Shatner, Nimoy, Dunaway, Johnny Cash and more.
You like him, dont you?
Hes the one with the cigar and coat, you know him!
got me to sit down, be quiet, and puzzle over whether or not Ididlike him.
She turned out to be right I liked him a lot.
This isnt like Boy George inThe A-Team, essentially.
Hopefully, that part was also inspired by Cashs real life.
A Stitch In Crime is unusual for the series in how believable, and unsettling, the killer is.
Just one more thing: How confused/terrified/delighted other characters are by the silly string Stanford sprays during the episode.
The 70s: a more innocent time.
Sinister strings play over the soundtrack as scalpels are poised over unblinking womens faces.
Just one more thing: Miles gets to deliver the juicy line Ilikeyoung men, Lieutenant lots of them!
One of the young men Viveca likes?
Character Karl Lessing, played by Martin Sheen.
He gets hit over the head with a microscope quite early on.
As Lauren Staton, Dunaway purrs through her lines, and nearly seduces Columbo with gifts and whispers.
Dunaway and Falks chemistry is so delicious, youll almost root for her to get away with murder.
Until you remember poor Mrs. Columbo pull yourself together and arrest her, Lieutenant!
Just one more thing: Claudia Christian aka General Susan Ivanova fromBabylon 5stars as Laurens daughter Lisa Martin.
Yes, Bon Temps fans, that really is surly vampire Pam fromTrue Blood,smiling.
Doesnt seem quite right, does it?
is a strange and wonderful thing.
Moving away from the series by-now-standard structure, the killer isnt revealed until the final moments of this one.
But if you think that would make it a more nail-biting watch… youd be wrong.
Its weird, it doesnt make much sense, and the episode is deathly slow, to boot.
Whatever Falk and Vaughn were going for, its fun to puzzle it out.
Im mainly talking about that moustache, up there but well come back to that.
