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    Clip from Season 9, Episode 2 "Columbo Cries Wolf" - In one of his most baffling cases, Lt. Columbo tries to prove the flamboyant publisher of a men's magazine murdered his business partner, a woman who had once been his lover.
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  • @blastum
    @blastum Рік тому +57

    this was one of the most memorable endings just because of the shock.

  • @CynicalBastard511
    @CynicalBastard511 Рік тому +42

    These murderers always make the silly mistake to think that they can befriend Lt. Columbo.

    • @bgallasch
      @bgallasch Рік тому +2

      Yes, but beforehand they didn't know that Columbo would take over the examination. They should have read the screen play plot before.

    • @celieneohara521
      @celieneohara521 2 місяці тому

      Because all the perps think he's a bumbling buffoon and they are sure they are smarter than him!

  • @davidmarshall5596
    @davidmarshall5596 Рік тому +39

    One of the greatest 'gotcha' ending of all the lieutenant columbo series..the smug guilty guy gets his come uppance 😁👍

  • @lockdownmadness1897
    @lockdownmadness1897 Рік тому +49

    Shouldn't have let Colombo use the phone, schoolboy mistake.

    • @artmallory970
      @artmallory970 Рік тому +8

      Much bigger mistake hiding the body on your own property & leaving the pager on & working...

    • @theylivewesleep.5139
      @theylivewesleep.5139 Рік тому +4

      If that guy asked where I kept my toilet paper I would be sweating.

  • @GregMoress
    @GregMoress Рік тому +13

    "May I use you phone Sir?"
    Me: "No"

  • @albertchehade9916
    @albertchehade9916 Рік тому +15

    "Did you hear that?"
    That was the sound of your prison cell beckoning you to please enter....😂🤣😂

  • @Romulan2469
    @Romulan2469 Рік тому +111

    This is quite possibly the best ending to any Columbo episode ever, which is quite a shock because this is from 1990 when the quality of the writing started to go downhill.

    • @artmallory970
      @artmallory970 Рік тому +2

      Agreed. in fairness, this was effectively the last series with only 2 'feature length' episodes made later in 2003....

    • @Weird-City
      @Weird-City Рік тому +17

      It is good. But I still prefer the "This is my flat...these are my socks...this is my niece!" for the ultimate GOTCHA.

    • @eggrollorsoup6052
      @eggrollorsoup6052 Рік тому

      It was either in this season or the one right before where they had the first episode that didn't fit the inverted detective structure of all the previous episodes.
      I'm curious if this one also strays from that. I don't remember this episode, I'll have to check it out.

    • @Weird-City
      @Weird-City Рік тому +1

      @@eggrollorsoup6052 Was that the one where Columbo goes undercover. That's one of the only episodes I wasn't as keen on.

    • @eggrollorsoup6052
      @eggrollorsoup6052 Рік тому

      @@Weird-City I don't think so, but I may have not finished that one. What I remember mostly: You don't know who did it (murder) or how; and neither did Columbo. He kept messing up and everyone, including himself, started losing confidence in him.
      I think I learned something about myself. Despite this episode maybe being more sophisticated and clever, I was jonesing for my traditional Columbo plot. I guess there is something comforting in ritual and repetitive plot narratives.
      With the first seven seasons, the viewer always knew the who and the how of the murder. The viewer just needed to pay attention and see where the killer messed up on covering it up. And, to guess how Columbo figures it out.
      But, this episode I'm talking about, didn't have that. I wasn't prepared; it had a more challenging and sophisticated plot, so, I think I stop watching it. LOL
      But, I need to watch those last seasons. I want to watch them all. I think I've seen all the episodes of the first seven at least three times. The last seasons just weren't streaming for me until relatively recently.

  • @darthmcgee2216
    @darthmcgee2216 Рік тому +42

    This one always dumbfounded me how the guy could be so stupid not to take her pager off.

    • @wizzolo
      @wizzolo Рік тому +11

      AND let columbo make a phone call from the next room, after they discussed the missingpager.

