Kate Loves a Mystery 1x03 A Riddle for Puppets

[@usafinland3919]

I really love to watch this women's work. She makes me feel warm and peaceful with her voice,grace and beauty.❤️ Red, you got "it"

[@heidisierra9833]

Does Finland still get old TV series like this?

[@maryann1531]

I remember this back in '79. Jay Johnson was popular at the time. He always reminded me of Shaun Cassidy.

[@paulettelewis992]

Yes.. I was just going to say this was made either 1979 or in the 80;s. and yes he does have a look like The Cassidy family. Maybe Jack is his dad. LOL

[@maryann1531]

@@paulettelewis992 Could be. 😊

[@pamelafolger8449]

Would've LOVED To See Them Together In A Full Length Movie! Columbo Heaven!😇💖😊💖

[@carolecarle7921]

Love these early episodes with Columbo's beater car parked in the driveway!!

[@frankdenardo8684]

A Peugeot convertible

[@brianfuller7691]

This was an underrated show.

[@Drummerchick2003]

Jay Johnson looks just like Luke skywalker in this, hilarious 😂

[@frankdenardo8684]

Reminds me of the 1978 film Magic which starred Sir Anthony Hopkins.

[@homelesshannah50]

LOL my hubby caught me watching this and asked if it were that movie.

[@hew2356]

It does, perhaps it inspired the writers of this episode. Anything's possible.

[@jeanettanorton5646]

So glad I found this ❗❗👍👍. Back when it started my mom and I watched it every time. It's a good memories.

[@kaybee4132]

You can tell times have changed. Not answering the door if someone hasn't called; not telling a stranger if I have kids and/or their names, etc... Oh, the innocent then....🙄😒 ...and these puppets are giving me Twilight Zone vibes! 🤪🤣

[@Chillmax]

Really great little theme tune, very catchy!!

[@Morwena]

My family dog is a Basset Hound, he is indeed SO SMART! Very relatable.

[@Maninawig]

At least they were consistent with that part. Though in Columbo, Dog was pretty dumb.

[@delphinidin]

(just for the record, schizophrenia does not involve multiple personalities. Multiple personalities are a feature of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), and it is EXTREMELY RARE for somebody with DID to be violent! just had to note that. :)

[@Maninawig]

For the record, he did suffer from schizophrenia and not DID. Starting chronologically, Noel found Victor after a great trauma (he mentioned talking about being sad) and trauma in pubescent children can trigger the symptoms of schizophrenia to start. As such, both his ventriloquist training and his medical condition would be building their narrative at the same time, and it would not be uncommon for those narratives to merge into Archie. However the repressed trauma would start to fester and the subconscious might try to disassociate to protect the psyche. The only difference is Noel has Archie to unload these feelings onto. This gives the voices in Noel's head the freedom to express such emotions without a filter. It could also entice empathy for Archie, leading Noel to act in his stead (expressed by how he said "that night I was Archie, but Archie was not me.") All this possible cause Archie is that alien voice and not a split of his personality.

[@melodiefrances3898]

Thank you. Media still doesn't get it right AT ALL.

[@davesworld7961]

Picard solved mysteries as Dixon Hill. Janeway solved mysteries as Mrs. Columbo.

[@Maninawig]

And Kirk keeps setting the traps

[@MrLyndarenaud]

Why does she interject herself into murder cases and end up always confronting murderers alone, without the police knowing????

[@davesworld7961]

Holodeck safety protocols are activated.

[@rext8949]

To impress the audience and increase the ratings !

[@PaulSmith-pf2uq]

Because it's a TV series. There are so many mistakes in this, it seems that audiences in the late 70s were naive viewers.

[@MrLyndarenaud]

Television wasn't that old at that time. Plus, not everyone had a tv!

[@shirleywhitt8740]

So she can fall into the arms of her rescuer and act like a Victorian lady.

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

I'm not sure if Kate ever found the perfect role, but her star power shines bright in this early work of hers.

[@hobbygamer6220]

none captain janeway is the perfect role she found it for sure

[@seosamhofionnaghain5555]

Mr. None: Kate Mulgrew was excellent as Mrs Columbo also a very good actress.

[@marcelmoreau2733]

@@seosamhofionnaghain5555 uh.... No, just no. Terrible for the role, bad actress overall. Tgeres a reason sjow is mostly blissfully firgotten amd not considered cannon in the Columbo universe. Even the screws I'm pregnant of the short-lived series they change the story and background from Suffolk Columbo said in the real series to what she says and does in this one episode episode. That's cheap the second attempt to cash in on the Colombo Bread

[@seosamhofionnaghain5555]

Kate Mulgrew was Excellent as Mrs Columbo Very Good Actress(2).

