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(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

MAN 1: Yo, Coop!
Hey, dude! Hi!

MAN 2: Hey, man!

MAN 3: Hey, man.

Hey, there.

Cooper, my hero!
Phillips in
straight sets?

(CHUCKLING)
With the sun in my eyes
and a ding in my racket.

TOBY: (CHUCKLING) My man!

The Mighty Coop.
Major party coming up.
Black tie and shorts.

Oh, give a guy time
to wax his legs,
will you?

(ENGINE WHIRRING)

Nice car,
Coop.

(DOOR CLOSING)
Did you get it?

Boy, you're ugly
on television.

Never mind that.
Come on, did you get it?

(EXHALES)

All right.

Where would I be
without you?

Are you kidding?
You'd still have
to study.

(LAUGHING)

I'll break it, I'm going
to break it right now!
Right now! Get up!

(POP MUSIC PLAYING
ON HEADPHONES)
Cooper!

Cooper!

(SHOUTING) Cooper!

Something wrong, Dad?

Trish Mears' father
just called me.

He's threatening to sue.

You know, Dad...

Now, getting an abortion
was Trish's idea, not mine.

While you were
doing what, Cooper?

Encouraging her to
have your baby?

Maybe not. But we
could've worked it out,
Dad. Others have.

You know, we wouldn't
have been the first.

The first?

This is the third girl
in the past 18 months!

For God's sake, man.
You're almost 22 years old!

When are you gonna start
behaving responsibly?

How long do
you expect me to
keep bailing you out?

Dad, it takes two
to tango...
Get it together, Cooper!

I'm giving you
fair warning, pal.

One more mess,
one more screw up,
and you're on your own.

Do you understand me?
I'm not threatening you.
I'm just telling you.

One more screw up
and you're out.

Okay, that's, uh...
That's it for tonight.

(STUDENTS GROAN)

Oh, who's going to be
the guest lecturer
this semester, Professor?

A homicide detective. A, uh...
What is his name? A, uh...

Lieutenant Columbo.

All right!

That sounds
terrific. An actual
homicide detective.

SARA: Come on,
Sachs, let's go.

Good night,
Professor.

Justin? Cooper?

I'd like to
see you both
in my office. Now.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Come in.

Close the door.

You blew
it, boys.
Excuse me?

Don't toy with me,
Justin. Not you,
of all people.

I know about the test.
That you took the test.
Stole the test.

What?
Not a word!
Do you hear me?

Not one more word!

The two of you are
an absolute disgrace.

All the privilege,
all the potential,
all the smarts.

And what do you do with it?

You waste it, squander it,
drag it under your feet.

You know, you guys don't
deserve what you have.

You probably never did.
And you don't have
any respect for anyone.

Let me tell you
something else.

I don't trust myself to make
a proper decision right now

as to what action
I'm going to take,
but I'll tell you this much.

When I'm ready to make
a decision, it'll either be
to flunk the two of you,

or go to the dean
and ask him to throw you
out of this university!

You got it?

Professor?

Professor, maybe
we should go for a beer.
You know, talk things over.

Save it.

(SOFTLY)
Talk to him, Jus!

(ANNOUNCER CHATTERING ON TV)

COOPER: Professor!
Professor!

ANNOUNCER:
... he doesn't have a shot,

brings it out, pulls up,
takes the shot, it's good!

And Freemont pulls back...

Sir?

Sir?
Professor.

Professor Rusk, I...

Look. It was
just kind of
a crazy prank.

It was a stupid,
last minute idea.
We're not in
church, Justin,

and I don't take
confession, anyway.

Professor, can't we
just talk about this?

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Who the hell does
this jerk think he is?

(CAR LOCK BEEPS)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(INTERCOM BUZZING)

Hi, guys.
How you doing?

Kind of in a hurry tonight,
Joe. Hot dates.
Could you raise the gate?

Yeah, where the hell
are my Laker tickets?
Thought we had a deal.

Next week, guy.
Word of honor, man.
Sorry as hell.

Hey, Joe.
Trust us.

JUSTIN: You trying to
run him off the road?

Yeah, right.
We're the ones
getting killed, Justin.

You know,
between him
and my old man,

I'm smelling dead meat
right in this truck.

Where the hell's
he going, anyway?

He lives the other way,
doesn't he?
Yeah.

You don't think
he's going to meet her?

No, I thought
they broke that up
a few months ago.

Did they?
It's Thursday night.

The team's out of town.
Coach Clark's with the team.

Let's go see.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(CAR LOCK BEEPS)

Well, it can't
just be that
he's hungry.

Isn't that
her car?

Let's take
a look.

Thanks, Jim.

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

Recognize her?

COOPER: Yeah.

(INDISTINCT ARGUING)

Damn you!

(DOOR CLOSING)

If looks could kill.

COOPER: Jus?

JUSTIN: Yeah?

What do you think
he's going to do?

About us, or about
Coach Clark's wife?

Come on.

I don't know, Coop.

I don't know.

I think he's pretty
unpredictable right now.

I think there's things
going on in his life that
most people aren't aware of.

But we are?

I am.

Like what?

(SIGHS)

Things.

Things I've heard
or overheard.

Overheard, how? From who?

Well, I listen in on
my father's phone.
How do you think?

You listen in on his calls?

(CHUCKLING) Yeah.

I read his mail, too.

How else am I supposed
to learn anything?

Right.

So what did you learn
about Professor Rusk?

That he's got enemies.

I don't mean
just you and me.

There's people that
wouldn't cry at
an early funeral, Coop.

What are you talking about?

I'm talking about
his new book,
where he names names.

Where he gets right up
into people's faces.

Big people.

Dangerous people.

He's like an equal
opportunity annihilator.

Defense contractors,
savings and loan execs,

senators, congressmen...

And you figure that
some of these people
could be out to get him?

There have been
threats made on
this man's life.

And they told it
to my father.

Now, these people,
they are playing
for real.

Interesting.

Interesting.

And that lady last night,
June Clark.

You know, she looked
like she could kill.

That's what I mean.

Jus...

If Rusk talks to the Dean,
it's all over for me.

I'm aware, Coop.

I'm aware, you got me?
Do you think I've got
anything less to lose?

If I don't get into
Harvard Law School,

my father is going to
skin me alive.

Now, I would say, at the rate
we're going, our futures are
going to last about a week.

We really don't have a lot
of options here, do we?

I don't think
we've got any at all.

It's either him or it's us.

Us.

Us.

(ANNOUNCER CHATTERING ON TV)

(INTERCOM BUZZING)

I'll be right down.

COOPER: Try the key.

(DOOR CLOSING)

COOPER: Joe sure
lives in style.

Jus,

I think I got it.

(GUN COCKING)

Is that the
Whitcomb Building?

Yeah,
by the hill.

(ENGINE SPUTTERING)

(INTERCOM BUZZING)

Sorry, guy.
Faculty parking only.

Does Professor Rusk teach
his criminology class here?

Right building. Wrong lot.

Well, you see,
I'm the, uh,

guest speaker at
Professor Rusk's
criminology class.

I'm from the LAPD.

Lieutenant Columbo.

Sorry, Lieutenant.
They don't tell me anything.

Park anywhere you want.
Stairs are on the right.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Come in.

What is it, Justin?

I spoke to my father
about what happened.
What we did.

I'm listening.

Well, he was not happy.

