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!
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 all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Season 4 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Columbo" season 4 is "An Exercise in Fatality", rated 7.5/10 from 2853 user votes. It was directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and written by Peter S. Fischer. "An Exercise in Fatality" aired on 9/15/1974 and is rated 0.5 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Negative Reaction".
7.5/10 2,853 votes#1 - An Exercise in Fatality
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1974
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
8.0/10 3,092 votes#2 - Negative Reaction
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/1974
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
7.8/10 3,019 votes#3 - By Dawn's Early Light
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/27/1974
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
7.8/10 2,925 votes#4 - Troubled Waters
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 2/9/1975
While holidaying on board a cruise liner, Columbo helps capture the killer of the singer with the ship's band.
Director: Ben Gazzara
Writer: Jackson Gillis, William Driskill
7.6/10 2,675 votes#5 - Playback
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 3/2/1975
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
7.4/10 2,368 votes#6 - A Deadly State of Mind
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 4/27/1975
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