[@usafinland3919]

Thanks to "Orang is the new black" we are able to see how graceful and elegant she aged. I hope we see more of her!

[@anthonybarlow5955]

I enjoyed the show, even though I knew Kate was way to young for the role but there was something about her and that voice that kept me watching the show

[@susanboylefanable]

Kind of the same way for me, too. Don't get me wrong; I haven't been saying Columbo's wife would be kind of a slob, but would probably be one patient, understanding lady. Someone who does all Kate does, makes it look easy, & still stays "neat as a pin" just wouldn't stay married to Columbo long without friction, in my opinion.

[@joet840]

She does have a unique voice, good voice for animation cartoons and story telling.

[@phdyer7717]

je ff pace v b: ;;/

[@MrLyndarenaud]

@@susanboylefanable ...If he is never home, friction would not ever occur. It would explain his constantly disheveled appearance, though!

[@susanboylefanable]

@@MrLyndarenaud Good point!

[@jacobchapman9525]

This feels like a prelude to Murder She Wrote in some ways. The intro, the writing interjecting herself in everything to solve a murder. She was even on Murder She Wrote 3 times.

[@hobbygamer6220]

The holodeck...near endless possiblities

[@annepoitrineau5650]

It is a very compassionate series.

[@KripaWilliams]

I love this show, thank you so much for the upload 😊❤

[@susanstrong4277]

Kate played a character named "Red" in Orange Is The New Black TV series.

[@sohara....]

Kate Mulgrew has a great voice. It's deepened over the years, I think. It's very attractive to listen to. Full bodied. Rich. Characterful

[@abc3902]

@@sohara.... full bodied, rich, yes that is kate mulgrew.

[@stares_mthrfckrly]

Never would’ve guessed this was her! She was one of my favorites in OITNB, awesome to run into some of her earlier work!

[@marrileemiles3974]

OMG, the original Chucky, This is where the idea for that deranged puppet came from. How cool is that! And, this is as creepy as Chucky.

[@princephillip9572]

not that creepy at all, comparing to chucky , actually the clown puppet looks cute for me ! i really want one ! :)

[@delphinidin]

there was an episode of Twilight Zone where a talking doll would murder people, too

[@neilldehaan2522]

You should check out Magic starring Anthony Hopkins - it's so scary.

[@sherrybudreau7100]

A!aaa+l

[@waynekimpel8172]

The original ,was from the Twilight Zone,in the 60s i think

[@virginiakienle1016]

I can't get over her not washing her hands after mixing raw ground beef, then sticking her finger in her mouth...

[@Maninawig]

Twas a different time

[@ExperiencedGhost]

26:35 She ask what does schizophrenia means, He answered "split personality". This is so wrong! Has nothing to do with split personality. But this was filmed long time ago, so it's forgiven.

[@LoveThoseTunes11]

Spoilerish...............That's good camera work after the stabbing in the basement. The light swings back and forth with the shadows playing intermittently across the dummy's face. Spooky stuff.

[@marrileemiles3974]

And, the music really brought it home. (A wee bit over the top in my book).

[@matthewkoch6937]

It's straight out of a horror movie, and all done without showing blood. Very effective staging and cuts.

[@Maninawig]

Cinematography is always a good reasons for spoilerish. It was quite well shot and brought a lot to such a scene. The subtle detail of Archie's head always being set to the right (as if looking away from his ventriloquist) was quite a nice touch too.

[@marrileemiles3974]

Wow, that's Jameson Parker, who went on to star in Simon&Simon with Gerald McRaney who married Delta Burke. I don't think Parker ever made it onto the A-list but McRaney did.

[@car-less-ness6770]

not Jameson Parker but Jay Johnson, a ventriloquist born in Texas, USA

[@lindaschramm1818]

To bad that they didn't act together. I think Peter Falk and Kate would make a good Team.

[@dreamy1070]

Oh, my how times have changed . ....you wouldn't find the press at a crime scene before the police finished processing it these days

[@Veaseify]

I am sure if they hadn't called this Mrs Columbo it would have done much better, I have seen all of the episodes and it really wasn't bad...apart from having her saved by her policeman friend at the end of every episode when she wasn't Mrs Columbo anymore!

[@Maninawig]

Wait what? I am new to this series, but they stopped calling her Mrs. Columbo? Why?

[@girishsavant2302]

America's sweetheart before Meg Ryan.

