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The Best Episodes of Columbo Season 3

Every episode of Columbo Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Columbo Season 3!

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Episode Rankings

  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Columbo Season 3 Episode 1 - Lovely But Lethal
    7.2/10(3186 votes)

    #1 - Lovely But Lethal

    S3:E1

    Viveca Scott, the founder of Beauty Mark Cosmetics, is being threatened by her rival David Lang. When he finds out that her revolutionary cream formula actually removes wrinkles, he has the formula pirated.

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  2. Columbo Season 3 Episode 2 - Any Old Port in a Storm
    8.3/10(4331 votes)

    #2 - Any Old Port in a Storm

    S3:E2

    A wine connoisseur kills his half- brother to prevent him selling the family winery to a merchant company so he can pay off his gambling debts.

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  3. Columbo Season 3 Episode 3 - Candidate for Crime
    7.7/10(3220 votes)

    #3 - Candidate for Crime

    S3:E3

    A Senate Candidate running for office kills his campaign manager by making it look like he was the target for the killer's bullet.

    Director:Boris Sagal

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  4. Columbo Season 3 Episode 4 - Double Exposure
    7.8/10(3100 votes)

    #4 - Double Exposure

    S3:E4

    A filmmaker kills one of his clients. in a break, during the screening of a new ad campaign

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  5. Columbo Season 3 Episode 5 - Publish or Perish
    7.6/10(2941 votes)

    #5 - Publish or Perish

    S3:E5

    A publisher hires a Vietnam vet to kill his star author and thus give himself an alibi before the writer can defect to another publisher.

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  6. Columbo Season 3 Episode 6 - Mind Over Mayhem
    7.0/10(2770 votes)

    #6 - Mind Over Mayhem

    S3:E6

    The director of a government institute that employs various scientific geniuses commits a clever murder. But another kind of genius is on the case: Lt. Columbo.

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  8. Columbo Season 3 Episode 7 - Swan Song
    8.0/10(3809 votes)

    #7 - Swan Song

    S3:E7

    A Country and Western singer kills his overpowering wife in a plane crash while he parachutes to safety.

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  9. Columbo Season 3 Episode 8 - A Friend in Deed
    8.2/10(3362 votes)

    #8 - A Friend in Deed

    S3:E8

    A police commissioner provides an alibi to a friend who has just killed his wife. Later the commissioner kills his own wife and gets the friend to repay the favour.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Lovely But Lethal" is the best rated episode of "Columbo" season 3. It scored 7.2/10 based on 3186 votes. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc and written by Jackson Gillis, Myrna Bercovici, it aired on 9/23/1973. This episode is rated 1.1 points higher than the second-best, "Any Old Port in a Storm".