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"Just one more thing...": Rewatching Columbo
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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 277639" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Double Exposure</span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><img src="https://i2.wp.com/columbophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/double-credits.png?resize=524%2C396&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 524px" /><img src="https://i0.wp.com/columbophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/exposure-1.jpg?resize=610%2C460&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 525px" /></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">This episode was the one that earned the series one of its Emmy wins. Outstanding Limited Series suggests this episode was nominated as representative of what this series does best. And it certainly is. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">What makes it so good? </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">For starters, it’s great to see Robert Culp back for his third outing - his final time as the killer. I’ve enjoyed all three of his episodes greatly because there’s such an intensity to his scenes with Peter Falk. Their scenes just crackle with excitement. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">In my discussion of that episode his Season One debut, <em>Death Lends A Hand</em>, I said that I’d be on a hiding to nothing ranking all the <em>Columbo</em> episodes due to each having their own strengths. All the same, on some level I couldn’t help comparing <em>Double Exposure </em>with Robert Culp’s two previous outings. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">Of the three, I found <em>The Most Crucial Game </em>the weakest, despite its wonderful cast, impressive settings (the stadium and the Stahl House) and clever murder weapon. It was let down for me by some plot holes, from the conspicuous ice cream van to the ambiguous motive of the killer to the “wouldn’t hold up in court” Gotcha. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"><em>Double Exposure</em>, as it turns out, is possibly my favourite of the three. Certainly it’s right up there with<em> Death Lends A Hand </em>for its battle of wits. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">The use of technology in this episode is particularly innovative. The subliminal inserts to put Norris in the right place at the right time is a bit of a stretch, but with this writing I trusted that Keppel’s understanding of the practice and of his target was rooted in research and experience. He was also comfortable enough in technology to leave a recording of his narration standing in for him before a live audience while sneaking away to commit a murder. That really takes some chutzpah. And he’d given thought to the CCTV - something very few people would have done in 1973. There was also the calibration converter on the gun, allowing Keppel to wave the offending weapon under Columbo’s nose with impunity.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><em><span style="font-size: 15px">continued...</span></em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 277639, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Double Exposure[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4][IMG width="524px"]https://i2.wp.com/columbophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/double-credits.png?resize=524%2C396&ssl=1[/IMG][IMG width="525px"]https://i0.wp.com/columbophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/exposure-1.jpg?resize=610%2C460&ssl=1[/IMG][/SIZE][/CENTER] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]This episode was the one that earned the series one of its Emmy wins. Outstanding Limited Series suggests this episode was nominated as representative of what this series does best. And it certainly is. What makes it so good? For starters, it’s great to see Robert Culp back for his third outing - his final time as the killer. I’ve enjoyed all three of his episodes greatly because there’s such an intensity to his scenes with Peter Falk. Their scenes just crackle with excitement. In my discussion of that episode his Season One debut, [I]Death Lends A Hand[/I], I said that I’d be on a hiding to nothing ranking all the [I]Columbo[/I] episodes due to each having their own strengths. All the same, on some level I couldn’t help comparing [I]Double Exposure [/I]with Robert Culp’s two previous outings. Of the three, I found [I]The Most Crucial Game [/I]the weakest, despite its wonderful cast, impressive settings (the stadium and the Stahl House) and clever murder weapon. It was let down for me by some plot holes, from the conspicuous ice cream van to the ambiguous motive of the killer to the “wouldn’t hold up in court” Gotcha. [I]Double Exposure[/I], as it turns out, is possibly my favourite of the three. Certainly it’s right up there with[I] Death Lends A Hand [/I]for its battle of wits. The use of technology in this episode is particularly innovative. The subliminal inserts to put Norris in the right place at the right time is a bit of a stretch, but with this writing I trusted that Keppel’s understanding of the practice and of his target was rooted in research and experience. He was also comfortable enough in technology to leave a recording of his narration standing in for him before a live audience while sneaking away to commit a murder. That really takes some chutzpah. And he’d given thought to the CCTV - something very few people would have done in 1973. There was also the calibration converter on the gun, allowing Keppel to wave the offending weapon under Columbo’s nose with impunity.[/SIZE][/COLOR] [CENTER] [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][I][SIZE=4]continued...[/SIZE][/I][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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