The BEST episodes of Columbo season 2

Every episode of Columbo season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Columbo season 2!

A Los Angeles homicide detective, Lieutenant Columbo, uses his humble ways and shrewd demeanor to ferret out even the most careful criminals.

Last Updated: 9/18/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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A Stitch in Crime
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7.88
463 votes

#1 - A Stitch in Crime

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/1973

Leonard Nimoy plays a heart surgeon whose talents turn to murder. Stung by jealousy, he's planning a surgical death for his brilliant but ailing associate. Will Geer plays the intended victim.

Directors: Hy Averback
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Double Shock
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7.72
474 votes

#2 - Double Shock

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/25/1973

A wealthy man is murdered; his twin nephews stand to inherit, but which one committed the crime?

Directors: Robert Butler
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The Greenhouse Jungle
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7.51
463 votes

#3 - The Greenhouse Jungle

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/1972

Jarvis Goodland, along with his nephew, plan a kidnap scam to break the nephews trust fund, but after the money has been collected, Jarvis kills his partner.

Directors: Boris Sagal
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The Most Crucial Game
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7.36
499 votes

#4 - The Most Crucial Game

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/5/1972

The manager of a football team kills the team's owner, disguising himself as an ice cream vendor as a cover. He then uses a recording of a faked phone call as an alibi to prove he was elsewhere at the time of the murder.

Directors: Jeremy Kagan
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Requiem for a Falling Star
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7.35
500 votes

#5 - Requiem for a Falling Star

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/21/1973

A fading movie star tries to murder a writer who is attempting to blackmail her, but accidentally kills her P.A.

Directors: Richard Quine
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The Most Dangerous Match
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7.31
502 votes

#6 - The Most Dangerous Match

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/4/1973

A chess grandmaster disposes of the champion, who keeps coming back on him.

Directors: Edward M. Abroms
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Étude in Black
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7.30
523 votes

#7 - Étude in Black

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1972

The mistress of a conductor becomes a target for murder after threatening to tell all to her lover's wife.

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Dagger of the Mind
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7.15
450 votes

#8 - Dagger of the Mind

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/26/1972

While on a work trip to London, to learn the techniques of the British police, Columbo gets involved with the murder of Roger Haversham, a rich old businessman who is financing the careers of two rundown theater stars. When Sir Roger threatens to end their careers, because he felt betrayed, he's killed. A short while after, his butler figures out the motives for his master's murder, and blackmails the actors, who have no other choice than to kill him and make it look like he commited suicide due to remorse, because he murdered his employer. Columbo stills manages to catch both the murderers, with the help of a pearl and a new umbrella.

Directors: Richard Quine
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