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FilthyImp posted:This really shouldn't have died an ignoble death. The last Columbo episode came out in 2003, and the only reason the character didn't get a proper final sendoff is because Peter Falk was diagnosed with dementia before they could film the last script. It's funny seeing this thread pop up when I'm nearing the end of a Columbo marathon (I'm about to watch the second William Shatner episode). I'd say the most notable episode considering the times is season 3 episode 8, "A Friend in Deed," which features an LAPD deputy police commissioner as one of the least sympathetic murderers in the show's history.
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MrBling posted:I'm bringing this thread back to life because well .. I'm still watching this! It's hard to say exactly what happened, but my theory is that it was a recycled script from a failed pilot or pitch that got a rush-job rewrite for Columbo. Maybe the network ordered one more episode as a surprise and everyone had to rush to get it done? I've noticed that the sound balancing for that episode is also atrocious, and the final scene with Columbo and the room full of suspects is dragged out to an agonizing degree.
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Davros1 posted:"Last Salute" is considered to be the worst of the "Classic" era. But you haven't seen bad until you get to the late 80s/90s films. I have seen the later movies, but I would still insist that "Last Salute" is easily the worst Columbo episode.
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Columbo has a pretty good diversity in terms of killers. Sometimes the killer is a terrible person, sometimes the victim is even worse. Sometimes the case is first-degree murder, sometimes it's accidental manslaughter, or even a case of self defense that would hold up in court but the killer panics and covers it up. A couple of times they don't even kill the right person.
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DrVenkman posted:Annoyingly, at least in the UK, 'Last Salute To The Commadore' would get shown A LOT. It's a weird outlier of an episode that feels semi-improvised and has Falk blatantly boozed up the entire time, but I don't think anyone could call it good. It doesn't even follow the Columbo formula. The killer turns out to not be the killer halfway through, and after that it's a traditional whodunnit right down to the last scene being an "I imagine you're all wondering why I called everyone to this room" big reveal and confrontation.
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Jun 25, 2021 21:11
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I suspect Columbo has all the relatives he mentions, but only half or less of what he says about them is true.
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Sep 27, 2021 02:39
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Rollie Fingers posted:The villain in Ransom For A Dead Man is the absolutely the most evil character in the entire series. Even though I've watched the episode like five times there's still an amazing feeling of happiness and closure when Columbo traps her rear end at the end. I dunno, I'd give the honor to Commissioner Halperin in "A Friend in Deed." He's rich, he's corrupt, he's unremorseful, and he takes others down with him.
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Sep 29, 2021 03:36
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Apparently the guy who made Phoenix Wright was heavily inspired by Columbo.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:it feels very wrong to me for columbo to have any first name that isn't extremely italian "Frank" could be the short, Anglicized form of "Francesco."
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Jan 21, 2022 07:56
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El Fideo posted:Columbo's first name confirmed as Frank after all? Not really confirmed, but there's more evidence that his first name is Frank than there is any other name.
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Payndz posted:Weirdly, the actual murder plot felt a little strained, probably because of having almost 50 years of quirky murder mysteries following it. A definite case where if the killer had just followed modern-day common sense and not volunteered a single word to the cops, he would have got away with it. But no, he had to jump in and tell them all the decoy avenues they should be looking at instead of him. Dumbass. Like having to remember to dial an area code rather than use the operator, it was a different time. That's the whole point of Columbo's schtick. He presents himself as a bumbling cop who just so happens to have some evidence that could point to the culprit, and thus he makes the culprit think that if they can just come up with some story that makes sense of the evidence then this cop will nod along and go away. Everyone has a right to remain silent, but Columbo tricks people into thinking that speaking up will get them into less trouble. And remember, by the time Columbo came out there were a good 80 years of murder mysteries preceding it.
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