Murder with Too Many Notes

Season 10, Episode 13, Aired

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Findlay Crawford, the awardwinning composer of movie soundtracks, has a very talented apprentice, Gabriel, who wants to leave Crawfords shadow and get recognition for the music he has written but which Crawford took credit for. This Crawford wont allow, and he drugs him, and uses his musical timing to make it appear as if Gabriel fell from the roof during one of Crawfords concerts. Columbo notices right away that Gabriel fell without even a scream, and then theres the small cut on Gabriels hand. Later, he finds a photo of Gabriel in tuxedo and sneakers - which makes Columbo wondering why Gabriel would wear fancy shoes, and two sizes too large. The cat and mouse game with Crawford leads him through the musical world of movies, beginning the slowest car chase in movie history.moreless
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  • Excruciating - an episode of "Columbo" which falls apart, irreparably, as soon as the lieutenant himself appears.

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    By orswel, Oct 20, 2011
    The contributions of Patrick McGoohan to this long-running series were numerous, both as actor and director, but how valuable to the show was he, really? This is the worst-ever episode, and its only competitor for that dubious honour is another segment McGoohan directed, the much earlier "Last Salute To The Commodore". Here, McGoohan also has a writing credit, so there isn't really anyone else to blame, except maybe Peter Falk himself. It's truly painful to admit that Falk here gives a really terrible performance under his old chum's guidance. Columbo makes an utter imbecile of himself, and in a way that would get him a room in the old folks' home rather than a commendation from the police commissioner. The modest ingenuity of the plot is lost in a welter of ridiculous - and also demeaning - jokes, and the incidental details (such as the villain's description of how film music works) aren't at all accurate. Columbo - looking truly ancient, incidentally - should have retired well before this humiliation.moreless

  • Impresario kills his apprentice, and Columbo knows it right away.

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    By cRipRock, Aug 29, 2011
    By the time they got around to doing this episode, everyone, including the extras where on auto-pilot. Whenever a show uses the back-lot for a story, it's usually because they don't want to, or can't, spend any money on sets. In this case, I think they were just milking the series for one more show on the cheap. Billy Connolly does a good job as the killer, and he has a chance to show off his musical side, but it's wasted on a so-so script. Peter Falk is just plain phoning it in. Don't get me wrong, I love the series, just not this episode.moreless
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