"Columbo Goes to the Guillotine" (1989) features the detective investigating a fraudulent psychic, Elliott Blake, who murders an associate using a rigged guillotine magic trick. This Season 8 opener is noted for successfully reviving the classic formula, despite a more theatrical tone compared to the 1970s episodes. Read a viewer discussion on the episode at Reddit . Columbo Goes to the Guillotine (TV Movie 1989) - IMDb