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We love Columbos and have seen them all many times. I have them DVR'd and they're good for winding down in the evening. You named a couple of my favorites already. Love the Dick Van Dyke one with the wife who is such a witch.
The thing that is unusual about Columbo, I think, is how sympathetic the villains often are... or at least, how the victim is somewhat unlikeable or culpable.... a blackmailer... an affair who threatened to expose the killer... Not always, but sometimes!
A favorite you haven't named yet is "Try and Catch Me" with the sweet old lady author who thinks the victim killed her Niece.
A couple of my favorites that haven't been mentioned yet...
"By Dawn's Early Light", Patrick McGoohan's first of four appearances as murderer, playing the commandant of a military academy.
"Columbo Goes To College", my favorite of the later era episodes.
"Now You See Him", with Jack Cassidy. He was another actor that made multiple appearances, and always had great chemistry with Peter Falk.
If you haven't already, you should check out the Columbophile blog. It has in depth reviews of (almost) all of the episodes, and lots of fascinating articles and interviews. https://columbophile.com/
^Yes, Jack Cassidy was great in Columbo, great actor.
I really like the pace of shows made back then, nothing is rushed and every scene has meaning.
Really like the earlier episodes - Dead Weight - This episode is filmed in Newport Beach, Balboa Island Suzanne Pleshette and Eddie Albert are excellent. The home in this episode was Peter Falk’s home.
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"Sex and the Married Detective" : very moody w/ great acting . Joan Allenby (Lindsay Crouse) is the main villainess from Columbo episode ; she is a sex therapist and the host of a popular radio show, while also being involved in a relationship with her business partner, David Kincaid.
There was one with Dabney Coleman that was really good as well .
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My favorites are:
OMG, I didn't realize I do have so many, and I also might ave of missed some.
Rest in Peace Mrs Columbo (my all time favorite)
Try and Catch me
Forgotten lady
Ransom for a dead man
Columbo cries wolf, although I cannot stand Ian Buchanan, his huge smile is simply irritating and to me he is very ugly (I'm shallow, I know)and the music score is terrible also
Lovely but Lethal
Negative Reaction
Ashes to ashes
Murder, smoke and shadows
Sex and the married detective
Death hits the jackpot
A bird in hand
Undercover
Columbo likes the nightlife (horrible, horrible music score)
Columbo and the murder of a rock star
Some were the original 70's and some were the updated ones.....
^ I did like Ian Buchanan on the soap opera with Finola Hughes. Columbo Cries Wolf was just ok in the series, that’s ok because the majority of the episodes are excellent.
Murder by the Book is very good with Jack Cassidy and Martin Milner.
The episode Negative Reaction had several wonderful scenes that are unexpected the scene where Columbo finds the driving instructor (Larry Storch) he needs to ask him questions. Then offers to give the driving instructor a ride back to dmv. It’s just brilliant the dynamics that go on in this scene.
Also, in Negative Reaction Columbo goes to a soup kitchen to ask a man questions and the nun working there gives him a bowl of soup and gets a new coat for him. He said, he didn’t need a new coat and said he was very fond of it (coat) Sweetest scene !
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I just watched Ransom for a Dead Man actress is Lee Grant, yes, she is classy. She was in the movie Shampoo (1975) she played a great role, also in that movie Goldie Hawn and Warren Beatty.
Columbo is a great series to binge watch !
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