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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 284595" data-attributes="member: 23">Yes to all of the above. It&#039;s really everything I&#039;d want from a Columbo episode and a nice example of how following the formula well can really benefit the series.It&#039;s a really clever episode but it does so in a nicely understated way, without loudly telling us how clever it is.Oh great. I&#039;m glad I&#039;ve (hopefully) helped you enjoy that scene a little bit more.Yes, I agree. It was pretty airtight, and I liked that the writing held back. For Finch to start telling all would have been an injustice to the character and it&#039;s good that was recognised.I also really appreciated the intense seriousness of that Gotcha scene which was a great moment for both actors and Once they were in that side room was no goofing around on Columbo&#039;s part and so it was reminiscent of the old episodes where he&#039;d tell the killer he was there to arrest them and you&#039;d suddenly see the deadly serious detective hiding beneath the smiling, rumpled, bumbling exterior.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 284595, member: 23"] Yes to all of the above. It's really everything I'd want from a [I]Columbo[/I] episode and a nice example of how following the formula well can really benefit the series. It's a really clever episode but it does so in a nicely understated way, without loudly telling us how clever it is. Oh great. I'm glad I've (hopefully) helped you enjoy that scene a little bit more. Yes, I agree. It was pretty airtight, and I liked that the writing held back. For Finch to start telling all would have been an injustice to the character and it's good that was recognised. I also really appreciated the intense seriousness of that Gotcha scene which was a great moment for both actors and Once they were in that side room was no goofing around on Columbo's part and so it was reminiscent of the old episodes where he'd tell the killer he was there to arrest them and you'd suddenly see the deadly serious detective hiding beneath the smiling, rumpled, bumbling exterior. [/QUOTE]

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