Columbo

Well, not quick as bad as Oroki suggests, it rather commonplace. It's also quite a departure from the Columbo formula. The perpetrator isn't shown at the start, so there's no cat-and-mouse as Columbo tries to get him to reveal himself. It's more of a typical police procedural.



Also, since I don't rate editing the credits directly, I'll add the changes here:

The episode was not written by Evan Hunter. The teleplay was Robert Van Scoyk, "based on a story by Ed McBain". To be exactly, it was based on the 87th Precinct novel "So Long As You Both Shall Live" by Ed McBain (which is a pen-name for Evan Hunter)



Also, Thomas Calabro's character's name is "Det. Andy Parma", not "Det. Andy Parmer"

I like Columbo but this episode was totally non-original. The dialogue was fake and unbelievable. I'd figured out exactly how it was going to end in the first twenty minutes. Did Peter Falk just need some money and tried a come-back? I'd expect much more from Peter Falk, Columbo. Don't waste your time like I did.