And he said a lot of things.
We both did.

There were certain threats
and certain promises.

Anyway, he'd like
to speak with you.

Have him call.

No, sir. He would like
to meet you in person.

Tonight.

Tonight?

Yeah, he's got to go to
Washington in a few hours.

But he's going to be
having dinner over at
the Cafe Barrado, at 8:00,

just across the campus.

He's going to be
by himself, and he'd
like to meet with you.

I've got a guest tonight,
you know that.

Now, I can't walk out
in the middle of class.

But you could be
back before the class
was over, Professor.

Look, I hope you don't think
my father is trying to throw
his weight around, here.

But...

In consideration for all
the things that he's done
for this university,

he's hoping that you'll
agree to meet with him.

I'II, uh...

I'll think about it, Justin.

That's all I can ask.
Thank you.

Professor?
Hmm?

I am sorry.

SACHS: (STUTTERING)
Lieutenant, in trying to
solve a murder case,

do the police ever make up
evidence that, in fact,
they don't really have?

Well, that's been
known to happen.

Well, have you ever done it?

Well, recently, I was
in an attorney's office,

and he wasn't there.

And it turns out that
the secretary was
in the ladies' room,

so I took advantage
of this moment of privacy
to go into his inner office

and go through
his wastepaper basket.

I was looking for
a piece of gum,

and I found it.

I wonder who
his tailor is.

And I wanted to match
the bite marks in
that piece of gum

with the bite marks
on a piece of cheese

that I found at
the scene of the crime.

(STUTTERING)
Yeah, but excuse me,
though, Lieutenant.

That's different.

See, in that case,
you didn't make up
anything, any evidence.

That isn't really
what I was asking.

COLUMBO: I know what
you asked and I'm trying
to avoid the question.

(ALL LAUGHING)

Sorry.
Let me put it
this way.

I follow my nose.

And when I get the scent,

there's very little that
I wouldn't do in order
to solve the case.

SARA: Do you have any advice
for a young detective?

COLUMBO: I would say,
don't talk too much.

Don't talk too much?

Well, sometimes,
when you know something,

it's better you
keep it to yourself.

You don't have to blab
everything right away. Wait.

Who knows what
will happen? Timing.

That's important.

And luck.

You got to be lucky.

(INAUDIBLE)

(ANNOUNCER CHATTERING ON TV)

(GUN FIRES)

(STUDENTS LAUGHING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

JUSTIN: Hey, Lieutenant.
Why don't you come
have a beer with us?

Every Thursday night,
we go out and try
and gross each other out

with different mystery
stories we've read.

Well, that's a nice offer.
Thank you very much,
but I don't think I can...

JUSTIN: Oh, come on,
Lieutenant!
SACHS: Come on, Lieutenant!

I feel kind of bad
I didn't get a chance to say
goodbye to Professor Rusk.

Well, you'll see
him next week.

Was the Devlin case the only
time you were involved
with the FBI, Lieutenant?

COLUMBO: Well,

you know,
I don't even remember
the Devlin case.

Oh, well, the Devlin case was
the one where the jockey got
strangled by the girlfriend

who was in cahoots with the
stable owner, and they were
skimming off the tracks...

(SCREAMING)

Is he dead,
Lieutenant?

I'm afraid so.

Lieutenant, should
I go get some help?
I can call 911.

Yeah, tell them
a homicide detective
is already on the scene

and it appears
to be murder.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(SOBBING)

Joe!
What?

Joe!
What is it?

There's been
a murder!
A what?

Yeah. Downstairs
in the garage.
Professor Rusk is dead.

What the hell
are you talking about?

I've got to
call 911!

Yeah. Go ahead.

Jeez, I gotta
get down there!
Wait a minute.

Joe, wait a second!
Wait a second!
What about the security tapes?

Don't you want to save them?
There might be
something on it.

Oh, right, right.
That's a good idea.

Listen, you do it.
Save it, will you?
I gotta get down there.

Yeah.

(PEOPLE CLAMORING)

POLICEMAN ON MEGAPHONE:
Stay back behind
the yellow line.

What do you
have, George?

Single gunshot wound
to the head. Probably
a large caliber bullet.

Well, what am
I looking at?

Fragment's from the slug
that killed him.

Oh, yeah.
It broke apart.

I'm guessing
it was supposed to.
Looks like a hollow point.

Right.
So the bullet would
do maximum damage.

I wonder where
he was going.

Who?

The Professor.

You know, he left right
in the middle of the class.

Beats me.

Hey, John...

(STAMMERING)

Excuse me. May I ask
you a question?
Sure, Lieutenant.

Are these cameras...
I think there are three
of them here in the garage.

They all look
alike to me.

Are they the kind
of cameras that record,
like, on a videotape?

Or do you think
that they're the kind
of cameras that show,

you know,
what they're seeing?

You know, like on
a TV screen in some
other room, someplace.

It's hard to tell,
Lieutenant. It might be
either kind.

But you can probably
find out by talking
to the campus police.

Right. That's
what I got to do.

Hey, John.

Hey, Lieutenant.

Looks like we can
rule out robbery
as a motive, here. Look.

Huh?

Oh, yeah. Right.

A comb, a handkerchief,
credit card, nail clipper,
pen, keys...

What's this?

You found this?

Yeah, it was in his pocket,
just like that.
All by itself.

Hmm.

(SNIFFING)

Hmm.

What pocket was it in?

His shirt pocket.

POLICEMAN: Lieutenant?
Well.

Want to take a look up here?

Up where?

Up on the
street, sir.

All right.

I wonder where the hell
he was going!

POLICEMAN: Stay behind
the line, please.

.45?
Yes, sir.

You got a pencil?

Pen all right?

Yeah.

If you're thinking
what I'm thinking,
Lieutenant,

that this shell belongs
to the slug that killed
the guy in the garage,

what's it doing up
here on the street?

That's an
excellent question.

A really
excellent question.

MALLOY: Hey, Lieutenant!

They got a videotape
from one of those
security cameras inside.

It's about set up,
if you want to
take a look at it.

Absolutely.

COOPER: Lieutenant...

If you get a chance,
we're gonna be over at
Darlene's Bar and Grill.

Uh, let me ask
you a question.

Did the Professor usually
leave the building
right after class?

We almost always
walked out together.
Yeah.

Well, tonight,
he left early.

Does anybody have any idea
where he might be going?

ALL: No, no.

Sorry,
Lieutenant.
Beats me.

All right.

COOPER: Maybe
we'll see you there?

Try my best.

Is that
Professor Rusk's office?
Uh, yeah.

Is that his briefcase?

I guess so.

Fellows, go set up the tape.
I'll be right with you.

Okay.

John?
Yeah?

There's a janitor
in the corridor.
Bring him down, would you?

You got it.

Yeah, what can
I do for you?

Did you know
Professor Rusk?

Yeah. Enough to say
hello and goodbye.

Were you aware of
his comings and goings?

I didn't always know
when he came in, but I'd
usually know when he left.

Did he usually take
this briefcase with him?

I never knew him
to leave it behind,
if that's what you mean.

So he always
took it home?

That's right.

So, tonight,
he probably planned
to come back and get it?

Yeah, I would think so.

What time do you usually
lock up the building?

It's all locked up by 9:30.

And he left
around 8:10.

So, wherever he was going,
he had to be back
in an hour twenty.

That's right.

Thank you very much.
You're welcome.

