Maybe that explains why each of these episodes were, shall we say, "Less than stellar". MURDER IN MALIBU is so painful (Andrew Stevens might be the worst actor ever) I usually skip it in the rotation.

I read somewhere that director Patrick McGoohan and Peter Falk were good friends. And they allegedly boozed it up a bit during filming, and also allowed quite a bit of improv.

Falk thought this was going to be the final episode and decided to have some fun.
Fortunately, it wasn't the last one!