Columbo: Season One Review

I've officially watched every episode of Columbo that's available for instant streaming on Netflix, which includes almost -- but not every -- episode over the course of its seven seasons, after which it went into hiatus for over a decade and came back on a different network. So I can't say I've officially watch every episode of Columbo, since that would require tracking down the DVDs so I can watch the ones that are mysteriously left off of Netflix. But I did buy the first season DVD set the other day, so I can say I have watching every episode of the first season, as well as the two TV movies that preceded the series pilot.

Basically all I do lately is watch Columbo and then bore my friends by talking about it, so now I'm going to branch out and try to bore every body else who stumbles upon my blog by giving my thoughts on every episode from the original series of Columbo, and then my thoughts on every episode of every other season as I finally watch them all. This is what my life is now. I have become a Columbo watching machine.

Anyway, here we go:

Oh wait... just one more thing before we begin... I just wanted to point out that Columbo is the best detective show of all time, and front runner for being the best TV series of all time over all, at least among those that don't have "Star Trek" in their title.

Prescription: Murder (February 20th, 1968)
This TV movie was the first appearance of Peter Falk as Columbo, although the character had appeared before, first as a short story, then as an episode of a mystery anthology show featuring Bert Freed as Columbo, making him notable as the first actor to portray the character and that's about it. I suppose if I really want to claim to be a Columbo fan, I should track this down and watch it. I'll put it on my list stuff no reasonable person would ever want to do but I seem to do it anyway.