Well, that's
a beginning.

Let's see what
we got in here.
Papers and books...

Some pills.

Oh, he took pills
for cholesterol.

You know,
these things work.
Yeah?

Yeah, I was up to 310.

Two a day before meals.
I'm down to 220.

That's great.

Yeah...

Pills...

Let me see that pill
that you found in
his shirt pocket.

Look at that.

Maybe he was going to eat,
and he remembered
to take his pill.

Sounds reasonable to me.

It's worth a shot.

Excuse me, Officer.

Grab a Yellow Pages.

Make a list of all
the restaurants within
15 minutes of the campus.

But no fast food places.

The kind of place where
you go in, you sit down,
they got a menu.

If you want something
light, pasta, fish,
you can get it.

Take me about 10 minutes.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

Oh, is that the videotape
from the security camera?

This is it. Yeah.

And how much does
a tape like this hold?

Oh, right around an hour.

And then what?
You put in another one?

Oh, no, no.
The tape records for an hour,
and then, unless you stop it,

it automatically
records over itself again.

I see. So,
if you don't stop it,

it automatically erases
the previous hour, and starts
recording the new hour?

Yeah, that's right.
That way one tape
can last for months.

I see.

Okay. Let's see
what we've got.

MALLOY: Okay,
here we go, Lieutenant.

COLUMBO: 8:00.
Well, we were up
in the class, then.

JOE: Now, that car there
is Professor Giraldi's,

and that's yours
there, Lieutenant.

That one over there
belongs to the Professor.

If this is just
for faculty parking,

how come one
of the students was
parked there in a truck?

(STUTTERING) Oh, well...
Cooper, he's the
blonde-haired kid.

His old man has
season tickets to
the Laker home games.

It was a trade-off.

Mmm-hmm. I see.

MALLOY: Do you want me
to fast-forward through
this, Lieutenant?

That's a good
idea. Yeah.

Hold it.

That's the Professor.

God. I should've seen it.
I should've been watching.

(EXHALES)

Well, sir, I really
don't think it would've
changed much that happened.

All right, Malloy,
let's fast-forward
it now.

Yeah.

Oh, there's me.
And the kids.

But I don't understand.

From the time that the
Professor was shot until
the time that I arrived,

we saw everything.

But we didn't see
anybody leave.

Nobody left.

Either by foot or car
via the ramp.

Did somebody go
up the stairs?
Did you see anybody?

No, no, no.
I would've seen that.

Well, this is a mystery.

It is a mystery.

This is a mystery.

(DOOR OPENING)

Lieutenant, got
your restaurant list.

Good.

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

(INAUDIBLE)

Bonsoir,
monsieur. Yes?

Do you have
a reservation
for Professor...

No. No,
sir. No.
No?

You're sure?
Oh, yes,
I'm positive.

Yes, yes.
Goodbye.

Oh, here it is.
The call came in at 8:10
from a Professor Rusk.

His instructions were
to inform Mr. Rowe
that he was on his way,

but running just
a few minutes late.

May I see
that, sir?
Of course.

Thank you so much.
The food was delicious.

It's been
too long.
Excellent,
as usual.

Thank you for
coming in.

Did you know
this Professor Rusk?

I'm afraid not. Just a name,
a voice on the phone.
That was all.

And when Mr. Rowe came
in, and you gave him
this message,

what did Mr. Rowe say?

There was
no Mr. Rowe.

You see?
No Mr. Rowe at all.

No Mr. Rowe?

No Mr. Rowe.

(COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING)

JUSTIN: Hi, Lieutenant.
Really glad
you could make it.

Thanks.

Nice to see you again,
Lieutenant.
Hey.

JUSTIN: So we haven't stopped
talking about what happened
since we left.

COLUMBO: Well,
that's good.

That's probably the
best thing you could've
been doing right now.

And how are you feeling?
Any better?

I don't think I'm gonna forget
the sight of him lying there
for a while, though.

Have you ever seen
a dead body before?

No.
Have you?

Yeah. But now is
not the right time
to talk about it.

Excuse me, Lieutenant?
Did you find out anything?

Did you take a look
at the tapes from
the security cameras?

It's a mystery.

We looked at the tape,
and we never saw
anyone enter or leave,

either on foot or by car.

How can that be?

That's impossible,
isn't it?

The murder was on the tape.

We saw that.

But no one going in or out?

No one.

It's baffling.

Could you see
the door that goes
to the lobby stairs?

No. That we couldn't.

But that's right.

That's a good point.

But, if someone had gone
in or out that door,

going up the stairs
to the lobby,

they would've had to
pass the security guard.

And he didn't
see anybody?

Joe never saw one person.

Was he awake?
Cooper!

Just kidding.

COLUMBO: So tell me
about the Professor.

What was he like?

Was he a good teacher?

Oh, Lieutenant.
He was very good.
Very good.

He was one of
the best teachers
on campus. Right?

He was good.
It's true.

But he was also
very opinionated.

Everything had to
be done his way.

But he was good.

He was real.
I think most of all,

that's what he was.
He was just real.

And he fooled
around a lot.

That is not fair.

Sara, it's true. I mean,
he fooled around. Trust me.

Yeah, well, even so, it's
pretty poor form to trash the
reputation of the newly dead.

Excuse me!

The man fooled around,
and everybody knew it.

COOPER: Jus, whether he did
or whether he didn't,
I think we should drop it.

Sachs is right. The body,
it's not even cold yet.

Lieutenant...

Any campus is bound
to be something
of a rumor mill,

deciding which ones
to believe or which ones
not to believe

is probably going to be
your biggest problem.

I'm beginning to see that.

Well, you've certainly
come to the right place,
Lieutenant.

Mr. Rowe, here, always
seems to hear more rumors
than anyone else.

Mister...

Rowe. Justin Rowe.

"Gossip" is
his middle name.

DEAN: On behalf of
the Alumni Association,

and of the past
and present patrons
of this great university,

I want you to know
that the faculty, staff,
students, and I personally,

mourn the loss of
Professor Rusk and offer
our condolences to Mrs. Rusk.

Do you have any idea
who might have had a reason
to kill him, Dean Gillespie?

No.
Do you know if
he had any enemies?

No, that's...
Thank you. That's
all I can say today.

Any comments on
the rumors about...
Thank you very much.

...Professor Rusk
and Mrs. Clark.
How is this going to
affect the faculty?

Scandal.
That's all I need.

Sir, can't you give us
some more information?
Dean Gillespie, please.

You know, there were
a lot of rumors
about that guy.

At least he lived
a full life.

But was it
really worth it?

What a terrible
way to die.

The cop's a total crack-up.
Stands about yea high
and he wears a suit

I think we donated
to a homeless
shelter last year.

Is it tan?

CARY: Hold it!
News flash.

JUSTIN: What's up?
CARY: Right this way.
Watch. Just watch.

FEMALE REPORTER:
The investigation into
last night's campus murder

has taken an
unexpected new turn.

According to sources
at the university,
Professor D.E. Rusk,

the victim in
a brutal slaying,

may have been involved
in an extramarital affair...

Atta boy Rusk!

And who do you
think it was?

That he was playing
around with?
Yeah.

Are you serious?
Mmm-hmm.

Coach Clark's wife,
who else?

I heard that she
and Professor Roberts
used to have a thing.

No, no, no, no.
Ancient history, lad.