[@hobbygamer6220]

Shes got a similar voice for Falk

[@MsDisneylandlover]

when did they come out with miss Colombo

[@nancyullrich5447]

1979-1980, 13 episodes

[@woof3598]

he kinda disappeared after Soap

[@IslandGirlKelly]

I am scrolling through the comments whilst watching to see if anyone mentioned Soap. I loved that show.

[@frankdenardo8684]

An episode dealing with ventriloquism. The guy is being like Edgar Bergen - Charlie McCarthy, Waylon Flowers and Madame, Willie & Lester.

[@steztoyz]

Captain Janeway? 😳 😆

[@Ali-gb7mf]

If Kate acted this way today she'd be sued!!!!

[@missmaggie2620]

Wow, if I gave my dog rare beef like that....how times have changed

[@MooseCall]

He'd love it.

[@Maninawig]

Many people swear by the raw diet. Though I am pretty sure worshteshyr sauce is bad for them though.

[@kattangredi8615]

Thanks for uploading I like her

[@skingrad]

Computer end program.

[@raphaelandrews3617]

does anyone know when this was made it looks like the 1970s ca series made in Canada?

[@JetteBahlke]

Raphael Andrews this was made 1979-80 😉 (not in Canada as far as I know)

[@MackerelCat]

Onion salt? For the dog? No Kathy No!

[@keepdancingmaria]

I never figured out, why did the man have to die??? I don't see a motive. Even crazies have motives.

[@marrileemiles3974]

He created the puppet that wasn't working any more. I don't think schizophrenics need a motive. Just because is good enough for them.

[@matthewkoch6937]

Noel has a clear case of Dissociative Identity Disorder, or as it would have been termed then, "schizophrenia." The puppet would be the embodiment of Noel's self-loathing("I hate you"), despair, and emotional withdrawal(notice how he's much more calm and natural around children than adults). The last conversation with Victor was a cry for help. The dysfunctional, hate-filled part of Noel would feel threatened by Victor and the implied mental help he urged Noel to get. So, the vindictive part of the alternate personality killed Victor to protect itself and to keep the other parts of Noel's personality in line. The murder itself would legally likely fall under "temporary insanity" or "irresistible impulse"-the body acting independently of the conscious mind.

[@Maninawig]

Having worked with schizophrenia patients before, I disagree with the DID diagnosis. Schizophrenia often unlocks in the psyche (believed to be present but dormant at birth) during a pubescent trauma (like the sadness Noel felt when he first met Victor.) However, this would mean that the voices and the ventriloquist persona would develop at the same time and probably merged to form Archie. However, such therapeutic methods do not resolve the trauma, just ignores it... and ignored trauma festers. The subconscious then tried to protect Noel by having Archie live out the grieving, though this leaves such emotions unfiltered. Denial - this is what Noel did to cause the trauma to fester. Depression - Archie no longer wanting to keep the act up. Bargaining - both Archie wanting to break up the act due to the depression, and Noel trying to get Victor to fix things (will mention this later). Anger - or more specifically Wrath at being denied a cure that lead Archie (with schizophrenia, the voices can entice violence in high stress situations) to overwhelm Noel with thoughts of murder. And finally Acceptance, which came when Noel had to admit being caught (dealing with a second trauma as a test-run for the big trauma. Where this differs from DID is that the voices (Archie) are not a personal identity, but a separate entity one cannot control... often believed to be someone else. Think A Beautiful Mind or hearing an audiotape that never ends... As for motive, that would be self-preservation or survival. Basically, Victor's ventriloquism lessons became a way for Noel to regain sanity, and such a major lifeline was severed when Victor could not reinforce it. So Noel became like a wild animal backed into the corner and lashed out not at Victor, but at his threatening denial in hopes to make it stop. The very definition of temporary insanity even for the insane man.

[@sueregan2782]

He was the one that got treatment for Noel. Archie needed to get rid of him to keep from being suppressed again in treatment.

[@keepdancingmaria]

@@sueregan2782 I think I will watch it again with that in mind...

[@heidisierra9833]

Looks like the casting directors used the same character actors pool as Barney Miller and Soap. I've noticed this ALOT in tv from 1976 to 1980. It was just the same actors on every show playing different characters lol. Eventually they all just run together.

[@MsDisneylandlover]

that was a lil creepy

[@brantlambermont1657]

Chuck & Bob

[@leejones8582]

Kate Mulgrew was a good 30 years younger than Peter Falk.

