Ransom for a Dead Man Review

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Pretty good. Today, we continue on in our sleuthing

as we put on our trench coats and jump back in

time with Columbo. These are the Colombo files

here in Science Studio 2009. As I mentioned in

the last episode, and I will mention this in

every episode, Tubi .tv is where the main online

source that I am watching these, which puts them

all in whatever order they're supposed... It's

the same order that they have on the DVDs. I

think that's the... Particularly once we get

out of the first season, it'll just be like the

standard order. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. And today

it's see according to them season 1 episode 2

and it's a ransom for a dead man dumb dumb dumb

Yes, this one was like I like I almost didn't

need to watch this Literally, I watched this

like three and a half four and a half months

ago. I remembered everything about this and even

though this episode and yesterday's episode prescription

for murder That one was 94 minutes. This one

was 92 minutes. This is only two minutes shorter

than that one. This one felt like it went by

faster. Oh, kinda, yeah. The pacing didn't feel

like a play. But it's more TV -less. Yeah. The

original one, Prescription of Murder, is literally

an adapted stage play. Whereas this one is more

a TV show. I mean, you had to TV it. Yeah. No,

and I love it. I just I wanted to mention that

I noticed the kind of changeover where it you're

right. And the other thing is teleplay. Yeah,

I wrote this down, but it's here in Wikipedia.

The teleplay was done by Dean Hargrove. Yeah,

now the man from Uncle Colombo Matlock. I mean,

this dude. Did every like he's the creator of

Matlock. I mean, I recognized the name. I didn't

know he was a creator of Matlock, but that makes

sense. I knew he was a guy that did a lot of

TV back in the day. Yep. He worked on My Three

Sons, The Man from Uncle, The Name of the Game,

Columbo, McCloud, Dear Detective, Perry Mason

Television Films. Like I said, he's the creator

of Matlock, Jake and the Fat Man, Father Dowling

Mysteries. He created the Father Dowling Mysteries.

I think he adapted them. I think they were books.

I might be wrong, but I believe they were books.

Right, yes, but I'm saying like... American Mystery

Television series first aired from January 20th,

89 to May 2nd, 91. The series was preceded by

87. Yeah, whatever. But the point is, according

to this, it says that he created the TV series

probably based on the books. He's not the creator

of Diagnosis Murder, but he was a producer. Uh,

on that show. And as I mentioned in the last

episode of the podcast yesterday, when we were

talking briefly about diagnosis, I'm the next

detective thing we're doing is diagnosis murder.

I love that show. I freaking love that show.

But yeah, so ransom for a dead man. Leslie Williams

played by Lee Grant, a brilliant and ruthless

lawyer murders her husband, Paul. played by Harlan

Ward to get his money arranging the act to look

as if he had been kidnapped and killed by his

captors. Just say tennis and I'll remember to

put it on my office calendar. All right, goodbye.

Oh boy, this one. All right, let's see here.

is like the definition of Black Widow. Wow. Like

well, I mean, you know, I mean you're not wrong

because I Mean it is established that she's very

cheap like the whole relationship was transactional

Yeah, I'm her perspective that she was using

him And then when she couldn't use him anymore,

she got rid of him. Yep, and she didn't just

like take it like She didn't just take his money.

She took his daughter's money too. Like that

was yeah That was like a little twist of the

knife was he has a daughter that she is like

Margaret tweens or something like she's not tweens

like teen like she's in school, but she's Probably

played by like a young 20 -something Would say

that well, she's off 70 slash 80s teenager. Yeah,

so it's probably like Senior in high school almost

in college kind of thing, but it really felt

like to me like she was going to school across

the pond and she was yeah, she was overseas using

she was in Europe and she comes home because

of the murder but yeah, but like like there's

a line about how like she like the killer like

Because of the the crisis because because the

husband had been kidnapped He's able to like

break all these like whatever I'm like take all

the money out of her out of the stepdaughters

funds Mm -hmm cuz I gotta save your father. Yep

absolutely Yeah, so the beginning so what I noticed

and what I'm gonna continue to notice I don't

remember who that was in this one, but the last

episode the first episode it was Dave Gruessen

who did the music and and the music was so different

in the first one than it is in here but that

beginning oh my god it was like screeching birds

yeah when she killed when she goes to kill him

the background music that swells up at a few

points i'm like oh my god when is this gonna

pass because i don't like this music that's the

only negative thing i have about this one is

that just kind of irritated me for a few moments

The first episode, as we mentioned, had rotary

phones. This one has push button phones. So you

can clearly tell, like you've already said, they

went from being in a play to being on TV. Well,

and the phones, I think part of it was also like

they make a point about the phones are very for

1971, technologically advanced. Yes. This will

come up in future episodes. You will see an episode

that revolves around futuristic technology called

a video cassette recorder. the blow your mind.

