8 episodes

Columbo - Season 3

First aired Sep 23, 1973Season 3

Browse all 8 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

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GenerationofSwine

Jan 12, 2023

10.0

I can't believe there are so few reviews on this, Columbo is one of the defining detectives on television. He's so low key, so unimposing, and it's a pleasure watching him take down all those criminals that think they are are smarter than him, better than him because of, well how little and, well how wrinkled and cheap he appears. He's the opposite of so many detectives on television these days, the everyman solving crimes. It's just a brilliant approach to a character, and one that is fantastically fun to watch. 13 out of 15 found th

Episodes

Episode 1

Lovely But Lethal

7.2

Sep 23, 197373 min32 votes

Viveca Scott, the founder of Beauty Mark Cosmetics, is being threatened by her rival David Lang. When he finds out that her revolutionary cream formula actually removes wrinkles, he has the formula pirated.

Episode 2

Any Old Port in a Storm

7.8

Oct 7, 197396 min39 votes

A wine connoisseur kills his half- brother to prevent him selling the family winery to a merchant company so he can pay off his gambling debts.

Episode 3

Candidate for Crime

7.6

Nov 4, 197393 min34 votes

A Senate Candidate running for office kills his campaign manager by making it look like he was the target for the killer's bullet.

Episode 4

Double Exposure

7.7

Dec 16, 197370 min33 votes

A motivational researcher blackmails to further his career, kills a man, then frames the victim's wife.

Episode 5

Publish or Perish

7.3

Jan 18, 197473 min31 votes

A publisher hires a Vietnam vet to kill his star author and thus give himself an alibi before the writer can defect to another publisher.

Episode 6

Mind Over Mayhem

7.2

Feb 18, 197473 min32 votes

The director of a government institute that employs various scientific geniuses commits a clever murder. But another kind of genius is on the case: Lt. Columbo.

Episode 7

Swan Song

7.7

Mar 3, 197499 min35 votes

A Country and Western singer kills his overpowering wife in a plane crash while he parachutes to safety.

Episode 8

A Friend in Deed

8.1

May 5, 197498 min34 votes

A police commissioner provides an alibi to a friend who has just killed his wife. Later the commissioner kills his own wife and gets the friend to repay the favour.