There are things in DEADLY STATE OF MIND that I don't care for, in spite of liking George Hamilton.
As for the others I'm funny about, I watch them along with the others, but - I hate to say this - in a "bite the bullet" sort of way. As I said on another thread, even when they're good, I have a problem with ones that just don't "feel like" Columbo episodes. Like THE CONSPIRATORS.
(I'd feel the same way about NOW YOU SEE HIM, because the killer's back story just doesn't feel right for a COLUMBO episode - too much social comment - except that that one becomes a genuine detective story.)
Quid, if Commodore ever starts to make sense, you’ve got to get to the E.R. immediately. Somebody has poisoned your drink.
As for No Time To Die, it’s worse than Commodore, plus it has no “train wreck” aspect to distract. It’s an “anti-Columbo”, because we meet his family, wife excepting of course. It hurts the whole Columbo brand. I watched it when it first aired, then once again because I had forgotten how bad it was. The other two times were “rotational” when I watched every episode start-to-finish chronologically over a long time frame.
If there is any curiosity, No Time To Die gets worse with repeat viewing, if you can even imagine that, lol
"No Time to Die" I've legit watched only once, and I still couldn't believe this is actually part of the Columbo catalog. "Murder in Malibu" & "Strange Bedfellows" are also episodes towards the very bottom of my viewed list. As for the ABC ones I've watched the most, "Columbo Goes to College" is probably at the top of viewed along with "Columbo Cries Wolf." The classic series, I'd say "Short Fuse" is least viewed, while "Now You See Him" is the most.