Mrs. Columbo - Season 1

First aired: 2/26/1979 5 episodes

Episodes

1. Word Games

Aired: 2/26/1979

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.

2. Murder Is a Parlor Game

Aired: 3/1/1979

An apparent suicide is actually the handiwork of a retired Scotland Yard investigator who is teaching a course that Mrs. Columbo is taking.

3. A Riddle for Puppets

Aired: 3/15/1979

A puppet maker is murdered by a tormented ventriloquist who acted at the urging of his "evil" dummy.

4. Caviar with Everything

Aired: 3/22/1979

Two women own a catering firm. Both love the same man. To one, the solution is obvious: murder.

5. A Puzzle for Prophets

Aired: 3/29/1979

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.