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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 281839" data-attributes="member: 33">This episode often tops Columbo fans&#039; list of favourite episodes but not for me. Although I think it is a great episode, I would place it mid table in the Premier League, possibly even lower middle.It has a lot of good things going for it. Theodore Bikel makes a great Columbo murderer because of his dominating physical presence and in how stole every scene he was in. He also had a good rapport with Peter Falk. The episode was well written and directed. [USER=23]@Mel O&#039;Drama[/USER] mentioned 2 great moments when the murderer comes close to being found out (the power on his face and disposing of the gun) and I almost found myself rooting for the murderer because I didn&#039;t want him exposed so quickly which subsequently made me more sympathetic towards him. The murder itself was ingenious and it seemed almost perfect but in true Columbo style something about it bothers him, in this case why did the murderer appear stay in the room so long after the bullets were fired? I didn&#039;t get the relationship between the murderer and the victim. What the hell was all that tickling and physical contact about? What I didn&#039;t like was the gotcha and it largely why I rank this episode lower than I might otherwise. I could buy into the clever Columbo ploy to get the Theodore Bikel&#039;s character to implicate himself because his ego and arrogance wouldn&#039;t allow himself appear inferior to another member of their IQ club but the way he crumbled once he realised what he did just didn&#039;t work for me. He was a smart man who could have argued that he just worked it out from the items that were in the room. For example, when Columbo found him with the umbrella on a sunny day, he was able to come up with an eloquent and exaggerated explanation for he had it so you would have thought he would have done something similar when he was tricked into implicating himself. I know the way they did it made for better television but I can&#039;t help but feel a bit let down by the conclusion to the story.His face looked familiar but I couldn&#039;t remember seeing him in anything else. I couldn&#039;t imagine an actor of his calibre only did an episode of Columbo.That&#039;s a great comparison and a clever thing to spot.I&#039;ve seen this episode numerous time and I never realised he was Boss Hogg.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 281839, member: 33"] This episode often tops Columbo fans' list of favourite episodes but not for me. Although I think it is a great episode, I would place it mid table in the Premier League, possibly even lower middle. It has a lot of good things going for it. Theodore Bikel makes a great Columbo murderer because of his dominating physical presence and in how stole every scene he was in. He also had a good rapport with Peter Falk. The episode was well written and directed. [USER=23]@Mel O'Drama[/USER] mentioned 2 great moments when the murderer comes close to being found out (the power on his face and disposing of the gun) and I almost found myself rooting for the murderer because I didn't want him exposed so quickly which subsequently made me more sympathetic towards him. The murder itself was ingenious and it seemed almost perfect but in true Columbo style something about it bothers him, in this case why did the murderer appear stay in the room so long after the bullets were fired? I didn't get the relationship between the murderer and the victim. What the hell was all that tickling and physical contact about? What I didn't like was the gotcha and it largely why I rank this episode lower than I might otherwise. I could buy into the clever Columbo ploy to get the Theodore Bikel's character to implicate himself because his ego and arrogance wouldn't allow himself appear inferior to another member of their IQ club but the way he crumbled once he realised what he did just didn't work for me. He was a smart man who could have argued that he just worked it out from the items that were in the room. For example, when Columbo found him with the umbrella on a sunny day, he was able to come up with an eloquent and exaggerated explanation for he had it so you would have thought he would have done something similar when he was tricked into implicating himself. I know the way they did it made for better television but I can't help but feel a bit let down by the conclusion to the story. His face looked familiar but I couldn't remember seeing him in anything else. I couldn't imagine an actor of his calibre only did an episode of Columbo. That's a great comparison and a clever thing to spot. I've seen this episode numerous time and I never realised he was Boss Hogg. [/QUOTE]

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