repeatedly saying brilliant many columbo episodes are time honour episode maximum points etude black  percent perfect certainly  percentmaybe   br br last week reviewed just married compared unfavourably meet parents well heres one parents blythe danner much earlier role wife famous orchestral conductor alex benedict played legend john cassavetes alex affair jennifer wells girl orchestra not first affair one suspects blackmailing alex leave wife wifes mother holds purse strings orchestra alex think itd smart move destroy career marriage overnight instead hatches plot sneak concert hall performance murder young lover making look like suicidebr br enter columbo guess what takes two seconds realise homicide likely suicide take much longer columbo connect alex victim soon hes following around wherever goes even though columbo certain alex man actually takes quite false leads none columbo really swallows vital piece evidencebr br along way topnotch extra characters ranging precocious young neighbour jennifer wells english mechanic sounds like would home coronation street bedraggled looking brass player nearly finds fitted murder he also seeing jennifer wells busy girl theres even brief cameo commandant lassard police academy films leslie nielsen lady waiting impossible take seriously i bet thinking speech made podium you br br but blythe danner john cassavetes peter falk steal show here blythe absolutely divine mrs benedict moment spots alex dialling jennifer wells number memory feels deeply troubled exactly relationship was masterful performance struggles trust alex despite intuition telling something very wrong columbo help matters interrupting game tennis ask impertinent questions alexs relations members orchestrabr br as john cassavetes well shame make repeat appearances columbo villains could jack cassidy patrick mcgoohan one alltime greats show performance superb hes another one falls highly irritated category losing patience columbo rather befriending indulging him despite this game finally grudgingly acknowledge columbos geniusbr br well really really fantastic show loses couple small points rather sledgehammer view classical music highlighted many posters here none bearing logic story characterisations least music good dramatic excitingbr br finally come across it absolutely amazing clip john cassavetes peter falk dick cavett show early s im totally convinced steve coogan watched clip based alan partridge it everything clip resembles knowing knowing you cringeworthy introduction total humiliation cavett guests even orchestra get act playing circus music falk cassavetes friend ben gazzara fool ridicule hostbr br it might strictly relevant review cavett show clip gives nice insight deep friendship professional relationship peter falk john cassavetes clear see quality etude black well pair worked together