It was Rusk
and June Clark.
Shh!

A spokesman for
the police department
refused to comment.

Funeral services for the
slain professor have not been
announced as of this time.

JUNE: What did you say
your name was?

Columbo.

And you're a lieutenant?
Ah, yes, ma'am.

Well, Lieutenant, isn't there
something you can do about
all those reporters out there?

I wish I could,
ma'am, but I can't.
I'm sorry about that.

What did you want to
ask me, Lieutenant?

Well, ma'am,
there's been talk,

I'm sure you
probably heard it,

that Professor Rusk
was having an affair.

These things are delicate,
I'm aware of that.

I don't want to offend you...

I'm a married woman,
Lieutenant.

My husband is coach
of the basketball team.

Yes, ma'am.
I'm aware of that.

Professor Rusk
was a married man.

Yes, ma'am,
I'm aware of that.

Then why would I tell you
I was having an affair,
even if it were true?

Well, because
if it were true,

maybe you'd help us
find a murderer.

Who would be who, Lieutenant?

Me? My husband?
Professor Rusk's wife?

Are there any
other questions?

Just one, ma'am.
Where were you last night,
say, between 7:00 and 9:00?

At home.

And your husband, ma'am?
Was he at home, too?

No, he was with the team
in Washington, in Seattle.

But I'm sure you already
knew that, Lieutenant.
Is there anything else?

No, ma'am.
Not at this time.

Thank you, ma'am.

Lieutenant.

Whatever D.E. Rusk and I
had together, it ended
several months ago.

My husband is aware of that.

I never saw
Professor Rusk again.

Thank you for that, ma'am.

(CROWD CLAMORING)

JUSTIN: Hey, Lieutenant!

Hey! What do
you say, fellows?

How are you
feeling today?
All right.

You manage to
get any sleep?

Ah, a couple hours.

Yeah. I know
what you mean.

So that must've been
some pretty tawdry stuff
in there, huh?

The Professor and
the coach's wife?

Well, you know,
actually,

that's been over
for some time.

She hasn't seen
him for months.

She hasn't?

No.

Did she tell you that?

Yeah. Just now.

You believe her?

Why wouldn't
he believe her?

Coop. People don't
always tell the truth.

Well, that's true,
Jus, but I know June
and she's a pretty decent gal.

What do you think?

Well, I believed it,
but, fellows, what do I know?

I don't know if
this means anything,
Lieutenant,

but the campus hotline
knows where
they used to meet.

The Lieutenant just said
this was old news, why are you
still looking for dirt?

Excuse me.

It's a place in
the valley. Now, I don't
know the name of it

and I don't know
the address,

but I've got some
directions. We could
probably lead you there.

I think you're right.
I think we gotta check it out.

This is lousy, Justin.
This stinks.

I keep trying to tell him
life's not a peppermint candy.

He doesn't listen
to me, Lieutenant.

"I know June and
she's a pretty decent gal"?

(LAUGHING)

Too much?
Oh, no, no, no.
This is perfect.

This guy's gonna
swallow anything.

Now, listen,
when we get to the bar,

you've gotta tell him
that you love his car.

You got to.

All right. Just...
Just don't make me laugh.

Lieutenant, we were just
talking about your car.
It's really nice.

Is it European?

Yeah.
It's a French car.

It's a Peugeot, Coop.
This is a classic.

This car's worth
a lot of money today.

I bet you get
a lot of offers, huh?

Oh, are you kidding?

You know, there's not
a day goes by somebody
don't wanna buy it?

Mmm.

Well, I don't wanna
make a killing on a car.
What for?

Oh, if you're comfortable
with it, you know,
why sell it?

Right. Money's not
everything.

How about your suit?
You get a lot of
offers on that, too?

(EXCLAIMS) You guys!
You're pulling my leg,

(BOTH LAUGH)
For crying out loud.

You know what
the wife says?

She's gonna send it out
to be cleaned and burned.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

He's got a good
sense of humor.
Oh, he's good.

Well, I like
to laugh.

Can I help you,
gentlemen?

Lieutenant Columbo.
Homicide.

Uh-huh. Well, can't say
I haven't expected you.

Yeah, and what makes
you say that, sir?

Well, you want to talk
about that dead professor,
didn't you?

Well, how did you know that?

Well, I saw his face
all over the news
last night.

And him and his girlfriend
used to come in here just
about once a week, for a year.

He always came in
with the same woman, sir?

A blonde. In the 30s.
Real good-Iooking.

And they haven't been
in here recently,

not in the last
two or three months,
isn't that right, sir?

BARTENDER:
They were in last week.

What?

Last week?

Yeah.

(SIGHS)

Are you sure?

Yeah. Sat right over there.
They had quite a blowout.

You mean, they had a fight?

BARTENDER: Yeah.

She was hotter than
a pistol about something.

He tried to calm her down,
but couldn't do it,
so she split.

She left? Alone?

Well, as far as I know.

The Professor
stayed another hour,
crying in his beer.

So, how do you figure?
She plugged him?

Well, what do you think,
Lieutenant?

You think
she did plug him?

Oh, come on,
Justin, give us
a break!

All right,
let me ask you
a serious question.

Does June Clark
have an alibi for
Thursday night?

She said
she was at home.

She's alone, right?

'Cause her husband
was with the team
in Seattle.

Oh, get off it, Justin!
June Clark did not
murder Professor Rusk.

Well, maybe not, Coop.
But we do know this:

She has been lying to
the Lieutenant, hasn't she?

I think we'd just
like to know why.

You know what I should do?
I should go talk to
the Professor's wife.

Right. Right, that would
probably be useful.

Listen, thanks for
all your help.

I've gotta go inside.
I've gotta make
a couple of calls.

Hey, Lieutenant,

will you keep us informed,
and let us know
what's going on?

Oh, sure. We're
in this together.

I'm waiting for
Detective Malloy.

POLICEMAN: Malloy?
Yeah.

Hold on.
I'll get him.

All right, I'll hold.
Thank you.

Very funny.

(IMITATING COLUMBO)
"You know
what I gotta do?"

(LAUGHING)

"I gotta go see
the Coach's wife."

I can't believe
he's making this
so easy.

Oh, this is just
the beginning.

Wait till
we set him on
my father.

Malloy?
Yeah.

Columbo.

Listen, do you have
the inventory of
all the items

that were in
Professor Rusk's briefcase?

You mean the list I made?

The list, yeah.
Yeah, Lieutenant.

You got it in front of you?

Yeah.
Good.

Confirm this for me, will you?

There were no airline tickets
in that briefcase, were there?

No. We didn't find
any airline tickets.

I didn't think there were.
Pills, books, papers.

That's it.

No airline tickets.

No tickets.

Just wanted to make sure.

That's all there was.

Thanks.

No problem.

COLUMBO: Thank you for
seeing me, Mrs. Rusk.

I realize this is
a very painful
time for you.

What would you like
to know, Lieutenant?

I just have
a few questions...

About
June Clark?

Yes, ma'am.

She and my husband had
an affair that lasted
almost an entire year.

It wasn't
D.E.'s first.

I found out about this one
three months ago,
and I told him

that I would leave him
if he didn't end it.

But he didn't
end it.

She wouldn't
let him.

And when did
you find out
about that, ma'am?

Ten days ago,
when D.E. Told me.

Your husband told
you that he was
still seeing her?

No, no,
Lieutenant.

