Columbo
No Time to Die
TV Flash files “No Time to Die” as the first listed hour of season 1992 — Columbo (1971–2003) on NBC, season 1992, episode 1, aired 1992-03-15, 120 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S1992E01: listed hour 60 of 69 in the Columbo guide, first listed hour of season 1992. It aired 1992-03-15 (120 min). The listed hour before it is “Death Hits the Jackpot” (S1991E03). Next is “A Bird in the Hand...” (S1992E02).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Columbo attends his nephew's wedding and as the couple get ready to leave on their honeymoon, the bride disappears; Columbo investigates and suspects his nephew may have made a few enemies on the police force.
Viewer FAQ
Where does No Time to Die sit in the Columbo guide?
S1992E01 is listed hour 60 of 69 — first listed hour of season 1992, season 1992 episode 1.
When did Columbo S1992E01 air?
No Time to Die aired 1992-03-15 and is listed at 120 minutes.
Where should I start?
Prescription: Murder for the 1968 trap, then Murder by the Book for the weekly form. If you only have one night, take Any Old Port in a Storm.
In the series
Why this series still plays
For the manners: an inverted mystery that spoils the killer on purpose, then lets Peter Falk talk a guest star to pieces. Prestige anthology in a raincoat — ego as the puzzle, courtesy as the trap.
The opening is a murder you are allowed to watch. That is the thesis, not a twist. Richard Levinson and William Link built Columbo as an inverted detective story: the killer's competence is the first act, Peter Falk's rumple is the second, and the third is a trap made of manners. If you came for a whodunit, the series has already spoiled itself on purpose. The pleasure is structural. How does a man in a raincoat talk a movie star into a mistake. The cut is the polite question that is not polite.
Filed against
- Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo
Peter Falk’s rumpled Columbo inverted the mystery — howdunit trap, one more thing, guest killers as prestige toys. Levinson and Link spoiled the murderer on purpose, then let a raincoat talk a movie star into a mistake. On TV Flash he is…