What was the best Columbo "gotcha" moment?
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>>221477832When he literally planted evidence.
Columbo cries wolfOr the one with the guillotine, forgot the name.
>>221478176The contact in the trunk?
>>221477888I don’t remember this episode
>>221477832You posted it.
>>221477832The one where he creates an entire false story to trick Dick van Dyke into outing himself. Still amazing.
>>221478213I think it was a glass bead in a suit of armor or something like that. I think it was the theater episode.
>>221477888Yeah you can't recover from that
>>221478176nothing personal kid
>>221477832Why do I keep seeing threads about this show? Doesn't he just pretend to be retarded every episode and the bad guy lets down their guard and that's how he catches them?
Would Frasier lose to Columbo?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V3-ZXoPA0g
Catching Kira was his greatest moment
>>221477832the keys3e5
>>221477832When he catched epstein by acting as a retarded mosad agent.
>>221477832All the Robert Culp ones.
>>221478421>Why do I keep seeing threads about this show?Because it's comfy and fun.>Doesn't he just pretend to be retarded every episode and the bad guy lets down their guard and that's how he catches them?Not really. He just puts up an affable but overbearing act, poking holes into the suspect's alibi forcing them try to cover things up. Eventually the suspect gets caught because they get angry at Columbo and slip up. That's the general gist.
>>221478213I thought he said he didn't know how it got there
>>221478535That's like pic rel. If the nephew hadn't gotten rattled about fucking up the door alarm and then the girl being in his class, he could have just waited it out. Sure he's stuck sitting on the paintings for awhile, but that's it. Instead he wanted to pin it on the ex-wife and set himself up.
My favorite was the camera in the evidence room.>"Are you a witness to what he just did?"
>>221477832>Ah, I’m sorry, sir, I know you’ve had a long day. Just… one more thing. You told me earlier, real clear, that you don’t believe trans people are, uh… real. Right? Just a principle, you said.>Lieutenant, yes! I said that already. Must we keep circling back? I’ve been perfectly clear with you.>Right, right, of course. I didn’t mean to trouble you, sir. My wife says I can be like a dog with a bone, just worryin’ at the same detail. Drives her nuts. She loves you, by the way...never misses a thing you’re in. Me, I just… well, I guess I just get hung up when two statements don’t quite match. But it’s probably nothing.>What doesn’t match, Lieutenant? You keep hinting at something, so why don’t you just say it outright?>Of course, sir, no offense meant. Only thing is… back at the station, you told my sergeant you thought trans folks were, uh… ‘heckin’ cute and valid.’ Cute and valid, those were your words. And, well… I just don’t see why a man would say that if he didn’t think they were real. Doesn’t quite line up for me. Probably nothing, though. You’ve been very generous with your time, have a nice evening.
>>221477832unc ass show i bet Sean from psych would fold this nigga
It's not my favorite episode(not bad at all there's just better ones imo) but this is my favorite gotcha moment. It's so simple, and the way he instantly realizes he's fucked and struggles to maintain his composure is so perfectly executed.https://youtu.be/ZRcBrF9t8so?si=JvHQHBkMyLnE_izo&t=239
>>221479461Columbo rapes Sean as a detective
>>221480400This is the single worst gotcha in the entire series because it's not definitive at all. The guy just has to say his clock wasn't working or was off at the time. All Colombo has done is prove he wasn't in his box at the time he said was, assuming Culp can't think to say that.
>>221477832A named my GPT Columbo because it keeps saying "one more thing"
Tricking the photographer by making him point out the camera.Getting the confession from the poisoner by pretending to be poisoned.
>>221480526While the one that sticks in my mind is when someone poisons another man with chemical laced cigarettes, then removes the butts and replaces them with new ones burnt to their tips.Columbo catches him by pointing out that the filters of the cigarette buts were not stained and still clean showing that they had not been smoked!!!FACT!!!
Renting and creating an exact duplicate of the fall guy's apartment to trick the killer (a crooked cop) into planting evidence there
Making the killer think a bomb (cigar box) was about to go off in the wire carriage.
>>221480400Culp was the best at this. He always played the smug rich prick like he was 100% in control, then Columbo shows him one tiny object and you can see his soul leave his body for half a second before he puts the mask back on.That's why the simple gotchas are better than the gimmick ones. No huge Scooby Doo trap, just>you could not have known that, sirand the guy is already dead.
