The Best Episodes Directed By Patrick Mcgoohan

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.8/10(25 votes)

   #1 - Agenda for Murder

   S9:E32/10/1990

   Columbo matches wits with a brilliant attorney responsible for the murder of the one man who could stifle his meteoric political career.

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   7.5/10(9 votes)

   #2 - Free for All

   S1:E410/20/1967

   Number 6 runs for the office of Number 2.

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   7.2/10(29 votes)

   #3 - Identity Crisis

   S5:E311/2/1975

   A spy is killed on a lonely beach by his contact, but the killer has been photographed beforehand walking with the victim.

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   7.0/10(24 votes)

   #4 - Murder With Too Many Notes

   S10:E133/12/2001

   Hollywood film composer and conductor Findlay Crawford has been mentor to a talented young composer who has been ghostwriting most of Crawford's work for the last few years, and penned Crawford's entire last movie score, which won an Oscar. When the protege wants to venture out on his own, Crawford, whose own talent seems to have run dry, concocts the perfect murder, made to look like a suicide.

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   7.0/10(4 votes)

   #5 - A Change of Mind

   S1:E1212/15/1967

   After a brawl Number 6 is declared "unmutual" and is made to think that he has undergone "instant social conversion."

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   7.0/10(4 votes)

   #6 - Once Upon a Time

   S1:E161/26/1968

   Because all other attempts to break Number 6 have failed, Number 2 decides to engage him in a game where one of them will end up dead.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #7 - To Our Best Friend

   S3:E1112/9/1965

   Drake heads to Baghdad to clear the name of a spy suspected of leaking secrets.

   Director:Patrick McGoohan

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #8 - The Paper Chase

   S3:E223/31/1966

   Secret documents fall into the wrong hands.

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   7.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - Vacation

   S1:E201/29/1961

   While vacationing on the Riviera, John Drake recognises a professional assassin. He succeeds in replacing the killer and undertakes an assignment working in the dark, as he has no idea who his victim is.

   Director:Patrick McGoohan

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    6.8/10(6 votes)

    #10 - Many Happy Returns

    S1:E711/10/1967

    Number 6 wakes up to find the Village totally deserted.

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    6.8/10(26 votes)

    #11 - Ashes to Ashes

    S10:E128/10/1998

    Mortician to the stars Eric Prince, kills gossip reporter Verity Chandler, who had knowledge of skeletons in Prince's closet. Columbo must figure out what happened to her and why.

    Director:Patrick McGoohan

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    6.5/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Fall Out

    S1:E172/2/1968

    After witnessing the trials of Number 2 and Number 48 and meeting the President of the Assembly, Number 6 escapes during the chaos that follows.

    Director:Patrick McGoohan

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    6.2/10(29 votes)

    #13 - Last Salute to the Commodore

    S5:E65/2/1976

    The family and friends of brilliant naval architect Commodore Otis Swanson have gathered for the company’s annual party. The commodore, however, has become increasingly discontented with the way his son-in-law, Charles Clay, has developed the shipbuilding firm into a vast, impersonal corporation. He is tired of being surrounded by freeloaders like his alcoholic daughter, Joanna, his irresponsible nephew, Swanny, and of course, Charles. The only man he respects is Wayne Taylor, the head of the boatyard. In fact, the Commodore intends to sell the company. That night, Charles is wiping clean the belaying pin used to bash the Commodore’s skull.

    Director:Patrick McGoohan

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