I remember watching some random episodes on TV when I was younger and since it's got such a high rating on IMDB, I decided to give it a "proper go" and watch it from beginning to the end, all episodes and all seasons.
I do like Peter Falk and find him charming, but this innovative approach introduced at that time of "inverted detective story" when they show you who did what at the very start gets quite a bit boring very quickly. There is no intrigue, only Columbo trying to catch rich and spoiled culprits. It's fine for a while and it could keep my interest only for the first 5 or 6 episodes. I was wondering all the episodes of this show are going to in the same style and when I found online that they are indeed pretty much the same story, I pulled the plug on it.
I gave it 5 stars as it's not that bad, but just not good enough to keep me entertained. Can't recommended it and in my opinion, it's not worth the time.
I do like Peter Falk and find him charming, but this innovative approach introduced at that time of "inverted detective story" when they show you who did what at the very start gets quite a bit boring very quickly. There is no intrigue, only Columbo trying to catch rich and spoiled culprits. It's fine for a while and it could keep my interest only for the first 5 or 6 episodes. I was wondering all the episodes of this show are going to in the same style and when I found online that they are indeed pretty much the same story, I pulled the plug on it.
I gave it 5 stars as it's not that bad, but just not good enough to keep me entertained. Can't recommended it and in my opinion, it's not worth the time.