====== The Columbo Ranking System ======

  - The Case - The context and setting, as well as supporting characters
  - The Old Man - If Columbo acts the way he 'should' the combo of foppish exterior, razor wit, and dogged determination
  - The Look - How it's cut and edited, how the episode paces, and how it feels as a separate singular piece of media
  - The Unravel - How Columbo actually gets from A (he knows who killed them) to B (the reveal at the end of the murder)
  - The Murder - The premise and setup as well as the execution of the murder
  - The Bad Guy - How great the villain and how great their interactions are
  - The Overview - Just how we feel about the episode as a whole

====== The Official Pudding Bowl Columbo Ranking ======


|Episode Number|Title|Total Score|Case|Old Man|Look|Unravel|Murder|Bad Guy|Overview|
| --------------- | ----------- | ------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- | ----------- |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071348/?ref_=ttep_ep2|Episode 27 ]] | Negative Reaction | 34 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074330/?ref_=ttep_ep5|Episode 36 ]] | Now You See Him | 32 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069901/?ref_=ttep_ep2|Episode 19 ]] | Any Old Port in a Storm | 32 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068402/?ref_=ttep_ep3|Episode 12 ]] | The Most Crucial Game | 32 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069900/?ref_=ttep_ep6|Episode 15 ]] | A Stitch In Crime | 31 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066932/?ref_=ttep_ep1|Episode 3 ]] | Murder by the Book | 31 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072804/?ref_=ttep_ep3|Episode 34 ]] | Identity Crisis | 31 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072802/?ref_=ttep_ep1|Episode 26 ]] | Exercise in Fatality | 31 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068397/?ref_=ttep_ep2|Episode 4 ]] | Death Lends a Hand | 31 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071345/?ref_=ttep_ep8|Episode 25 ]] | A Friend In Deed | 30 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069902/?ref_=ttep_ep3|Episode 20 ]] | Candidate for Crime | 29 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075866/?ref_=ttep_ep1|Episode 41 ]] | Try And Catch Me | 29 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071346/?ref_=ttep_ep3|Episode 38 ]] | By Dawn's Early Light | 29 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061496/|Episode 1 ]] | Prescription Murder | 29 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066934/?ref_=ttep_ep4|Episode 6 ]] | Suitable For Framing | 29 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071349/?ref_=ttep_ep5|Episode 22 ]] | Publish or Perish | 29 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068400/?ref_=ttep_ep6|Episode 8 ]] | Short Fuse | 28 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072806/?ref_=ttep_ep4|Episode 29 ]] | Troubled Waters | 28 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069903/?ref_=ttep_ep4|Episode 21 ]] | Double Exposure | 27 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068401/?ref_=ttep_ep2|Episode 11 ]] | Greenhouse Jungle | 27 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071351/?ref_=ttep_ep7|Episode 24 ]] | Swan Song | 27 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072803/?ref_=ttep_ep1|Episode 32 ]] | Forgotten Lady | 27 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069904/?ref_=ttep_ep8|Episode 17 ]] | Double Shock | 27 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075864/?ref_=ttep_ep3|Episode 40 ]] | The Bye Bye Sky High IQ Murder Case | 27 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072805/?ref_=ttep_ep5|Episode 30 ]] | Playback | 26 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069906/?ref_=ttep_ep7|Episode 16 ]] | The Most Dangerous Match | 26 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075865/?ref_=ttep_ep2|Episode 42 ]] | Murder Under Glass | 26 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074328/?ref_=ttep_ep1|Episode 38 ]] | Fade In to Murder | 26 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068398/?ref_=ttep_ep1|Episode 10 ]] | Étude in Black | 26 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071350/?ref_=ttep_ep5|Episode 14 ]] | Requiem for a Falling Star | 25 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099289/?ref_=ttep_ep1|Episode 56 ]] | Columbo Goes to College | 25 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112705/?ref_=ttep_ep10|Episode 65 ]] | Strange Bedfellows | 25 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074327/?ref_=ttep_ep4|Episode 35 ]] | A Matter of Honor | 25 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099288/?ref_=ttep_ep3|Episode 52 ]] | Agenda for Murder | 25 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072800/?ref_=ttep_ep2|Episode 33 ]] | A Case Of Immunity | 24 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109458/?ref_=ttep_ep8|Episode 63 ]] | Butterfly in Shades of Gray | 24 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101602/?ref_=ttep_ep3|Episode 58 ]] | Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star | 22 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077354/?ref_=ttep_ep5|Episode 45 ]] | The Conspirators | 22 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097082/?ref_=ttep_ep2|Episode 51 ]] | Columbo Cries Wolf | 22 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066931/?ref_=ttep_ep3|Episode 5 ]] | Dead Weight | 21 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077352/?ref_=ttep_ep4|Episode 44 ]] | How to Dial a Murder | 21 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077353/?ref_=ttep_ep3|Episode 43 ]] | Make Me a Perfect Murder | 21 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068395/?ref_=ttep_ep7|Episode 9 ]] | Blueprint for Murder | 21 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144141/?ref_=ttep_ep12|Episode 67 ]] | Ashes to Ashes | 21 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074331/?ref_=ttep_ep2|Episode 39 ]] | Old Fashioned Murder | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0306666/?ref_=ttep_ep14 | Episode 69 ]] | Columbo Likes the Nightlife | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097091/?ref_=ttep_ep5|Episode 53 ]] | Uneasy Lies the Crown | 20 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072801/?ref_=ttep_ep6|Episode 41 ]] | A Deadly State of Mind | 20 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097089/?ref_=ttep_ep3|Episode 48 ]] | Sex and the Married Detective | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069905/?ref_=ttep_ep1|Episode 18 ]] | Lovely But Lethal | 19 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101556/?ref_=ttep_ep2|Episode 57 ]] | Murder Can Be Hazerdous To Your Health | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097088/?ref_=ttep_ep4|Episode 53 ]] | Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071347/?ref_=ttep_ep6|Episode 23 ]] | Mind Over Mayhem | 18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103986/?ref_=ttep_ep6|Episode 61 ]] | A Bird In The Hand | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068399/?ref_=ttep_ep5|Episode 7 ]] | Lady in Waiting | 17 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31188020/?ref_=ttep_ep9|Episode 64 ]] | Undercover | 16 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068396/?ref_=ttep_ep4|Episode 13 ]] | Dagger of the Mind | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097083/?ref_=ttep_ep1|Episode 46 ]] | Columbo Goes to the Guillotine | 14 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118874/?ref_=ttep_ep11|Episode 66 ]] | A Trace of Murder | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106589/?ref_=ttep_ep7|Episode 62 ]] | It's All in the Game | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101603/?ref_=ttep_ep4|Episode 59 ]] | Death Hits The Jackpot | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097085/?ref_=ttep_ep1|Episode 50 ]] | Murder: A Self Portrait | 12 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182919/?ref_=ttep_ep13|Episode 68 ]] | Murder With Too Many Notes | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097087/?ref_=ttep_ep2|Episode 47 ]] | Murder, Smoke and Shadows | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097084/?ref_=ttep_ep4|Episode 49 ]] | Grand Deceptions | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066933/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_2_q_ranso|Episode 2 ]] | Ransom for a Dead Man | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103987/?ref_=ttep_ep5|Episode 60 ]] | No Time To Die | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074329/?ref_=ttep_ep6|Episode 37 ]] | Last Salute to the Commodore | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097086/?ref_=ttep_ep6 | Episode 55 ]] | Murder in Malibu | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |