The Killers Agenda | Columbo

[@OrchestrationOnline]

I love how Columbo walks around a hospital with a cigar for the whole episode and no one tells him not to smoke! Even in the 1970's, smoking was not allowed in hospitals.

[@jugganuat6440]

I might be wrong but smoking wasn’t officially banned in hospitals until 1993

[@OrchestrationOnline]

@@jugganuat6440 In California, where this show is set, there were No Smoking signs in wards, waiting rooms, corridors, and operating theatres. I remember them quite clearly from when I lived there. Some hospitals allowed smoking on the grounds and in doctors' offices. It's pretty much mopping up these exceptions that was instituted in 1991 in California and 1993 elsewhere.

[@raminybhatti5740]

He was admonished by a nurse for smoking in an earlier scene.

[@GhostDrummer]

There was an actual ashtray on the counter in the observation area.

[@patriciamariemitchel]

@@raminybhatti5740, lots of nurses smoke and go outside to do it.

[@douglaslally156]

Columbo tries to stop Spock from murdering Grandpa Walton. There's your synopsis.

[@jugganuat6440]

You Must be 50 or older

[@beyourself2444]

@@jugganuat6440 Was that supposed to be an insult? Boomerang

[@shirleysavitts9647]

What a phenomenal surprise to see Colombo going logical with Spock, Leonard Nimroy. Thank you for sharing this .

[@SciTrekMan]

Nimoy

[@Romulan2469]

Must be the mirror universe Spock.

[@RonWolfHowl]

Illogical

[@georgeatlas2243]

Thumbs up#31

[@beastmode00714]

Look how Dr. Irving is sewing up that colon! He's got wonderful hands!

[@MrK623]

Anytime the suspect tries to use authority over him: You just lost your badge my friend. I have no choice but to call your superiors. He gets offered a job at a lot more money. It just cements the guilt for him. The entitled people in these episodes are always (trying) to push him around. He puts up with it, to give them a false sense of security. He even said one time, when someone called his superior, the superior contacted him and said to keep going. You must have struck a nerve. Columbo is never in fear of losing his job, or being chastised by superiors. Because they know what he is doing, and he does it better than anyone else. One time a character says: They are sending their best man over. And then Columbo shows up all disheveled. They can't believe this is their best man.

[@patriciamariemitchel]

MrK623, Well said. 👍

[@georgeatlas2243]

Thumbs up #32

[@inlikeflynn7238]

It actually explains a great deal. Columbo never gets any sleep and consistently explains how he never gets time off, needs coffee, and hasn't eaten since yesterday. He is constantly getting sent around to different cases because he is the police department's leading detective and never has time to look after himself, which is why he looks so disheveled.

[@honeyboynton2106]

Colombo is my favorite show!

[@Sameoldfitup]

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams

[@Sameoldfitup]

@julialeite63 right to who love?

[@martm216]

Love Columbo's queasiness - exactly how I would be!

[@martm216]

@Cleo Fierro ah yes, that's true 🤔

[@jamesfeldman4234]

But what's puzzling is that Columbo's world involves homicides and he surely has seen some gruesome ones.

[@mortengottschalck]

Back when you could smoke anywhere. In some episode you can hear Peter Falk cough loudly as he's walking from one scene to the next.

[@LordOfAllVikings]

@v- r-m false😁

[@GyrlBlaque]

Goodnight Johnboy, goodnight Grandpa

[@rickmays797]

Grandpa Walton.....really I got to see this whole episode sometime!!!!!!

[@TheWriterWalker]

I was wondering if that was Grandpa! Lol.

[@janeporter818]

Love this episode

[@juliemonarch7364]

I am amazed of how many Hollywood stars are on this show.

[@kevinobrien9626]

There had to be star power, a big draw to hold the audience's interest, as Falk generally did not appear until 30 minutes in.

[@Genevieve1023]

Apparently the scripts were well written, they attracted lots of talent.

[@shellsbignumber2]

Would a homicide Lieutenant really be that queasy? He must of seen a ton of gross stuff in his line of work.

