Season 1
4.0/101 votesWord Games
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/26/1979
Kate Mulgrew is Kate Columbo, wife of the rumpled police lieutenant and - in her own right - a mother, homemaker and reporter for a neighborhood throwaway. In this week's opener, she also demonstrates a knack for investigation after she overhears a neighbor plotting the murder of his wife.
Director: Boris Sagal
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/101 votes
Murder Is a Parlor Game
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/1/1979
An apparent suicide is actually the handiwork of a retired Scotland Yard investigator who is teaching a course that Mrs. Columbo is taking.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/101 votes
A Riddle for Puppets
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/15/1979
A puppet maker is murdered by a tormented ventriloquist who acted at the urging of his "evil" dummy.
Director: Edward M. Abroms
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/101 votes
Caviar with Everything
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/22/1979
Two women own a catering firm. Both love the same man. To one, the solution is obvious: murder.
Director: Don Medford
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/101 votes
A Puzzle for Prophets
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/29/1979
A famous psychic engineers the murder of her business partner and appears to have an airtight alibi - she was demonstrating her "powers" to Mrs. Columbo at the time of death.
Director: Sam Wanamaker
Writer: N/A