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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 282447" data-attributes="member: 33">It&#039;s always fun when a well known Hollywood star appears in Columbo so I had high expectations for this one when I first saw, however it fell short of being a great episode but there was enough in it that I liked to consider it to be a reasonably entertaining instalment of Columbo. They even managed to work Nick Knack Paddy Whack into the score which is always a welcome touch.I really liked Louis Jourdan&#039;s portrayal of the murderer so it was a shame that it wasn&#039;t a better script to make his appearance more memorable. I agree the murder was another ingenious one though.I felt the same way and this was probably one of my least favourite Peter Falk portrayal&#039;s of Columbo (although it was preferable to Last Salute to The Commodore but that&#039;s a very low bar to get over). No only was it written so Columbo behaved out of character, such as his overly aggressive interrogation of the the nephew, at times I thought Peter Falk looked liked he didn&#039;t really care and was just going through the motions.I know it was done for humour but the funeral scene when Columbo passed around the cheque was again out of character. Columbo was always respectful and he wouldn&#039;t normally disrupt a funeral to progress his investigation. It was like this episode was written by someone who wasn&#039;t familiar enough with the character.This entirely!&nbsp; Not only is it another example of Columbo acting out of character, there was no great rapport between Columbo and the murderer which weakened the episode.Sums it up beautifully, however I still like it.&nbsp;I&#039;m never convinced by why murderers on Colombo attempt to kill the lieutenant. Although he usually works on his own he has the whole LAPD behind him so they must know killing him won&#039;t end the police&#039;s pursuit of them. The gotcha was good but it would have been better if the final scene was Columbo and Louis Jourdan&#039;s character bonding over cooking to cement a growing mutual respect that they developed for each other but it was an opportunity missed by the writers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 282447, member: 33"] It's always fun when a well known Hollywood star appears in Columbo so I had high expectations for this one when I first saw, however it fell short of being a great episode but there was enough in it that I liked to consider it to be a reasonably entertaining instalment of Columbo. They even managed to work Nick Knack Paddy Whack into the score which is always a welcome touch. I really liked Louis Jourdan's portrayal of the murderer so it was a shame that it wasn't a better script to make his appearance more memorable. I agree the murder was another ingenious one though. I felt the same way and this was probably one of my least favourite Peter Falk portrayal's of Columbo (although it was preferable to [I]Last Salute to The Commodore [/I]but that's a very low bar to get over). No only was it written so Columbo behaved out of character, such as his overly aggressive interrogation of the the nephew, at times I thought Peter Falk looked liked he didn't really care and was just going through the motions. I know it was done for humour but the funeral scene when Columbo passed around the cheque was again out of character. Columbo was always respectful and he wouldn't normally disrupt a funeral to progress his investigation. It was like this episode was written by someone who wasn't familiar enough with the character. This entirely! Not only is it another example of Columbo acting out of character, there was no great rapport between Columbo and the murderer which weakened the episode. Sums it up beautifully, however I still like it. I'm never convinced by why murderers on Colombo attempt to kill the lieutenant. Although he usually works on his own he has the whole LAPD behind him so they must know killing him won't end the police's pursuit of them. The gotcha was good but it would have been better if the final scene was Columbo and Louis Jourdan's character bonding over cooking to cement a growing mutual respect that they developed for each other but it was an opportunity missed by the writers. [/QUOTE]

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