![]() ![]() The dentist is, of course, Italian and spends most of his time muttering on about everyone thinking Italians are just the Mafia and nothing else. However Columbo does go to the dentist - something that's always worth seeing. There's so much going on in this episode that man there's barely any time for a sub-plot. And in America you need to be rich to be elected - I'm sure we all await the day with baited breath when the US President is someone who spent most of their lives in the slums trying to get out, although the chances of that ever happening seem rather slim. Now you know this is going to rank high when a politician is involved - it must be one of the smuggest professions on the planet after all. It's only as the end nears and he's getting increasingly desperate that the frustration really shows. However being a good politician, Hayward does a very good politician act of covering it up and being diplomatic - okay he's no Tony Blair at it but you get the idea. ![]() Here you have a politician who doesn't think his fake story of death threats and murder is being believed! Which of course it isn't because the story is as likely as anyone claiming Cher has never had plastic surgery. And boy does this take a lot.Įxtra points have to go for the fact that the murder happens whilst the murderer is supposed to be under police protection, although the way Hayward actually manages to allude them doesn't exactly inspire police confidence! How annoyed does the murderer get with Columbo? You can usually tell how good a Columbo episode is going to be, on the basis of how much effort it takes to get the person killed in the first place. Columbo had removed it three hours before. Unfortunately for him, Columbo has him big style. Playing up to the fact that the police think he's faking everything, he points at the bullet hole and asks them if they still think he's faking it! Match the bullet in the wall with that that killed Stone and what's the betting it's from the same gun? Well? Hours later on he uses a firecracker to make it look like he's just been shot. Before going off to cast his vote, Hayward shoots through the window from the hotel balcony, and smuggles the gun out again. It's back at the hotel on election day that he gets his evidence.ĭespite the hotel suite supposedly being a secure area, Hayward has smuggled in a gun with a silencer. The only one is at a petrol station which was closed as they ran out of fuel! And they had to have followed the car rather than wait, because who knew anyway was driving to the beachhouse?Īnd why did Hayward order a new jacket identical to the one that Stone died in?Ĭonvinced that the whole death threats are false, he goes around trying to find out how and is nudged on by the fact that there's no phone near the beachhouse where anyone could have made the phone call to the police. The murderer could have driven in behind Stone and used his headlights, however then the angle of the shot would have been wrong. The murder happened in pitch black for starters as the street light was broken. Stone's clothing is tough and reliable but the watch found on him was cheap and shoddy. The fun for Columbo begins very early on because ultimately little about the murder makes sense. Cleverness of the way Columbo catches out the murderer Later he phones the police, and proclaims that the non-existent gang who issue death threats, have actually carried one out.Ĭolumbo is at the dentist when he hears the news. He then rushes home for a surprise birthday party for his wife. Once dead he replaces Stone's watch with a new one, changes the time and smashes it. On his arrival he flips on the lights and kills him. In reality he drives off to the beach house too, and waits for Stone there in the garage way. ![]() Swapping jackets, he tells Stone to drive off to Hayward's beach house knowing the police will follow. Hayward tells Stone he's going to break it off with Linda in person but he needs cover. Not impressed, Hayward concocts a plan to get Stone - a man whom he has come to hate - out of the way for good, and make the threats on his life look more real.įrom his hotel suite, he sends his police guard to the lobby for some cigars. ![]() Happily married is the only way he's going to be. Stone insists that Hayward breaks off his clandestine relationship with Linda Johnson who works as secretary to Hayward's wife. In order to help, his Campaign Manager Harry Stone has arranged a plan to boost the votes - a phoney series of threats on Hayward's life, convincing enough to ensure Hayward gets a huge amount of police protection and, of course, lots and lots of publicity. “This Columbo episode proves, politicians are just as likely to be evil murdering scum as anyone“Įlection day is rapidly approaching and Senate candidate Nelson Hayward is only too aware that it's going to be a tight battle against his opponent. ![]()
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