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Columbo
Honey West
MIT - Murder Investigation Team
LA Dragnet
Synopsis: Beautiful, wealthy, loved by her family & engaged to be married, 26-year-old business consultant Lisa Paris is found dead - alone in her two story house.
Add to that - the blunt force trauma to her head, and the front door to her house left wide open - detectives Friday and Beltran cannot write this off as mere "suicide".
Robbery Homicide Division
Synopsis: A security guard calls police to report a burglary has occurred at an airport warehouse.
Subsequent investigation leads cops to suspect to an LA street gang...
The Streets of San Francisco
Synopsis: Detectives Mike Stone and Steve Keller team up with Fire Inspector Jack "Jacko" O'Malley to track down a cold-hearted contract arsonist.
Columbo
Synopsis: After faking a series of death threats against himself - senatorial candidate Nelson Hayward (Jackie Cooper) murders his own campaign manager.
To throw off the investigation - the candidate stages it to look like the gunman intended to kill the candidate himself, but mistakenly killed his campaign manager instead.
Law & Order
Synopsis: When a letter bomb kills a woman in her Greenwich Village apartment - detectives turn their attention to a mad scientist seeking revenge!
Docudrama
Based On A True Story: Researching an article about computer hackers, a young journalist gets more than he bargained for...
Columbo
SYNOPSIS: After murdering his wife - the successful & wealthy Dr Ray Flemming immediately flies to Mexico for a fishing trip, giving the impression he was thousands of miles away when the murder occurred.
Returns home to a crime scene - the murderous psychiatrist puts on an act of shock & dismay but in actuality, Flemming breathes a sigh of relief when the lead investigator appears to be a gullible & inexperienced city employee.
The over-confident Dr Flemming anticipates quickly outsmarting this simple-minded detective.
And the game is on...
LA Dragnet
Synopsis: During a successful multi-million dollar jewel heist, one customer is singled out and executed for no apparent reason, and detectives Friday and Smith are determined to find out why.
While investigating the case - detectives meet a British insurance company investigator who attempts to manipulate the investigation to help her recover the stolen jewels. Friday also knocks heads with the arrogant owner of a private security company.
Columbo
Original TV movie written by Steve Bochco, directed by Steven Spielberg.
Synopsis:
Murder-mystery novelists Ken Franklin and James Ferris have become successful as the writing partnership of the popular Mrs. Melville crime fiction novels.
Not exactly "classic literature", but from checkout stands to yard sales - Mrs. Melville has always provided comfortable income for the two authors.
In reality however, the actual "writer" is the shy, artistic James Ferris - while the wildly extravagant Ken Franklin is more their "pitch-man".
But when Ferris wants to depart to try serious writing on his own, Franklin knows their mutual life insurance policy is a treasure just waiting to be tapped!
After killing his partner, one thing Ken Franklin doesn't count on is a blackmailing witness and a police detective who won't be led astray...
Law & Order
Synopsis: When a car bomb is detonated inside the underground parking garage of a Wall St. Financial Building – the investigation leads detectives through a cacophony of drugs, banks, cathedrals, and a wild array of flavourful characters who leave lasting impressions…!
Law & Order UK
Synopsis: After Lunch when an employee returns to his work place at a vintage clothing store, he sees a gory blood bath - his co-workers & one customer have all been slaughtered by someone wielding a sword!!
The investigation leads detectives through a maze of health clinics, libraries, and cosmetic shops.
When they make the arrest - the perpetrator is full of surprises...
Columbo
Synopsis: When a private investigator threatens to tell a woman’s husband about her extramarital affair – she counters saying she’s going to tell him first, and she’s also going to expose the private investigator’s blackmail scheme.
The following morning LAPD Detective Columbo is called to investigate a dead body found in a Sylmar wrecking yard.
Law & Order
Synopsis: Walking his dog late at night – a tall 30-something white guy is hit by a car killing him instantly.
But eyewitness testimony and absence of skid marks suggest this was no accident...
Law & Order UK
Synopsis: Following a break-in, a frail, elderly woman is found dead in her flat. DS Ronnie Brooks and DS Sam Casey suspect a robbery gone wrong and treat it as murder.
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