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jeffthefuzz
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Columbo: Grand Deceptions (1989)
Episode 4, Season 8
Underrated
27 September 2008 - 10 out of 14 users found this review helpful.
I don't know why this episode is getting bashed. I thought it was one of the better 'new' Columbos. The Private Military Corp is a fun setting and the acting is uniformly good. Columbo is less goofy than he is in a lot of new episodes, too. There area lot of little touches that they add in this one that are not in a lot of the new ones: a few scenes with "This Old Man" in the background and an appearance by Dog. A lot of people complain that this villain is too easy for Columbo to get, but I will say that he actually gets some pretty decent evidence to build up a case, which does not always happen in Columbo. I will admit, I think this one is helped immeasurably by the score, which is just phenomenal! Check it out!
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