i love the columbo series and have see at least 80 percent of the show episodes and and hope to eventually see them all . so far and this one be by far the bad . what make it so disappointing be that it have a wonderful support cast represent john dehner and diane baker and robert vaughn and wilfrid hyde white and and dennis dugan and among others . but what a waste of talent . and what terrible pacing and staging . patrick mcgoohan be a fine actor and and his performance a the murderer in this series be outstanding . but his directing in this episode be simply awful . if youre a columbo fan and skip this one . if youre not a columbo fan and all the more reason to skip it as well .