    • @patriciamariemitchel
      @patriciamariemitchel Рік тому +8

      It was a good place to hide it; he didn't think anyone would page her but him. When you see how he looks at her, for a split second, he was sorry he killed her; he wasn't himself at the time. 🥴

    • @TJay41
      @TJay41 Рік тому +5

      He thought way too highly of himself and figured Columbo would give up, rookie mistake 😂😂😂😂

    • @robertwilson214
      @robertwilson214 Рік тому +3

      None of you predicted it

  • @jbean2174
    @jbean2174 10 місяців тому +4

    This was one of the best episodes...when he says towards the end "it's a local call" and smirks , then the very end when you see GOTCHA...😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @dorkarama3135
    @dorkarama3135 Рік тому +15

    The antagonist in this episode looks like a young Dean Stockwell, who was also in a couple of episodes in the 70s.

  • @ShionShinigami
    @ShionShinigami Рік тому +14

    Dial in the message - well, that's a sticker. Does this watch have some kind of printer build in?😄

    • @Romulan2469
      @Romulan2469 Рік тому

      LMAO! That is exactly what I thought!

    • @thedarkoracle4807
      @thedarkoracle4807 Рік тому +8

      My guess is that they were afraid it wouldn't be visible enough otherwise.

    • @fab92n15
      @fab92n15 Рік тому +1

      Trolling

  • @sysyviv7872
    @sysyviv7872 Рік тому +19

    The final scene when colombo discovers the body.... excellent 👍

  • @redlightmax
    @redlightmax Рік тому +3

    4:42 Ian Buchanan got so upset that he reverted back to his Scottish accent.

  • @metooblueshoes
    @metooblueshoes Рік тому +20

    The set design is like a time warp to the early 90s. I miss those days. Btw this is one hell of a episode of Columbo. This same clip posted a few years ago made me and my wife watch the whole series. Twice. And I'm not really big into crime shows.

  • @satazs6195
    @satazs6195 Рік тому +23

    "Before i go, do you mind if i use your phone?"
    "I do mind. Now get out"
    There. Problem solved.
    The criminals in this series were idiots

    • @bgallasch
      @bgallasch Рік тому

      All criminals are idiots. Some are brillant, but idiots anyway. Otherwise they wouldn't commot crime. There's something wrong in their brains. Idiots. 😊

    • @Mjmannella
      @Mjmannella Рік тому +4

      See, that's when Columbo pulls out the warrant

    • @Jokester6293
      @Jokester6293 Рік тому +2

      The Criminals had a pretty high Hubris, and always underestimated Columbo. They weren't idiots. They simply thought that Columbo was an idiot.

  • @trygullx
    @trygullx Рік тому +7

    hector keeps showing up in the least expected places

  • @bodders4167
    @bodders4167 Рік тому +14

    He's in a league of his own. Class ❤️

    • @289cobra9
      @289cobra9 Рік тому

      Nobody could ever be Columbo except Peter Falk.

  • @MrSamuelArthurRobertAllen
    @MrSamuelArthurRobertAllen Рік тому +9

    Great episode of Columbo who didn't give up till he solved it.

  • @mechanwhal6590
    @mechanwhal6590 Рік тому +3

    He’ll be hearing that beeping in his nightmares.

  • @jadeblatz
    @jadeblatz Рік тому +12

    One of the best endings to a Columbo episode and extremely good for the 1990's series were the episodes were getting weaker, though still enjoyable!

  • @fab92n15
    @fab92n15 Рік тому +6

    "Columbo cries wolf" is my favourite épisode. So crazy!

  • @jimjames4120
    @jimjames4120 Рік тому +8

    My favorite episode from the 1990’s era of shows. Also, I felt that this episode had the best score of any episode in the 90’s era.

  • @Keithj136
    @Keithj136 Рік тому +10

    Class.....love it when he nails them.👍😎

  • @edwardhale4294
    @edwardhale4294 Рік тому +8

    love this episode...the best one ever. Good villians...good music...good acting...great script. No reason the murder has to happen in the first 15 mins...the biggest set up your ablibi ever

  • @iancrombie8862
    @iancrombie8862 Рік тому +10

    Not a bad gotcha for a more modern episode!

  • @rnash999
    @rnash999 Рік тому +6

    That watch wasn't meant to have a close up on a higher than broadcast TV resolution. What I never noticed before is they put the copper water pipe into the set, a detail that could easily have been ignored.