But yeah, the fancy techno phones are important

to her whole fake ransom or fake kidnapping and

she uses the phones to stage a call from her

husband using taped audio from previous calls

clipped together. Yep, yep. The English could

speak. Yes. Colombo in the very beginning. It

was not long before he was Like, literally, it

wasn't 30 minutes until we saw him. It was, like,

maybe 15. Well, they... She's literally doing

the ransom, so it's a ransom for a dead man,

and then the husband comes home, she shoots him,

and then she, like, goes through the whole process

of, like, getting rid of the body, and, as I

said in the previous episode, there's a little

detail that you think she's gonna miss, because

he leaves his briefcase behind, but she gets

that, and she kind of, like, sets up this whole

thing where, like, he's been kidnapped on his

way home. She just kind of abandons the car,

she mails the ransom note, she dumps the body,

and that was not a human body that she dumped

on that clef. That body was made by the same

people who made the glass from the last episode.

It was just, I don't know, it was styrofoam or

something. It was super light. Yeah, I'm like

I was doing something in my room watching that

and like I couldn't even get my my chair to scoot

across the floor and I'm like a human body would

just like flump once and stay there Yeah, I gotta

like keep pushing it and then yeah, and then

she's got the FBI helping her out with like the

kidnapping and then Suddenly she opens the door

and there's Colombo looking for his pen. Mm -hmm

Gee, I'm sorry. Mrs. Williams. I lost my pen

out here. Will you help me find? He didn't ask

me to help her find it. She's offering to help,

and he's like, no, no, no, it's fine. I'll get

a flashlight. No, no, no, it's fine. And it's

fine. I love Peter Fogg. I love Colombo. He's

such a great character. He's a character you

have not seen in 50 or 60 years because there's

no characters in today's television landscape

that are like him. And that's what's so refreshing

to me about watching these episodes again. It's

just so cool. And I love where I think it was

he, Colombo, that said it might've been some

Mrs. Williams is a unique person. Yeah, he does

say that. Yeah. Well, because she doesn't, when

she, when she quote talks to her husband on the

phone, she doesn't ask him how he is. Yep. Which

is that little detail, that little detail that

he catches real quick. It's like, that's strange

that he didn't ask. If I'd been kidnapped, Mrs.

Colombo would immediately want to know how I

was doing. Yep, that helicopter scene though

when she's flying the helicopter that was oh,

man Yeah, I remember he was in the helicopter

following them. Yes, that's what he's running

back to the helicopter and he kind of ducks I'm

like I know you don't like movies but like the

original Dawn of the Dead man I saw that like

I just I've never flown in a helicopter and I

don't want to get anywhere near them. I'm just

like You terrify me I've flown in a helicopter

exactly once and I was like seven years old in

1987. My dad had helicopter lessons and It was

weird as hell and I've never been in a helicopter

sense But I love as a flying machine thing. I

love helicopters. Yes, you are correct. She was

the one in the plane I was just remembering them

following her in the helicopter. In the helicopter,

yes. Yeah. So did she, did the stepdaughter slap,

there's a point in this, after the helicopter

scene, after the drop, after all that stuff,

did the stepdaughter slap her or punch Mrs. Williams?

Because the scene where the stepdaughter hits

her, I was like, oh. Slaps her. Okay. So I wasn't,

like literally, I went back twice and I'm like,

putting on my glasses and squinting my eyes and

like it's it's 1971 she's like no i'm not complaining

no no i'm not complaining i'm just i'm just saying

that like the morals of the time the the attitudes

at the time yep like she she she did not close

fist punch anybody see that that's what i thought

like i wasn't sure if it was a because that's

a slap that's a light slap but literally there's

a difference between that and this Kind of thing

where you actually hit somebody in the face with

a punch and I wasn't sure what she did, but I

was like, Whoa, stepdaughter. Yeah. Yikes. And

Colombo. It wasn't just Colombo. It was my dad.

