Columbo
Season 1977
2 listed hours · 1971–2003 · NBC
From the desk
How this season is filed
Peter Falk's rumpled trap: an inverted mystery that showed you the killer first, then treated guest-star ego as the actual puzzle — television as a closed argument, not a clue hunt.
TV Flash files Season 1977 of Columbo (1971–2003) on NBC as a mid listed season (1977; 8 of 20) — 2 listed hours, 1977-05-22–1977-11-21 from “The Bye-bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case” (S1977E01) to “Try and Catch Me” (S1977E02). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
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S1977E01 The Bye-bye Sky High I.Q. Murder Case
Sigma Society member Oliver Brandt murders his business partner when he threatens to expose him as an embezzler and constructs a seemingly foolproof alibi.
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S1977E02 Try and Catch Me
A mystery writer suspects her niece's husband of murdering her, and she exacts revenge by asphyxiating him in her house safe.
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