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  • Columbo arrests Kay Freestone for the murder of her boss and secret lover.
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  • @LukaRyuu
    @LukaRyuu Před 2 lety +381

    I love the early part of this scene where as Columbo is speaking to her via the camera, she's desperately trying to shut him out, pressing buttons and flipping switches, but on every screen, everywhere she looks, all she can see is Columbo. It's a perfect representation of how it must feel as the killer once Columbo has locked onto you, and no matter where you go or what you do, there he is.

    • @reemyfairy09
      @reemyfairy09 Před rokem +21

      This part was so funny she kept on trying to turn it off but Columbo was appearing in various filters and effects it must have been frustrating to her

    • @andrewcipriano2890
      @andrewcipriano2890 Před 8 měsíci +24

      @@reemyfairy09 They weren't filters, Columbo was preparing to send her to the Columbo dimension for annoying him with the music.

  • @ricogoldstar
    @ricogoldstar Před 2 lety +510

    When Columbo brings out his brown paper bag of incriminating evidence from the 'boys down at the lab' .... game over man. 😅😆

    • @ikaikamaleko8370
      @ikaikamaleko8370 Před 2 lety +9

      😂😂😂

    • @pitbullman925
      @pitbullman925 Před 2 lety +4

      yes its game over hahah

    • @akeelfrancis1311
      @akeelfrancis1311 Před 2 lety +2

      😂😂😂

    • @mgmartin51
      @mgmartin51 Před 2 lety +11

      That would have been a great spin off: The Boys Down at the Lab.

    • @ricogoldstar
      @ricogoldstar Před 2 lety +7

      @@mgmartin51 YES! Let's make it happen. 😁😆 Wait.... they did, it was a show called QUINCY, Jack Klugman played a police medical forensics expert.

  • @onemorething123
    @onemorething123 Před 2 lety +131

    I love how the killers always act like they're way too busy to even entertain the notion that Columbo is onto them. It's like they think if they look busy enough, he really will just go away.

    • @alfredino724
      @alfredino724 Před 2 lety

      he’s got loose ends to tie or he won’t sleep

    • @paratrooper508
      @paratrooper508 Před rokem +4

      I mean right up until he produces an arrest warrant that's probably their best bet. Suspecting doesn't mean arresting.

    • @riekerankeschmidt7046
      @riekerankeschmidt7046 Před rokem

      I Wish he simply could do then and come back later.

    • @Enkarashaddam
      @Enkarashaddam Před 5 měsíci

      Just like in real life... body cam footage is basically people pretending they don't have time for consequences

  • @kanlalonde1356
    @kanlalonde1356 Před 2 lety +42

    That bit with TVs really was her getting sent to the Columbo Dimension- absolutely incredible

  • @conorharrington6410
    @conorharrington6410 Před 2 lety +242

    This is one of the coolest murders of the series too. Her timing was impeccable. Or well, impeccable to everyone but Columbo

    • @dennisanderson3895
      @dennisanderson3895 Před 2 lety +11

      Down to the *second*! Too bad for her it was in LA, and Columbo assigned!

    • @wandahwhetstone6338
      @wandahwhetstone6338 Před 2 lety

      🖤rightttttt

    • @landonletterman831
      @landonletterman831 Před 2 lety +4

      The rub for me was that Columbo had to trick the murderer, as often as he had to get ahead of them. While the tricks are always nifty, I can't help but think some of those cases would falter in court with a clever/unscrupulous enough lawyer to make a sound enough argument for entrapment and get the case dismissed....

    • @Likexner
      @Likexner Před 2 lety

      If these Columbo murderers were really smart, they would just hire a hitman.

    • @riekerankeschmidt7046
      @riekerankeschmidt7046 Před rokem

      The evidence is on a thin line. Maybe not enough for the court. With a good lawyer...

  • @benjaminoechsli1941
    @benjaminoechsli1941 Před 2 lety +25

    "Can we talk tomorrow at the office? Nono, I'll call you. I promise."
    Columbo's gotta be thinking, "Ma'am, how naive do you think I am that I'd fall for _that_ line?" 😆

  • @Septymus
    @Septymus Před 10 měsíci +54

    She was still keeping herself strong and calm even she knew it was over. But that line: "I'll fight. I'll surive. I might even win." is the one that always gets me. Trish van Devere made an amazing and unforgettable performance of a strong woman, and she might be one of the best female killers since Lee Grant in "Ransome for a Dead Man".

    • @5points185
      @5points185 Před 10 měsíci +5

      Spot on. Just about all of the Columbo episodes are good but this one... it's like I have to turn off my phone, get my spot on the couch and have my "eats" right there because this is such an engrossing, fascinating episode, it's like a treat to watch, no matter how many times I've seen it. And I'd go so far as to say Trish Van Devere and Lee Grant were THE two best female killers the show ever had. Both women just have a hard-to-define quality as actresses that you find yourself riveted to their performances.

