7.7/103,835 votes#1 - Étude in Black
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1972
The mistress of a conductor becomes a target for murder after threatening to tell all to her lover's wife.
Director: Nicholas Colasanto
Writer: William Link, Richard Levinson, Steven Bochco
7.3/103,099 votes#2 - The Greenhouse Jungle
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/1972
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
7.5/103,004 votes#3 - The Most Crucial Game
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 11/5/1972
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
7.0/103,128 votes#4 - Dagger of the Mind
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/26/1972
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
Writer: William Link, Richard Levinson
7.3/102,940 votes#5 - Requiem for a Falling Star
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 1/21/1973
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
8.0/103,485 votes#6 - A Stitch in Crime
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/1973
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: N/A
7.4/102,905 votes#7 - The Most Dangerous Match
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/4/1973
A chess grandmaster disposes of the champion, who keeps coming back on him.
Director: Edward M. Abroms
Writer: William Link, Richard Levinson
7.7/102,919 votes#8 - Double Shock
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 3/25/1973
A wealthy man is murdered; his twin nephews stand to inherit, but which one committed the crime?
Director: Robert Butler
Writer: William Link, Richard Levinson, Steven Bochco, Peter Allan Fields
The Best Episodes of Columbo Season 2
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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...
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Étude in Black" is the best rated episode of "Columbo" season 2. It scored 7.7/10 based on 3835 votes. Directed by Nicholas Colasanto and written by William Link, Richard Levinson, Steven Bochco, it aired on 9/17/1972. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Greenhouse Jungle".