The Forgotten Lady is the perfect Columbo episode. You've got some primo Classic Columbo Capers--Columbo falling out of a tree, Columbo bribing another cop to take his shooting test for him because the show is like "our man can't shoot, he won't shoot, and he'll never need to shoot," Columbo driving around his flaccid flop of a dog for half the episode while he has one-sided arguments with his dog that he loses each time, and most importantly, Columbo in one of his like three outfits that isn't THE outfit. Motherfucker wears a tux. I didn't know clothes could touch him and remain unwrinkled.
But the STAR of the episode is Janet Leigh as the killer. She's beautiful, she's tragic, she's breaking down, she's never felt better, she's gonna be famous again and everyone's going to love her, she's barely holding it together at rehearsals, she's got a special murder outfit for slinking around and the rest of the time she wears nothing but flowing chiffon with feathers (the CLOTHES in this episode, ugh, I die), she doesn't understand why this detective won't believe her husband killed himself, but she'll keep inviting him back to her house to watch movies with her.
and the ending is like. A surprise. Like the resolution of the episode is not what I expected, which is very notable in a show where the premise is "here's how this person murdered that person, here's how Columbo catches them." Which really does salvage the ending, because it's another one of those episodes where by the end Columbo has managed to maybe possibly cast doubt on an alibi, and honestly I don't even think he managed that. I was watching the murder in the intro like "wow this one's gonna be hard for him to crack," and it was very hard, and I would argue he doesn't actually crack it at all, but that ultimately doesn't matter. Janet Leigh is actually luminous and apparently really good at murder.
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youtube channel that has a "team of writers" but still goes like "umm soy bad cuz so much defosteration in the amazon :)" as if they made at most 1 google search and looked at the preview of the first result.
its embarrassing.
another youtube channel with 1m+ subscribers talking about wool and acrylic and cotton fiber and going like "cotton needs a lot of water", while not saying a word about how much water all these sheep in australia need.
its embarrassing.
going vegan is like realizing 99% of people have bought into this misinformation and even if you say anything theyll just think you are biased, emotional, unreasonable and, gasp, classist/racist/ableist.
hbomberguy do a video on the animal exploitation industries, please.
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Ok, now that I had time to think about the show, here’s my issue:
It’s not hitting. This is something that I have been waiting for. I’ve been looking for an adaptation for years, and I was so excited we were finally getting one. The thing is, though, the show that we’re getting is not something that is going to occupy my every thought. IT SHOULD BE!! I SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT THIS SHOW 24/7!! But I’m not. I finished the first 2 episodes. My life should have been forever changed, but instead it’s just a regular Wednesday in December. I really feel like they’re missing the heart and soul that made me fall in love with the book series. It’s just another Hollywood cash grab to me, and not a love letter to its creation :(
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