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Mrs. Columbo: Season 1

5 episodes Premiered Feb 26, 1979

Season 1 Episodes

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S1·E1 Mytharc

Word Games

Feb 26, 1979

Kate Mulgrew is Kate Columbo, wife of the rumpled police lieutenant and - in her own right - a mother, homemaker and reporter for a neighborhood throwaway. In this week's opener, s

S1·E2 Core

Murder Is a Parlor Game

Mar 1, 1979

An apparent suicide is actually the handiwork of a retired Scotland Yard investigator who is teaching a course that Mrs. Columbo is taking.

S1·E3 Mytharc

A Riddle for Puppets

Mar 15, 1979

A puppet maker is murdered by a tormented ventriloquist who acted at the urging of his "evil" dummy.

S1·E4 Core

Caviar with Everything

Mar 22, 1979

Two women own a catering firm. Both love the same man. To one, the solution is obvious: murder.

S1·E5 Mytharc

A Puzzle for Prophets

Mar 29, 1979

A famous psychic engineers the murder of her business partner and appears to have an airtight alibi - she was demonstrating her "powers" to Mrs. Columbo at the time of death.