When Columbo Finds What Everybody Missed | Columbo 

Columbo seemed to instinctively latch onto the murderer early on in the investigation and circle around, pretending to be a bumbling fool, but in time revealing himself a genius able to piece together the crime and the cover-up. Yes, it drives the murderer crazy, first with annoyance, then with worry - until finally he (or she) is defeated.

With that perfect smirk

100% then because there are nearly 70 episodes you can forget ones you haven't seen in a while.

@@thinkforyourself2109 It is so richly satisfying.

Could? We’re all rewatching highlight videos right now!

ROFL! haha nice one, wish we had more comments of that calibre.

think people would have seen thru that.....

Ba dum tsss

😂🤪🤣

Nice one sir! Lol.

Well said. Mrs Goodland criticized Columbo constantly during the episode completely unaware that Columbo would be the very man that would save her!

Thats columbo for you. The bumbling fool who may be the grim reaper or the smiling angel.​@mrghiax

Well said!

Yes, well said indeed.

Well mabye not him, but his wife is gunna kill him if he doesn't get that African Violet plant

Morality? Depends on your definition of it. He resorted to some morally questionable ways of deceiving murderers into revealing evidence.

@@highplainsdrafter595 but the end justifies the mean. CLINT.

9Ballr Sometimes I really think that like from Wings Of Desire Falk was an angel that fell to earth.

Only in America could they produce a show that tells its audience who did it right at the beginning. And then expext us to watch as the killer lies all the way through until Columbo finds a piece of evidence two minutes before he solves the crime. Dire stuff.

I use to tell my friends that Columbo spoiled me for other detective series. I just love how the crime is commited and we have to pay attention to see where is the mistake ... I hate those modern "whodunnits".

Maria Eddy Cesario How’d you like Knives Out?

Columbo, "Peter Falk. TERRIFIC actor. My wife and I watch him all the time on....what's the name of that series?"

Sometimes it does...Stay Encouraged!

keep wishin buddy.

i realize I'm kinda randomly asking but does anyone know of a good website to stream newly released series online ?

@Van Hamza i would suggest flixzone. You can find it by googling =)

@Ahmir Damon yup, I have been watching on Flixzone for months myself :D

... I always felt the same way. I think they treated each of his episodes like mini movies, so to speak. So they were independent from one another. Because he busted some major bad guys. He busted the actual deputy chief of police (hiss boss), a US senator, famous chef, a famous art critic, famous symphony maestro and several other famous or well known people but it was never mentioned. You would think with all the famous people he had busted over the years he himself would have gotten some notoriety but it never happened. Not even the people in his own department gave him credit for being the best detective ever.

@@Tonytrekdax His colleagues in his department knew his reputation. His character was a detective first and foremost and had no interest in climbing up the administrative ladder. His captain had a great deal of respect for him and so did his team and they bent over backwards to obey his requests. In one episode his Captain is complicite in a charade to fool a suspect. This indicates a great deal of professional respect. The only officers who did not show respect was those from outside districts who didn't know him. In almost all the episodes the uniform branch of his command knew him and followed his orders explicitly. He did not give media interviews and left that for his Captain. He was humble and did not seek notoriety and more than likely his character attributed the successes to a team effort. I don't know how you conclude that his departmental colleagues did not credit his brilliance. The shows never showed the backroom conversations. I think the writers chose to keep his rank as lieutenant because that is the highest "coalface" role without significant administrative duties. I think his persona was deliberately developed to portray a brilliant detective who kept a low profile and bumbling manner so that he fooled the high profile criminals. The criminal characters may talk about him to fellow inmates and the word about Columbo may have got around in the underworld but these murderers were mostly well off, first offenders and so would have little association with the underworld for them to be wary of Columbo.