>>221478421It’s a timeless classic. You only ever need to watch a single clip to understand what the fuss is about and start binge watching.https://youtu.be/6Zbb33o0qCoThe thing to understand is that it’s not like any other crime show. The first 15 minutes of every episode will tell you who the victim is, who the killer is, why they’ve killed them, how they killed them and how they hid their tracks. Then Columbo rolls up to the crime scene, spots something seemingly harmless, knows something is wrong and spends the next hour just hounding the killer until they give up. He’s almost like a vengeful spirit summoned by the crime, who only exists to trap the killer inside the Columbo Dimension where he is everywhere in their daily lives and will break them down piece by piece until they confess, only then do they get to escape from him. For the killers in Columbo, Prison is a mercy.
>>221477832exploding cigar box, Roddy McDowell
>>221478188>Columbo cries wolfProbably the best of the "new" Columbos, I just wish the villain could actually act and wasn't some random soap opera dude. >>221480622Another new Columbo with George Hamilton as the villain. I like his first Columbo appearance better. >>221482822That's a good one, so is OP's with the fingerprints on the paintings. While it's not a gotcha, one my favorite Columbo endings is the one with Janet Leigh. Very bittersweet but still satisfying and the only time the murderer "got away with it".
>>221480631That one is fucking kino.>"No, he doesn't live here, I do. Just signed the lease."He destroys that dude's soul.
>>221478176It wasn't evidence, it's not like he's gonna show it off in court. He just put an item there and saw how they freaked out when they saw it, THAT was the evidence.
>>221482714idk if this is pasta but this is well written, thank you anon.
>>221477832The episode where he figures out who the murderer is halfway through the show and gets the celebrity guest to “help” him figure out how the murder happened.
>>221478423Fraz was purposely written as a comedic character often victim of his folly, so yes
>>221482335I was going to say this, one of my favs
>>221477832My personal favorite was from the episode 'The Bye-Bye Sky-High IQ Murder Case", where he manages to trick the man by appealing to his own ego and need for validation as a genius by purposefully describing and showing the method he used to murder his friend. The man goes crazy and explains the right procedure himself, giving Columbo the final proof.
>you tried to contvie a perfect alibi sir>and its that alibi thats gonna hang youhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJrKIGJesWU
Reminder you can easily defeat Columbo by pretending to have dementia (and being cute)
>>221484257Gretchen Colby is the best token eye candy in the show's history. That bikini was completely unnecessary but oh so appreciated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss0hHPE1fZw
>>221484330ENTER
>>221480576Those are two of my favorites, too
when columbo pulls out the underwear and it's his
>>221483551>one my favorite Columbo endings is the one with Janet Leigh. Very bittersweet but still satisfying and the only time the murderer "got away with it".>>221484681That's the one, anon. Grace Wheeler, RIP. https://villainous-beauties.fandom.com/wiki/Grace_Wheeler_(Columbo)
>>221478176When he literally planted his cock in anon's anus
>>221477832the Patrick McGoohan one where he's a CIA agent and looks like he's getting off to getting caught:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNZR58ysUUIMahjong!
https://youtu.be/NnDe2u5M7e8
>>221485067>looks like he's getting off to getting caught
Literally none of his theories would stand in court
>>221478472That's a pretty good impression.
>>221485546They all confess
>>221482714>He’s almost like a vengeful spirit summoned by the crime, who only exists to trap the killer inside the Columbo Dimension where he is everywhere in their daily lives and will break them down piece by piece until they confessSounds like bad and predictable writing, in my opinion
>>221485606Those confessions wouldn't stand in any trial
>>221485790>DAMN IT COLUMBO YOUR CASE IS WEAK...>Oh hello judge, you shot at this grocery store too? Listen, I was just talking about that case with my wife the other day...
>>221484330Anybody who sings like that, can't be an evil man. (Just one who doesn't mind killing his own underage mistresses in order to get at his extortionist wife)
>>221477832The episode with RoddyCommodore's watch
>>221484257>>221484343Don't need to say it for you men of culture but the other anons ITT should watch Rockford for more of her
>>221482335>in the wire carriagein the cable car?
