“Were You a Witness To What He Just Did? | Columbo

Columbo sets the trap for Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Paul Galesko (Dick Van Dyke, bearded) who kidnaped and killed his wife.

Season 4 Episode 2 ''Negative Reaction': A photographer murders his wife and blames her death on a bungled kidnapping. But Lt. Columbo has an even sharper eye than the Pulitzer Prize winner.

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[miguelluis]

"hey do you mind if I get your shift tonight?" "no, but why?" "columbo is doing a bit and I want to be there when it happens"

[IowanMatthew]

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." -Napoleon Bonaparte

[gregjayonnaise]

I like that Columbo remains completely calm and civil even when accusing someone of a heinous crime. There’s no smugness or condescending attitude. He’s just like “these two things don’t add up, and that’s why i know you did it.”

[gedstrom]

Two points from this episode:
1. Never assume the police are as stupid as they seem!
2. The police can lie to you all they want in an interrogation in order to get a confession out of you!

[grugg]

This man literally fabricated a whole story, just to get a man to call him out to prove stuff he _shouldn't_ have known. That is actual genius.

[versuch]

Just realized something great or "refreshing" about this, after all these years. The other policemen/detectives in Columbo are not written to be idiots to make Columbo seem like a Genius. No incredulous looks and lines of: "How did you know that?"

[terrellholmes]

I just noticed a couple of subtle things in this scene. First of all, Sgt. Hoffman's expression after Columbo says he dropped the original photo into the hydrochloric acid is a marker that the deception is on. Second, after Columbo says "Oh no sir, no, I wouldn't do that" he places himself in front of the shelf of cameras, which he does to bring them to Galesko's attention so that he would see the camera he used, pick it out, and incriminate himself.

[christophercollins]

Of all the gotcha moments, this is my favorite. Colombo drops the charade, and I get shivers as his intensity and bridled ferocity grows each time he asks “did you witness what he just did?”.

[Rodshark]

That's what you get for saying Columbo "Isn' too bright".

He is so far ahead of you he is right behind you.

[akumakorgar]

My favorite moment of these is when the killer realizes Columbo is much smarter than he lets on

[UndeadPasta]

I love how his fellow officers, whether they know the plan or not, do not interrupt or even look at Columbo like he's got nothing here. They patiently wait for him to continue and even though they might have no idea where he's going with it they know how good he is and let him do his thing.

No pettiness, no doubt, no suspicion. They are aware how good Columbo is and wait for the hammer to drop. I love it.

[BeeWhistler]

This is one of my top episodes. Not only does the killer realize he's been caught, that he caught himself, and that without that they'd have been unable to catch him... but he also realized that all this time Columbo wasn't an idiot. And it broke him entirely.

[mediasawdust]

"You've just incriminated yourself sir, you've identified the camera." - great icy delivery.

[Cybjon]

I love how Columbo kind of collapses at the end, like after booking the perp he's finally allowing his body to feel the weight of all the mental exhaustion he's been through and the stress of it all coming down to that one ruse at the end. He looks like he's going to go straight home and sleep for three days.

[dailyflash]

Peter Falk suffered from terrible dementia at the end of his life and paparazzi shamelessly sold photos of him during that time. He deserved more dignity and respect.

[joshuahodgson]

Years ago, this show was on Netflix for a stint. I was bored and watched an episode...next thing I know I have binged an ENTIRE SERIES...love this show.

[joolzshah]

“Were you a witness to what he just did?” - Columbo, asking the guy sat at his desk, around the corner.

[nickbarrale]

@5:48 “Hold it lieutenant, before you do something you’ll regret.”

What a great line right before he does something he regrets 🌀

[quickattackfilms]

As a 27 year old who never grew up with the show or watched it in my life… this scene alone makes me wanna watch it. Blew my mind lol. When he acted legitimately defeated like “wait, the picture is reversed?” Just to feed into the suspect’s ego, letting him hang himself. 😎👌 perfect

[patburke]

"If i hadnt taken that camera" The look on galeskos face and the change in music as he realises columbo has merely been pretending to be a fool is classic .