@@droceretik ... don't get me wrong... I LOVE COLUMBO... I've literally seen every episode more times that I can count; I just wish they gave him more "kudos" in the shows. For example, I appreciated in the episode when he was investigating the writer of the Mrs. Mellville Mysteries who killed his writer partner and Columbo mentioned that he always wanted to be a writer and gave the example of the Senator he busted for killing his campaign manager but didn't know how to put that experience on paper. And the other time he was in Mexico and the police inspector recognized Columbo's name as the detective who solved the murder on-board the cruise ship. What I mean to say is... there were just a couple of moments where his pervious cases were mentioned but he never became know as "the greatest detective on the force". Like I said before, he made some major busts in his career and I find it odd that they never built on that. I know he was humble but I think it would have added a layer of "slickness" if a criminal knew who he was and tried to outsmart him. I wouldn't want that for every episode but every once and a while would have been nice.

But he acted like the dumbest one in the room till the "gotcha" moment.

@@289cobra9 After the episode where Columbo successfully entraps the POLICE COMMISSIONER-his boss' boss' boss-proving his guilt in a double homicide, one would imagine the word would be out about him as a man to be feared.

@RJ Walker. 😀

He never sleeps when he is on the case

That happens only on TV.

Actually, not really. As Columbo said, the killer arrived a bit early, and Columbo prattles on for a while to stall him. Its also possible he timed his calls so that arrivals would be efficient and so expedite what he wanted to do.

He had me at, "Excuse me for just a moment."

Yeah, you're screwed! :D

Quite right, you're bloody well right

"Am I bothering you."

Yeah, you've definitely had it.

Hello

What's up man?

Nobody there looked like it was 3 a.m.

Or, "To tell you the truth, Sir, I'm here to annoy you..."

Hope everything's going well

There are times when you can see the difference, and times when you can't. I wonder if it were noticeable in the years before HD and 1080p resolution.

@@bernhardwall6876 it was.

Hec Ramsey was awesome!

John Watson I preferred McMillan and wife.

13 channels. Kids were so spoiled

I liked McMillan and wife too - they were all good shows

13 ??.. we had only 3 channels..your folks had money..lol

I hated how the murderer kept being a jerk to him from the start. Everything he said was condescending but Columbo kept a cool head. I don’t know how he does it

That was the genius of show runners Richard Levinson and William Link. Turn the murder mystery upside down by showing whodunit, leaving you to wonder how Columbo will figure it out.

Chili...Columbo's favorite

One of his 20 nephews ;)

Wait just one sec, didn't his wife had her own "show"/series played by Katherine Mulgrew?

@@saalkz.a.9715 There was a show called Mrs Columbo and it was intended to be a spin off of columbo but because it was a flop the writers of Columbo did everything they could to wash their hands of it, in one of the returning episodes of columbo the Lieutenent makes reference to the show by saying "last year there was a woman in my house pretending to be my wife".

Jessica Fletcher. Obviously.

Check him out in X, The Man with the X-Ray Eyes.

I liked him in Beau Geste and Dial M for Murder.

He was fantastic as Aerostotile Bolt Escape To Witch Mountain

During his military service Ray Milland was acknowleged to be one of the finest marksman in the British Army...

@@jefflockaby702 A shame he missed those burglars that night.

X, The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

Thursday night is bowling night with his wife.

Who is that guy playing the Sergeant? I can't think of his name but he was all over the place in the '70s.

@@Drchainsaw77 Bob Dishy

that’s the guy. thx.

Nobody: Will it fit in my Honda? Hold my beer Am I a joke to you? Asking for a friend Everybody gangsta End this man’s whole career He protecc, he attacc … Sexual/genitalia innuendo Scatological/potty joke Question of quantity answered yes Plot twist Left/entered the chat Gaming reference Dislikes are from I’m a simple man Not gonna lie No one gonna talk about Last time I was this early First Legend has it That’ll buff right out Fun fact (X) be like (X) intensifies (X) wants to know your location Ha ha (X) go brrrrr POV: (X) Her: I'm home alone YT algorithm counting down years Who’s watching in current year? You Tube recommendations So you've chosen death? Understandable, have a great day Punch line below read more

I bought the set. What a great show. Columbo’s wife must have been a terrific lady

69 episodes and 24 movies. Life long crush.

@@bh7286 You said it man.