    • @liam_worships_God
      @liam_worships_God Před 6 měsíci +4

      I think Kay was the best female killer and in the top 10 overall Columbo killers. At the end she isn't even confessing From what i recall of Lee Grant's character she seemed defeated and weak in that final scene at the airport. But here Trish Van Devere's character isn't giving up at all.

  • @SallySallySallySally
    @SallySallySallySally Před 2 lety +294

    In an earlier scene in this episode, she returns to her now-abandoned childhood home, goes in and is surprised to find that Columbo is already there. I mention this because it is an excellent example of the talent behind this production (and most others of the era.) To this day, 44 years later, I remember that scene vividly. Why? Because of the music that accompanied it. It begins as she gets out of her car and starts to walk toward the house. The atmosphere/mood it imparted was a perfect fit for the scene. The more one watches dramatic TV shows of this era, the more one laments the fact that such production values will never be seen again.

    • @charlesmurray4013
      @charlesmurray4013 Před 2 lety +6

      ALWAYS JUST ONE MORE THING,I LOVE THESE COLUMBOS.

    • @terracottapie
      @terracottapie Před 2 lety +13

      Have you watched tv in the past 25 years? Some of the best-produced shows ever made are being made in this era. The Sopranos, The Wire, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Better Call Saul. Countless others. I'm not putting down Columbo (it's great, one of a kind, one of the best shows ever made), but this idea that nothing comparable gets made today is ludicrous.

    • @michellehart644
      @michellehart644 Před 2 lety

      Absolutely to your sensitive post 🌹

    • @dennisanderson3895
      @dennisanderson3895 Před 2 lety +2

      "Who needs to actually write/direct excellence in character portrayal when you can do CGI?," the 2022 industry asks. (smh) And some wonder why "retro-networks" hang on so well!

    • @michellehart644
      @michellehart644 Před 2 lety +2

      @@charlesmurray4013 ......hey Charles! Sometimes, when I’m orderinggrocery delivery or something mundane, I’ll say “just one more thing” and quietly giggle to myself.😉

  • @Firebrand55
    @Firebrand55 Před 2 lety +46

    If Columbo loomed over me proclaiming, " I know what you did', to save time, and sensing a no-way-out scenario, I'd put the handcuffs on myself!

    • @RichWeigel
      @RichWeigel Před rokem

      Same I would be like lets save everyone 15 minutes of back and forth arguing and get this over with.

    • @riekerankeschmidt7046
      @riekerankeschmidt7046 Před rokem +1

      Don't give up so easy.

  • @zovalentine7305
    @zovalentine7305 Před 2 lety +31

    Rest in powerful peace Peter Falk 🙏
    16 September 1927 ~
    23 June 2011⚘

  • @GamingWithDrew
    @GamingWithDrew Před 2 lety +207

    Even though it's fiction I always find myself wondering what happens to these killers in court. Do they all get convicted? Do some of them work out plea deals? The fact that I even wonder about that in a work of fiction I think speaks to the quality of this show.

    • @dorkarama3135
      @dorkarama3135 Před 2 lety +31

      I think that also! And I always think about the evidence and whether it would be enough to convict in this day and age. This case for example. I don't think it was a slam dunk. A good lawyer could get her off!

    • @bonghunezhou5051
      @bonghunezhou5051 Před 2 lety +13

      @@dorkarama3135 ...or at least keep her out of the "big house" even if found guilty 🤔

    • @Drummerchick2003
      @Drummerchick2003 Před 2 lety +35

      Well this is where Perry mason would come in 😂

    • @dildonius
      @dildonius Před 2 lety +46

      Well....I think it's kind of hard to say. Most of the time Columbo seems to get enough evidence to break the killers' alibis, prove opportunity, and prove motive, as well as more than enough evidence - circumstantial and otherwise - to prove they did it, and most importantly he seems to always eventually coax a confession and/or admission of guilt out of the killers by the end of the episode. Which IS admissible and very useful in court. Plus, there is the fact that the killers often seem so flustered and jarred by the realization of what Columbo has gotten them to do - combined with the general ignorance of the law and how trials work that most members of the public have - that I'm pretty sure Columbo is usually able to get these people to sign official, legally-binding, sworn confessions once they get back to the police station.
      So I feel like there's enough going on to indicate that all of the killers in the show who Columbo catches would wind up getting convicted and sentenced - both in the ficticious world of this TV show, and the realistic world of the real-life reality in h'which we all reside.
      To me, the only _real_ question is how much time each of these folks wind up actually doing and whether they wind up getting charged with 1st, 2nd, or 3rd degree murder or even perhaps mere manslaughter in the end...

