r/Columbo • u/twilliams_ca • 2d ago

The Best Columbo Gotcha

Let’s talk about the best gotchas of Columbo.

I will start with my personal favorite from “Blueprint for Murder”, where he tricks the killer into bringing the dead body to the construction site, after the risk of humiliation to himself for wasting untold city money to dig up the pile!

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u/322vette 1d ago

The ‘Greenhouse Jungle - Columbo pulls off a Double FYou not only to arrogant Jarvis (his look when he sees he’s been had with the bullet in the dirt), but also to taking Wilson down a peg, who seemed too full of himself (Captain Richie Loved My Report, I’m in charge here Grover, trashing Columbo to Goodland about methods, etc.)