The Finale of 'Requiem for a Falling Star' | Columbo

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Season 2, Episode 5 'Requiem for a Falling Star': The ongoing feud between an out-of-favor Hollywood actress and a gossip columnist results in murder. Guest star: Anne Baxter.

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[aaronmehaffey]

"In order to lay water pipe, someone would have to dig up the lawn, wouldn't they?"
I love everything about this line. The empathy he has for Nora is so endearing.

[marshallheadchief]

She played this so well. An actor portraying an actor who is putting up an act. Pretty impressive 😄

[SECRETARIATguy]

"Drink, Lieutenant?"
"Thank you."
I _really_ love how Columbo answers that question. Falk is such an incredible actor.

[venomasmark]

I like the drastic difference between a character who's so irritated or upset about being caught they try and come up with more excuses when they've already been proved guilty by Columbo, I really like how she handled it. Gave him a confession, politely stood up and basically said "well, you got me, I'll accept that"

[QueensNativeNYC]

I like the way Columbo had compassion on her.. He knows and understands the weakness of human nature and sometimes reacting with your emotions can get you into deep trouble..

[MustangMike]

Anne Baxter was terrific in this episode. I loved when Columbo had a drink with her.

[juliushoward]

This was the first Columbo episode I ever saw and it made me fall in love with the show

[lisawilliams]

This was one of the few times Columbo didn’t pick up on the murderer’s bs immediately. He was so smitten by her. It probably broke his heart that she was guilty.

[kellyanastasia]

I didn't realize that Anne Baxter was the Granddaughter of the great Frank Lloyd Wright. Sadly she died fairly young at 62 from a stroke in 1985. I would highly recommend "All About Eve" to anyone interested in more from Anne Baxter. A wonderful ly cast and brilliantly written movie from around 1950.

[zachanikwano]

She's frazzled, beaten, and now struggling to explain why and how she accidentally killed her husband. And Columbo just... gently holds her elbow, to steady her, and listens. She's a murderer, a liar and manipulator who would have never turned herself in without being caught... but she's still human and he extends a little nonverbal comfort to her despite everything. Lovely lieutenant.

[Tommi]

3:27 I found it still very gentle from her to invite Columbo for a drink. I liked Anne Baxter a lot in this episode.

[onemorething]

Ah, that moment when the shoulders drop, and there's a long sigh of resignation when they realize Columbo has them. It's time to stop fighting and call a lawyer.

[kellyanastasia]

Really great final scene by Anne Baxter and Peter Falk. It more than makes up for the unevenness of some of the earlier scenes. Terrific cameo though by Edith Head and I enjoyed the other behind the scenes things of a working studio lot that they showed.

[rebekah]

Anne Baxter was always overly dramatic in her parts, more appropriate to the 40s and 50s but as time passed she wasn't able to transition as well as some of her contemporaries. Still I can't help but love watching her perform. This part was perfect for her. ROFL

[BezoRazo]

I can't imagine how it must feel to live with a secret that dreadful gnawing at you for years, the body of your victim (your murdered spouse!) lying buried mere meters from where you sleep. In spite of the arrest, there must be some indescribable sense of relief of being shed of it at long last.

[debbieking]

Love ANNE BAXTER, she was Eve Harrington in ALL ABOUT EVE, and was in ALFRED HITCHCOCKS I CONFESS, Terrific actress.

[zovalentine]

Rest in powerful peace Peter Falk 🙏
16 September 1927 ~
23 June 2011⚘

[loyevangelists]

One thing that I notice in the Columbo episodes whenever Columbo presents all of his evidence to the guilty party they just humbly submit and go quietly off to jail. It makes me think about many people today, I can not envision people today when caught just going quietly.

[trainerskulbd]

I really enjoy her reaction, the mannerism is so spot on. Acting goddess

[christopherkraft]

Great episode!!! The Lieutenant brings down a star (and murderer!). 👍👍