He told me that
he had seen her
for the last time,

and that
it was over.

For good.

I see.

Did you believe him?

How could I?

I wanted to hear it from
Mrs. Clark, and I wanted
to be able to see her eyes

when she told me.

So, I went to meet her
for the first time.

We talked,

and in a little while,
we cried.

It was over.

When was that, ma'am,
when you went to
visit June Clark?

That was Thursday
night, Lieutenant.

The night my husband

was killed.

You and June Clark
were together
at the time of the murder?

That's correct, Lieutenant.

In her home.

Thank you very much, ma'am.

Uh, one more
question.

We found an airline ticket
to Phoenix, Arizona in
your husband's briefcase.

He was scheduled to fly
there this past weekend.

Would you have any idea
why he might be going there?

He never mentioned
it, Lieutenant.

Thank you, ma'am.

(DOORBELL RINGS)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Come in, Lieutenant.

Ma'am?
Yes.

Just one more thing.

We found an
airplane ticket
to Phoenix, Arizona

in the Professor's
briefcase.

He was scheduled
to fly there
this past weekend.

Do you have any
knowledge of that?

Or any idea of who
he might of have been
planning to see?

No. I'm
afraid not.

Thank you
very much, ma'am.

(PEOPLE WHOOPING)

(POP MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)

(LOUD ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

Oh, he's back.
He's a charmer.

(SHOUTING) I wanna
ask you a question.

JUSTIN: Yeah,
we can't hear a word
you're saying.

About airplane
tickets.

He's a piece
of work, isn't he?

JUSTIN: Why don't
we go to the kitchen?

COOPER: Just go straight
to the kitchen!

Straight through,
we'll meet you there.
In the kitchen, yeah.

I'm sorry, Lieutenant.
Couldn't hear what you
were saying. What's up?

Yeah. I meant to
ask you earlier,
but I forgot, uh...

Listen, maybe
you fellows can
help me with this.

Yeah, sure.

Now, we found an
airplane ticket in
Professor Rusk's briefcase.

Round trip
to Phoenix.

He was scheduled
to leave this
past weekend.

Did he happen
to mention this
trip in class?

Or would you guys have
any idea why he might
be going there?

A trip?

A trip.
This past
weekend?

This past
weekend.

No.
No, huh?

Okay. Thanks
a million,
fellows.

BOTH: Sure.

JUSTIN: Lieutenant?

You said Phoenix?

Uh, yeah.

Coop.

Do you remember,
we were walking
out of class,

we're standing
in the corridor,

and he said
something about

meeting a guy from
the FBI or the Attorney
General's office?

He was talking about fraud
in the savings and loan,
and how they inflate...

Was that
Phoenix?

COOPER: Phoenix...

It was Phoenix.
It was Phoenix,
Lieutenant.

This investigator
was in Phoenix?

He was, and the
savings and loan was.

And the
Professor had
information...

That the investigator
wanted. Inside stuff,
damaging stuff.

Oh, man.

What if he went there
to see that guy?

What if he had some
new information to give him?

And what if somebody
knew about it and
wanted to shut him up?

This is pretty scary stuff.

Well, I tell you,
sometimes it can be
a pretty scary world.

Okay, fellows,
I gotta go check this out.

JUSTIN: Hey, Lieutenant,
I've got a thought.

Yeah?

Maybe you should
meet my father.

Your father?

Yeah. He's
a criminal attorney.

But he's also
legal counsel
to the University.

Which means he
hears more rumors
than Justin does.

Well, I don't know
whether or not
it'd do any good,

but I bet it'd be
worth your time.

Well, what do you think?
Should I try and
set something up?

Absolutely.
And the quicker,
the better.

What about
tonight, if I can?

Tonight?
Tonight would
be perfect.

But, look, I don't
want to drag you
out of your party.

Oh, no, no, not at all.
Listen, murder cases
get real cold, real fast.

That's what
Professor Rusk
taught us.

Well, Professor
Rusk was right.

Let me see
what I can do.

Hey, thanks.

Boy, sometimes
I wonder what I'd do
without you guys.

(CHUCKLES)

MRS. ROWE: If this detective
is even remotely as inept
as you've painted him, dear,

he's obviously going to
need a lot of help.

Well, we are
doing everything
we can, Mother.

But you know,
at the rate
we're going,

I'm afraid this is going
to turn out to be something
more of a class project

than a homicide
investigation.

Oh, what a sad,
terrible thought.

Poor Professor Rusk.

First he's murdered,
and then they assign
this rumpled little dumbbell

to find his killer.
Oh, dear me.

Poor Mrs. Rusk.

Then you'll talk
to Father?

Oh, yes, I will.
Tonight.

(CHUCKLING)
You look
gorgeous.

Yes. Tonight.

He's gonna be here
in about an hour.

Oh, well, I'm coming over.
I gotta be there for this.
This is too much.

(CHUCKLING) No, Coop,
what this is, is perfect.

I still can't stop laughing
over that "Phoenix" routine.
Was that luck or what?

Well, when somebody
hands you the baton,
you run like hell.

It was pure inspiration.

I'm leaving right now.

(LOUNGE MUSIC PLAYING)

Good evening,
sir.

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

Lieutenant,
this way.

It's this way.
Come on.

I understand you wanted
to talk to me about
Professor Rusk.

Well, actually,
it was your son that
suggested it, sir.

Yes. More specifically,
about his books.

That could've been
what your son
had in mind, sir.

You're not sure?

About what your
son had in mind?

No, sir, I'm not.

Have you read
his books?

I didn't know
he wrote books, sir.

You're investigating
the murder of Professor Rusk,
and you're unaware

that the man wrote
a series of highly
incendiary profiles

exposing major
crime figures in
the United States?

Well, let me tell you
what happened, sir.
I was going out to lunch,

and the Captain come up
and he asked me,

"Do I want to go speak to
these college students?"

I said, "Yeah, sure."

He handed me
a piece of paper,
"Call Professor Rusk."

That's the first time
I ever heard the name.

But that was before
he was murdered.

Yes, sir.

After he was murdered,
and you were trying to
find out who did it,

did you have any curiosity
about the man's life?

You mean, like going out
and reading his books, sir?

I mean, like finding out
that there were a whole lot

of people out there
who wanted to see him dead.

Well, he was
having an affair.

I don't know if
you know this, sir,

with the coach's wife.

But she's a married woman.
She's a very emotional...

And this is
how you've been
spending your time?

Yes, sir.

And talking with the kids.

And talking to the kids.

It's perfectly clear
that you haven't
the faintest idea

of which end
is up, here.

That's not an insult,
that's a statement of fact.

I can't do your homework
for you, but I can point you
in the right direction.

This is Rusk's
first book,

on organized crime
in New Orleans.

Read it.

And this one

is a galley of his second
book, on white-collar crime
in Southern California.

He ties it to the mob

and to the laundering
of drug money,
and it names names.

Read it.

The bottom line here is
that some very dangerous men

made actual threats
on the Professor's life.

What you need to do
is stop worrying so much

about who's wife is
screwing whom and get
to the heart of the matter.

This man was shot
because he had a big mouth.

Well, I certainly
appreciate you
telling me this, sir.

It's gonna make
my life a lot easier,

'cause now I'm pointed
in the right direction.

JORDAN: Good.

I can't believe
how perfect this is.

Coop, I got a
question for you.

