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| ShortSummary=Cathleen Calvert (Falk's wife ], in her sixth and final appearance) and her lover, crime scene investigator Patrick Kinsley (]), are weary of having to see each other on the sly. She will not divorce her husband, rich businessman Clifford Calvert (]), due to their prenuptial agreement. So the lovers scheme to get him out of the way by killing Howard Seltzer (]), an investment broker who is suing him, then framing Clifford for the murder. To do so, Patrick drives to Seltzer's house and tricks Seltzer into letting him inside by claiming that his car phone has died and that he has to make an urgent phone call. Patrick then shoots Seltzer and plants evidence to suggest that Clifford was responsible. Columbo's work is cut out for him, because Patrick is on the team handling the investigation. In this episode it is implied that Columbo only has one eye as of course Peter Falk has. | ShortSummary=Cathleen Calvert (Falk's wife ], in her sixth and final appearance) and her lover, crime scene investigator Patrick Kinsley (]), are weary of having to see each other on the sly. She will not divorce her husband, rich businessman Clifford Calvert (]), due to their prenuptial agreement. So the lovers scheme to get him out of the way by killing Howard Seltzer (]), an investment broker who is suing him, then framing Clifford for the murder. To do so, Patrick drives to Seltzer's house and tricks Seltzer into letting him inside by claiming that his car phone has died and that he has to make an urgent phone call. Patrick then shoots Seltzer and plants evidence to suggest that Clifford was responsible. Columbo's work is cut out for him, because Patrick is on the team handling the investigation. In this episode it is implied that Columbo only has one eye, as does Peter Falk.


'''Final clue/twist:''' At a restaurant, Columbo sees Kingsley move the artificial sweetener towards Cathleen Calvert when they all receive coffee. A few minute later, Columbo sees Kinsley open the front door of a car for Cathleen Calvert instead of the back door. Columbo realizes that despite their claims otherwise, the two knew each other. If they had never met, as they claimed to Columbo, Kinsley would not have known that Cathleen prefers the front seat because she easily gets car sick when sitting in the back, or that she takes artificial sweetener with her coffee. A wedding photographer's shot of the Calvert couple dancing also helps reveal that the cat hair found on Clifford's suit jacket was planted by Cathleen, while an earlier photograph shows that Clifford did not have cat hair on his suit jacket prior to dancing with Cathleen. '''Final clue/twist:''' At a restaurant, Columbo sees Kingsley move the artificial sweetener towards Cathleen Calvert when they all receive coffee. A few minute later, Columbo sees Kinsley open the front door of a car for Cathleen Calvert instead of the back door. Columbo realizes that despite their claims otherwise, the two knew each other. If they had never met, as they claimed to Columbo, Kinsley would not have known that Cathleen prefers the front seat because she easily gets car sick when sitting in the back, or that she takes artificial sweetener with her coffee. A wedding photographer's shot of the Calvert couple dancing also helps reveal that the cat hair found on Clifford's suit jacket was planted by Cathleen, while an earlier photograph shows that Clifford did not have cat hair on his suit jacket prior to dancing with Cathleen.


Billed as the "25th Anniversary Movie", it aired under ''ABC Thursday Night Movie''.<ref>{{cite web|title=ABC THURSDAY NIGHT MOVIE: COLUMBO: TRACE OF MURDER (TV) |url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?item=T:48764|publisher=The Paley Center For Media|accessdate=September 10, 2013}}</ref> Billed as the "25th Anniversary Movie", it aired as the ''ABC Thursday Night Movie''.<ref>{{cite web|title=ABC THURSDAY NIGHT MOVIE: COLUMBO: TRACE OF MURDER (TV) |url=http://www.paleycenter.org/collection/item/?item=T:48764|publisher=The Paley Center For Media|accessdate=September 10, 2013}}</ref>
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Season of television series (all episodes of 1990 to 2003) Season of television series
Columbo
Season 10
No. of episodes14
Release
Original networkABC
Original releaseDecember 9, 1990 (1990-12-09) –
January 30, 2003 (2003-01-30)
Season chronology
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Season 9
List of episodes

The final 14 episodes of Columbo were produced sporadically as a series of specials, spanning 13 years from 1990 to 2003. These episodes have since been released on DVD in several regions as "season 10". Two of the episodes, "No Time to Die" and "Undercover", were based on 87th Precinct novels by Ed McBain and thus do not follow the usual Columbo format.

