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| | ShortSummary=Rock star Marcy Edwards (]) has been having an affair for several years with high-priced murder lawyer Hugh Creighton (]). One day, he learns that she's having an affair with someone else and throws her out of his house. However, Marcy blackmails Creighton into letting her stay, at least until he comes up with the $5 million she's demanding in exchange for not filing a ] suit against him or exposing his unconventional methods. Creighton's response is to drug the champagne in her beach house and waits until she shows up there with her current lover. As Marcy does not drink, Creighton waits until her new lover is passed out, then he breaks her neck. Her lover awakens and flees the scene. Creighton enlists his associate, Trish Fairbanks (]), to help him concoct an airtight alibi, but when she finds out what he's done, she blackmails him into a full partnership in the firm (even going the extra mile by creating a contingency plan that prevents Creighton from being able to kill her). Columbo cracks the case, despite the existence of a speeding ticket which appears to exonerate Creighton completely. | | ShortSummary=Rock star Marcy Edwards (]) has been having an affair for several years with high-priced murder lawyer Hugh Creighton (]). One day, he learns that she's having an affair with someone else and throws her out of his house. However, Marcy blackmails Creighton into letting her stay, at least until he comes up with the $5 million she's demanding in exchange for not filing a ] suit against him or exposing his unconventional methods. Creighton's response is to drug the champagne in her beach house and waits until she shows up there with her current lover. As Marcy does not drink, Creighton waits until her new lover is passed out, then he breaks her neck. Her lover awakens and flees the scene. Creighton enlists his associate, Trish Fairbanks (]), to help him concoct an airtight alibi, but when she finds out what he's done, she blackmails him into a full partnership in the firm (even going the extra mile by creating a contingency plan that prevents Creighton from being able to kill her). Columbo cracks the case, despite the existence of a speeding ticket which appears to exonerate Creighton completely. | ||
| '''Final clue/twist:''' Because of different shadow angles in the picture of the speeding ticket, Columbo can prove, that |
'''Final clue/twist:''' Because of different shadow angles in the picture of the speeding ticket, Columbo can prove, that Creightons face was just a flat cut-out mask. | ||
| ] cameos as himself. | ] cameos as himself. | ||
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| | ShortSummary=Down-on-his-luck photographer Freddy Brower (]) wins a $30 million lottery. But he wants to keep the money a secret from his wife Nancy (]), who is divorcing him, so that she can't make a claim for the money. Freddy goes to his uncle, wealthy jeweler Leon Lamarr (]), and convinces Lamarr to pretend that the lottery ticket is his until Freddy's divorce is finalized. Unfortunately, that's where Freddy's luck runs out: he doesn't know that his uncle has recently gone bankrupt, and is also having an affair with Nancy. Lamarr decides to kill Freddy in order to keep the lottery winnings for himself. He schedules a Halloween costume party at his house, during which he sneaks out to Freddy's apartment, knocks him out, undresses him, then drowns him in his bathtub. | | ShortSummary=Down-on-his-luck photographer Freddy Brower (]) wins a $30 million lottery. But he wants to keep the money a secret from his wife Nancy (]), who is divorcing him, so that she can't make a claim for the money. Freddy goes to his uncle, wealthy jeweler Leon Lamarr (]), and convinces Lamarr to pretend that the lottery ticket is his until Freddy's divorce is finalized. Unfortunately, that's where Freddy's luck runs out: he doesn't know that his uncle has recently gone bankrupt, and is also having an affair with Nancy. Lamarr decides to kill Freddy in order to keep the lottery winnings for himself. He schedules a Halloween costume party at his house, during which he sneaks out to Freddy's apartment, knocks him out, undresses him, then drowns him in his bathtub. | ||
| '''Final clue/twist:''' Columbo's encounter with Browers loose chimpanzee brings him the final clue. He confronts Lamarr with the fact, that the ''apes'' fingerprints are on the costume he wore (for the first time) at the time of the murder. | '''Final clue/twist:''' Columbo's encounter with Browers loose chimpanzee brings him the final clue. He confronts Lamarr with the fact, that the ''apes'' fingerprints are on the costume he wore (for the first time) at the time of the murder, although Lamarr claimed, that he was at a party all night. | ||
| ] co-stars as Lamarr's wife. | ] co-stars as Lamarr's wife. | ||
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Season of television series| Columbo | |
|---|---|
| Season 10 | |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | December 9, 1990 (1990-12-09) – January 30, 2003 (2003-01-30) |
| Season chronology | |
| ← Previous 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".
Broadcast history
The "season" aired different nights of the week on ABC.
DVD release
The "season" was released on DVD by Universal Home Video.
Episodes
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 1 | "Columbo Goes to College" | E.W. Swackhamer | Teleplay: Jeffrey Bloom Story: Jeffrey Bloom and Frederick King Keller | December 9, 1990 (1990-12-09) |
| 57 | 2 | "Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health" | Daryl Duke | Sonia Wolf, Patricia Ford and April Raynell | February 20, 1991 (1991-02-20) |
| 58 | 3 | "Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star" | Alan J. Levi | William Read Woodfield | April 29, 1991 (1991-04-29) |
| 59 | 4 | "Death Hits the Jackpot" | Vincent McEveety | Jeffrey Bloom | December 15, 1991 (1991-12-15) |
| 60 | 5 | "No Time to Die" | Alan J. Levi | Teleplay: Robert van Scoyk Story: Ed McBain | February 15, 1992 (1992-02-15) |
| 61 | 6 | "A Bird in the Hand..." | Vincent McEveety | Jackson Gillis | June 19, 1992 (1992-06-19) |
| 62 | 7 | "It's All in the Game" | Vincent McEveety | Peter Falk | October 31, 1993 (1993-10-31) |
| 63 | 8 | "Butterfly in Shades of Grey" | Dennis Dugan | Peter S. Fischer | January 10, 1994 (1994-01-10) |
| 64 | 9 | "Undercover" | Vincent McEveety | Teleplay: Gerry Day Story: Ed McBain | May 2, 1994 (1994-05-02) |
| 65 | 10 | "Strange Bedfellows" | Vincent McEveety | Lawrence Vail | April 23, 1996 (1996-04-23) |
| 66 | 11 | "A Trace of Murder" | Vincent McEveety | Charles Kipps | November 4, 1997 (1997-11-04) |
| 67 | 12 | "Ashes to Ashes" | Patrick McGoohan | Jeffrey Hatcher | October 8, 1998 (1998-10-08) |
| 68 | 13 | "Murder With Too Many Notes" | Patrick McGoohan | Teleplay: Jeffrey Cava and Patrick McGoohan Story: Jeffrey Cava | March 12, 2001 (2001-03-12) |
| 69 | 14 | "Columbo Likes the Nightlife" | Jeffrey Reiner | Michael Alaimo | January 30, 2003 (2003-01-30) |
References
- "Columbo - Complete Series DVD UK". Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- UK DVD Cover shows the complete collection
- Columbo seasons
- 1990 American television seasons
- 1991 American television seasons
- 1992 American television seasons
- 1993 American television seasons
- 1994 American television seasons
- 1995 American television seasons
- 1997 American television seasons
- 1998 American television seasons
- 2000 American television seasons
- 2003 American television seasons