It was kinda sexist, for example, Columbo says to Leslie Williams' male employee, that he didn't know how he could work for a woman. Or Margaret saying that Leslie was playing "lady lawyer" and constantly referring to her like that. And then there's the plot itself, a successful female lawyer killing her husband because he bored her. Margaret said, Leslie made her father leave the federal court and make her his partner in his firm, and that recently Leslie told her father he was a bore and wanted him to quit the firm handing it all over to her, inferring that Leslie is a career digger, I guess, akin to a gold digger.
I mean from what I saw the woman was a top-notched lawyer with a solidified reputation as an excellent lawyer. Why did she even need her husband's law firm? She could have struck out on her own. There's a thing called divorce. The motivation was so weak. And yeah I know Columbo says she has no conscience, another word, a psychopath, but she didn't strike me as stupid, but they were going with the big bad career woman scenario, so....
How did Leslie move her husband's body? She managed to get him outside to the car, lift him into the trunk, lift him out of the trunk, get him to the edge of the cliff to roll him off. All by herself. Damn, Leslie, you coulda been a weight lifter. Lol.
The thing that saves this pilot episode other than the usual great performance by Peter Falk, is the performance by Lee Grant. She was really good in the role, charismatic, and interesting. Grant and Falk's interactions were good in their cat and mouse game. Loved the airplane ride scene. The direction was also really good with the film noir style.
As much as I love the series and Peter Falk in the role, I found the story weak, with weak motivation for the murderer, and didn't care for the sexist stuff. 5/10.
I mean from what I saw the woman was a top-notched lawyer with a solidified reputation as an excellent lawyer. Why did she even need her husband's law firm? She could have struck out on her own. There's a thing called divorce. The motivation was so weak. And yeah I know Columbo says she has no conscience, another word, a psychopath, but she didn't strike me as stupid, but they were going with the big bad career woman scenario, so....
How did Leslie move her husband's body? She managed to get him outside to the car, lift him into the trunk, lift him out of the trunk, get him to the edge of the cliff to roll him off. All by herself. Damn, Leslie, you coulda been a weight lifter. Lol.
The thing that saves this pilot episode other than the usual great performance by Peter Falk, is the performance by Lee Grant. She was really good in the role, charismatic, and interesting. Grant and Falk's interactions were good in their cat and mouse game. Loved the airplane ride scene. The direction was also really good with the film noir style.
As much as I love the series and Peter Falk in the role, I found the story weak, with weak motivation for the murderer, and didn't care for the sexist stuff. 5/10.