I agree. I think I like season 3 the best. The episodes with Jack Cassidy are among my favorites. The episode with Donald Pleasance is my absolute favorite.👍🎥

+1979or1979: Has this been confirmed ?

The Man with the X rays eyes ,too

and The Big Clock I forgot to mention as well.

He was also in a superb old ghost story set in Cornwall, when a brother and sister buy a haunted house. I just can't think of the name...

The Uninvited(1944)

@@preving Yes! Well done.

I loled

They were indeed. Though I assume he borrowed it from the police department.

I could see Columbo getting into metal detecting and keeping it for future use but he walks out without it.

FippyDarkpaw2 What if the third bullet was all faked to get a conversion?

@@lizardfirefighter110 Columbo is just a detective story and the way the plot of it is written is the third bullet was fired by the murderer at an intruder who broke into his greenhouse around a year before he murdered his nephew. The screenwriters needed that angle to get around the fact the murderer subsequently planted the gun on an innocent person. So when the gun was found in the possession of the innocent person, Columbo could prove it was the murderers gun, because the bullet he fired at the intruder around a year ago matched it.

Him and Leonard Nimoy were two of my favorite antagonists here.

@@vguyver2 Nimoy was a standout because that character got under Columbo's skin and is the only time I recall the character losing his cool with one of these killers.

Every Sunday night,I relive my childhood by watching Columbo.

along with the elusive key from Dial M

I really liked him

@Aaron A420 Good comment!

The one where Columbo keeps trying to lose the new jacket his wife buys him but Wilson keeps getting it back for him 👍

Last episode was 2003

Leesa Lee - yea, I know, but those comeback episodes of the 90’s were not quite the same. Still pretty good, still Colombo, but not the same charm as the original writers had for those first 7 seasons. Don’t get me wrong, I still love em.

@@mloftus8618 No, I agree with you! Still okay, but not as good.

Miranda Right wasn't even read properly. Pretty sure he'll get out on technicality.

@@araisikewai It doesn't have to be, but if it is it must be read before the arrest. The suspect needs to know they they are not just a witness being interrogated but a suspect under arrest. A witness has to answer questions. He clearly knew he was under arrest and immediately shut up.

The rules about warrants gets murkier when it comes to outbuidlings like a greenhouse and in many cases the police don't need a warrant at all. If push came to shove, the prosecution could argue that you don't have the same expectation of privacy for a greenhouse as you do for your living room.

I remember seeing that at the drive-in when it first came out .. lol

Yeah, I think they both needed to pay off a gambling debt, why else would they have made that movie. At least they left Ray Miland's head hooked up to the machine at the end. Nowadays, it'd be used as a soccer ball.

He shouldn't have stopped really. I think the police have to read the arrest rights otherwise a lawyer can get the suspect freed on a legal technicality.

lived in Vicenza,Italy in '86-'87. Loved it.Will always cherish the memories.Patrick,from LasVegas,Nevada...

@@patrickbushong7028 ... Ahhh, really? X job or... love story ??

I was in the army,and I met my future wife there.

@@patrickbushong7028 ... Were u under General Dozier??

Agreed, although its also noted sparsely few episodes/serials actually showed one or two murderers who caught onto him and his; "idiot act" though? Check any Columbo websites to find out which ones though in the trivia sections of those websites. "Strange Bedfellows" from the early 2000's is one i truly recall with George Wendt as the murderer, Columbo struggled to nail that guy cos he wasn't fooled by the idiot act i do recall. Columbo needed help from a local mob boss played by; 'Rod Steiger' i do remember. There are a few others but the names of the serials escape me though, again check any Columbo websites for the various details.

Actually in that William Shatner episode you're referring to he killed his ex-lover and show producer

@@FIREBRAND38 maybe he confused it with the other Shatner episode?

You’re right, I never thought of that

I feel the same way. I love Law and Order: Criminal Intent, and it does remind me of Columbo!

Underestimate them at your own peril

I agree. I ended saying the same thing

, Vinnie D. does have a little Peter Falk in him for sure. I love how he bends at the waist to lean into a perp`s face while slowly turning the screws down on them! Haahaaa!!

