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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 287225" data-attributes="member: 33">Like [USER=23]@Mel O&#039;Drama[/USER] I didn&#039;t get what the connection between the title and the storyline was. I did wonder whether some scenes were lost in the final edit that would have made the connection clearer. Maybe the daughter was the butterfly and she wanted to leave her father to go to a brighter life in New York compared with the shades of grey she was currently living in. That&#039;s a bit too cryptic and not really central to the plot. What I only just realised having seen [USER=23]@Mel O&#039;Drama[/USER]&#039;s screenshot was the spelling of &quot;Grey&quot; in the title:<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/c844e9423549cbbb2652eede358a5bd5/tumblr_nvf05415U31tgud0do1_1280.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 438px" />I always thought Americans more commonly spell grey with an &quot;a&quot; and the spelling it with an &quot;e&quot; is more common in the UK.The other thing I noticed from the other photo the [USER=23]@Mel O&#039;Drama[/USER] used was that Peter Falk finally threw away his bottle of hair dye and was embracing his grey locks which I think was for the first time because I remember him having brown hair in the Faye Dunnaway episode.<img src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51FB9JPVpUL._AC_SX425_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />This episode, whatever the title means, is a superior one of the New Columbo episodes, so we are in agreement again. It&#039;s seems to be the case that when they stick to the familiar Columbo formula and cast a high profile name as the murderer they are more likely to produce a good episode (Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health, Death Hits The Jackpot, Agenda For Murder, etc) and this is a very good episode and probably my favourite of the 3 William Shatner episodes, including the one he did in the 1970s.I&#039;m not normally a fan of William Shatner&#039;s acting but because he was playing a larger than life radio host, his exaggerated performance style fitted his character. I wasn&#039;t sure what the moustache was for though as it looked totally fake and was slightly distracting.It took them about 40 episodes to realise that there are black people in the world and another 20 to acknowledge the existence of gay people but it was still welcome to see the series reflect more of the diversity that exists in society.Wow, this is a really cool detail that I didn&#039;t spot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 287225, member: 33"] Like [USER=23]@Mel O'Drama[/USER] I didn't get what the connection between the title and the storyline was. I did wonder whether some scenes were lost in the final edit that would have made the connection clearer. Maybe the daughter was the butterfly and she wanted to leave her father to go to a brighter life in New York compared with the shades of grey she was currently living in. That's a bit too cryptic and not really central to the plot. What I only just realised having seen [USER=23]@Mel O'Drama[/USER]'s screenshot was the spelling of "Grey" in the title: [IMG width="438px"]https://64.media.tumblr.com/c844e9423549cbbb2652eede358a5bd5/tumblr_nvf05415U31tgud0do1_1280.jpg[/IMG] I always thought Americans more commonly spell grey with an "a" and the spelling it with an "e" is more common in the UK. The other thing I noticed from the other photo the [USER=23]@Mel O'Drama[/USER] used was that Peter Falk finally threw away his bottle of hair dye and was embracing his grey locks which I think was for the first time because I remember him having brown hair in the Faye Dunnaway episode. [IMG]https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51FB9JPVpUL._AC_SX425_.jpg[/IMG] This episode, whatever the title means, is a superior one of the New Columbo episodes, so we are in agreement again. It's seems to be the case that when they stick to the familiar Columbo formula and cast a high profile name as the murderer they are more likely to produce a good episode ([I]Caution: Murder Can Be Hazardous to Your Health, Death Hits The Jackpot, Agenda For Murder[/I], etc) and this is a very good episode and probably my favourite of the 3 William Shatner episodes, including the one he did in the 1970s. I'm not normally a fan of William Shatner's acting but because he was playing a larger than life radio host, his exaggerated performance style fitted his character. I wasn't sure what the moustache was for though as it looked totally fake and was slightly distracting. It took them about 40 episodes to realise that there are black people in the world and another 20 to acknowledge the existence of gay people but it was still welcome to see the series reflect more of the diversity that exists in society. Wow, this is a really cool detail that I didn't spot. [/QUOTE]

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