8.0/103 votes8.0/10(3)#1 - Once Upon a Time
Season 1 Episode 16
Aired 1/26/1968
Because all other attempts to break Number 6 have failed, Number 2 decides to engage him in a game where one of them will end up dead.
Director: Patrick McGoohan
Writer: Patrick McGoohan
7.8/106 votes7.8/10(6)#2 - Free for All
Season 1 Episode 4
Aired 10/20/1967
7.3/103 votes7.3/10(3)#3 - Fall Out
Season 1 Episode 17
Aired 2/2/1968
After witnessing the trials of Number 2 and Number 48 and meeting the President of the Assembly, Number 6 escapes during the chaos that follows.
Director: Patrick McGoohan
Writer: Patrick McGoohan
6.8/1015 votes6.8/10(15)#4 - Murder With Too Many Notes
Season 10 Episode 13
Aired 3/12/2001
Hollywood film composer and conductor Findlay Crawford has been mentor to a talented young composer who has been ghostwriting most of Crawford's work for the last few years, and penned Crawford's entire last movie score, which won an Oscar. When the protege wants to venture out on his own, Crawford, whose own talent seems to have run dry, concocts the perfect murder, made to look like a suicide.
Director: Patrick McGoohan
Writer: Patrick McGoohan
6.5/1018 votes6.5/10(18)#5 - Ashes to Ashes
Season 10 Episode 12
Aired 8/10/1998
Mortician to the stars Eric Prince, kills gossip reporter Verity Chandler, who had knowledge of skeletons in Prince's closet. Columbo must figure out what happened to her and why.
Director: Patrick McGoohan
Writer: Patrick McGoohan
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"Once Upon a Time" is the best rated episode written by Patrick McGoohan. It scored 8/10 based on 3 votes. It was directed by Patrick McGoohan. It aired on 1/26/1968 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Free for All".