Two women own a catering firm. Both love the same man. To one, the solution is obvious: murder.

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   5. A Puzzle for Prophets

   29 Mar 1979 · 60 min · 7.0/10

   A famous psychic engineers the murder of her business partner and appears to have an airtight alibi - she was demonstrating her "powers" to Mrs. Columbo at the time of death.