Leicaman

8th Mar 2025

Columbo (1971)

A Deadly State of Mind - S4-E6

Plot hole: Collier damages a post with his car as he leaves the driveway. His car would certainly have been damaged. The storyline is not long enough for Collier to have his car repaired. Columbo knows about the damaged post, but he never looks into how the damage occurred and never looks at Collier's car, which would have been incriminating.

Leicaman

8th Mar 2025

Columbo (1971)

22nd Feb 2025

Columbo (1971)

Troubled Waters - S4-E4

Plot hole: After Danziger fires the revolver into the mattress, Columbo compares that slug with the murder slug. He puts them both on a narrow railing. It is noticeably windy, and ships often roll with waves. Columbo would not risk losing both pieces of evidence.

Leicaman

3rd Feb 2025

Columbo (1971)

An Exercise in Fatality - S4-E1

Plot hole: When Columbo finds Stafford's street shoes in his locker, they are tied. How did Janus get his shoes off without untying them? If Janus did untie them, why did he retie them before putting them in the locker? And why didn't Columbo wonder why someone would take off his shoes and tie them before putting them away?

Leicaman

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Suggested correction: I'm not sure how this is a mistake. I always take my shoes off without untying them.

Bishop73

I can't take off my lace shoes without untying them. How do you do it?

Leicaman

Guessing by them not being tied too tightly. Depends entirely on how much give is in the shoes or the laces - it's certainly not unreasonable.

11th Jan 2024

Columbo (1971)

Short Fuse - S1-E7

Plot hole: We are told several times that the road to the mountain house is very narrow and difficult to negotiate. How did the very large crane get there so quickly to lift the bodies after the crash?

Leicaman

28th Dec 2021

Columbo (1971)

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