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"Just one more thing...": Rewatching Columbo
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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&#039;Drama" data-source="post: 284860" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Rest In Peace, Mrs. Columbo</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"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 15px"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/columbophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/RIP-titles.jpg?w=936&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 550px" /><img src="https://i0.wp.com/columbophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/RIP-alert.jpg?w=856&ssl=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 512px" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 15px">There’s lots to like about this episode, but there’s also a yin and yang element where each good point comes with a “but”. </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 a start, the opening murder plan is given some breathing room, yet the murder itself was uncharacteristically graphic with the use of squibs to show the bullets hitting. Oh, and the murder didn’t open things. We’d just </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">There are some nice Columboisms throughout and Peter Falk gives a nice solid performance, full of warmth. For what I think is the first time in the revival, Columbo visits a regular favourite diner to indulge in chilli and crackers, though even this comes with a Nineties twist that the chilli is terrible as the regular chef has changed. </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 supporting cast is terrific. Ian McShane is as charmingly roguish as ever. My favourite supporting role of the episode comes from Roscoe Lee Brown in an all-too-brief appearance as the killer’s former psychiatrist who warns Columbo of the danger he faces. There’s a wonderful rapport between Brown and Falk and it becomes one of the episode’s finest moments. What a shame he wasn’t given more screen time as it could have made for a surefire winner. </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">Helen Shaver as killer Vivian Dimitri is less captivating. She’s watchable enough in a workaday kind of way (and my goodness, doesn't she look like Michelle Pfeiffer from certain angles). But the presentation of her character’s unbalanced infatuation with Columbo and his wife just doesn’t work for me. The plot, character and motive would be a great fit in an old episode of <em>Hart To Hart </em>(didn’t they actually have an episode just like this?), but it’s just not <em>Columbo</em>. </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">There’s a balance between pretty, sunny scenery and some more moody moments, however this is also where the episode completely trips itself up. Because it’s all built on a lie. An elaborate, expensive, unnecessary lie. And worse still... one that failed to surprise. </span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"></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: 284860, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Rest In Peace, Mrs. Columbo[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4][IMG width="550px"]https://i0.wp.com/columbophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/RIP-titles.jpg?w=936&ssl=1[/IMG][IMG width="512px"]https://i0.wp.com/columbophile.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/RIP-alert.jpg?w=856&ssl=1[/IMG][/SIZE] [/CENTER] [COLOR=#000000][SIZE=4]There’s lots to like about this episode, but there’s also a yin and yang element where each good point comes with a “but”. For a start, the opening murder plan is given some breathing room, yet the murder itself was uncharacteristically graphic with the use of squibs to show the bullets hitting. Oh, and the murder didn’t open things. We’d just There are some nice Columboisms throughout and Peter Falk gives a nice solid performance, full of warmth. For what I think is the first time in the revival, Columbo visits a regular favourite diner to indulge in chilli and crackers, though even this comes with a Nineties twist that the chilli is terrible as the regular chef has changed. The supporting cast is terrific. Ian McShane is as charmingly roguish as ever. My favourite supporting role of the episode comes from Roscoe Lee Brown in an all-too-brief appearance as the killer’s former psychiatrist who warns Columbo of the danger he faces. There’s a wonderful rapport between Brown and Falk and it becomes one of the episode’s finest moments. What a shame he wasn’t given more screen time as it could have made for a surefire winner. Helen Shaver as killer Vivian Dimitri is less captivating. She’s watchable enough in a workaday kind of way (and my goodness, doesn't she look like Michelle Pfeiffer from certain angles). But the presentation of her character’s unbalanced infatuation with Columbo and his wife just doesn’t work for me. The plot, character and motive would be a great fit in an old episode of [I]Hart To Hart [/I](didn’t they actually have an episode just like this?), but it’s just not [I]Columbo[/I]. There’s a balance between pretty, sunny scenery and some more moody moments, however this is also where the episode completely trips itself up. Because it’s all built on a lie. An elaborate, expensive, unnecessary lie. And worse still... one that failed to surprise. [/SIZE][/COLOR] [CENTER] [COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)][I][SIZE=4]continued...[/SIZE][/I][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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