    • @FCN933
      @FCN933 Před 2 lety +27

      Good question! I guess at least that singer from Swan Song got a plea bargain as I believe renamed himself Johnny Cash and had a great singing career afterwards :)

  • @5610winston
    @5610winston Před 2 lety +20

    9:15 She says, "I see."
    Columbo replies, "I'm sure you do, ma'am."
    No gloating, no pleasure in the moment.
    When she starts to explain, there is a musical figure like the exposition of a fugue, reminds me of the second movement of Widor's Op.13 No.4, sort of a melancholy defeat.

  • @mikebasil4832
    @mikebasil4832 Před 2 lety +30

    The most subtly dramatic finale when it’s only Columbo and the murderer or the murderess is always the best.

  • @actioncom2748
    @actioncom2748 Před 2 lety +20

    Talk about the sky falling...
    Her whole world collapsed this one night. Whenever I'm feeling down, I can say "At least say I'm not her."

  • @ryanwilliams1800
    @ryanwilliams1800 Před 2 lety +107

    Great episode. I thought when Columbo was talking to her through the screens and she gets more and more agitated that it's one of the most surreal scenes in the entire series. Add that she is basically trapped in that small dark room and Columbo will find her. She already got fired in the previous scene which gave this episode a very bleak feel towards the end. That final line ''I'll fight, I'll survive, I might even win'' is one of the best from any killer once caught. Plus she doesn't even actually give in and admit anything, even the legendary Jack Cassidy gives in at the end. This is one hard murderer.

    • @20thCenturyManTrad
      @20thCenturyManTrad Před 2 lety +8

      She was a cold witch. Sympathetic at times, but believed too much of her own press releases. But jeez, murder for a job, her boyfriend didn't. She didn't even confess, she thought too much of herself. Very able killer, but certainly one of the coldest. Johnny Cash's Tommy Brown was the most sympathetic and probably most repentant.

    • @ryanwilliams1800
      @ryanwilliams1800 Před 2 lety +6

      @@20thCenturyManTrad I like the way she doesn't even confess at the end, it makes a change from how they usually do that and certainly makes her one of the coldest killers. I didn't find Tommy all that sympathetic tbh (although Edna was horrible), all the way through the episode he showed no signs of being repentant then suddenly in the final scene he says he is. Plus he killed the young girl in a double murder with Edna.

    • @20thCenturyManTrad
      @20thCenturyManTrad Před 2 lety +4

      @@ryanwilliams1800 It did make sense to do that, the thing about him, was that he was good to Columbo, and while I agree it didn't always show the outward remorse, but I found that his friendly treatment of Columbo that he didn't start trying to pull strings to get Columbo off his back.

    • @arthurjoseph2148
      @arthurjoseph2148 Před rokem +1

      ALL THIS TALK ABOUT JACK CASSIDY, R.I.P. TO NEHEMIAH PERSOFF (AGED 102 ON APRIL 5, 2022) THE LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF "SOME LIKE IT HOT" (WHICH STARRED MARILYN MONROE AND TONY CURTIS!)

    • @wjzav1971
      @wjzav1971 Před rokem +3

      Its kind of a clever reversal. Her being in the control room and being able to monitor him and not the other way around, should technically put her in a position of power. And yet, its Columbo being able to get under her skin just by talking into a camera, not even seeing her.

  • @casualbrowsingyeah
    @casualbrowsingyeah Před 2 lety +32

    I was thinking the other day and I've come to a startling revelation. In the episode "Diplomatic Immunity" (S0:5 E0:2), by befriending the king and convincing him to double back to the Suari Legation so that they can hear Hassan Salah confess to both murders, Columbo effectively shaped the relationship between the Kingdom of Suari and the United States for decades to come.
    Lt. Frank Columbo was responsible for the best foreign policy negotiation in the history of this country, and he did it while only being paid a fraction of a politician's.

    • @LordTyph
      @LordTyph Před rokem +2

      Of course he did better than a politician, have you seen the kinds that have popped up in the past few decades?

  • @kevincurtis6550
    @kevincurtis6550 Před 2 lety +29

    One of the best last lines the murderer utters in Columbo.

  • @Readasaur
    @Readasaur Před 2 lety +31

    I thought she was going to try and frame Walter at first, I'm happy that she didn't. And her angrily shutting down the control booth with a scream is such a great part of her emotional arc.

    • @5points185
      @5points185 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Wow. It's funny how every little thing we think about, and think it's just us, is so universal. I too was just hoping she wasn't going to blame Walter. In fact, (and THIS probably really is weird) I found myself thinking Walter would be the one person who would have visited Kate in prison. They seemed to have a good working relationship, almost something of a friendship. Good writing and direction- because I got all that from just a couple of short scenes.

    • @aph1976
      @aph1976 Před 4 měsíci +1

      No i wondering if Kay was going to frame that guy she asked to work late because he was working near the office where the murder happened i think.

  • @jllore1917
    @jllore1917 Před 2 lety +44

    I always thought this episode ending with the cue blip was a best finale of Columbo's first run than the last scene and line in "The Conspirators" when he proclaimed: "This far and no farther". In this episode, from Kay's firing by Mr. Flanagan, to her arrest, just the best episode ending ever.

