Season 2 • Episode 8
LatestKate investigates a case of a murdered young woman. The only suspect is an immigrant who used to be a part of a radical underground movement. Sounds like an open and shut case, right? Kate doesn't think so.
Mrs. Kate Columbo, wife of the famous lieutenant, solves crimes as a reporter, while raising her little daughter.
Acting
Kate Mulgrew's pre-Captain Janeway star power
Production
The network panic that forced a name change mid-series
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was network television's first attempt to capitalize on second-wave feminism while terrified of alienating male viewers—hence the eventual erasure of the Columbo connection entirely.
Peter Falk reportedly loathed the concept and refused cameos; the show's legal workaround was never showing or mentioning Lieutenant Columbo directly, only his raincoat and car.
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