Yeah?

Do you think
Columbo's parents
were related?

(BOTH SNICKERING)

COLUMBO: I found out
one thing for sure, tonight.

I know where your son
gets his brains.

This is better
than sex.

My son has the best
mind of anybody
I have ever met,

but he still couldn't get
into Harvard Law School
without my help.

With his ability,
they should've sent
a limousine for him.

But it didn't work
that way. I had to
push a lot of buttons.

I don't know
what was wrong.

His mind is
someplace else.
I wish I knew where.

In any case, he's gonna
wind up the best criminal
attorney in this country,

or I'm gonna break
every bone in his body.

Oh, I wouldn't
worry, sir.
He'll go far.

He better.

(JORDAN CHATTERING ON RADIO)
Your father's pretty wacky.

Yeah, he's a sick man.
I hate him.

JORDAN: His friend,
Cooper...

Get this.

... is another one. Kid's got
brains, but he thinks
he's gonna be a tennis pro.

The kid's a B-player,
but in his mind,
he's John McEnroe.

What does that say
for his judgment?

I'll tell you
what he's good for.

He can get
little girls pregnant,

that's what he's good for.

Lieutenant,
we at the University
would appreciate it

if you could wrap
this up as quickly
as possible.

Oh, I understand, sir,
and I'll do my best.

Oh, one more
thing, sir.

Did you happen to have
dinner Thursday night
at the Cafe Barrado?

In fact, I had dinner
at a restaurant called
Fredo, Lieutenant.

In San Francisco,
with the District Attorney
and the Lieutenant Governor.

Thank you very much.
Good night.

Your car, sir.

How'd you know
it was mine?

Oh, just a
lucky guess.

(DOOR OPENING)

Hey, you, halt!

Joe?

Lieutenant?

Yeah.

I saw somebody poking around
down here on the monitors.
I didn't know who it was.

Well, I should have
let you know I was
down here. I apologize.

Anything I can
help you with?

Well, I'm just working
a few things out.

You know, that videotape,
that was a tremendous help.

This is just about as close
as the killer could get.
If he was any closer,

even one step,
we would've seen
him on that tape.

Which came from that camera
back there by that gate,
isn't that correct?

Uh-huh.

So, if he was
back here,

or at any point
from here back
to the wall,

wouldn't he have
been seen by
that camera?

That's right,
Lieutenant.
He would have.

Yeah, and you might
have seen him, too.

Like you said,
maybe I couldn't have
kept the Professor alive,

but, damn, at least
I might have been able to
identify the killer.

Why, when you thought
to save the videotape
from that camera,

you didn't think to
save it from this camera,
because if you had,

we would have been able to
make that identification.

Well, I didn't save it
at all, Lieutenant.

Sir?

It was Justin who
remembered about the tape.

Justin?

Yeah. The truth is,
if it hadn't been for him,

we wouldn't have
that one tape we do.

Justin turned off
the machine that
saved the tape?

Yeah. Damn lucky
he thought of it,
too, right?

Damn lucky.

SECRETARY: Yes,
Lieutenant, we've
been expecting you.

Oh, Lieutenant,
this way, please.

I'm Dean Gillespie,
Lieutenant.

Oh, how do
you do, sir.
Right in
here, please.

It's a pleasure
to meet you.

Uh...

Mr. Rowe?

JUSTIN: Hi, Lieutenant.

Justin. I didn't even
know your father was
going to be here.

The reason I called
Chief Whalen and requested

this meeting with you
is because Mr. Rowe

and Justin, as well,
have some exceedingly
pertinent new information

which we think will impact
heavily on your investigation

into Professor Rusk's murder.

Is that so?
Well, I'm very anxious
to hear that, sure.

Uh, Jordan?

Yes, thank you,
Howard. Lieutenant,

you and I are
in the same game,
pursuit of justice.

You're a cop,
I'm an attorney.

You catch 'em,
I try 'em, right?

Yes, sir.

I am assuming that
you've talked to the
security guard, Joseph Doyle?

Well, as a matter of fact,
I just left him, sir.

Nice man.

Is this is the same security
guard who failed to save
any of the security tapes?

Uh, yes, sir, it is.
But we got one.

One survived,
and we have it.

Uh-huh.

Have you ever met
his brother, Dominic?

No, sir, I haven't
had the pleasure.

Oh, I see.

Are you aware
of this?

COLUMBO: Hmm.

Well, this is
quite a record.
Yeah.

Twenty-three arrests.

From assault, to extortion,
to murder. Two murder charges.

One dismissed. On the other,
he was convicted and sentenced
to nine-years-to-life.

He did six and a half years,
and was released on
parole a month ago.

Well, I wish I had known this.
I just didn't know it, sir.

My 22-year-old son
knew it.

Have you begun
a background check
on Joe Doyle?

No, sir,
I haven't.

Why not, because
you thought
he was a nice man?

You do not have
to answer that,
Lieutenant.

(SIGHS)

Isn't this the second time
that you and I have met?
It is, isn't it?

It is, sir, yes.

And what did I tell you
the first time we met?

That there have been
actual threats made on
Professor Rusk's life.

(MOCKINGLY)
Mmm-hmm.

And you now have
in your hand the record
of a hired killer

who was hanging around
that garage, visiting
with his brother,

the security guard.

Son, you did say
that's the first time
you saw Dominic Doyle?

Visiting with his
brother at the school?

Yes, sir.

I saw them together,
and that's when Joe told me

that Dom had just got out
of prison, and that
he was looking for a job.

Where was Dominic Doyle
on the night? Was he in
the area? Was he out of town?

Does he have an alibi?
Or, is he, in fact,
the trigger man?

These are the questions that
we have to have answered.

Lieutenant, Chief Whalen was
good enough to messenger us
that copy of Doyle's file.

You'll find his
current address
in there, I believe.

Well, there's not
much I can say.

When you're wrong,
you're wrong, and when
you're right, you're right.

I'm going to read
this file, I'll
read it immediately,

and, hell, I'll probably
be making contact with
Doyle sometime tonight.

Well, that'll be
excellent, Lieutenant.

Justin, you coming?

Thanks, Lieutenant.

You watch out for
this guy. Please.

He looks dangerous.

Afternoon, sir.
Are you Dominic Doyle?

I'm Lieutenant
Columbo. Homicide.

I haven't done one of them
recently, you know?

I'd like to talk to you.
Could I come up?

Talk is cheap.
Come on up.

Nothing for me.

Suit yourself, huh?

I want to talk
to you about
Professor Rusk.

You want to
talk to me?

Where were you
last Thursday night?

Billy's Bar,
on the beach.

Were you alone?

Unless you consider
this a friend.

Is there some reason
I'd wanna see
this professor dead?

Well, there are people
who are saying
that it was a hit.

A hit?

A hit.

So when do you
make your arrest?

Do you own a gun?

You know, I was
beginning to like you.

But I'm a
three-time loser,
and you know it.

See, I can't join the Marines,
and I can't vote,
and I can't own a gun.

Well, your brother,
Joe, owns one. It's a.38
caliber. It's a revolver.

He carries it with him
when he works.

Do you happen to know
if he owns a.45 automatic?

Is that what they used?

That's right.

Yeah, it was a head shot
from about 60 feet.
Joe, he told me that.

Some shot.
The guys that I know,

from that distance,
they probably
would've used, maybe,

six sticks of dynamite.