It was my mom. It was everybody, but Colombo

in this episode. Oh, it reminded me of why I

always build time in and I always try to be early

everywhere I go. You know, I don't do it on purpose,

but it always happened like I'm always I never

quite I'm able to properly anticipate how long

it's gonna take me to get somewhere So I'm usually

pretty early. I don't be late. I don't be one

of those people that makes people wait Yeah,

I'm usually early and I You know feel bad about

that. I actually feel weird about that. But let's

I get what Clemo is saying. Yeah. Yeah. Don't

ever feel weird about that because the funny

thing is a month ago, by the time this airs,

this will air December 12th, 2024. In November,

I had two different doctor's appointments and

when I called for, because I don't drive, so

when I called for transportation, I said, the

appointments at 9 a .m., we will pick you up

at 820. Like, okay, cool. I got to the doctor's

office, both appointments like 45 minutes early

and they're like... People never come early.

They're usually like either right on time or

late. That's what they said to their offices.

That's what they told my mother made us go to

doctor's appointments super early. Exactly. Always.

Of course, every single time they were running

late. Yeah. So it's like you get there early

and then you got to wait past your time because

there was someone came in and blah, blah, blah.

It's an emergency. It's important. Well, I guess

I'm not. Doctor's offices is always hurry up

and wait. You hurry up to get there to make sure

you're on time or early and then you're waiting

on them, which is fine. That's the way it is.

It is what it is. But I love that he said that

about always getting everywhere early. When Colombo

goes to the office and he runs into the other

male attorney and he says, Colombo says to him,

I'm working for a woman. How do you do it? Yes,

like I like doing it. She's the best trial attorney

in the state. I was like dang Colombo Just go

hang out with Don Draper smoke some cigarettes

and drink some bourbon and do your madman thing

man, like it was Yeah, I think that was the line

that I remember going whoa Yeah, that was he

says I could never work for a woman. I'm like,

yeah. Okay spunky Yeah, yeah, that was a wall

line. But again, it didn't take me out again

We're noticing this stuff folks because for probably

for both of us for me a second time on some of

these early ones But like we have I haven't seen

Colombo in years Like I needed to wait until

I came up with a plan That's how I do my entertainment

nowadays is I come up with a plan to do a podcast

about whatever it is I don't care what it is

my wife counter number seven. I'm just counting

them up as we go So this is at number seven at

this point ballgame. He mentions about the ballgame

He also mentions about how his wife tells him,

you're a warrior. And he goes on and tells, you

know, Mrs. Williams, I am a warrior. I worry

all the time. I've been worrying about shit my

whole life. So that's another thing. I'm like,

okay. My wife, counter number eight, he says

something about how she tells him how much of

a pain he is at times. That I think is a legitimate...

Yeah. That's why I probably did say that. Yes,

absolutely. Idiosyncrasy, wonderful word. This

is why I love this old TV stuff, because you

hear words that you haven't heard in years, and

that was a nice little scene. One more thing,

counter number six. He says it again, as always.

That's a puzzler. I can't figure that one out

yet when he's talking about Various like how

how the the call thing was done. He hasn't figured

out yet Yeah, and then she takes him up in her

airplane. Oh God, that was a nice scene. That

is her intimidating him. Oh, yes Very much so

and then when they get back on the ground He

goes through all these ideas and she says a few

ideas and he goes that's a crazy idea forget

about it The only negative I have with this is

some of the visual effects on the scene changes

right after that when The wife or the daughter

stepdaughter might still have the keys or no

It was like with the husband still have the key

was the keys the thing the keys to the car. Yeah.

Yeah the keys to the car So that was a fade out

to go to commercial and then a fade back in.

