6 episodes

Columbo - Season 4

First aired Sep 15, 1974Season 4

Browse all 6 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

An Exercise in Fatality

7.3

Sep 15, 197498 min33 votes

A health club owner kills his partner who is about to uncover a fraud and makes it look like an accident

Episode 2

Negative Reaction

7.8

Oct 15, 197491 min32 votes

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 kidnapped his wife and killed her before picking up the ransom money.

Episode 3

By Dawn's Early Light

7.7

Oct 27, 197498 min32 votes

The head of a military school kills one of the governors by sabotaging the gun which is used on founders day.

Episode 4

Troubled Waters

7.7

Feb 9, 197598 min31 votes

While holidaying on board a cruise liner, Columbo helps capture the killer of the singer with the ship's band.

Episode 5

Playback

7.5

Mar 2, 197574 min31 votes

An inventor video tapes his mother-in-law's death, and then replays it back to the security guard, to give himself an alibi.

Episode 6

A Deadly State of Mind

7.0

Apr 27, 197575 min31 votes

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.