Columbo: Season 4
Columbo Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 6 episodes. The American crime drama television series stars Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective and homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link, the series originally aired on NBC after two pilot episodes in 1968 and 1971. Lieutenant Columbo investi
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Lieutenant Columbo is a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department.
- The series is an American crime drama created by Richard Levinson and William Link.
- Peter Falk stars as Lieutenant Columbo, a friendly, verbose, and disheveled-looking police detective.
- The show originally aired on NBC following two pilot episodes released in 1968 and 1971.
Season overview
Columbo Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 6 episodes. The American crime drama television series stars Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective and homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link, the series originally aired on NBC after two pilot episodes in 1968 and 1971. Lieutenant Columbo investigates crimes and solves mysteries within the Los Angeles setting, utilizing his distinctive demeanor and investigative approach. The fourth season spans six distinct television episodes, maintaining the established narrative structure and character dynamics of the ongoing crime drama.
Episode Guide
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An Exercise in Fatality
Sep 15, 1974
A health club owner kills his partner who is about to uncover a fraud and makes it look like an accident
Negative Reaction
Oct 15, 1974
Brilliant photographer Paul Galesko plans to murder his domineering wife, Frances, and pin the crime on an ex-convict named Alvin Deschler. His plan is to make it look as if Alvin
By Dawn's Early Light
Oct 27, 1974
The head of a military school kills one of the governors by sabotaging the gun which is used on founders day.
Troubled Waters
Feb 9, 1975
While holidaying on board a cruise liner, Columbo helps capture the killer of the singer with the ship's band.
Playback
Mar 2, 1975
An inventor video tapes his mother-in-law's death, and then replays it back to the security guard, to give himself an alibi.
A Deadly State of Mind
Apr 27, 1975
A doctor kills the husband of the woman he is having an affair with but is seen leaving the house by a witness who is happens to be blind.