1. An Exercise in Fatality

7.172

. 15 September 1974. 98 min

A health club owner kills his partner who is about to uncover a fraud and makes it look like an accident

2. Negative Reaction

7.786

. 15 October 1974. 91 min

Brilliant photographer Paul Galesko plans to murder his domineering wife, Frances, and pin the crime on an ex-convict named Alvin Deschler. His plan is to make it look as if Alvin kidnapped his wife and killed her before picking up the ransom money.

3. By Dawn's Early Light

7.75

. 27 October 1974. 98 min

The head of a military school kills one of the governors by sabotaging the gun which is used on founders day.

4. Troubled Waters

7.704

. 9 February 1975. 98 min

While holidaying on board a cruise liner, Columbo helps capture the killer of the singer with the ship's band.

5. Playback

7.538

. 2 March 1975. 74 min

An inventor video tapes his mother-in-law's death, and then replays it back to the security guard, to give himself an alibi.

6. A Deadly State of Mind

6.889

. 27 April 1975. 75 min

A doctor kills the husband of the woman he is having an affair with but is seen leaving the house by a witness who is happens to be blind.