So, is there anything else
you wanna ask me?

'Cause, if not, I was
kind of looking forward to

making up some popcorn,
you know, and catching up
on the wrestling on TV.

Do you mind, sir?

... exclusive new
information on the death

of Professor D.E. Rusk.

This station has
been able to
obtain a videotape,

which appears to be
the actual murder.

We're going to
show you that footage,

but we're strongly advising
that it may be upsetting,

and parents of
young children may not
want them to watch.

The murder of
Professor D.E. Rusk.

Where did that
come from?

How the hell
did they get
that film?

The well-known criminology
professor's body

was discovered shortly
thereafter by a group
of his own students.

How the hell
did they get it?

PHYLLIS:
Lieutenant Columbo?

Yes. And
you must be...

Phyllis Diefendorfer.
Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet
you, ma'am.

This videotape of the
murder of Professor Rusk,
that's a very unusual thing.

And, if I understand it
correctly, you got it
from a man named Muldoon?

Right. And the
station bought
it for $2,500.

Just like that?

Well, it wasn't
quite that fast,
actually.

We wanted to know
where he got it,
of course.

Where did he get it?
Did you ask him?

Yes!

Last Thursday night,
he recorded a movie
off some obscure channel.

He has a dish antenna in
his yard and he gets close
to 100 different channels.

Is that so?

Yes. Well, anyway,
today, when he decided
to watch the movie,

right there in the middle
of it, he saw the shooting
in the garage.

See, that's
where you lose me.

Well, it's really not
all that complicated,
Lieutenant.

Whoever killed
Professor Rusk
televised it.

Excuse me?
What?

Well, somebody had to
have been televising
the murder, Lieutenant.

Broadcasting it.
Sending a signal from
a camera to a receiver.

Look, all television
signals travel
through the air.

Now, this
particular signal,
purely by chance,

was picked up
by Mr. Muldoon's
dish antenna

while he was recording
the movie. So, it ended
up on his cassette.

Somebody was televising
Professor Rusk's murder?

There's no question
about it.

Look, Lieutenant,
I don't have a clue
as to how this was done,

or why it was done,
or whether it was done by
one person or an entire crew,

or where they were
broadcasting it to.

But, there is one thing
I will tell you for sure.

Somebody did shoot it.
The gun and the moment.

Excuse me,
can I ask
a question?

Yeah,
yeah, sure.

The camera that took
this picture, was that
a television camera?

Yeah, yeah, you bet.
They had about 50 of
them at Indy this year.

Well, I watch the race
on television. How
come I don't see them?

Where are they?

They're all over
the place.

Well, where's the
camera that took
this picture?

Well, it sits right here,
on the roll bar,
behind the driver.

Well, how come
I don't see it?

It's only
about that big.

A television camera?
That small?

Is that a fact?

That's nothing.
Nowadays, you know,
in the hospitals,

they make them so small,
they can stick them
right up your...

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

JUSTIN: Door's open,
Lieutenant.

Oh, hiya, fellows.
Listen, I gave your
number to a detective,

I'm waiting for some
information, and I told him
if he got it before 10:30,

he could call me here.
Was that all right?

Sure, yeah,
that's fine.

You want something,
Lieutenant? Brewski?

Oh, yeah,
thanks.

So, what's
going on,
Lieutenant?

Uh...

I spoke to Joe's
brother. I spoke
to him last night.

Oh, yeah?
So, how'd
it go?

Well, first, I want you to
thank your father for me,
Justin, and the Dean.

That was
a good,
solid lead.

So what
did he say?

And I want
to thank
you guys.

I know the lead
came from you in
the first place,

and credit where
credit's due.

What did he say, Lieutenant?
Could he prove where
he was last Thursday night?

Oh, there's
no problem there.
He was out drinking.

Place called
Billy's, near
the beach.

That's his favorite
hangout. The
only thing is,

on this particular
night, his only
witness was his bottle.

So he really doesn't
have an alibi.

Not unless
Scotch can talk.

Did you
bring
him in?

Well, I don't
think I'm quite
ready to do that yet.

Got a few
loose ends.
You know.

Say, did you fellows happen
to see that video tape on
the TV news last night?

Yeah,
everybody
saw it.

I guess somebody bootlegged
a copy of one of the
security camera tapes, right?

Oh, no,
it wasn't
that. No.

It wasn't?

No. That's the thing I wanted
to tell you. That's the thing
that's been bothering me.

That tape, we've had
for almost an entire week.

No, this tape, the one we saw
last night, that came from
a whole different angle.

A whole different part of
the garage, where there
is no security camera.

Don't ask me
how they did it.

(PHONE RINGING)

It's probably
your call.

Hello?
MALLO Y:
Lieutenant there?

Yeah, he's here.
Hang on a minute.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Malloy?
Yeah, Columbo?

Yeah.
Okay, I got
what you want.

Yeah?
Yeah.

Oh, you
got it?

We got all
the details.

Oh, that's
terrific.

Yeah, you want
me to feed
them to you?

Yeah, hold on
just a second.

(SOFTLY)
Lieutenant.

(MUMBLING)
Oh. Thanks.

Okay, shoot.

Okay, it's
a 1976 Ford,
two-door, green.

'76 Ford,
two-door,
green. Got it.

License number
2- S-B-I...

2-S-B-I...

... 6-5-3.

...6- 5-3.

Got it.
Okay, that should
do it, huh?

All right.
Yeah,
that's good.

Thank you,
Malloy.

Hmm.

The car that he bought
the last time that
he was paroled.

Joe's
brother?

Yeah, Joe's
brother.

Nice to pick that up,
know what I mean?

Yeah, that's one of
those loose ends,
right, Lieutenant?

You got that right.

Okay, I gotta run. Listen,
fellows, think about that
second tape, will you?

If you could help me
on that? That's very,
very puzzling.

Sure.

And don't forget
to thank your father
for me, okay?

I won't.

See you later.

I'll see you in class,
Thursday night.

Okay.

I don't understand
what this detective
is doing.

I truly don't. Why didn't
he make an arrest?
Why didn't he at least

bring the suspect
in for questioning?
Why not order a search?

Why was he even
permitted to
take the case?

Every day that goes
by without something
substantial to report

to the media forces
the attention of
the entire community

back onto
the University.

We're in the headlines
every morning. The damage
that this is going to do

to next year's
alumni fundraising
campaign is...

(PHONE RINGING)
Well, it's
incalculable.

Darling, isn't there
something more that
you and your friends

can do to help?

We're doing
what we can,
Mother.

Excuse me, it's for you,
Mr. Justin. He said
it's very important.

Thanks.
Coop?

COOPER: It's a green sedan,

it's outside Billy's Bar,
and we just hit the jackpot.

They just found
the creep's car.

Call the police.

(SIRENS BLARING)

(POLICE CHATTERING)

Get out of here,
get out of here.
Come on, move it!

POLICEMAN 1: He's here or he
just left, so check in front.
POLICEMAN 2: Okay,
good enough.

POLICEMAN 3: Make
a little noise back there.
Make a little noise.

Let's let him know
we're here.

(HELICOPTER HOVERING)

POLICEMAN 3: Hey!

I think I got it.

.45 ACP.

Get that to
Ballistics
right away.

You got him?

Lieutenant,
we got him
out front.

MALLOY: Good. Take him
downtown and hold
him for questioning.