    • @emsleywyatt3400
      @emsleywyatt3400 Před 2 lety +1

      I told a couple friends about the "cue blip" and we watched a show just to see it. The show was an episode of McCloud: "Night of the Shark".

    • @jllore1917
      @jllore1917 Před 2 lety +4

      @@emsleywyatt3400 When the networks used to show movies after the lat night need, you could always see the cue blips. I never know what they were when I was younger. I have to thank this Columbo episode for explaining what they are.

  • @TheMadAfrican1
    @TheMadAfrican1 Před 2 lety +13

    The incredible direction and cinematography of this show should get just as much love as its writing.

  • @FrankBlissett
    @FrankBlissett Před 2 lety +15

    That moment she realizes the whole "let's see, the tech told me to press the blue button" & "I almost missed it by 50 seconds" was all an act.

  • @marbanak
    @marbanak Před 2 lety +19

    the staging and interplay with the television equipment was a brilliant and artistic way to frame this scene.

  • @careyzink
    @careyzink Před 2 lety +17

    I particularly liked this episode because it illuminates that all we see are the intellectual cat-and-mouse games between Columbo and his suspects. We have to remember that there's going to be a trial, and that people like the Trish VanDevere character probably would have access to the very best criminal trial lawyers. Mrs. George C. Scott might, indeed, "even win."

  • @surfgreen34
    @surfgreen34 Před rokem +13

    10:02 ...And she survived, Trish Van Devere, a beautiful woman, very good acting in this episode in the role of a betrayed woman

    • @UnimatrixOne
      @UnimatrixOne Před 10 měsíci +2

      Indeed, beautiful and talented!

    • @differenttakethanmost
      @differenttakethanmost Před 4 měsíci +2

      Go watch her and real-life hubby George C. Scott in The Changeling. Fantastic

  • @LuBre
    @LuBre Před 2 lety +16

    I need help. I am totally addicted to Columbo. I keep watching the same episodes over and over. Help?

    • @jasonplatt2228
      @jasonplatt2228 Před 2 lety +1

      Me, too! Maybe there's an "Addicted to Columbo" Facebook group to help us? Or maybe that group would only make us more addicted.

    • @crispin8888
      @crispin8888 Před 2 lety +4

      No help required. It's a good thing. Relaxing, destressing and ultimately satisfying. 😌

    • @nicholasschroeder3678
      @nicholasschroeder3678 Před 2 lety +2

      There is no cure.

    • @dianewebb3343
      @dianewebb3343 Před rokem

      Me too. Whats your faves?

    • @SECRETARIATguy224
      @SECRETARIATguy224 Před 6 měsíci

      Carry on!

  • @GillAgainsIsland12
    @GillAgainsIsland12 Před 2 lety +16

    He just nails her for murder and expects her to care about wasting electricity at the end. LOL.

  • @tritone11
    @tritone11 Před 2 lety +9

    One of my favorite episodes, maybe my favorite. Amazing music, great actress. She made me feel for her.

  • @robinstevens7651
    @robinstevens7651 Před 2 lety +13

    Reminds me of a Robert Culp episode.
    Double Exposure.
    And a bit of the Playback episode.

  • @jharris3267
    @jharris3267 Před 3 měsíci +1

    So refreshing to see a suspect not just confess.It’s not over until trial.

  • @lorelcoyote1808
    @lorelcoyote1808 Před 2 lety +13

    "You don't make decisions, Kay. You make guesses. There's a difference."
    This is, quietly, the best Columbo episode.

  • @ricogoldstar
    @ricogoldstar Před 2 lety +24

    She should never have hid the gun there, dropping the glove was sloppy. But, she could have played it off, left the gun in place, and reported it to building security, pretending she saw it and just wanted to turn it in as a concerned citizen.

    • @jllore1917
      @jllore1917 Před 2 lety +1

      Where could she have hidden it since she surely would have been searched by police after the murder. There was no other conceivable place to hide it.

    • @ricogoldstar
      @ricogoldstar Před 2 lety +8

      @@jllore1917 I was a Deputy for 15 years, worked in the jail for awhile, trust me, women have a couple of places they hide some crazy things, you wouldn't believe it.

    • @jllore1917
      @jllore1917 Před 2 lety

      @@ricogoldstar Hahaha. Well, she was a corporate executive. I doubt she could have hidden the gun any of the places you are suggesting knowing she had about 90 seconds or less to kill Mark and get back to the projectionist's booth.

    • @tyrese3745
      @tyrese3745 Před 2 lety +2

      Kay, like all the other cold-blooded murderers, just cannot fool the LAPD's most successful "sleuth". He may look ragged, but Columbo's smart, not stupid. He can always put the pieces together and come up with proof.

