Columbo: Butterfly in Shades of Grey

William Shatner makes his second appearance, here playing a radio talk show host/commentator named Fielding Chase who is very possessive of his adopted daughter Victoria(played by returning actress Molly Hagen) and resentful of his investigative researcher Gerry Winters(played by Jack Laufer) who encourages Victoria to leave her father so that she can hand over a novel she wrote to a publishing friend of his(played by Richard Kline). In order to stop this, Fielding kills Gerry while establishing a clever alibi for himself, but Lt. Columbo(Peter Falk) finds a big hole in his story that may force Chase off the air... Old fashioned(in some ways!) episode is entertaining and clever, with Shatner giving a good performance as the alternately sympathetic yet despicable character with complex moral shades indeed.