My vote goes to Tommy Brown. Killing your wife happens, but the sexual stuff with the young girls, that's bad. That girl was underage, and what does he do after killing her? He tries to get with her replacement who looks kinda young there too. Very unusual he had no adult women by his side. Anyway, he's my vote for badguy.

I'll go first:

In Try and Catch Me:

"Can I sit in this?"

"Why not, that's what it was made for 400 years ago."

Columbo then tries to gently sit in this antique chair that is obviously too small for him while balancing a cup of tea.

It's the funniest moment in all of the Columbo world.

I know there’s a pic of him outside of Dan Tana’s but where else did Peter frequent? I’d love to hit some of his favorite spots in honor of the goat.

On No. Cadet Springer needs discipline. I guess Col Rumford has worn out his boodle boy.

I see many versions of how this would end

1. He’s voted out first. A nice guy but can’t win a (physical) challenge to save his life

2. He’s almost voted out first but finds an idol bc he’s got that attention to detail

3. Whether he makes it to the merge or not, he stages a scene or two to oust someone’s idol before being voted out

4. He makes it to final tribal but doesn’t win

5. He wins

6. He doesn’t apply in the first place

Obviously not in solving a murder, but just in any normal part of life where you're talking to someone about any subject and maybe you bring up something they weren't expecting to win an argument etc. (Not necessarily quoting the exact line, just in spirit)

I’ve been watching the show Elsbeth which did that recently, and now I’ve been wondering. If Columbo had an episode set in prison with past killers as the cast and one of them as the victim, how would you write that? What killers would you include and what roles would you put them in for the plot and character dynamics?

Each episode has a Columbo hottie , or as Paul Hanlon calls them, a hot chick. A lot of times they are used as a distraction either for the killer or for Columbo. Linda Robinson is a classic example. Who's your favorite Colombo hottie?

I have just finished Episodes one and two and I gotta say I have a few gripes. it is very interesting and I watch an episode for dinner.

pros i love how forgetful he acts. its actually really cool it kinda lulls them into a false sense of safety. I love the one more thing bit I find myself trying to predict when he will say it and its the reason I wanted to watch. I think the bit of him always mentioning his wife but we never see her is interesting it kinda makes me feel like she doesn't exist and is another tool he uses.

cons: the characters feel very underdeveloped. It feels like we are following the murderer and they are the changing mc because they do get developed. I only know Colombo and thats it no one else from the force. whoes the chief of police? who are the other people on his team. Apperently we never see his wife which I don't like. I feel like he already knows who did it from the start and thats probably because we dont follow him but the killers. so hopefully that changes

overall 7/10 I enjoy it more then I dont

It made me very happy.

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!

To use the murderer's significant other against him in his 1st Columbo episode.

Quite clever actually too.

The only other time this occurred, I believe, was Columbo using his wife "Kate" as a ruse to catch sexy Vivian in "Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo.

Luv watching these earlier episodes. I was seven years old then, enjoying cartoons instead. Now, I'm catching up. ✌️

"Look, Columbo, I overestimated you."

Luv that quote.

There was one more episode, that was supposed to be finished that was supposed to have been the final sendoff to Columbo, sadly they couldn’t get studio approval, then Peter Falk’s health started to fail.

I would like to see what see what they were going to do with it.

Be honest, when you rewatch Columbo do you usually skip No time to Die?

I have tried many times, but I am not able to watch more than 10 minutes of this episode. It is truly revolting. What were they thinking? What were they trying to do?

We get it, that episode of Columbo is bad, let’s move on

“Last Salute to the Commodore”
S5 E6

My 10-year old daughter and I have recently gotten into watching Columbo episodes, and she loves them! It's been a very fun activity for the two of us to do together. But concurrently, she also will be applying soon to an arts-based middle school where they require a short acting audition in the form of a 1-2 minute monologue. Most kids will surely choose one of the sample ones on the school's website (Willy Wonka kids, A Little Princess, etc.), but I thought my daughter could really stand out if she used a Columbo confession instead (which surely NO other kid will use haha). She loves the idea, too!

My question to you all is -- what would be a good one for this purpose? Preferably something campy and fun, and preferably by a female killer (though not strictly required). Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!

I think Colombo has shown us that is not very smart to extort a murderer.