  • @sitting_nut
    @sitting_nut Před 2 lety +44

    one of the best all round well made episodes with a great soundtrack, and best murderers in series. one can't really sympathize with her (she is not the type who wants sympathy)m nor empathize with her ( nor even like her if she was real), but she and her actions can be understood.

    • @dennisanderson3895
      @dennisanderson3895 Před 2 lety +9

      And one of the most brilliant Columbo murders plotted! She *should* have gotten away...but Columbo is genius enough to let people assume he's a doofus. (The brilliance of the ploy is how it draws out the killer, generally by "explaining to the lieutenant" how *they* didn't kill anyone but someone *else* kill that person and *how* THEY did it!)

    • @nicholasschroeder3678
      @nicholasschroeder3678 Před 2 lety +14

      I actually did sympathize and empathize with her. She was getting screwed in every sense because she was a woman and finally snapped. Woman from the wrong side of the tracks works her tush off to only find out that she'll never be more than a tool for men to use. What makes her sympathetic to me is that she doesn't abuse her subordinates, and she does have a just grievance. The icy exterior is one she's assumed because in that industry she's had to. But she actually has warmth and a heart: she sticks by the drug-addicted actress and she's genuinely wounded at being dumped. If she were only a man, none of this would have happened.

  • @serial-traileurs1826
    @serial-traileurs1826 Před 2 lety +17

    Formidable épisode ! Et Trish Van Devere, quelle actrice splendide !

    • @garryiglesias4074
      @garryiglesias4074 Před 2 lety

      Oui magnifique femme. Elle devait en faire chavirer des tètes.

    • @serial-traileurs1826
      @serial-traileurs1826 Před 2 lety +1

      @@garryiglesias4074 En effet Garry Iglesias, quand je regarde cet épisode de Columbo, je suis scotché par la beauté de cette actrice talentueuse. Merci pour votre commentaire, prenez soin de vous !

  • @jrrd4069
    @jrrd4069 Před 9 dny +1

    Watching the first few minutes of this high is an insane experience

  • @nealbfinn
    @nealbfinn Před 2 lety +6

    That irritating merry-go-round music would be enough to make any killer confess. It was obviously getting to Miss Freestone

  • @eric21200
    @eric21200 Před 2 lety +5

    The special effects on the screens is so cool.

  • @filmnobelpreis
    @filmnobelpreis Před 6 měsíci +1

    One of the best episodes of the later series.

  • @maurogozzo139
    @maurogozzo139 Před 2 lety +3

    Adoro Colombo,ha accompagnato la mia giovinezza

  • @ikaikamaleko8370
    @ikaikamaleko8370 Před 2 lety +3

    "I see"....... "Im sure you do maam" lol😂

  • @dorkarama3135
    @dorkarama3135 Před 2 lety +22

    I do like this woman! It would be hard to imagine Bing Crosby acting along side her - I think he was the original choice for Columbo. Fun fact (for me anyway). My mother is a facebook friend of Peter Falk's adopted daughter. They used to discuss a certain former American president a lot.

    • @PALACIO254
      @PALACIO254 Před 2 lety

      James Garfield oh there's plenty to discuss involving president Garfield

    • @byh388
      @byh388 Před 2 lety

      What is it?

    • @judyhopps9380
      @judyhopps9380 Před 2 lety

      @Bobbie Charles I love Cobb in 12 angry men. Curious to see what he could do here.

  • @christmas6666
    @christmas6666 Před rokem +4

    9:53 "I'll Fight. I'll Survive. I Might Even Win."

  • @donaldholderdoc2910
    @donaldholderdoc2910 Před 2 lety +27

    This is one of my favorite episodes and one of the few that I felt for the murderess! Trish Killed this role! Pun intended 😂

  • @michaelb8245
    @michaelb8245 Před rokem +2

    In my own office building from time to time going from floor to floor I find myself saying in my mind "You have 40 seconds... You have 37 seconds..............You have 29 seconds".......

  • @Artisan1979
    @Artisan1979 Před 2 lety +33

    10:10 With that line alone, it shows that there's not one hint of remorse and a ton of arrogance that cannot be humbled.

    • @nicholasschroeder3678
      @nicholasschroeder3678 Před 2 lety +8

      Narcissism for sure. But I at least kinda admire her fight. The guy she offed was a dirtbag, and the system made her hard.

    • @anom4550
      @anom4550 Před 2 lety +6

      No. She had a career. A guy who like her, and lavished her with gifts. Granted, he had no sense of decorum, but he did not betray her or trade her. He simply said she was not cut out for the position she wanted. She wanted more. She believed she was entitled/warranted a better position. She killed him, so she can assume his job, and prove to the executive she was worthy of it. It was cold. It was calculated. And in the end, it was all for naught.

