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Dead Weight is an insult to the average person's intelligence

posted 7 years ago by duckyslattery
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The more I see this episode, the dumber I get. The whole episode is filled with ridiculous premises.

- Seeing a murder from hundreds of yards way though a window.
- Hollister going to the witness' house
- Hollister's continued references to the murder.
- The witness goes out with him despite mounting evidence that she was correct about what she saw.
- The sloppy murder and disposal of the body.
- All the evidence of the victim's last moments with Hollister (car, body) and he denies any knowledge.

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[–] louiseculmer 7 years ago

it is pretty far fetched that the murderer woould risk killing someone in front of a window like that, not well thought out. but i quite like that episode,I rather like the woman who sees the murder, and Columbo seems to like her too.

[–] duckyslattery 7 years ago

It follows the Columbo formula so it's a pretty good episode. The Columbo writers took risks and wrote some episodes that were out of the box with different twists and turns. But this one has some absurd premises like I mentioned.

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[–] OldSamVimes 7 years ago

That ladies mom was such a B word.

[–] QueenFanUSA 7 years ago

One of my least favorite of all the Columbo episodes of the '70's.

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[–] louiseculmer 7 years ago

She was lonely but not a gold-digger. I think she really liked him.

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[–] stones78 7 years ago

this is a classic "suspect acts too cocky" episode.

[–] ecarle (14979) 7 years ago

this is a classic "suspect acts too cocky" episode.

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I love it when Eddie Albert says to Columbo:

"If you want to catch anything, you're going to have to move to another spot...or use different bait."

I think this one works on characterization -- Albert's commanding presence as he romances the rather sad Pleshette -- than plot. The storyline is basically: "What if General Patton committed a murder?" Albert is so sure of himself and his unassailable public reputation that he starts bumbling his alibi the second Columbo shows up. And by romancing Pleshette, the never-married General neutralizes the key witness: she no longer believes what she saw.

Eddie Albert has great macho presence as the General -- this is a precursor to his great villain roles in 70s movies like The Heartbreak Kid, The Longest Yard, and Hustle.

I like the seaside locale..and the funny ride at sea(a match for Lee Grant's light plane flight with Columbo in the second pilot.)