It goes to the diner into Mrs. Williams. I didn't

visually my eyes. That hurt my eyes because that

was a weird fade out fade into me. Again, it's

a little nitpicky thing with my vision. It is

what it is, but that really is the only negative

I have for this. And just like earlier, when

she slapped Mrs. Williams, This, I loved this,

and this is where you were talking about him

getting angry. She went to hit him. Columbo,

young lady, don't you ever do that again. He

catches her arm. He catches her arm. Yeah, but

you know, if he hadn't done that, she would have

smacked him so hard. Lieutenant Columbo fumbling

and stumbling. I love the way Peter plays the

character. It's so good. Every aspect, even though

this is only the quote unquote second time we're

seeing him, and I know it's going to get better

as it goes along, but everything he does. And

the thing about this episode is Mrs. Williams,

she points out all this stuff to him. She literally

tells him, you're this, this, this, and this,

and this. The guy in the previous episode had

done that too. He's like, oh, you're a shaggy

little dog with your cigar and your code, and

you're just trying to trick me into a false sense

of... A lot of the people Colombo goes after

kind of eventually figure him... It's funny because

the... The store the gloss on Colombo the the

rap on Colombo is that he tricks people by being

this way But most of the people he goes after

kind of figure him out Before the end like like

way before the end. Yeah in these early ones

there They do they break it down like this is

what you're doing. I get it You're you're trying

to like play this game with me But I like the

way she broke it down more than the way that

Ray broke it down Okay. Yeah, I love the here's

looking at you, Mrs. Williams. I'm like, you

had to pull Humphrey Bogart out, didn't you?

That was that was good. And at the end, his absent

mindedness. Would you mind if I just signed for

this? Oh, I love it. He owes her like a dollar

10. Yeah. And like he's got this briefcase full

of cash, which is the key evidence. that gets

her arrested. And he's like looking, he's counting

the cash, he's looking at the cash and the waitress

comes up for like a buck 50 or something. It's

a dollar something. He has no money on him, but

he's got like hands full of cash. That is such

a classic Colombo moment. It's the classic Colombo

moment because you don't know what he's gonna

do. Yeah, no, I know he's gonna come up with

something but like literally when I was watching

that scene I'm like saying to myself as I'm one

like don't use the money in your hand. Don't

know I knew he was I didn't think he was going.

Yeah, I know I know that's the joke but You know,

yeah And he didn't have a pen either Yeah, he

didn't have a pen to sign for it Yeah, he didn't

have a pen to sign for it and and she had to

come with a waitress had to come up with one

There's that moment and then there's an early

in the diner There's a great moment between him

and the chef. He gives the menu, and the chef

goes, you look at that menu every time, and you

always just order chili. And he's like, yeah,

well, maybe today. I'll have the chili. I'll

have the chili. And it's the crackers that make

the chili the best. Yes. Like, that's one of

those things that, like, people, like, everyone

talks about the trench coat and the dog and the

car, but he repeatedly, he loves his chili. He

will go get his chili every day. I love the trench

coat. We're just now seeing that was his trench

coat by the way. Like yeah, yeah pure Fox trench

coat that he brought from home The and that's

why it's so cool is because it's something that

the actor it was a product quote -unquote Prop

that the actor brought from his own like to make

the this is what makes Colombo authentic This

is what makes Colombo Feel like it like when

I am watching these episodes when we want when

I watch these today before they're recording

for this one and the other one the other day

whatever else I Felt like I was in a world that

was separate from the actual real world We live

in and that's what entertainment is supposed

to do It's supposed to bring you in and make

you feel like you are in its world and him bringing

his own coat from home as an actor to use as

this character? Just amazing, flat out amazing.

Any other notes from you, sir, on Ransom for

a Dead Man? Well, I do think it's interesting

that, like, that line about the chili also involves

imagination, that he, the chef gives him a hard

time for not having imagination, and that comes

back in the final conversation with Ms. Williams,

where, like, he chides her for not having imagination.

Yeah. And it is again. It's it's he uses another

person to help him crack the case He uses the

stepdaughter to like manipulate her into you

know getting because the whole thing was she

kept the money she she hid it but she couldn't

really spend it because the They never actually

say this but presumably the FBI had kept track

of the serial numbers or something They knew

they knew because that's what they used to do

back in the day So like she couldn't spend the

money. Yeah So the whole thing was he had to

get her to expose the money. So he used the stepdaughter.

And this whole thing is you don't have the imagination

to think that people would care more about other

things than just money. So the stepdaughter is

like, well, if you just pay me off, I'll go away

and leave you alone. That's how they get her,

which is another. And this one, you should be

happy. the cops he goes read her read her rights

and take her away so the cops take her away the

cops take her away yeah she doesn't get away

like she doesn't get away like the guy from the

last one yeah exactly that's so cool um now i

thought this isn't the same person but i saw

the name Richard O 'Brien in the cast for the

priest That was in this even notice. No, no,

no I'm just going through the cast list on IMDb

for this episode to see if I Notice any actors

names actors or actresses to see and I noticed

the name Richard O 'Brien Aka Ritz O 'Brien,

but it's not the same. It's not Ritz O 'Brien.

