Columbo

Season 1993

1 listed hours · 1971–2003 · NBC

From the desk

How this season is filed

Filed by Julian Hart · The Binge Brief

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 1993 of Columbo (1971–2003) on NBC as a mid listed season (1993; 14 of 20) — 1 listed hour, 1993-10-31 opening on “It's All in the Game” (S1993E01). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

S1993E01
It's All in the Game
1993-10-31
Lauren Staton and Lisa Martin kill their two-timing lover Nick Franco. Lauren's the one who pulled the trigger and they've made it look like Franco was killed by a burglar in his apartment. They've prepared well with both having solid alibis. Lt. Columbo is in charge of the case and is very much attracted to the beautiful Lauren. She uses that to her advantage and is soon buying him gifts and giving him the odd kiss. Columbo is flattered but begins to see anomalies in some of the physical evidence. He becomes certain that Lauren is involved in Franco's death but ...