Columbo
NBC (ended 2003)
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Season 10
1/30/03A reporter with a lot of enemies ends up dead from an apparent suicide, Columbo becomes suspicious since the reporter was blackmailing several people.
3/12/01Findlay Crawford, the awardwinning composer of movie soundtracks, has a very talented apprentice, Gabriel, who wants to leave Crawfords shadow and get recognition for the music he has written but which Crawford took credit for. This Crawford wont allow, and he drugs him, and uses his musical timing to make it appear as if Gabriel fell from the roof during one of Crawfords concerts. Columbo notices right away that Gabriel fell without even a scream, and then theres the small cut on Gabriels hand. Later, he finds a photo of Gabriel in tuxedo and sneakers - which makes Columbo wondering why Gabriel would wear fancy shoes, and two sizes too large. The cat and mouse game with Crawford leads him through the musical world of movies, beginning the slowest car chase in movie history.moreless
10/8/98Columbo is called in to solve the murder of Hollywood gossip journalist Verity Chandler whose last target was Eric Prince, mortician to the stars.
5/15/97Millionaire Clifford Calvert is framed for murdering a man he did business with and who in turn filed a lawsuit against him. Columbo investigates and finds out that Mrs. Calvert has been having an affair and has lots of motive to set up her husband.
5/8/95A corrupt horse breeder and the gambling syndicate are fixing the horse races puts Columbo into a double investigation while investigating a very clever killer.
5/2/94A photograph is the only clue for Columbo when two dead men and a seven year old mystery with $4 million dollars involved as well as an obnoxious insurance investigator come into play.
1/10/94Ego-maniac Fielding Chase, is a radio talk show host who in order to prevent his daughter from moving to New York, murders a member of his staff.
10/31/93Nick Franco is a violent, two-timing gigolo and his current paramour, Laura Stanton, has had enough. With the help of a young woman named Lisa, she murders her lover and sets herself up with an airtight alibi. When Columbo starts sniffing on her trail, Laura quickly works to seduce the married detective, hoping that her sex appeal will throw the usually stubborn Lieutenant off the scent.moreless
11/22/92A rich man disliked by his family has a bomb planted in his car, but before it explodes, he is run over and killed, but by who?
3/15/92Columbo attends his nephew's wedding and as the couple get ready to leave on their honeymoon, the bride disappears. Columbo investigates, he thinks his nephew may have made a few enemies on the police force.
12/15/91A struggling photographer is murdered in an elaborate scheme to get hold of his lottery winnings.
4/29/91Hugh Creighton is a successful criminal lawyer who has never lost a case. He has a live-in girlfriend, who is a former rock star. When he finds out that she's seeing an old boyfriend, he throws her out. She then threatens to reveal that the secret of his success is allowing witnesses to purjure themselves, unless he pays her for the time they were together. He then plans to kill her and frame her boyfriend. It isn't long before Columbo is on the case, and discovers a few inconsistencies.moreless
2/20/91Wade Anders is the host of highly popular anti-crime television show. Budd Clarke's the man who was originally suppose to be the host of the show. But Anders convinced the network that he would be more suitable. One day Clarke approaches Anders and clearly is still miffed that Anders took away his job. He then tells Anders that he has in his possession, an old adult video that features Anders with an underaged girl. Clarke then tells Anders that unless he leaves the show, he will reveal this little thing about Anders. They agree to meet at Clarke's. Anders then prepares some cigarettes with a poison. When Anders goes to meet Clarke, he first requests that Clarke show him the tape. While they are watching it, Anders replaces Clarke's cigarettes. Clarke smokes them and dies, Anders then takes the videotape and replaces Clarke's story on him with one of his inactive ones, and replaces the cigarettes in Clarke's ashtray with some he prepared. After Clarke is discovered, Columbo and the police investigate, while the other investigators think it might be natural causes, Columbo finds a few irregularities, like for instance that the cigarette butts found where Clarke died have no nicotine stains, and that the cigarette butts found in the ashtray were crushed, while the ones found in other ashtrays were bent. Eventually Columbo goes to see Anders. Eventually Columbo goes to an old Army buddy of Clarke's, who sent the videotape of Anders. Colubo eventually breaks Anders' alibi--that he was in the editing room when Clarke died. It seems that the shot of him entering and leaving were from two different days, but he still has to place him at Clarke's. Columbo invites him to Clarke's and Clarke's pet dog jumps on Anders car, now his car has scratches that match the dog's paws. Which means how else could have the dog have scratched his car, if he never went there as he claimed.moreless
12/9/90Cooper and Justin are two college students, who are spoiled and conceited. They think that they can get away with anything cause they have their father's money and influence to back them. However, Cooper's father has placed him on notice, it seems that he gets a lot of girls pregnant and his father has to bail him out, he tells him that this is it. Their latest scheme is getting a copy of the exam they will be taking. But their professor finds out about it and tells them that the only thing that they have to look forward to is either being flunked or expelled. But when they spot having dinner with his girlfriend, they decide that this could be the opportunity they need to get rid of him. They steal the gun of the brother of the campus security guard. They wait until their next class which is being taught by Columbo. They trick the professor into leaving and while he is in the garage they are watching him on a close circuit camera and when he is position they press a button that triggers the gun. Columbo then proceeds to investigate and the boys are only to eager to help out. Eventually Columbo sets a trap for them; he lets them think that they found the murder weapon in the car of the man they are trying to frame but only the car that they he told them about doesn't belong to the man but to Columbo's wife, so how could the gun have gotten in it, if they hadn't planted it there.moreless
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