1:10 Jarvis using the Frank Drebbin voice disguise technique from Police Squad!

I'm loving that there seems to be a new wave of appreciation for Columbo over this past year- from the young as well as the old.

You are funny, lol. The fact that Tony gave his ladies a goofy picture of himself always cracks me up.

I love the entire final scene-especially Columbo’s reaction when Wilson says he’s going to arrest Janice (“no, sergeant, no”), and the way Jarvis glares at Wilson when he starts reading his Miranda rights. They did use much of this episode’s music in later Season Two episodes, but Oliver Nelson wasn’t credited again.

I liked that the young detective played a part in helping Columbo solve the case & he thanks him. Episodes like this could have made the guy look foolish & adversarial but Columbo & him generally learn off each other & when he's wrong it's not to make him look bad & very logical why he believes the wife did it based off the evidence. Columbo just gently points him in the right direction

Loved your points, synopsis and humor. You covered it very well. Dial cheese for hairpiece. 😂

I like this episode a lot. Everyone was against Columbo the entire time but when he finally starts putting the entire picture together, that slam-dunk takedown of the Lunk on the boat, was pure & delicious savagery. Boom Shaka Laka!! I’m a big fan of the Sgt. Wilson character too.

Oh that Oliver Nelson score is legendry

An odd episode but I really liked the interactions between uncle and nephew. Another fantastic review - thank you.

I'm glad you mentioned the score. It's the first episode where i remember thinking "man, that score is really great" and the segment you played from it is the exact bit i thought it at.

sheer greed is a goddamn good motive.

i really wish the young modern sidekick detective idea would have become a revisited scheme every so often,,,it would have been a great additional boost to several episodes in the years to come

Columbo is one of my all time favs and these reviews are top notch. Thanks for doing them and I can’t wait for the next one.

SO COOL!! Almost missed in my feed, glad I caught it. Can't wait for the rest! THANK YOU, Good work.

Sgt. Wilson only showed up in one other episode, “Now You See Him,” again as a bumbler who followed every false clue, but with his knowledge of gadgets (in this case, a newer style of typewriter) bringing Columbo to a breakthrough that our hero probably never would’ve figured out on his own. I liked the character, and wished they’d one more with him - obviously not every episode, but maybe one appearance per season would’ve been nice. It was fun in his second appearance, when Jack Cassidy condescendingly called him “Dr. Watson,” but Wilson also got to be there to confront Cassidy at the end over the typewriter business.

It would have been fun to see Sgt. Wilson on an average of once a season. A full-time sidekick would overdo it, but a slightly expanded recurrence than we actually got would have been well-received.

Oliver Nelson died shortly after he scored this episode of Columbo. He was only 43 years old. His heart gave out due to stress, which is ironic in someone who composed such chill music.

I very much enjoyed the contribution of Wilson in this episode.

Loved Loved this episode. It was so good and enjoyed it. One of the best of season 2.

Why didn't the police realize the clothes of the kidnapper (they took pictures) were the same clothes that Tony was wearing when they found him murdered? I also felt Tony's wife's acting was a little overboard.

please continue ,,there are many more great episodes ahead such as 'troubled waters'..'a friend in deed',,'swan song'negative reaction '...and thats just scraping the surface into season 4 !.. thank you for your hard work ,,ive watched all your columbo reviews so far .

absolutely agree about the soundtrack

I had no idea that the score was by the great Oliver Nelson of Stolen Moments, Whisper Not, Along Came Betty etc etc. I've played the whole lot myself on tenor sax. Great reviews

And his hairpiece is pure evil 😂

I like "The Greenhouse Jungle" too, although my favorite score of the whole series is probably Patrick Williams' score for "Make Me a Perfect Murder." According to IMDb this was Jonathan Latimer's last filmed teleplay. Latimer, like story consultant Jackson Gillis, had written numerous episodes of Perry Mason. Also, the director, Boris Sagal, had directed Dean Hargroves' final Man from UNCLE episodes, "The Prince of Darkness Affair, Parts I and II," in which Bradford Dillman was the villain. I also don't have a problem with the side characters not being "likeable." Did you really want to see the widow framed for murder by her husband's killer, who was perfectly willing to kill her if she'd awaken while he was breaking into her bedroom?

I believe there is a plot hole in this episode as well. The problem is when Ray Milland's character kills his nephew after they staged a ransom delivery in front of the police who witnessed and took several photos of the exchange. The nephew pretended to be a phony kidnapper and protected his identity (he himself was supposed to be the kidnapping victim) by wearing a stocking over his head. What doesn't make sense is that Malland killed the nephew right after and so the nephew was wearing the same clothes he was when the police saw him (as the kidnapper) and took the photos. Yet, the police, including Columbo make no mention of that. They should have known what was going on the moment they discovered the body (known only to them as the kidnapping/murder victim) wearing the same clothes as the "kidnapper".

"You're the detective, don't ask me for your answers!" "It's for YOU Columbo!" "What the devil are you doin' here? But it's 3 o'clock in the morning Columbo!" Oh yeah one more thing: "For that matter I don't mind revealing that my nephew isn't worth a sack of peet moss. He's a wife-ridden weakling who I've despised for years. If it wasn't for the fact he's my only remaining relative I'd call up his captures and tell them that they're welcome to him!" Something like that lol.

Best music IMO is from Prescription For Murder and Suitable For Framing (esp., in the latter, when Columbo is driving to Aunt Edna's house: rhythmic suspense!).

The old "handkerchief over the receiver" trick, eh? Works every ntime.

1:08 William Smith died recently. He was 88.

And by the end of the Film. Upright I become. Ray Miland by the Sea

good recap. looking forward for some more.

Conan the Barbarian's father....William Smith.

Your audio is improving on these. Nice review.

"...for what it's worth" ... lmao

Conan the Barbarian’s DAD, you mean!

Well done, thanks!

great review!

Milan reminds me of Jeff Dunham’s Walter

I want that coat tho, cant find anywhere.

In addition to Columbo's fall down the hill (at 45 years old) he sounded drunk when he was riding in the car. Just saying...

That's me on the telephone

Yeah this is a middle-of-the-pack episode

0:39 Sandra Smith

columbo episodes in 70s 👍

Upright My Car. Will you. Someone

The braless 70s, lol

Decent episode but far from the best.