It's somebody completely different. But yeah

from Rocky Horror. Yes It could have been the

guy had a life before Rocky like that's the funny

thing about people have lives before the thing

that they're known for you know yes, but And

you're saying he's not that's it, but it's a

common name to it's Richard When did Rocky Horror

come out? late 70s This Richard O 'Brien died

in March of 83, and the only reason why I know

it's not the Rocky Horror Ritz O 'Brien is because

Ritz O 'Brien is the voice of Mr. Fletcher in

Phineas and Ferb, Ferb's dad in the cartoon.

Really? Yeah. Wow. Yeah. I do not know that.

Yeah. Neat. Like I said, like people have lives

before the things that they do. Yeah, I know.

Absolutely. Absolutely. but I absolutely love

the Patricia Maddock who played Margaret. I think

she was a great actress. She's, I don't think

she's still working. Last role was the Walter

Ego in 1991, but she's still with us. She was

in one episode of Trapper John M .D. in 1974.

Mike, Mike, that movie came out when I was, that

show came out when I was born. I am 53 years

old. So take her and add 53 years to her life.

I'm not saying she should be dead, but like...

Well, what I'm saying is like most of the IMDB

or Wikipedia will say they will note if the person

is gone. I don't think most people in that episode

are still doing things anymore. You never know.

In 2024. Well, I'm not saying but like Falk did

stuff up until he died Like, you know, I mean,

you never know. That's all I'm saying. Yeah,

I get that but like when was that that was probably

not that long I mean I'd have to open up the

other the other tab again 2011 yeah, you died.

Yeah, so that's what I'm saying about 13 years

ago. Yeah Okay, you know, you're not getting

my point at all Which the show was made in an

enormously long time ago an ocean of like yeah

It is like being in a different world in a lobby

and part of also I you know as I said in the

other episode Some of it I think is is could

be the whole class issue. I think is important

because again The average American viewer is

watching these wealthy elite people a life, you

know In the 80s, it was Lifestyles of the Rich

and Famous was the big thing. You watch people

who have better lives than you and have all these

amazing things. And in this one, it's this elite

world that you'll never get to be in. And of

course, you know, they're they're they're bad

people and they do bad things and they get punished,

which makes you feel better. And it's like the

reverse of that thing from the holiday special

where you watch people on Tatooine feel better

about your crummy lives. You know, but it is

it's supposed to be the Hollywood, you know,

California elite. Yeah, you glimpse into their

world and you know, I think and I think that

is a thing. I think that is another thing that

makes Colombo different Than all the other ones,

you know that came after like like murder sure

like like even diagnosis murder. I think this

murder is whoever comes into the hospital You

know, yep murder. She wrote is whoever Angela

goes and visits Jessica goes and visits, you

know, yeah, but this was like There was always

this element of class and elitism so you're like

a glimpse into this amazing world and then you

know and then the shaggy little dog from from

i think they established this character did come

from new york originally i think at some point

they say that it was this transplant and this

alien in this strange world and he just kind

of barges into these situations and disrupts

everything and so far we haven't got you need

to do a foot track or two because there's there's

going to be a foot he's going to ask about shoes

constantly where'd you get them shoes yeah That

is a thing that happens a lot. Where'd you get

them shoes? Yeah, I don't know if I'll have a

shoe tracker, but... Well, then we lose the Quentin

Tarantino audience. Did we even have a Quentin

Tarantino audience? Well, we don't now! Not with

that attitude! I don't... This is what I'm saying.

I don't know. But no. Ransom Word Deadman. Absolutely.

I loved this one. I thought this one was really

great. Again, folks, you can watch all these

on Tubi. Did the show keep your interest throughout?

Yes. Are you itching to watch the next episode

now? Yes. Yes. Would you recommend this show

to people? Of course. Like, if you like detective

stuff, this is classic noir type, not full on

noir. No, it's not noir at all. It's close. Oh,

it's not? It's adjacent. Oh. Yes, it is. Oh.

Stop breaking your brain. I'm not breaking my

brain. I just... I'm an English major and I watch

films and I know things. What does that mean?

Crime drama there. Are you happy now? Yeah, nor

is that crime drama, nor is the whole thing.

It's got a whole attitude, a whole... Whatever.

