Many criminals made the mistake of underestimating Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide investigator with a crumpled trench-coat and a beat-up car, who certainly acted as an incompetent bumbler.
But he was so polite to every suspect, and he talked so much about his wife (who we never got to see on any episode, but who many believe later had her own show, starring Kate Mulgrew, later of Star Trek: Voyager fame) that he lulled even the shrewdest murderer into a false sense of security.
And although the audience had witnessed the murder in the beginning of each episode, it was still a surprise to see what mistakes the killers had made during the seemingly perfect murder.
Latest Episode
Series 0 - Episode 8 - Columbo Likes the Nightlife
Aired - 30 January 2003
Episode summary:
The final Columbo story starring Peter Falk, Los Angeles rave promoter Justin Price (Matthew Rhys) helps his girlfriend Vanessa (Jennifer Sky) get rid of the corpse of her ex-husband, who was backing Price's new club, after he drops dead in Vanessa's apartment. When an investigative reporter pieces the crime together and threatens to blackmail Justin, Justin kills him.
Episode summary:
The final Columbo story starring Peter Falk, Los Angeles rave promoter Justin Price (Matthew Rhys) helps his girlfriend Vanessa (Jennifer Sky) get rid of the corpse of her ex-husband, who was backing Price's new club, after he drops dead in Vanessa's apartment. When an investigative reporter pieces the crime together and threatens to blackmail Justin, Justin kills him.
+ Series 13
+ Episode - 5 Columbo Likes the Nightlife
Aired - 30 January 2003
+ Episode - 4 Murder with Too Many Notes
Aired - 12 May 2000
+ Episode - 3 Ashes to Ashes
Aired - 08 October 1998
+ Episode - 2 A Trace of Murder
Aired - 15 May 1997
+ Episode - 1 Strange Bedfellows
Aired - 08 May 1995
