The Best Episodes of Columbo Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(4040 votes)

   #1 - 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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   7.7/10(4471 votes)

   #2 - 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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   7.7/10(3393 votes)

   #3 - 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
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   7.5/10(3512 votes)

   #4 - 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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   7.4/10(3335 votes)

   #5 - 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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   7.3/10(3589 votes)

   #6 - 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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   7.3/10(3410 votes)

   #7 - 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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   7.0/10(3631 votes)

   #8 - Dagger of the Mind

   S2:E411/26/1972

   Columbo journeys to London to observe Scotland Yard, but winds up investigating murders committed by two Shakespearean actors.

   Director:Richard Quine

   Writers:William Link, Richard Levinson

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   Director:Richard Quine

   Writers:William Link, Richard Levinson