Don't make me taunt you a second time. Go get

your bride, princess. Overall, for this one,

zero to five with half points, I... Mmm, I think

I almost want to give this a five Okay, cool,

I'm probably gonna give it another four I liked

it a lot. I Know there are ones that are like

better that I know are coming It's one of those

like when we were doing the Star Wars ones and

it was like there were a couple early ones I

was like I can't give it a five because these

things are coming up. You know what I mean? Yeah,

yeah, like you can't you can't undermine the

validity of the rating by like giving everything

a five so So it's a good episode, it's a fun

episode. There are more amazing things to come.

But 4's a solid, like 4's a solid rating, right?

Oh yeah, 4's still positive, absolutely. I'm

positive, like it's good, right? Yeah, yeah.

It's actually really good. Where is it? Hold

on. I don't know. Yeah, really good. High -quality

fun. There are some issues, but they won't ruin

your experience. I wouldn't even say there are

issues. I'm just qualifying my thing. I wouldn't

say there are issues. I just think that it hits

higher notes down the road. Yeah, absolutely.

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We talk TV. We talk - Hello, Julie, what the

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will cover that. No, they won't. No, they probably

won't. Besides, how could she do it? What would

she do? Involve some other people? Hmm? That

would be very risky, wouldn't it? No, you see,

the only possible way would be... No. No, that's

crazy. What is it? Now, it just occurred to me

that the only possible way would be if, somehow,

there never was a kidnapping. She killed him.

Alright folks, we are back with the ransom for

a dead man Columbo. We will be beginning the

series proper after these pilots So we will tomorrow

will be the actual full beginning of the actual

season one kind of stuff even though I've said

Prescription murder and ransom for dead men or

she's messy like I'm probably being a little

nitpicky about it, but it's messy Yeah, so the

way I'm looking at these is Number one the way

to be has them laid out because it's easy to

watch just watch them in order because they have

them in Number in series order. So 1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 blah blah blah, whatever. That's the

way I'm looking at it For for everything and

like I said, like I said the DVDs back you up

on that But they also kind of make a point that

the the first few episodes are kind of They're

special. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, they're very special

Any other final thoughts from you before I run

through the closing sir? I'm just looking like

we still haven't gotten the Peugeot. We still

haven't gotten the dog yet, so I'm kind of excited

for the first sightings, you know? No, we got

the car. Barely. Did we get the car? When he's

in the lot. When she goes to leave. There was

something that kind of looked like the Peugeot.

Yeah, he was standing by the car. He was standing

by supposedly his car, I'm assuming. Think I

mean you'll know it when you see it. Well, yeah

Obviously, that's right. Yeah. Yeah way away

Dude, that's the whole thing is he's it's like

the shittiest car that France ever produced and

like the joke is that he's proud of it He loves

it because it's French. It's French. That's right.

Absolutely. I Might I don't Don't think I could

speak it. I would have to I'm I'm not doing No,

I was almost gonna say maybe I'll do the entire

intro next episode in French, but I'm not It's

a good episode She's a good antagonist. I think

that's another thing we need to sort of start

keeping track of is the quality of the antagonists

because they are They're the main focus of the

episode like up until Bo shows up. Um, I think

she's she's a good antagonist. I she's You know,

the weird thing is she's she's as sociopathic

as as Ray was But she doesn't come across No

as as sociopathic. It's weird. Like she seems

very personable and I remember In the very beginning

when she's doing her case or legal case and she's

she gets she wins a case for her insurance company

in the building But she tells them, you know,

your building is is lit very poorly and you need

to fix that and I'm like, no Maybe she's not

completely evil, you know, like it's it's it's

it's because there will be there will be antagonists

who are actually very sympathetic that that will

be a thing there there is an episode where one

of them says I wish because she's she's avenging

a murder and Right. I wish you had investigated

that murder instead of the one that I committed.

You know what I mean? Yeah. And he actually gives

a speech about, like, I'll send you the thing

because there's this channel that does music

videos based on Colombo episodes, which I love.

Wow. I'll send you the one. But anyway, yeah,

like, so I think she's a strong antagonist. I

don't know if she's one of the best antagonists,

but she's just, you know, because the other guy

came across as like just a complete reptile.

Yeah, the end. Yeah, never broke. He never had

no he was always the same level Yeah, where she

does have highs and lows and she does seem very

human and she had moments where she seems like

a good person But at the end she thinks that

everybody is as greedy as she is and she gets

caught that way. Yep Absolutely All right, folks.

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after all that, I almost forgot to say it. Goodbye,

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