    • @nicholasschroeder3678
      @nicholasschroeder3678 Před 2 lety +5

      @@anom4550 It's more subtle than that. The guy she offed was sleeping with his secretary, which is clearly abusive. We don't know whether or not she would be competent at his job: his remarks could be entirely self-serving. It's also not clear whether the higher exec is in on the deal. What is clear is that she understood them as a power couple that was moving up together. When he dumps her, she feels used and betrayed, which she indeed was. It does look like her work contributed to his promotion. Does it justify murder? No. She was foolish to get sexually involved with her boss, and presumably she was doing her own using as well--she's narcissistic and overly ambitious. But what makes her sympathetic is her position as a woman not playing on a level field. Her boss can use her and get away with it; she can't do the same. It's a game system that contributes to her rage. I think that's the subtext of the whole thing, and Van de Vere plays the role well. A competent, hard working woman shouldn't have to sleep with the boss and resort to murder to get ahead.

    • @ft7504
      @ft7504 Před 2 lety

      do you think she means here that she might not go to jail? or she means that the next opportunity she gets to prove herself at job she will take it? She is dependent on emotions and Columbo gives us his opinion about this by saying Yes Ma'am. :) To me it says he thinks she will rot in jail.

    • @nicholasschroeder3678
      @nicholasschroeder3678 Před 2 lety +8

      @@ft7504 I think it means she'll always fight: it's all she knows and it's what she is, for good or ill. I think Columbo's respectful response comes from what he is: a gentleman. He's got her and he doesn't need to rub it in. I think he also understands the whole situation that drove her to killing the crumb, and while he doesn't approve of the murder, he has some sympathy for her.

  • @drgeoffangel5422
    @drgeoffangel5422 Před 2 lety +5

    Trish Van Devere, a most beautiful and splendid actress !

  • @LynyrdSkynyrdFan
    @LynyrdSkynyrdFan Před rokem +1

    Quality entertainment that was never replaced.

  • @kevinrobinson1056
    @kevinrobinson1056 Před 2 lety +1

    Absolutely brilliant

  • @bektasmuratyalcin2826
    @bektasmuratyalcin2826 Před 2 lety +2

    I watched this episode when I was seven. And it amazes me the quality of the series . Great music with anxiety the elevator scene...

  • @GoGoTwice
    @GoGoTwice Před rokem

    Wow the music is so good, and that’s saying something as I love all the Columbo music!

  • @johnquinn4151
    @johnquinn4151 Před 2 lety +5

    An exercise in fatality, swan song, ransom for a dead man & murder by the book was four best Colombo episodes

    • @dianewebb3343
      @dianewebb3343 Před rokem +1

      Agree apart from exercise in fatality. The ending is baffling.

    • @davidenorth
      @davidenorth Před rokem +1

      Etude in Black is my favorite. John Cassevetes is excellent as the conductor/villain.

  • @albertchehade9916
    @albertchehade9916 Před 2 lety +3

    Yep...Colombo certainly pushes the 'right buttons' indeed.....🤣😂🤣

  • @lawrencetaylor4101
    @lawrencetaylor4101 Před 2 lety +1

    Merci for this.

  • @upthebracket26
    @upthebracket26 Před 2 lety +7

    I hereby declare the attractive defendant innocent.

  • @melvinlee9263
    @melvinlee9263 Před 2 lety +9

    I wish these full episodes were on CZcams

  • @TheNameOfJesus
    @TheNameOfJesus Před rokem +4

    I can usually see why he doesn't bother to read Miranda rights to the suspect, but I can't see why he turns his back to the suspect at the end of this one. She could hit him with a heavy object, or stab him with a knife, and escape, since no other cops were around. P.S. Miranda rights came into effect two years before the first Columbo episode.

  • @christopherkraft1327
    @christopherkraft1327 Před 2 lety +6

    Lieutenant Columbo outsmarts another killer!!! 👍

    • @tyrese3745
      @tyrese3745 Před 2 lety +2

      That's his job, penned by Richard Levinson and William Link (creators of Mannix and Murder, She Wrote).

    • @randydownes9116
      @randydownes9116 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Dammit. I so wish Kay/Trish could have gotten away with it

  • @Darkmage1293
    @Darkmage1293 Před rokem +1

    9:55 - That orchestral change right as you feel her mood change.... It's chilling to see someone adopt a calm determination to see it all play out to the end, and then respect it.

  • @liam_worships_God
    @liam_worships_God Před 6 měsíci +1

    I've watched most of the Columbo episodes recently. In nearly every episode the killer just sort of gives up and confesses at the end. This is the only episode i can recall where the killer doesn't really confess at the end. She just says she will fight and might even win! This to me makes her one of the most badass killers in the show!

  • @user-kw9yj4qh7t
    @user-kw9yj4qh7t Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you l Love coLombo🙏❤👍

  • @master-kq3nw
    @master-kq3nw Před 2 lety +5

    She is beatiful actress great episode

    • @johnkerkalis6310
      @johnkerkalis6310 Před 2 lety

      Have you seen The Changelling? A great ghost movie! One of my favorites. It's on CZcams aa well.