[@homelesshannah50]

I think this was supposed to be another show NOT her married to Columbo

[@whatshisname3304]

she supposed to be columbo's wife. Now, that's implausible.

[@MisterFusion113]

I'm here to investigate the murder of Tuvix. I'm hot on the trail.

[@Drummerchick2003]

That was a weird episode, sad really, but we would have lost two main characters for tuvix, 🤣

[@marvinchoudhary1116]

She looks like katherine zeta jones ....

[@seosamhofionnaghain5555]

125,156 View's So Far: Saturday March 27 - 2021.

[@deeannh17]

This one was disturbing. She keeps putting her daughter and herself in danger, too. You would think she would have a gun for protection and too look through the window before she opens the door. Who takes care of her daughter when she goes out at night? Such an irresponsible woman who should know better.

[@Drummerchick2003]

🤣 columbo never even carried a gun.

[@lindsaycooper9400]

So I've watched 3 episodes now and I have to say nothing ever really makes sense. That said, I enjoy the social commentary and zeitgeist of the late 70's early 80's. Amusing spin-off from the incomparable Columbo.

[@Maninawig]

This really is more like an adult Nancy Drew.

[@patrickjohnson5658]

I will always think of Kate Mulgrew as Captain Janeway of the USS Voyager because that is where I saw her first and to me she has become typecast in that role. I had previously heard of a short lived TV series called Mrs Columbo that ran 13 episodes between 1979 and 1980 but never actually saw any clip from it until KZbin came along. Its not for me I think so I will give it a miss.

[@susanboylefanable]

Well, you're missing something, then, but the coincidence is, that her acting ability caught my attention in this series, but I never knew she played Janeway!

[@auroracutter8734]

I like her in any role, but she'll always be Mary Ryan Fenelli to me.

[@333-u9o]

Oh, NOW I know where I saw her 😊 Thank you!

[@seosamhofionnaghain5555]

Patrick Johnson are you living in Tralee ?

[@AngelaRyanXX]

Solids!

[@hobbygamer6220]

DAGNAB IT ( as i was writing that she yelled "mister abbott"...too weird ), I REMEMBER SEEING CAPTION "MRS COLUMBO" WITH A PICTURE OF MARIETTE HARTLY ! what, were there TWO TAKES ??

[@rext8949]

Ummmm ... stretching things a bit too much . Engineering reverse psychology to fit the story . Kate's like Falk , always solving mysteries out of thin air .

[@michaelprobert4014]

@ALLAN CHARLES I believe the world is made up of two groups, people who shout at the TV and people who shout at the people who shout at the TV. They usually end up marrying each other.

[@seosamhofionnaghain5555]

Mrs. Columbo Episode 3 of 13.

[@ruthannamarteifio2956]

"Mrs. Columbo"

[@raphaelandrews3617]

Yes a odd title, shows never usually refer to other characters unless they are spin offs.

[@andreamoravick6418]

mom i already saw that one

[@hobbygamer6220]

Did Falk...EVER...appear on this show ?

[@mrcydonia]

No. Later, they actually changed her last name to Callahan.

[@hobbygamer6220]

mrcydonia so they changed th name of the show ?

[@333-u9o]

, 'Kate Loves a Mystery'

[@hobbygamer6220]

AGNES IS THAT RIGHT ?? AAAAARRRGHH !!! DX ok, THANK YOU ! smh

[@gwenstephens6734]

Man,these storylines were weird. I love Kate though. Great actress.

[@sharonsheehy3128]

The puppet reminded me of micheal Jackson in looks good movie

[@marisgarcia6314]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@doctordawn3486]

Never give Onions to dogs!!!

[@arosencrantz18]

Exactly; I thought her making a recipe out of it was ridiculous!

[@lunalily220]

Ok , so , she is the wife of detective Colombo??? Never heard of her before.

[@ezelleducation]

Maybe I'm confused. I vaguely remember this show, but I remember the actress. Why do you think she's too young for this role??

[@michaelsegur6810]

Bc columbo was much older than her...she was like 24 atm

[@helenglover8643]

These sort of prog.movies that give clowns a bad name Haha

[@neilldehaan2522]

That weren't very hot on crime scene integrity in the 70s.

[@enterchannelname4542]

Apparently, they weren't too hot on seatbelts or hand washing either.

[@gwenstephens6734]

Creepy as hell

[@dennis8196]

Maybe she was the wrong actor for the role perhaps too young. Maybe this was too much like Murder She Wrote without the companion actor, Eg the police officer that is always there to tell her to back off. It's like it was just about OK, but the critics were wrong then and now all we have is 1/8th of the episodes of the number we could have had. Maybe, if they didnt call it Mrs Columbo, and use that premise, maybe just maybe, this would have worked.