Mr. Rowe,
we found the gun, sir.
It's a.45.

We're taking it to
Ballistics immediately.

Coop!
Hey, Coop!

(TIRES SCREECHING)

It's just
us, Joe.

JUSTIN: Hey, Joe,
cops let you see
your brother?

Not yet.
Maybe tomorrow.

Hang in
there, man.

JUSTIN: Good
luck, buddy.

Thanks, guys.

COOPER: What the
hell's going on?

COLUMBO: Hey, what
do you say, fellows?

Do me a favor,
will you?

Could you park in
exactly the same spot
you did last Thursday?

Do you remember that?
I think it was that one
there, the middle one.

(WHISTLING)

JUSTIN: What's
happening, Lieutenant?

COLUMBO: Oh,
we're going to have
a terrific class tonight,

just terrific.
It's really gonna
be exciting.

What we're going
to do tonight,

is we're gonna
recreate the murder
of Professor Rusk.

It's gonna be
sort of like
a class project.

Yeah? Who are
these guys?

Oh, they're from the
department. They're
just technical guys.

They're gonna
help me
set it up.

(COLUMBO WHISTLING)

COLUMBO: Could you all take
exactly the same seats as
you did last week, please?

Thank you.

TODD: Is it true you're
planning to re-create the
murder tonight, Lieutenant?

Well, in a manner
of speaking.

This isn't really a
whodunit, it's more
of a "how he did it."

There's talk that
you arrested a suspect.
Is that a fact?

Well, we did bring
someone in for
questioning. That's true.

Anybody know who?

I heard it was
Joe Doyle's brother.

COLUMBO: Do you remember
what I said last week?

A detective needs luck.
Well, this case is
a classic example.

I was in the dark,
and suddenly,
Lady Luck showed up.

Because out of
the blue,

that 15-second videotape
showed up on
a television news program.

And for me,
that turned
the whole case around.

Was it the tape
that lead you to the
murderer, Lieutenant?

Oh, absolutely.

Once I saw that,
and once I began
to understand

how it was possible,
then the whole thing
fell into place.

Um, how did the tape
fit in, Lieutenant?

That's what we're
going to demonstrate
right now.

Now, what you are
seeing is a
live picture

from a camera
in the garage
downstairs.

Like from
a closed-circuit
camera, right?

Like the
security cameras?

No, as a matter of fact,
what you're seeing here

is the same thing as
a television broadcast.

You mean, you have
a television camera
downstairs?

COLUMBO: That is correct.

And this is just the way
things were last Thursday
night, when Professor Rusk

left the lecture hall
and walked in the garage
toward his car at 8:16 p.m.

Now, I'm sure
you think this all
looks very high-tech,

but believe me,
all these items are very
common, ordinary items,

that some of you
probably own and
you don't even know it.

Sachs?
Can you read me?

Yeah, all set,
Lieutenant.

Sachs, are you
satisfied with
the arrangements?

Oh, yeah.
Yeah, I am,
Lieutenant.

(STUDENTS LAUGHING)

Sachs, can you
show the class the
object in question?

Now, class,
pay attention
to the gun.

Sachs, whenever
you're ready.

(GUN FIRES)

(STUDENTS EXCLAIMING)

(LAUGHING NERVOUSLY)

There he is.
Hey! Hey,
everyone.

(STUDENTS CHATTERING)

This is a
miniature
television set.

Isn't that
something? It's
a two-inch screen.

You can hold it right
in the palm of your hand.
And this image,

the picture that you're
seeing there, that's the same
picture that the killer saw.

A picture,
just like that.

TODD: Where's
the camera, Lieutenant?

You said there was
a television camera
down here.

That's true, Todd,
I did say that, and
I'm gonna get to that.

Oh, say, fellows.

Do you lock your
car when you park
it down here?

Lock it?

COLUMBO: Yeah,
lock it.

In this day and age,
of course we do,
Lieutenant.

(ALL CHUCKLING)

Yeah, that's
what I would think.
But last Thursday,

when you pulled
out to call 911,

I don't remember you
unlocking your car.
It makes a noise, right?

Doesn't it?
Don't you have
one of those gizmos

that opens the locks
by remote control
and makes a loud noise?

Hey, Justin. Do you
think you could do that?
Just click the lock?

'Cause I wanna try and
remember if I heard
that sound last Thursday.

It will work from
that distance,
won't it?

Sure.

(CAR LOCK BEEPS)

(GUN FIRES)

(STUDENTS EXCLAIMING)

Where did
that shot
come from?

Yeah, that's
a good
question.

It was a very
powerful shot.

Oh, and, Todd, I haven't
forgotten your question
about the camera.

Here it is,
that tiny thing,
right there.

That's a genuine
television camera,

it's just like
the kind they use at
the Indianapolis Raceway,

where they got them
stuck all over
the racing cars.

And this little
gizmo, here,

like the one I had
upstairs, which
pulled the trigger,

is nothing more
than a car door
locking device.

That's all it is.
It pushes the locks up
and it pulls them down.

And, finally,
this whole thing,

this is a very,
very clever way

that the whole package
was brought in here
last Thursday night,

and the way
it went out.

And, finally, this.

Just like the
cartridge last week,

this one will eventually
fall out the bottom,
onto the street.

And you can see it even
has these funny little
scratch marks on the side,

same as the one
that we found on the
street last Thursday.

This is amazing.

(STAMMERING)
Are you saying that
Dominic Doyle, Lieutenant,

did all of this
right underneath our noses?
In our own truck?

Oh, no,
not Dominic Doyle.

I don't really think
this sort of thing
is Dominic's style.

What do you think,
Coop?

But didn't you arrest
him for the murder of
Professor Rusk?

Dominic? Arrested?

No, we took him down
for questioning.
We kept him there

while we were waiting
for the ballistic report

on that gun that
we found in the car.

Mike, do we have
a copy of that report
down here yet?

And where's
the green car
from Billy's Bar?

I'll check,
Lieutenant.

COLUMBO: But
arrest him?

MIKE: Bring it in, Malloy.

COLUMBO:
No, there was
no cause for that.

(CAR APPROACHING)

Lieutenant, you were
waiting for a ballistics
report, right?

COLUMBO: Yeah.
What's the story?

Well, the gun that was
found in this car is
registered to Joe Doyle,

brother of the suspect,
Dominic Doyle. It's a.45
auto, has ejector marks

on the cartridge
that check out,

so it is
definitely the
murder weapon.

That's it, right?

I mean, what else do
you need? You've got
the murder weapon,

and you found it in
Dominic Doyle's car.

COLUMBO: Well,
you're half right, Justin.
It is the murder weapon,

but it is not
Dominic Doyle's car.

It's my wife's.

And this is
my wife's niece,
Annette. She's 14.

That's our dog.
And that was taken
in Griffith Park.

The description of the car,
the license number,
and the name of the bar.

Nobody had that
information
except you two.

COLUMBO: And after
I gave it to you,

nobody could have planted
that gun but you two.

Book 'em.

Suspicion of murder.

Come on.

Hands behind
your back.

One question, fellows,

why did you do it?

Go ahead,
tell him.

We did it, Lieutenant,
because we knew
how to do it.

And you came
within an inch.
Come on.

And you got lucky.
You caught a fluke.

But don't count
us out, Lieutenant,

'cause my father doesn't
like to see me fail.

MALLOY: Come on, let's go.