- Charlie Clay runs the ship building business of his father-in-law, Commodore Swanson, who turns up murdered; Lt. Columbo is on the case.
- Charlie Clay runs a ship-building business owned by his father-in-law, Commodore Otis Swanson, who is not happy with his profiteering son-in-law's shady dealings. Nor is he pleased with any of the people closest to him, including his alcoholic daughter Joanna Clay, his elderly nephew Swanny Swanson or his lawyer Kittering. Soon the Commodore is murdered, and Charlie Clay covers it up by impersonating the Commodore, taking the corpse out on the man's yawl at night and throwing the body overboard. Lt. Columbo investigates this case with the help of a veteran sergeant and a 29-year-old novice. The rumpled, redoubtable detective knows Clay covered up the crime, but his assumption that Clay committed the crime may prove premature.—J. Spurlin
- Commodore Otis Swanson is profoundly unhappy. His gold-digging son-in-law Charles has tuned his modest and upstanding ship-building business into a name-brand production line for status-seekers, daughter Joanna is an eternal lush, elderly nephew Swanny is a crooning wastrel, and his lawyer Kittering is batty. Prior to selling out and sailing away from it all, he's dead; but, before his body turns up, Columbo, assisted by two sergeants (a veteran and a novice), is on the case. It looks bad for Charles as the detectives unravel his elaborate cover-up, but when Charles winds up dead, too, Columbo realizes someone's been clever enough to steer them all in the wrong direction. But who?—statmanjeff
- Commodore Otis Swanson is tired of seeing his once-upstanding shipbuilding business turned into a faceless behemoth by his greedy son-in-law, Charles Clay. At a celebration of the Commodore's birthday, the crusty old sailor tells Clay, his drunken daughter Joanna, his nephew Swanny, and employees Kittering and Wayne Taylor that he intends to sell the company. The Commodore vanishes at sea that night, and Lieutenant Columbo thinks Clay as something to do with it. But the road to the truth is filled with surprises that even Columbo won't expect.—Leaper
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