I have literally never watched this show in my life. Why am I here?

Oh, no reason at all, sir, but Columbo wonders if you could help him out with just one thing that’s been bugging him.

Glad it wasnt just me. Iv been binging and I'm 5 seasons in and just assumed the machine heard me talking about it

It's Columbo. Do you really need more reasons?

Years ago I would watch this, Banacek, McCloud, etc. I’d love to see full episodes again 😊

They had all just been around at the womans' house, searching for evidence for hours, and the killer went there to be "supportive" (really to see his framing of her work and make sure it all went smoothly). He had just gotten back when he heard a noise in his greenhouse which was Columbo waiting for everyone.

Except there is no three months later....Columbo only has to catch the murderer not see them convicted in court. If the murderer also had to be convicted in court, the screenwriters for the show would make sure Columbo read them their rights and had search warrants before carrying out searches and so on.

Mumblix Grumph Wrong-Ray Milland waived his rights with a glare.

The police could read him his Miranda rights on the way to the police station. It doesn't need to be done at the time of arrest, but it has to be done before interrogation or taking statements. Anything said to the police or done in front of the police by the defendant after the arrest and before having been "mirandized" could succesfully be contested in court as unusable evidence. Just to be sure nobody forgets afterwards and because you'd never know what the arrested person might say or do immediately after the arrest, it's best that the arresting officer immediately reads him his rights. If that police officer has a good partner, he will read the suspect his rights while the officer himself performs the actual arrest.

@@B-26354 ​ Yes, I hadn't thought of that. Thank you and it made me look it up. The Miranda warning dates from 1966. Columbo was aired in the 1970s. So you could be right for the first few seasons. In a drama tv show I don't think it matters to get those things right anyway. They aren't tutorials for young lawyers, psychologists or rookie cops, just meant to be fun. Columbo is always classic fun.

The Miranda rights don’t matter. They’d all get off because the wealthy hardly ever see the inside of a cell. Lol

Very good

Heheh, so true! *Murderer:* "Lieutenant please, not another Mrs Columbo story, i'll come in yes i did it" 🤣😆

He is also in that Jack Cassidy magician episode (I think it’s call Now You See Him but I can’t remember off hand) but yeah your right he maybe could have been Columbo’s Watson in a way

@@malisle13descendantslover46 Aye. Showed Columbo his skills on the typewriter. 😀😀

@@shanemanchester yes you are right

They became extremely derivative so we moved on. They'll probably cycle back around. I mean a few years ago we had Monk, Psych, etc. And even some shows like C.S.I and Law and Order are essentially the same thing. They're just becoming less and less original so they're fading out.

now we get shit like the first female to play Dr Who, Jodie Whiticar, Batwomen and StarTrek Picard

the great writers retired and or died off, that's why they recycle old ideas.

Dumped by Hollywood for modern day crap,that's progress.

Bro, detective/crime shows have cannibalized themselves for decades.

Finally someone said something about the music in this episode. I loved it!!

Tim K I mean great but it’s not as if that requires some special friend with some classified credentials. You basically could write to anyone that is famous and get pictures of them signed.Maybe not now because people would just try and sell them on the internet but until about 2000 it wasn’t hard at all to get that.Speaking of which,would you like to sell that picture in your den?

True but we never see her. I would've loved to see the woman who kept Colombo in check.

@@iluvdissheet Kate Columbo was played by Kate Mulgrew... on her own show.

@@Pygar2 wow. Didn't know there was a "Mrs Columbo" but now that I've seen her, I know her from Voyager. Thanks for the info!

Ray Milland... are you Welsh? Just done a Wiki check. Wo hah moment

😂😂😂 It's always just one more thing. He does annoy the heck of them.

🤔👍😋

In another Columbo episode where Robert Culp is the killer, he keeps it off.

It was a rush job!! 🤣

Do crime labs close? Don’t they have people on night shift?

He no doubt found it earlier then came back to reveal