The Best Episodes of Columbo Season 6

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.4/10(2829 votes)

   #1 - Fade in to Murder

   S6:E110/10/1976

   Ward Fowler, who plays debonair television detective Lieutenant Lucerne, has a reputation for being a difficult actor. His series is a hit, however, so the network and studio executives again and again capitulate to his demands. Although separated, husband and wife team Sid and Claire Daley continue to produce the Inspector Lucerne program. Claire continually advises everyone else to go along with their stars demands. Not even Sid knows that Claire is blackmailing Ward. Claire discovers Ward in Canada. She knows he deserted from the United States Army during the Korean War. If that information got out ,it would ruin Ward's career. When Claire takes a phone call in Ward's trailer, the actor overhears her saying she’ll be getting a sandwich at Tony’s Deli. Ward gets to Tony’s Deli just after Claire disguising himself with a ski mask and bulky parka he pretends to be a hold up man.

   Director:Bernard L. Kowalski

   Writers:Lou Shaw, Henry Garson, Peter S. Feibleman

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   Director:Bernard L. Kowalski

   Writers:Lou Shaw, Henry Garson, Peter S. Feibleman
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   7.1/10(2475 votes)

   #2 - Old Fashioned Murder

   S6:E211/28/1976

   The female head of a museum hires one of the guards to rob the museum to collect the insurance money. But during the robbery she kills him and her own brother, and makes it look like they killed each other. The guard/robber's brother reports a strange message on his answering machine, that makes it seem that he has been killed. And Columbo gets the case. When Columbo first comes to the crime scene, he notices that the lights are off, a gold medallion in the robber's pants, and signs that pointed to the fact that he was going abroad after the heist. And he concluded that these clues mean that someone else was involved.

   Director:Robert Douglas

   Writer:Peter S. Feibleman

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   Director:Robert Douglas

   Writer:Peter S. Feibleman
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   7.6/10(2902 votes)

   #3 - The Bye-Bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case

   S6:E35/22/1977

   Two former college friends, now partners in an accounting firm, become enemies when one realizes the other has embezzled funds. The reason for his embezzling ways is his wife, she demands nothing but the best.

   Director:Sam Wanamaker

   Writer:Robert M. Young

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   Director:Sam Wanamaker

   Writer:Robert M. Young