George Sperdakos

During his magic act, the Great Santini slays business associate Jesse Jerome, who was blackmailing him. Though the illusionist has a solid alibi - he was supposedly submerged in water in an airtight trunk - Lt. Columbo finds clues that incriminate him. Meanwhile, Sgt. Wilson discovers evidence of Santini’s carefully laid plan to frame nightclub singer Danny Green.

Accountant Oliver Brandt has been embezzling his client’s funds to supplement his wife’s expensive taste. When his partner, Bertie Hastings, discovers his financial misdeeds, Brandt slays him. Investigating the crime, Lt. Columbo plays a mental cat-and-mouse game with his clever adversary.

Templar's apartment is booby-trapped when he pursues a murdered reporter's investigation of a corrupt union boss; guest David Kossof.

A computer dating service, fronting for prostitutes and their robber accomplices, starts an underworld war by stealing hot diamonds from a syndicate courier in "The Consenting Adults" on "Charlie's Angels." A prostitute supplied by a computer dating service keeps an antique dealer preoccupied while his store is burglarized of priceless art objects. One of the stolen items is a ceramic frog, stuffed with smuggled diamonds -- belonging to a ruthless crime syndicate boss. Thinking he is lying about the thefts, the enraged kingpin kidnaps the antique dealers and Charlie's Angels enter the case. Jill infiltrates the dating service posing as a hooker but finds that the prostitute involved in the burglary has led the crime boss to the diamonds. In a last ditch effort to gain evidence, Angels Sabrina and Jill disguise themselves as veterinarians and steal the syndicate chieftain's championship racehorse. The chieftain agrees to meet the Angels in a park and turn over the diamonds in exchange for his horse.