  • @celieneohara521
    @celieneohara521 2 місяці тому +1

    The ONLY flaw, is that the two workers have NO reaction to the dead body in the wall. Not even an "Ay, dios mio!"

  • @mtsflorida
    @mtsflorida Рік тому +2

    I could tell by the suspects body language stance that the body was in the wall behind him. Being a detective was my best talent.

  • @christopherkraft1327
    @christopherkraft1327 Рік тому +12

    I enjoyed this episode!!! A great gotcha moment!!! 👍👍

  • @filipvadas7602
    @filipvadas7602 Рік тому +2

    This is arguibly the best episode of the later series and among the craziest in all of Columbo to be honest, which isn't suprising since it was the *last* episode that had Richard Levinson , one of the original writers for 70s Columbo, working on it.
    In fact, I think he died around the time that this episode was released too.

  • @RJSRdg
    @RJSRdg Рік тому +3

    Reminds me of an Edgar Allan Poe story about a guy whose wife bought a cat. The guy got more and more annoyed with the cat until one day he tried to kill it. His wife stopped him, but he was so angry, he killed her instead. He bricked her body up in his cellar and the cat disappeared. However his neighbour got suspicious and went into the cellar, where he could hear a noise from behind a wall. He tore the wall down to find the wife's body, and a miaowing cat....

  • @TheNightRomer
    @TheNightRomer 2 дні тому

    Best Columbo Episode Ever!!!!

  • @power2084
    @power2084 Рік тому +5

    He got caught because he talked to the police. Never talk to the police. He incriminated himself.

  • @tinocasavecchia3020
    @tinocasavecchia3020 6 місяців тому

    Truly great episodes were few & far between in the rebooted series, but this along with Columbo Goes to college are better then some of the 70's episodes. This is one of the better Gotcha moments...in this case literally

  • @BezoRazo
    @BezoRazo 11 місяців тому

    _"Don't worry, sir, it's a local call"_ is just 😘👌

  • @master-kq3nw
    @master-kq3nw Рік тому

    great episode

  • @michaeljohnson5365
    @michaeljohnson5365 Рік тому +4

    Columbo is alive and well on youtube

  • @MR-pv7qg
    @MR-pv7qg Рік тому +1

    Brilliant!!!

  • @joiedevie3901
    @joiedevie3901 3 місяці тому

    A fun episode. In many ways a warmed over serving of Season 1 "Blueprint for Murder" where Columbo was induced to excavate a piling by the murderer to find no corpse in front of media all over the site. In this case, the clever twist comes with the complicity of someone who had not been murdered--yet.

  • @billfeld5883
    @billfeld5883 Рік тому +2

    He's a genius!!!

  • @hungrymikepencetd5686
    @hungrymikepencetd5686 Рік тому +3

    Why didnt he order him to leave the place before he could open the wall?

  • @lawrencetaylor4101
    @lawrencetaylor4101 Рік тому +1

    It seems that many people consider this ending one of the best ever.
    Moi aussi.

  • @aliceboudier312
    @aliceboudier312 Рік тому

    My favourite episod 😀😀😀

  • @edwardbliss8931
    @edwardbliss8931 8 місяців тому

    Is that the drummer from INXS circa 1987?

  • @kevintamas7164
    @kevintamas7164 Рік тому +4

    This episode was very special, maybe not the best but special.

  • @khaz606
    @khaz606 Рік тому +3

    ¡Ay, caramba!

  • @scottreaume2835
    @scottreaume2835 Рік тому +3

    Well Columbo being the little boy who cried wolf 🐺 is better then being Jack 🤔 I always thought fallen down and breaking my crown sounds pretty rough 😯Geez next time Jill can get that pail of water herself 😒 and who put this well on top of a hill anyways

  • @scullyy
    @scullyy Рік тому

    6:23 - 6:27
    If you told me that was from twin peaks, I'd believe it.

  • @marioblanchet3340
    @marioblanchet3340 Рік тому

    Why is there insulation in an internal wall?

  • @ChandraSekran
    @ChandraSekran Рік тому +2

    Why would the phone on the corpse keep ringing after Colombo had placed the receiver on the other phone back on it's holder?

    • @MisterGames
      @MisterGames Рік тому +12

      Because it is a pager. The caller chooses the number and text and the pager company sends it and the pager keeps beeping until the person acknowledges it.

