Michael Goldfinger

Rose makes a stunning discovery while admitting a patient at the hospital. Meanwhile, Sophia has to have surgery but a mix-up occurs after the operation and Sophia becomes lost in the hospital.

Columbo matches wits with a brilliant attorney that may be responsible for the death of the one man who could stifle his meteoric political career.

Series creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason uses the fictional Atlanta design firm of Sugarbaker and Associates as a witty bully pulpit for caustic social and political humor. The founder of the company is Julia Sugarbaker, a sharp-tongued but elegant and surprisingly compassionate woman. Her younger sister, Suzanne, is a former beauty queen who is long on charm but a bit slow on the uptake. Their associates are Mary Jo Shively, a recent divorcee, and officer manager Charlene Frazier, whose sweetness is matched only by her naivete. Their deliverman is Anthony Bouvier, a well-spoken ex-convict, and cheerfully dotty senior citizen Bernice Clifton often drops by for a visit as well.

Sipowicz is furious when he suspects a private investigator is giving false hope to a man whose daughter has been missing for 2 years. The father of a 13-year old boy who was shot down in the street starts his own search after the police suspect escapes.

After she buys a haunted house, Charlene hires Sugarbaker's to redecorate.