The Best Episodes of Columbo Season 2

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.7/10(4218 votes)

   #1 - Étude in Black

   S2:E19/17/1972

   The mistress of a conductor becomes a target for murder after threatening to tell all to her lover's wife.

   Director:Nicholas Colasanto

   Writers:Steven Bochco, Richard Levinson, William Link

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   Director:Nicholas Colasanto

   Writers:Steven Bochco, Richard Levinson, William Link
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   7.3/10(3406 votes)

   #2 - The Greenhouse Jungle

   S2:E210/15/1972

   Jarvis Goodland, along with his nephew, plan a kidnap scam to break the nephews trust fund, but after the money has been collected, Jarvis kills his partner.

   Director:Boris Sagal

   Writer:Jonathan Latimer

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   Director:Boris Sagal

   Writer:Jonathan Latimer
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   7.5/10(3321 votes)

   #3 - The Most Crucial Game

   S2:E311/5/1972

   The manager of a football team kills the team's owner, disguising himself as an ice cream vendor as a cover. He then uses a recording of a faked phone call as an alibi to prove he was elsewhere at the time of the murder.

   Director:Jeremy Kagan

   Writer:John T. Dugan

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   Director:Jeremy Kagan

   Writer:John T. Dugan
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   7.0/10(3443 votes)

   #4 - Dagger of the Mind

   S2:E411/26/1972

   While on a work trip to London, to learn the techniques of the British police, Columbo gets involved with the murder of Roger Haversham, a rich old businessman who is financing the careers of two rundown theater stars. When Sir Roger threatens to end their careers, because he felt betrayed, he's killed. A short while after, his butler figures out the motives for his master's murder, and blackmails the actors, who have no other choice than to kill him and make it look like he commited suicide due to remorse, because he murdered his employer. Columbo stills manages to catch both the murderers, with the help of a pearl and a new umbrella.

   Director:Richard Quine

   Writers:Richard Levinson, William Link

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   Director:Richard Quine

   Writers:Richard Levinson, William Link
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   7.3/10(3238 votes)

   #5 - Requiem for a Falling Star

   S2:E51/21/1973

   A fading movie star tries to murder a writer who is attempting to blackmail her, but accidentally kills her P.A.

   Director:Richard Quine

   Writer:Jackson Gillis

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   Director:Richard Quine

   Writer:Jackson Gillis
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   8.0/10(3835 votes)

   #6 - A Stitch in Crime

   S2:E62/11/1973

   Leonard Nimoy plays a heart surgeon whose talents turn to murder. Stung by jealousy, he's planning a surgical death for his brilliant but ailing associate. Will Geer plays the intended victim.

   Director:Hy Averback

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Hy Averback

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.4/10(3190 votes)

   #7 - The Most Dangerous Match

   S2:E73/4/1973

   A chess grandmaster disposes of the champion, who keeps coming back on him.

   Director:Edward M. Abroms

   Writers:Richard Levinson, William Link

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   Director:Edward M. Abroms

   Writers:Richard Levinson, William Link
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   7.7/10(3225 votes)

   #8 - Double Shock

   S2:E83/25/1973

   A wealthy man is murdered; his twin nephews stand to inherit, but which one committed the crime?

   Director:Robert Butler

   Writers:Steven Bochco, Peter Allan Fields, Richard Levinson, William Link

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   Director:Robert Butler

   Writers:Steven Bochco, Peter Allan Fields, Richard Levinson, William Link