When Morris Penroy's body is found in the Appletree sisters chrysanthemum bed, the two women become Metzger's prime suspects, but Jessica is convinced that the two older women are innocent.
Jessica moonlights as campaign speechwriter for her friend Kathleen Lane, only to become involved in clearing Kathleen of the murder of her campaign manager.
A popular folk singer's plane has crashed. Two passengers have died, and one has escaped with minor injuries. Columbo is called to determine whether the crash was merely an accident or a twisted plot to murder the passengers.
The hospital is the scene of a manhunt when a corpse comes to life and attacks Amanda, then leads Steve and the police on a chase throughout the entire building during which he kidnaps Jesse's girlfriend Susan.
Shadowy figures haunt Jesse after he returns after being missing five days and believes aliens may have abducted him. Mark and Steve try to figure out what happened to him, while Jesse tries to stave off hallucinations.
When a best-selling mystery author comes down with writer's block, she commits a murder herself in the hopes of stimulating her creative juices. The delusional author has help from her fictional heroine, Danielle Slade.
Amanda enlists Jesse's computer-nerd friends to find a killer, after she accidentally surfs across an online murder. Meanwhile, Jesse's girlfriend, Susan, comes down with a case of food poisoning after dining at Barbecue Bob's.
A rare-coin dealer invests his trust in Matlock when he's accused of murdering a thieving employee, while Tyler puts in his two cents when Matlock agrees to let another PI work the case.
Matlock doesn't horse around when it comes to the defense of a mentally handicapped stablehand accused of murdering the manager of a Thoroughbred farm.
Matlock divines the solution to the murder of an amorous model, but forgets it after being hit by a car, and must reconstruct his thoughts from the witness statements.
Amy heads to Seattle to give a TED Talk-style lecture. When a tech genius dies, Amy suspects foul play. When local cops shut her out, Travis joins forces with Amy to figure out whodunit. Stars Jill Wagner, Kristoffer Polaha.
A young writer's research prompts the police to revisit a famous murder case that convicted Amy's colleague at Elmstead, so Travis & Amy get a second chance at clearing the professor's name. Stars Jill Wagner & Kristoffer Polaha.
