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The Best Episodes of Columbo Season 4

Every episode of Columbo Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Columbo Season 4!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Columbo Season 4 Episode 2 - Negative Reaction
    8.1/10(3668 votes)

    S4:E2

    Brilliant photographer Paul Galesko plans to murder his domineering wife, Frances, and pin the crime on an ex-convict named Alvin Deschler. His plan is to make it look as if Alvin kidnapped his wife and killed her before picking up the ransom money.

    Director:Alf Kjellin
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  2. Columbo Season 4 Episode 3 - By Dawn's Early Light
    7.8/10(3525 votes)

    S4:E3

    The head of a military school kills one of the governors by sabotaging the gun which is used on founders day.

    Director:Harvey Hart
    Writer:Howard Berk

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  3. Columbo Season 4 Episode 4 - Troubled Waters
    7.8/10(3449 votes)

    S4:E4

    While holidaying on board a cruise liner, Columbo helps capture the killer of the singer with the ship's band.

    Director:Ben Gazzara
    Writers:Jackson Gillis, William Driskill

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  4. Columbo Season 4 Episode 1 - An Exercise in Fatality
    7.6/10(3375 votes)

    S4:E1

    A health club owner kills his partner who is about to uncover a fraud and makes it look like an accident

    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  5. Columbo Season 4 Episode 5 - Playback
    7.6/10(3149 votes)

    S4:E5

    An inventor video tapes his mother-in-law's death, and then replays it back to the security guard, to give himself an alibi.

    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski
    Writer:Booker Bradshaw

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  6. Columbo Season 4 Episode 6 - A Deadly State of Mind
    7.4/10(2816 votes)

    S4:E6

    A doctor kills the husband of the woman he is having an affair with but is seen leaving the house by a witness who is happens to be blind.

    Director:Harvey Hart
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Negative Reaction" is the best rated episode of Columbo season 4. It scored 8.1/10 from 3,668 votes. Directed by Alf Kjellin and written by Peter S. Fischer, it aired on October 15, 1974. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "By Dawn's Early Light".