[@seosamhofionnaghain5555]

Mrs Columbo was an excellent series. What's on TV nowadays is mainly garbage !!

[@dennis8196]

@@seosamhofionnaghain5555 it could have been if they had as I suggested cast a different actor, and not based it on an already working series, especially one that was dead set against having a companion series set against it. In more than one episode Columbo makes a reference to it and remarks how fake this 'wife' is. Mrs Columbo was ok, not special, not great, just ok as it was, but you are absolutely correct, today's TV doesn't take much to beat, many KZbinrs are doing better than the big name TV stations and production companies today.

[@skazala]

Мода 70х смешная такая. Наивная и милая

[@stonerlora]

In the Columbo weekend TV series, the mentions of her by him were all different-- bad script-writers. I hated that no rich were convicted in Columbo so it seemed a waste of time as they never are.

[@stonerlora]

QUESTION: WAS this a CABLE TV SHOW? I've never found TV important enough to pay for and had no idea it existed until now. Ha.

[@stonerlora]

I still haven't watched one of them. It's hard to watch things when I can choose to think, read, and listen to music. It's top of my watching list which doesn't exist. I LOVE BEING STONED. BYE and thanks for giving me something to watch if I'm ever bored.

[@nativeamerican6025]

Peter Falk (Columbo) tried to stop this show from airing.

[@jensap2708]

Legal Immig the show is bad and the Mrs Columbo gets on my nerves. .. so many names IT'S only ONE COLUMBO - Falk 4 ever!

[@seosamhofionnaghain5555]

No need for Falk to have been so uptight about this show AT LEAST WE GOT TO SEE HIS TV WIFE !!!

[@homelesshannah50]

@@seosamhofionnaghain5555 She wasn't supposed to be his wife, they changed the name of the show cause it was so confusing

[@jennifersiagian]

So CREEPY so Cheesy so over done is this with the mannequin

[@elaineburch5397]

I hate clowns

[@glutinousmaximus]

Where's Columbo?

[@geminijohnson4019]

The way she acted kinda annoys me

[@Bible5771]

Is the ventriloquist shaun cassidy? Looks like him.

[@andreacameron7813]

no , that's Jay Johnson.

[@alexdavies1662]

This wasn't so good. A lame show that didn't go the distance - hardly surprising!Kate Mulligan is a good actress but she was far too young to play this kind of character.

[@sealteamryx6758]

Alex Davies agreed and far to young to be Columbo's wife

[@alexdavies1662]

+Rickest Rick - Indeed, except it turns out that she wasn't the wife of the Columbo we all know.

[@lyannenescro1203]

Mulgrew not Mulligan

[@fussygirl65]

Mulgrew not mulligan

[@Veaseify]

@@alexdavies1662 so why did they show the dog and her cleaning up a cigar butt in the opening credits? Sorry, I may have misunderstood your comment but this whole show was predicated on the idea that she WAS Lieutenant Columbo's wife, as ludicrous as the concept seems now Edit: I found out they changed her name after a few episodes because it was doing so badly, the last few shows she was called Kate Callahan and had a husband called Philip so I guess you were right!

[@evelynesimon5758]

Corny to the core

[@marshawoods4983]

I remember this show but it certainly didn't last... It was okay but I was never that impressed with it that had Peter Falk in it it might have been a lot better and had a chance... She's a good actress I like her but she's too young to play this role

[@susanboylefanable]

I believe that's what called my attention to her acting ability in the first place: too young, but she did a great job of it!

[@seosamhofionnaghain5555]

Marsha Woods: In modern America and indeed 1970s America there was nothing unusual about Men marrying Women 20 plus years younger than them !! Indeed Peter Falk himself in real life married his second wife who was 21 years younger than him.

[@xmaseveeve5259]

TOO QUIET.

[@lyndapoysor5573]

Sorry, never enjoyed Columbo :(.

[@marrileemiles3974]

I did. Certainly more than her. His role was so unique for a police detective. Wow! Just looked him up on Wikipedia, what a career he had.

[@lirpa2300]

@@marrileemiles3974 I loved Columbo. One of my favorite detective shows. This show was okay. I don't think she was too young to play Columbo's wife but when it comes to solving crimes, NOBODY does it better than Lt. Columbo.

[@seosamhofionnaghain5555]

@@lirpa2300 EXCEPT Sherlock Holmes and Jupiter Jones of the 3 Investigator's!!