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Guest star Burt Young plays a crook, and the script even meta-references his role in Rocky . Quick Stats: Season 12, Episode 3 Episode review: Columbo Undercover

The episode (Season 12, Episode 3) is a rare and controversial departure from the classic Columbo "inverted detective" format, transforming the show into a traditional whodunnit based on the Ed McBain novel Jigsaw . Blog Post: The Time Columbo Truly Went "Undercover" UndercoverColumbo : Season 12 Episode 3

Instead of a solo act, he works closely with a partner, Sergeant Brown , and an insurance investigator named Irving Krutch (played by Ed Begley Jr. ). Guest star Burt Young plays a crook, and

Her turn as the heavy-drinking Dorothea McNally is widely considered the episode's saving grace. Fans of the rumpled Lieutenant usually know the

For one of the only times in the series, Columbo is forced to carry a gun and even gets physically knocked out.

Fans of the rumpled Lieutenant usually know the killer from the first five minutes. But in "Undercover" (first aired May 2, 1994), we’re as in the dark as Columbo himself. The story begins with a double homicide and a mysterious fragment of a photograph—a piece of a puzzle leading to $4 million in stolen bank loot from years prior.