    • @SciTrekMan
      @SciTrekMan Рік тому +3

      You must be a Millennial!!

  • @chris341
    @chris341 Рік тому +1

    Hate that episode, but satisfying ending.

  • @nicholassassatelli1359
    @nicholassassatelli1359 4 дні тому

    I liked the main character's accent. Is it Scottish?

  • @HeronCoyote1234
    @HeronCoyote1234 Рік тому

    What’s the name of this episode? I’m trying to find it on Tubi.

    • @PlasmaMongoose
      @PlasmaMongoose Рік тому +2

      Columbo Season 9 Episode 2 _"Columbo Cries Wolf"_

    • @HeronCoyote1234
      @HeronCoyote1234 Рік тому +2

      @PlasmaMongoose thank you for also including the season and episode.

  • @upthebracket26
    @upthebracket26 Рік тому +1

    Noel Edmonds approved of this clip

  • @GhostDrummer
    @GhostDrummer Рік тому +2

    *SPOILER ALERT*
    When I watched the movie Sicario and the bodies wrapped in plastic were found in the walls of that house, I immediately thought of this Columbo episode. Made me wonder if the writer(s) of Sicario used this episode as inspiration.

  • @rimshot2270
    @rimshot2270 Рік тому +1

    I wish Columbo wasn't smiling at the end. He's discovered the body of a murdered woman. I remember the episode and she wasn't very nice, but she didn't deserve to be murdered. This was not a game.

    • @TempestDacine
      @TempestDacine Рік тому +1

      Agreed it felt out of character

    • @MaryBrownIsTheBlairWitch
      @MaryBrownIsTheBlairWitch Рік тому

      In Columbo's defence, Diane herself was in on her first 'murder', sending him on an embarrassing wild goose chase.

  • @fabmax41
    @fabmax41 Рік тому +2

    6:55 Did this kind of gadget really existed at that time?

    • @SciTrekMan
      @SciTrekMan Рік тому +2

      They had Pagers long before this episode was made.

  • @antonioszytulskyj8165
    @antonioszytulskyj8165 Рік тому +1

    Definitely, a skeleton in the wardrobe (in a wall)

  • @chrislong3938
    @chrislong3938 Рік тому +1

    God, I hated everything in this episode except the ending! GOTCHA!

  • @TheyCallMeNewb
    @TheyCallMeNewb Рік тому +1

    There's an upload from "Ask a Mortician" about some transsexual woman whom had a body in a similar bag in her closet for decades. I strongly recommend a watch!

  • @TheSwedishAssassin
    @TheSwedishAssassin Рік тому +2

    Pretty sure legally speaking he destroyed his case, since that body was discovered without a warrant, and would be withheld from court.

    • @larrysmith6797
      @larrysmith6797 Рік тому +1

      Pretty sure you never attended law school.

    • @TheSwedishAssassin
      @TheSwedishAssassin Рік тому +1

      @@larrysmith6797 unreasonable search and seizure apparently isn't in your vocabulary bud.

    • @rimshot2270
      @rimshot2270 Рік тому +1

      @@TheSwedishAssassin It's not unreasonable since he had probable cause to make an immediate search of a crime scene.

    • @TheSwedishAssassin
      @TheSwedishAssassin Рік тому

      @@rimshot2270 A sound does not constitute destructive investigation without warrant.

    • @SapFeaRon
      @SapFeaRon Рік тому +1

      colombo always has warrant before arriving to final confrontation.

  • @bgallasch
    @bgallasch Рік тому

    "GOTCHA" is only a sticker glued on top of the screen. 😮 Maybe the original liquid crystal display cannot be seen under film light conditions. Anyway, the work is really poor, overlapping, slightly out of parallel orientation.

  • @TempestDacine
    @TempestDacine Рік тому +1

    As amazing as the finale was I disliked that Columbo seemed really spiteful about Hunter being alive and then hits the killer with a "gotcha" which feels a bit out of character for him.

  • @user-nl4fq1oc7e
    @user-nl4fq1oc7e 7 місяців тому +1

    The most idiotic ending ever. The pager is small, the battery is small, the speaker is weak. No one will hear the sound at all

  • @rickrick5041
    @rickrick5041 Рік тому +1

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