  • @TheReneex
    @TheReneex Před 2 lety +3

    Kay was way over her head. She really thought that she was entitled to obtain the executive position but only ended up screwing up the company!

  • @cswigert
    @cswigert Před měsícem +1

    He never realized that the real murderer is that cigar constantly in his mouth.

  • @kathcavagnoud4088
    @kathcavagnoud4088 Před rokem

    My favourite Columbo episode is Try & Catch me. Honestly I love every episode. I have the complete collection on DVD.

  • @tonychapman1259
    @tonychapman1259 Před 9 měsíci

    I absolutely love that one. The soundtrack the story and especially the murderer!😂

  • @tyrese3745
    @tyrese3745 Před 2 lety +2

    2:29 Wow! Kay done lost it right now. Such frustration. She knew she'd likely get caught.

  • @kev3d
    @kev3d Před rokem +3

    I know a lot of people like Kay, but to me she is one of the more cold-blooded of the killers. She murdered a man not because he was cheating or screwed her out of money or somehow betrayed her, but because he dared to suggest that, while she was talented, she wasn't yet ready for his position after he moved to New York. In other words, she murdered a man whom she had previously loved because of a bruised ego. The victim even went as far as buying her a fancy new car, which Kay must have found insulting as she shot him to death before even taking possession of the vehicle.
    And her response? She feels no relief at getting caught and proudly announces that she will fight and possibly win even though she knows that she's been caught red-handed. In other words, she shows no remorse. Kay Freestone is a sociopath.

    • @SECRETARIATguy224
      @SECRETARIATguy224 Před 6 měsíci

      Absolutely. Just like Rumford.

    • @davidwallace9416
      @davidwallace9416 Před 4 měsíci +1

      But..but..cannot you see...that she is beautiful?

    • @SECRETARIATguy224
      @SECRETARIATguy224 Před 4 měsíci

      @@davidwallace9416 Yes, she's beautiful. What's that got to do with the price of tea in China?

    • @davidwallace9416
      @davidwallace9416 Před 4 měsíci

      @@SECRETARIATguy224 I was quoting Inspector Clouseau in the Steve Martin remake.
      Okay, i get that it went over your head, but you should chill.

    • @SECRETARIATguy224
      @SECRETARIATguy224 Před 4 měsíci

      @@davidwallace9416 Incorrect. I LOVE Inspector Clouseau and the Revenge of the Pink Panther is one of my favorite comedies of all-time.

  • @chrisgreulich
    @chrisgreulich Před 11 dny

    Trish Van Devere is my all time favorite female villain from the show. She dominates her scenes and is so believable in her role. And even when he catches her, she still does not give up.

  • @williamschlenger1518
    @williamschlenger1518 Před 2 lety +1

    Columbo was always so polite,yes mam.

  • @simonprince5968
    @simonprince5968 Před 9 měsíci

    She has the most beautiful, relaxing voice! Any man that's lucky to be with her would melt into that voice!

  • @HallyVee
    @HallyVee Před rokem

    This is a great TV picture.

  • @mattturner5026
    @mattturner5026 Před 2 lety +1

    Master Detective Columbo 😀

  • @jamyyeah7772
    @jamyyeah7772 Před 4 měsíci

    c est un tres beau episode le doublage franacais est parfait

  • @elimaurer9491
    @elimaurer9491 Před 2 lety +1

    Oh man! It was like that Willy Wonka scene in the boat. Nice shooting

  • @byh388
    @byh388 Před 2 lety +11

    What is her name?
    She has charisma in acting.

    • @lisawilliams2013
      @lisawilliams2013 Před 2 lety +13

      Trish Van Devere. Her acting skills were on point, super talented. She was also married to George C. Scott, another fine actor.

    • @byh388
      @byh388 Před 2 lety +2

      I love George c scott. Thank you 😊 💓

    • @mikebasil4832
      @mikebasil4832 Před 2 lety +7

      @@lisawilliams2013 I remember first seeing Trish and George together in The Changeling. I also remember her from her last film, Messenger Of Death with Charles Bronson. She was indeed one of Columbo's most talented guest stars.

    • @arthurjoseph2148
      @arthurjoseph2148 Před rokem +1

      TRISH VAN DEVERE AS KAY FREESTONE!

  • @ladamyre1
    @ladamyre1 Před 2 lety +2

    George C Scott was a lucky man to have married Trish Van DeVere. She was a very beautiful woman.

  • @GreenHoleSun
    @GreenHoleSun Před 2 lety +8

    This is a great episode with great acting by everyone, but I always thought that the ceiling of an elevator was not the best place to hide a weapon...

    • @joel23344
      @joel23344 Před 2 lety +2

      I think she meant to throw it down the elevator shaft, which is a great place to toss it given that she had to get rid of it quickly somewhere in the building. And, the real gun was actually never visible. But the cops found it, Columbo set a trap, and she panicked, which was the final nail in her coffin.

