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Columbo: Grand Deceptions (1989)
Episode 4, Season 8
it was OK but..
14 June 2010 - 7 out of 9 users found this review helpful.
what about the boxes? i liked the episode well enough but the later Columbo's just don't seem to have the magic the originals did. the endings don't seem as inspired. for example, in this ep, Columbo uses the boxes of books and miniatures to trap Brailie at the end yet it is never explained how Brailie managed to have the miniatures sent to him in a box marked 'McAdam Booksellers' and the books sent to him in a box marked 'Military Miniatures'. the implication is that both the booksellers and miniature manufacturers were somehow in on it which doesn't make any sense. you have to wonder about the wife too. she was otherwise a nice lady but what the heck did she see in that creep Brailie?
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