# I'm rewatching every episode of Columbo

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\
**Created:** [October 27, 2021, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rewatching-every-episode-of-columbo/953309 "2021-10-27T12:45:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-rewatching-every-episode-of-columbo/953309/8 "2021-10-27T13:28:44Z")

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I’ve been watching Columbo reruns, too, as the OP says, for comfort food TV. I like that there’s a formula-- part of the comfort food effect. Was the show always two hours long? That’s waaaay too long. The Columbo-esque trademark mannerisms wear a little thin after the fourth instance of heaping flattery on the murderer, mentioning stuff My Wife likes, and repeatedly _almost_ leaving the room-- _“Just ONE more thing, sir, please.”_

But it’s always rewarding when Columbo springs the trap and the bad guy cannot escape. Hehe. Not like other shows (I’m lookin’ at you, Law & Order) where the murderer often got away with it because of a legal/procedural technicality. But almost as often was shot dead on the courthouse steps after the verdict by the victim’s family. So there’s that.

I always have the IMDB open on my kindle when I watch old shows. It’s fun to see people Before They Got Famous. Not to hijack, but I’ve been watching The Fugitive on Pluto and have seen a really _young_ Robert Duval and Bruce Dern (who was completely unknown and got last billing).

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