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The Best Episodes of Columbo Season 0

Every episode of Columbo Season 0 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Columbo Season 0!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Columbo Season 0 Episode 2 - Ransom for a Dead Man
    7.8/10(19 votes)

    S0:E2

    Leslie Williams, a brilliant lawyer and pilot, murders her husband Paul to get his money, arranging the act to look as if he had been kidnapped and killed by his captors.

    Director:Richard Irving
    Writers:Richard Levinson, William Link, Gene Thompson

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  2. Columbo Season 0 Episode 1 - Prescription: Murder
    7.4/10(75 votes)

    S0:E1

    A psychiatrist uses a patient he is having an affair with to help him kill his wife, but his perfect alibi may come apart at the hands of a seemingly befuddled LAPD lieutenant.

    Director:Richard Irving
    Writers:Richard Levinson, William Link

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Season 0 Ratings Summary

"Ransom for a Dead Man" is the best rated episode of "Columbo" season 0. It scored 7.8/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by Richard Irving and written by Richard Levinson, William Link, Gene Thompson, it aired on 3/1/1971. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Prescription: Murder".