Season 5
Summary[]
A CIA operative code-named "Geronimo" (Leslie Nielsen) contacts fellow CIA-operative, now working undercover as speech-writing consultant Nelson Brenner (Patrick McGoohan, who also directed), to demand his share of money from a previous operation they were involved in. It motivates Brenner to kill Geronimo. Columbo finds himself blocked at every turn by a man who knows a lot of private and classified secrets, and even by a visit from the Director of the Agency (David White).
Clue[]
Final clue/twist: Brenner's alibi, a taped speech for a client, is proven false when Columbo establishes that some statements in the speech were based on news that was not known until hours after the recording was allegedly made. The episode features another French car, the Citroën SM. An inside joke is that the Director's name is Philip Corrigan (aka Secret Agent X-9). In a nod to McGoohan's role on The Prisoner, his character repeatedly uses the phrase "Be seeing you" in the episode
| Columbo (season 5) |
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| 1."Forgotten Lady" 2."A Case of Immunity" 3."Identity Crisis" 4."A Matter of Honor" 5."Now You See Him" 6."Last Salute to the Commodore" |