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<blockquote data-quote="Angela Channing" data-source="post: 276525" data-attributes="member: 33">Although I&#039;ve seen this episode a few times I don&#039;t remember the details of the gotcha which fits in with you saying it wasn&#039;t entirely satisfying. I would say it was a middle ranking episode, not up their with the best but far from being a bad episode. Robert Culp always seemed to play his murderers as being angry and irritable, Jack Cassidy&#039;s murderers were arrogant and glib and Patrick McGoohan&#039;s were generally formal, professional and officious. I always like Mr Culp as the murderer because he was always combative and impatient with Columbo which gave a edge to all their interactions.This was great and I love how they drop nice moments of humour into the storyline which makes a nice contrast to the seriousness of a murder investigation. Peter Falk plays comedy so well and I&#039;m sure the writers included humour to take advantage of his comedic skills.This episode, along with Etude In Black has the best cinematography and locations that I can remember in any Columbo episode.I absolutely love that camera shot, probably my favourite in the entire run of Columbo. That image of the row of empty seats, all uniform in colour, size and shape, only broken up by the pensive figure of the lieutenant sat amongst them is so striking and the aesthetic and the artistry of the camera shot really stuck in my mind.Totally. I often take the direction of a TV show for granted unless it&#039;s particularly good or particularly bad and this one was first class.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Angela Channing, post: 276525, member: 33"] Although I've seen this episode a few times I don't remember the details of the gotcha which fits in with you saying it wasn't entirely satisfying. I would say it was a middle ranking episode, not up their with the best but far from being a bad episode. Robert Culp always seemed to play his murderers as being angry and irritable, Jack Cassidy's murderers were arrogant and glib and Patrick McGoohan's were generally formal, professional and officious. I always like Mr Culp as the murderer because he was always combative and impatient with Columbo which gave a edge to all their interactions. This was great and I love how they drop nice moments of humour into the storyline which makes a nice contrast to the seriousness of a murder investigation. Peter Falk plays comedy so well and I'm sure the writers included humour to take advantage of his comedic skills. This episode, along with [I]Etude In Black[/I] has the best cinematography and locations that I can remember in any [I]Columbo [/I]episode. I absolutely love that camera shot, probably my favourite in the entire run of [I]Columbo[/I]. That image of the row of empty seats, all uniform in colour, size and shape, only broken up by the pensive figure of the lieutenant sat amongst them is so striking and the aesthetic and the artistry of the camera shot really stuck in my mind. Totally. I often take the direction of a TV show for granted unless it's particularly good or particularly bad and this one was first class. [/QUOTE]

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