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Columbo: The Greenhouse Jungle (1972) Season 2, Episode 2

One of The Worst Columbo Episodes

[6/10 · 5 February 2006]

When I first saw this I thought it was the worst Columbo episode but after a while I changed my mind because it got a little better and I saw others worse than this.

I found this episode boring.

The Greenhouse scenes were boring.

The story wasn't that great.

There wasn't much good stuff in this episode.

One of the few good elements was the music which had been used more than once in the Second Season of Columbo.

Watch this only if you are a serious Columbo fan.

A Century of Science Fiction (1996 Video)

Horrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiibbbbbbllllllllllle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[2/10 · 24 January 2006]

This is one of the worst documentaries ever made. Most of the Sci-Fi films featured were B-Movie clips. Even when it showed clips of better films, the quality was bad. When Christopher Lee was talking, you could see cutout lines from the bluescreen. The animation was terrible. When I saw this, I thought it was Chistopher Lee's grandson's high school project, but no, it was an actual company. It said "2 Hour Special" on the DVD Cover when it really went only for 1 hr 40 - 45 min. It gave none or not enough information about Star Trek films, E.T., Close Encounters Of The Third Kind and the Star Wars films. I think some amateur film-makers could make a better documentary than this.

Prescription: Murder (1968 TV Movie)

The First Columbo Episode

[7/10 · 19 October 2005]

This is the very first Columbo episode, which I saw recently on the Columbo Season 1 DVD Box Set. In this episode, Columbo's hair is shorter. He also does not drive his car.

Some people think that Columbo did not evolve very much from his first appearance. I think this is partly true but not entirely so. For instance in this episode, there is a scene where he gets angry and shouts at the Murderer's girlfriend to make her admit that she did helped Dr. Ray Flemming do the crime. This kind of behaviour and characteristic is not displayed in most of the other episodes.

This episode is worth watching to see Columbo in his first appearance. It is amazing that Columbo has gone on till 2003.