Thanksgiving has arrived and despite Karen's inclinations to keep this year's holiday festivities as simple as possible, things quickly get out of hand.
Fran's high-school nemesis is chosen as the lead in Maxwell's latest production, giving Fran an inferiority complex; Maggie contemplates skipping college.
A middle-aged businessman develops a romantic interest in his cardiac nurse while he recovers from a heart attack and becomes determined to earn her affections.
A middle-aged businessman develops a romantic interest in his cardiac nurse while he recovers from a heart attack and becomes determined to earn her affections.
An egotistical doctor who thinks greatly of himself learns that he is about to be fired, so he kills his employer and pins the murder on the man's wife.
The director of a government institute that only employs scientific geniuses is informed that a colleague knows his son plagiarized a dead mans theory.
An electronics expert finds out that his mother in law, who runs the firm where he works, is blackmailing him to that he'll resign, and has her killed.
A psychiatrist, who specializes in hypnosis, murders his mistress' husband and puts her under his spell so that she'll lie to the police and cover for him.
The whole city of Seattle is invited to celebrate at a large outdoor party commemorating Frasier's 1,000th broadcast, but the guest of honor cannot attend.
Frasier learns that his free luxury cruise doesn't quite live up to its name; Niles is crushed to learn that Maris will be in Switzerland on their anniversary.
Columbo investigates a paramilitary academy owner's death, who stepped on a landmine, but the detective is not convinced that the owner's death was accidental.
An artist's first wife allegedly drowns in a tragic accident, but Columbo uncovers secrets the artist has kept hidden about his current wife and live-in model.