The Best Episodes Written By Anthony Lawrence

Every TV Episode Written by Anthony Lawrence Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

Anthony Lawrence Ratings Summary

The best episode written by Anthony Lawrence is "How to Dial a Murder", rated 7.438/10 from 16 user votes. It was "directed by James Frawley". "How to Dial a Murder" aired on 4/15/1978 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "The Man Who Was Never Born".

  • How to Dial a Murder
    7.4/10 16 votes

    #1 - How to Dial a Murder

    Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 4/15/1978

    A famous psychiatrist uses an appointment with his doctor as his alibi while he calls his house, where his dead wife's lover is. The call serves as the first step in a conditioning reflex on the psychiatrist's dogs. The other part is the word Rosebud as uttered by the victim. When Columbo arrives on the scene, the psychiatrist is very understanding when police say they may have to put his dogs to death. But Columbo notices how friendly the dogs seem, and then there's the telephone that's hanging from it's hook.

    Director: James Frawley

    Writer: Anthony Lawrence

  • The Man Who Was Never Born
    7.0/10 6 votes

    #2 - The Man Who Was Never Born

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1963

    An astronaut travels to the 23rd Century, where he finds the Earth a blasted wasteland inhabited by monsters.

    Director: Leonard Horn

    Writer: Anthony Lawrence

  • The Deception
    6.7/10 3 votes

    #3 - The Deception

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/1/1974

    When the guys try to track down the apes who are framing humans for crimes in a small community, Fauna, a blind female ape, falls in love with Burke while believing him to be a chimpanzee.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Anthony Lawrence

  • Breakup
    4.5/10 2 votes

    #4 - Breakup

    Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 5/12/1977

    An episode where there are two parallel stories: A small business owner (Roberts) is going through divorce proceedings while his business is in financial straits. His wife's lawyer (Pressman) just happens to also be hunted by a revenge-seeking ex-con (Murdock).

    Director: Harry Falk

    Writer: Anthony Lawrence

  • The Children of Spider County
    4.0/10 1 votes

    #5 - The Children of Spider County

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/17/1964

    Four scientists disappear in one day. All were born in the same county, on the same day. A fifth scientist is in jail and a federal agent is assigned to the case. The fifth man is sprung from jail by a mysterious stranger who says he's the young man's father.

    Director: Leonard Horn

    Writer: Anthony Lawrence

  • Song of the Younger World
    3.5/10 2 votes

    #6 - Song of the Younger World

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 7/17/1987

    In 1916 a girl and a young man from a reformatory for wayward boys fall in love and try to get away from her father, the superintendent. He finds out and doesn't approve of their love, locking away his daughter and punishing the boy. With the help of a wandering vagrant the girl finds a way to use a book to transfer both her and the boy into a primordial world where they become wolves and can live free and together.

    Director: Noel Black

    Writer: Anthony Lawrence