Season 1

01 Word Games Episode 126th February 1979 Kate Mulgrew is Kate Columbo, wife of the rumpled police lieutenant and - in her own right - a mother, homemaker and reporter for a neighborhood throwaway. In this week's opener, she also demonstrates a knack for investigation after she overhears a neighbor plotting the murder of his wife. 02 Murder Is a Parlor Game Episode 21st March 1979 An apparent suicide is actually the handiwork of a retired Scotland Yard investigator who is teaching a course that Mrs. Columbo is taking. 03 A Riddle for Puppets Episode 315th March 1979 A puppet maker is murdered by a tormented ventriloquist who acted at the urging of his "evil" dummy. 04 Caviar with Everything Episode 422nd March 1979 Two women own a catering firm. Both love the same man. To one, the solution is obvious: murder. 05 A Puzzle for Prophets Episode 529th March 1979 A famous psychic engineers the murder of her business partner and appears to have an airtight alibi - she was demonstrating her "powers" to Mrs. Columbo at the time of death.