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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 287732" data-attributes="member: 33">I like this episode quite a bit and the clever murder really helps. Cremating the body in the way he did makes it feel like it&#039;s a fool proof plan and part of the fun is seeing how Columbo is able to find a weakness that viewers didn&#039;t see. A well known actress playing the victim is a plus point and the return of a season Columbo veteran in Patrick McGoohan provides additional interestI think Peter Falk and Patrick McGoohan work together really well and their scenes together are always entertaining. And in some ways not a million miles away from Patrick McGoohan&#039;s character in By Dawn&#039;s Early Light in that all the characters were very formal people who did things very much by the book and had a professional and respectful relationship with the lieutenant.I don&#039;t remember Peter Falk&#039;s performance being like that but it would be typical of his approach to Columbo towards the end of the run. I imagine the straight-lace formality of Patrick McGoohan&#039;s character made an effective counter-balance the Peter Falk&#039;s approach so it wasn&#039;t as apparent to me as it sometimes can be.I think a fair chunk of Columbo&#039;s cases wouldn&#039;t stand up to the scrutiny of a court trial and additionally in this case the lieutenant accepted a gift of what looked like some very expensive tongs from the murderer which I&#039;m sure would be against LAPD regulations and open a line of questioning by a defence lawyer regarding Columbo&#039;s professionalism.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 287732, member: 33"] I like this episode quite a bit and the clever murder really helps. Cremating the body in the way he did makes it feel like it's a fool proof plan and part of the fun is seeing how Columbo is able to find a weakness that viewers didn't see. A well known actress playing the victim is a plus point and the return of a season Columbo veteran in Patrick McGoohan provides additional interest I think Peter Falk and Patrick McGoohan work together really well and their scenes together are always entertaining. And in some ways not a million miles away from Patrick McGoohan's character in [I]By Dawn's Early Light [/I]in that all the characters were very formal people who did things very much by the book and had a professional and respectful relationship with the lieutenant. I don't remember Peter Falk's performance being like that but it would be typical of his approach to Columbo towards the end of the run. I imagine the straight-lace formality of Patrick McGoohan's character made an effective counter-balance the Peter Falk's approach so it wasn't as apparent to me as it sometimes can be. I think a fair chunk of Columbo's cases wouldn't stand up to the scrutiny of a court trial and additionally in this case the lieutenant accepted a gift of what looked like some very expensive tongs from the murderer which I'm sure would be against LAPD regulations and open a line of questioning by a defence lawyer regarding Columbo's professionalism. [/QUOTE]

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