Episodes

No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Title Directed by Written by Murderer(s) played by Victim(s) played by Original air date Runtime
561"Columbo Goes to College"E.W. SwackhamerS : Frederick King Keller
S/T : Jeffrey Bloom		Stephen Caffrey as Justin Rowe and Gary Hershberger as Cooper RedmanJames Sutorius as D.E. RuskDecember 9, 1990 (1990-12-09)89 min
572"Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health"Daryl DukeSonia Wolf & Patricia Ford & April RaynellGeorge Hamilton as Wade AndersPeter Haskell as Budd ClarkeFebruary 20, 1991 (1991-02-20)86 min
583"Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star"Alan J. LeviWilliam Read WoodfieldDabney Coleman as Hugh CreightonCheryl Paris as Marcy EdwardsApril 29, 1991 (1991-04-29)91 min
594"Death Hits the Jackpot"Vincent McEveetyJeffrey BloomRip Torn as Leon Lamarr and Jamie Rose as Nancy BrowerGary Kroeger as Freddy BrowerDecember 15, 1991 (1991-12-15)92 min
605"No Time to Die"Alan J. LeviS : Ed McBain;
T : Robert van Scoyk		(No murder.  Daniel McDonald plays the would-be murderer.)(None)February 15, 1992 (1992-02-15)87 min
616"A Bird in the Hand..."Vincent McEveetyJackson GillisTyne Daly as Dolores McCain and Greg Evigan as Harold McCainSteve Forrest as Fred McCain, León Singer as Fernando and Greg Evigan as Harold McCainNovember 22, 1992 (1992-11-22)89 min
627"It's All in the Game"Vincent McEveetyPeter FalkFaye Dunaway as Lauren Staton and Claudia Christian as Lisa MartinArmando Pucci as Nick FrancoOctober 31, 1993 (1993-10-31)91 min
638"Butterfly in Shades of Grey"Dennis DuganPeter S. FischerWilliam Shatner as Fielding ChaseJack Laufer as Gerry WintersJanuary 10, 1994 (1994-01-10)88 min
649"Undercover"Vincent McEveetyS : Ed McBain;
T : Gerry Day		Ed Begley Jr. as Irving Krutch (Jon Beshara and an uncredited actor also portray two characters who kill each other)Burt Young as Mo Weinberg and Shera Danese as Geraldine FergusonMay 2, 1994 (1994-05-02)89 min
6510"Strange Bedfellows"Vincent McEveetyLawrence VailGeorge Wendt as Graham McVeighJeff Yagher as Teddy McVeigh and Jay Acovone as Bruno RomanoMay 8, 1995 (1995-05-08)89 min
6611"A Trace of Murder"Vincent McEveetyCharles KippsDavid Rasche as Patrick Kinsley and Shera Danese as Cathleen CalvertRaye Birk as Howard SeltzerMay 15, 1997 (1997-05-15)88 min
6712"Ashes to Ashes"Patrick McGoohanJeffrey HatcherPatrick McGoohan as Eric PrinceRue McClanahan as Verity ChandlerOctober 8, 1998 (1998-10-08)86 min
6813"Murder with Too Many Notes"Patrick McGoohanT : Patrick McGoohan;
S/T : Jeffrey Cava		Billy Connolly as Findlay CrawfordChad Willett as Gabriel McEneryMarch 12, 2001 (2001-03-12)85 min
6914"Columbo Likes the Nightlife"Jeffrey ReinerMichael AlaimoMatthew Rhys as Justin Price and Jennifer Sky as Vanessa FarrowCarmine Giovinazzo as Tony Galper and Douglas Roberts as Linwood CobenJanuary 30, 2003 (2003-01-30)84 min


References

  1. "Columbo – Complete Series DVD UK". Amazon UK. Retrieved April 2, 2012.
  2. UK DVD Cover shows the complete collection, images-amazon.com; accessed June 28, 2017.
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