    • @GreenHoleSun
      @GreenHoleSun Před 2 lety

      @@joel23344 you are right... she was so obsessed to make "the perfect murder" and she instead made several mistakes, and LT Columbo is great at setting traps . Her plan was overall too complex, the possibility that something went wrong was behind the corner.

  • @jimschuler8830
    @jimschuler8830 Před rokem +1

    0:55 I didn't know they had auto-tracking cameras back in 1978, and that they would be smart enough to distinguish a person from and through a spinning merry-go-round.

  • @Mr123MTNDEW
    @Mr123MTNDEW Před 2 lety

    I swear I was just watching this episode the other day and it got me thinking oh what was it

  • @maylisvandekamp8911
    @maylisvandekamp8911 Před 2 lety +3

    Excellent Trish Van Devere

  • @davidmarshall7752
    @davidmarshall7752 Před 2 lety

    This print looks superb, is this a remaster?

  • @NoggleBaum
    @NoggleBaum Před 2 lety

    The Lt always knows which button to push.

  • @Alexfa2passi
    @Alexfa2passi Před 8 měsíci +1

    Exceptional performance by Trish Van Devere. She's so intense and beautiful.

  • @donaldboyer8182
    @donaldboyer8182 Před 3 měsíci

    You know it's old when so many of them smoke.

  • @Demowan
    @Demowan Před měsícem +1

    Behnd the mask she was actually a very touching person. I can identify with that final line.

  • @paulcoy9060
    @paulcoy9060 Před 2 lety

    :45 Hey, it's Ron Ely's "Doc Savage" theme!

  • @matteoromenghi
    @matteoromenghi Před 2 lety

    Filming location, Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome, the same of one of the best movies ever made, The Sting.

  • @ryzerback
    @ryzerback Před 2 lety +2

    Can you make the video and exaclty the same episode but in the elevator where she takes the weapon

  • @Sirenhound
    @Sirenhound Před rokem +1

    Sure Columbo, just turn your back on the murderer at the end. She probably doesn't have another gun.

  • @p_nk7279
    @p_nk7279 Před 11 měsíci

    My top 4 are:
    This one
    Any Old Port in a Storm
    Forgotten Lady (Janet Leigh)
    Etude in Black
    Not in any order since I can’t decide if one is better than t’other!
    Faves - as is Columbo!

  • @Psmith-ek5hq
    @Psmith-ek5hq Před 6 měsíci

    Even if she weren't in the building when the cops found the gun, it's hard to believe she didn't find out about it until Columbo told her.

  • @2Scribble
    @2Scribble Před rokem +1

    7:28 - still can't believe she made such an obvious mistake...

  • @pirobot668beta
    @pirobot668beta Před 2 lety +1

    Every once in a while, Frank uncovered a sociopath.
    If she learned anything, it was to be more careful next time.

  • @DeltaStar777
    @DeltaStar777 Před 5 měsíci

    Sometimes Columbo dislikes the murderers and sometimes he likes and respects them possibly because he understands or just because they seemes to be kind people in spite of the crime. In this case I don’t think he liked her but at least he understood her.

  • @davidtate7685
    @davidtate7685 Před 2 lety +1

    GREAT SHE WAS OUT SMARTED!!!

  • @p_nk7279
    @p_nk7279 Před 11 měsíci

    One of the tensest scenes of the series is her in the elevator with seconds to go!

  • @rafanifischer3152
    @rafanifischer3152 Před 2 lety

    Peter Falk played a jewel thief in drag in the movie "Happy New Year", check it out.

  • @davidmarshall5596
    @davidmarshall5596 Před 2 lety +1

    The Lieutenant always gets his man/woman...another excellent example of Columbo being the 'main man'.
    .

  • @rty1955
    @rty1955 Před 5 měsíci

    Notice the North American Electronics Company (NORELCO) PC-70 cameras. The PC-70 was a sucessor to the PC-60 camera. The name PC-60 came from Plumbicon Color and it was deceloped in 1960b hence PC-60. (Plumbicons were rhe image pickup tubes)
    Also notice Columbo's use of the word "Television tape" and not "Video Tape" Televison tape was coimed by RCA and Videotape was copywrited by Ampex, the inventor of the worlds first broadcast video recorder.
    Also no broadcaster used those small VHS video cassettes, so having one of those in a truck would be useless. It would also not interface with a video switcher without specialized equipent. You would need a special video cassette machine and a time base corrector (which they didnt have when this show was made) OB trucks only carried the necessary equipment to produce a show either live or taped.

  • @MilesTailsProwerfan9
    @MilesTailsProwerfan9 Před rokem

    "I might even win."
    Headline: ICE WITCH GIVEN DEATH PENALTY!

  • @yamilesilva8100
    @yamilesilva8100 Před 2 lety

    Cual es el problema denoponerla en latino o subtitulado ?asi la veriamos todos .porfi gracias