The fifth episode ofColumbo was titledLady in Waiting and markedthe first time a female killer featured on the show. This episode saw Columbo try to overturn a coroner’s inquiry verdict of accidental death. In the podcast Gerry and Iain look at the methods and motives ofLady inWaiting and try to ascertain whether justice can be done. This episodereturned to a smaller core cast than had been used in recent episodes, with only Leslie Nielsen‘s straight-shooting Peter Hamilton, Susan Clark‘s enigmatic killer Beth Chadwick and Jessie Landis‘ overbearing Mrs Chadwick playing key roles, along with Richard Anderson(best known for his subsequent performances inThe Six Million Dollar Man andThe Bionic Woman) as our victim, Bryce Chadwick. Nielsen is, of course, now the best known of these actors. At the timeLady in Waiting was produced he was already proving a prolific performer, with multiple television roles to his name, but it was to be almost ten years later that his international pr...