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Leslie Williams (Lee Grant) in "Ransom for a Dead Man" was a totally despicable person. Her husband gave her everything she wanted and she still killed him. Unlike later killers like Adrian Carsini or Joe Devlin, she had no redeeming qualities.
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Halperin’s demise is the most enjoyable for me. He goes from arrogant self assurance to the instant realization that he’s totally incriminated himself. He’s completely dumbfounded.
My second favorite is “Candidate For Crime”. Hayward is similarly stunned to discover: Columbo picked up on his “phone call” lie (which is really what does him in), has already entered the room, removed the bullet, analyzed it and has simply been waiting for Hayward to finish making himself look extremely guilty.
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Erik..Halperin's demise was fantastic! I definitely agree. He was all uppity and controlling....and then...oh then...he was fooled beyond belief!! One of the best endings of all Columbos....as well as Suitable for Framing..and a heck of others!!
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Me too....as I have said here so many times, I just love seeing all the little snippets of scenes that Bravo would always edit out. They are like little nuggets of treasure.
And I want to see Any Old Port in a Storm...and Double Exposure...Publish or Perish....oh heck!...I want to see them all!
Hey! and don't forget that "marvelous" "bonus" of an episode of Mrs. Columbo!!! The only saving grace will be that it is the one with Donald Pleasence.
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Janus, kingston and halperin go for me as well, and also ken franklin, all very despicable, I also am in the minority in that I hate abigail mitchell, so also goes for her, I also enjoyed when markham got caught, that's because I liked bo williamson.