Who is the greatest TV detective of all times? That can be debatable, but Lieutenant Columbo is definitely the coolest - cooking omelette with his raincoat on, always happening to be in the neighborhood, and he always has one more thing. The mystery in the very first episode is not the best one from the whole series, and definitely isn't the most interesting ones among the whole television detective stories, but it has loads of charm and playfulness. Peter Falk's Columbo is quirky yet cool, he seems not the brightest tool in the box, but it is just one of his tool to overplay his opponents. Jack Cassidy's Ken Franklin is so arrogant and full of himself, that his cold confidence makes him quite chilling murderer. This is one of the stories where characters are much stronger and interesting than the story they are part of.
I had to catch that episode, besides Peter Falk's wonderful acting, mostly because it was directed by non other than great Steven Spielberg, but now I think I got hooked, and have to go through all the series. Binge watching 'Columbo' starts now.
I had to catch that episode, besides Peter Falk's wonderful acting, mostly because it was directed by non other than great Steven Spielberg, but now I think I got hooked, and have to go through all the series. Binge watching 'Columbo' starts now.
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