Dugan, was stumped for good material, so we end up on Major General Hollister's yacht for what seems like twenty minutes testing the yacht's engines. It seems the writer of Dead Weight, John T. Dead Weight is saved by the superb performances of Eddie Albert and Suzanne Pleshette. This story is in contrast to other story lines of Season 1 not so skillfully mastered by the writers ( Suitable for Framing, Dead Weight as examples). Death Lends a Hand was written by the Levinsion.Link duo and it stands out as a well orchestrated story line, easy to follow and fantastic punchline at the end, when Columbo related his mis-steps with the law as a teenage prankster using potatoes. These time-honored actors juxtapoz Falk's character with skill and precision. Of the episodes in Season 1, my favorite is Death Lends a Hand guest starring Robert Culp, Patricia Crowley and Ray Milland. Steven Bochco wrote two of the first season stories Link and Levinson wrote two others and it is self-evident that these four stories stand out as better than the other stories because some of the events in the others not written by Bochco/Link.Levinson seem unbelievable, contrived or the running time gets away from the story line and the director has to omit some important events from the teleplay. Notable guest starts abound in Season 1 : Suzanne Pleshette, Eddie Albert, Jack Cassidy, Martin Milner, Robert Culp, Ray Milland, Patricia Crowley, Ross Martin, Susan Clark, Richard Anderson, among many other "That Guy" supporting cast actors. Falk relies often on "Do you have a match?" or "Just one more thing." which in many instances was not in the script and ad-lib'd. As Season 1 unfolds, the Columbo character gets more refined and honed, and the presentation is enhanced greatly. In every episode, a Peter Falk trademark is that somehow the Nick Nack Paddywhack song is heard or hummed or played. Many times, before Columbo can introduce himself, the supporting actors who have supposedly never seen him before call him by his titled name at the beginning of a scene. There are many intentional omissions from the story line, as in the first name is never said aloud or Lt. The pilot episodes "Prescription Murder" and "Ransom for a Dead Man" set the stage for a long and successful career of Lieutenant Frank J. Quintessential late 1960s crime drama ala Perry Mason or Hawaii Five O Classic. Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2016 Setting the stage for a successful career.
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