Wherever she is, it certainly ain’t the honeymoon suite no mo’… As she stirs into consciousness, we see a flashback of her hanging her bridal gown in the hotel suite, during which she is disturbed by a galloping man in a green surgical hat and mask who threatens her with a scalpel before zonking her out with the chloroform. He didn’t see the driver, but it’s a useful start to the investigation nonetheless.Ĭut to a dingy, sparsely furnished room, the dim light from under the door illuminating a bound and gagged Melissa as she lies in a negligee on a rancid mattress. Helpfully, Bill saw a white delivery van reversing down the alley shortly before Melissa went missing – and heard it being loaded and departing some minutes later. At the bottom of the hotel’s service stairs he spots the kitchen of a local restaurant and thoroughly pumps pot wash Bill for details on what he might have heard and seen outside in the past hour. Leaving Andy to light the Bat-Signal and muster their fellow detectives, Columbo goes snooping. Summoning Uncle Columbo to help establish the facts, the two men swiftly deduce that Melissa was immobilised by assailant or assailants unknown and bundled away unconscious down the conveniently close service stairwell. His joy is short lived, however, when he steps out of his post-party shower and finds that his blushing bride isn’t lying coquettishly in wait for him in the marital bed, but has instead vanished without trace.Īt first assuming it’s part of a prank laid on by his frat boy-esque detective pals, Andy soon finds evidence of foul play in the form of a chloroform-soaked cotton wool pad carelessly left on the floor. I look forward to more, especially later 1980’s seasons, of which I have seen very little of since watching them on actual TV when I was a kid.LAPD detective Andy Parma – nephew to the one and only Lieutenant Columbo – has married the girl of his dreams, supermodel Melissa Hayes, at a lavish ceremony bankrolled by her wealthy father. I could go on for pages about the wonderful aspects of this series and it is no surprise that it lasted as long as it did. Another thing to love about the series is the fantastic array of vehicles featured throughout the run of the show, my favorite being Roddy Mcdowel’s Ferrari Daytona in the episode that featured him as a mad bomber of sorts who worked at some kind of chemical company. Like when asked why he is never seen around the office in one episode, he remarked that surprisingly little crime goes down at the police station. Some of his quotes regarding his job are classic. The guise of incompetence and confusion he puts on for his suspects is a deceptively brilliant approach to sussing out the guilty and perfectly masks his true brilliance in the science of detection and is unique to his character. He told the group how much he loved his job and all the great people he got to meet in his line of work. He put it best in ‘Try and Catch Me’ when he was put on the spot by Mitchel, the brilliant mystery writer at her luncheon in an attempt to trip him up. I love Columbo because unlike his other TV detectives, he is not your typical jaded, cynical, anti-social brilliant detective but rather a caring, enthusiastic, perceptive and very skilled investigator. They were excellent stories, cool mysteries and, of course, featured them man himself, one of the all-time best TV detectives. Years ago NetFlix featured a ton of Columbo episodes and I would watch them over and over when I wanted something to fall asleep to that wasn’t riddled with explosions, gunfire and people yelling. Happy viewing folks, and I do hope these episodes will bring you tonnes of pleasure!
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