1. I think the victim is the most innocent ever. She literally did nothing wrong and she was obviously used by Jerry Parks for his games. I feel truly sorry for her
2. It is funny how Jean is trying to light a cigarette for Jerry and she has problems with it
3. How did Nora enter so easily the property of Jerry Parks? I doubt she had a keys. This question is raised by me a lot of times in Columbo episodes – how somebody enters another's person property. Looks like all the doors, gates are always open
4. I always laugh a lot at the line: „Mr Fallon, before I bought your studio, I made a personal inventory of all your property”. And the laugh of them all after this line :D Also I am curious who is the girl who sits with Mr Fallon, she is never shown again in this episode
5. Some good lines in this episode: also „this isn't for the demolision derby sequence?” about Columbo's car :D by the way his car in this episode is an exaggeration. Can't be more dirty than that (and by the way – what does „derby” in this case mean?)
6. There are some characters in many Columbo episodes, that don't appear much on screen but I have genuine sympathy (I am not sure if that's correct word) for them. I just like them very much without any particular reason. In this episode Mr Fallon is the one like this. I like every single time when he appears on screen
7. When Columbo goes to Nora's house for the first time – on the shot from distance you see entrance, door, and some small brick wall on the left side of the door. But when Columbo comes closer to the door, and waits until somebody opens, the brick wall suddenly appears very very close to the door (also on left side). But the door itself, seem to be the same
8. I never understood the part about calling to brother-in-law George. With „ask him how tall he is”. What was that about?
9. And about the scene with George, we can treat is as a typical Columbo's behaviour, but here I think he crosses the line a bit. He doesn't know at that point that Nora is a murderer. So he should have indeed assumed that she is in mourning. So playing this phone call games in the very beginning seems to be not so nice
10. This Simmons guy says „Make it quick, don't lean on her, or you'll have to answer to me personally”. Columbo says he understands and then they end up with: making a phone call to George, talk about Columbo's youth and his fascination about her, discussing her husband and his habits, shriners, Columbo's uncle, discussing her garden and fountain, taking some rose for Mrs Columbo and even driving to the police HQ! That's a lot! :D I truly wonder if Coumbo DID answer in front of Simmons personally :D
11. This driving to police headquaters – why did Columbo need Nora there at all? Just to show her a car? He didn't have any important questions to her, and no strong reason to take her with him
12. Interesting line from Nora in this garage: „oh, so that's why they traded a cars (because of flat tyre). And then she drove off. If I'd only known”. Why does she say „If I'd only known”? What would that change if she knew? Doesn't she incriminate herself as a murderer in this line?
13. I wonder how Jean knew about killing of Nora's husband? Was she there while act was commited? Did Nora tell her? I wonder what's the story
14. Actually I never wondered about it but why did Nora buy this fountain anyway? That could only bring su****ions about the garden. What was the point?

4. Almost every story like this has an attractive "starlet," who's there mainly for that reason.
I'm kind of sorry she disappears after the restaurant scene.

13. I don't think it's a po****r idea, but I've heard the idea that Jean was the girl that Al brought home, and after the murder Nora briber her with a job!

#6) Maybe "affection" might be a better word?
#12) I think she might mean in general if she had known there would have been an attack on Jerry, she never would have asked Jean to run those errands for her, or would have tried to keep her from seeing Jerry that night? Kind of an empty thing people say after a tragedy occurs.
#14) I always wondered about Nora ordering the fountain, too. If the ground was all dug up from Nora having buried her husband out there, wouldn't whoever delivered the fountain wonder who already dug it up and why? Wouldn't digging up the lawn be the job of whoever would install the fountain? But with the fountain not having running water anyway, what would be the explanation for any of the lawn being dug up? Unless Nora told the deliveryman to leave the fountain in the front yard and she would move it to the back herself? But again, wouldn't that seem every strange?

IIRC, Nora ordered pretended to have a sentimental attachment to the fountain. It was only a prop so it didn't have to work. In reality, she couldn't have plumbing attached or her husband's body would be discovered.

So she pretended to really want a fountain that doesn't have water. She also wouldn't sell the house, no matter the price.

Yes, that is correct. I was just wondering why nobody at the time seemed to question why the ground was dug up (from Nora burying her husband) if the fountain was not going to be hooked up with running water.

I was about to say that when the lawn started to look unsu****ious again (after she buried husband) then she ordered a fouontain. But now I remember that Columbo said she ordered the fountain the very next day so... the lawn would indeed look su****ious