[@Romulan2469]

Absolutely however Columbo wasn't your ordinary detective. Remember how he also didn't like to carry a gun? Clearly the gruesome aspect to his work troubled him.

[@shellsbignumber2]

@Tony Samson hey I'm dyslexic, bully.

[@kevinhost713]

Thanks

[@shellsbignumber2]

@Tony Samson Sure thing Ton.

[@LearnerChess]

@@shellsbignumber2 Shouldn't that be "dislexyc." ;)

[@lordvengerx]

Lol Columbo is caught in a alternate reality between the Walton's and Star Trek except in this reality they don't live long and prosper lol

[@lordvengerx]

@Tony Samson lol

[@usparatrooper8690]

Hahahahaha

[@lordvengerx]

@@usparatrooper8690 :P

[@lordvengerx]

@Jumpy Cat lol indeed

[@shirleysavitts9647]

Lord Venger Well said.

[@timothyspearman9347]

I owe Spock an apology. I always thought he was cold and logical. But he is rather emotional.

[@duvidl58]

Leonard Nimoy IS NOT SPOCK!

[@jcripp7974]

Leonard Nimoy will always be SPOCK!!!! Its just the way it is.

[@booboolips6053]

Hide the evidence in a colon, and Columbo will never find it😂

[@jamesduggan7200]

should be dramatic music at that point - He's using dissolving suture - Ba ba ba boom

[@Romulan2469]

I must say that the annoying end music at the end of each Columbo mini clip is driving me crazy.

[@aimeewithalm5244]

When Columbo has to leave the room at the end of this video, he says "Sorry!". To the door! I love this scene, I guess it wasn't planed ... 😊

[@sunnyv5718]

Whenever I see the scene with the surgeon, I like to think Columbo is interacting with Fletch during the day Fletch was undercover in the hospital.

[@christopherkraft1327]

Ya gotta love the lieutenant!! He always figures out who the murderer is 🤣

[@mizofan]

he read the script each time

[@truthinbottle99]

He ALWAYS KNOWS who it is from the very beginning (or most of the time), and then proceeds to irritate/annoy the hell out of the guilty person.....

[@dannydinosaur73]

4:31 Took his hat off and threw away that folder pretty quickly.

[@freddie26123]

I love Columbo..

[@ΖΩΗΛΑΜΠΡΙΑΝΙΔΟΥ-σ9χ]

Thank you

[@stevenhill3136]

Columbo neglected to ask if dissolving suture is needed to at least stitch up the chest.

[@marokxy8837]

COLOMBO vs spock..!!!

[@GnarlsGnarlington]

Fascinating.

[@scottyj6226]

I'm not used to seeing Leonard Nemoy show emotion

[@MaxwellsDemon9]

Or maybe Columbo vs. Henoch, the fiendish alien played by Nimoy in Return to Tomorrow. The character and portrayal are exactly like Dr. Mayfield!

[@mus139]

The Waltons meets Star Trek meets Columbo?

[@ChataCovers]

iv'e seen this episode and i was just thinking , had columbo not interfered and that doctor dies from heart failure due to dissolving suture.....then wouldn't the autopsy show "no real souture was found at all?? cause if there was real souture it should still be there in the autopsy. So Spock would have been found out anyway

[@mortengottschalck]

Maybe Spock hoped they would only do an autopsy is they suspected foul play. And if Columbo hadn't gotten involved maybe they wouldn't have.

[@artmallory970]

Good point, they would have checked esp. knowing he had recently undergone a major operation

[@johnfinnegan8474]

Yes they would have done an autopsy if he died. That was the whole point of Columbo getting angry with Dr Mayfield, to drive home the point if his patient died there would have to be an autopsy done to see if it was dissolving suture that was the cause.

[@eric0380]

@@johnfinnegan8474 right, but you would think dr. spock would have thought of that before using dissolving sutures. I guess spock thought he could rush the body to the morgue otherwise

[@tabs3675]

No, the suture would not be there because it would have dissolved. The lack of suture would have caused the heart attack and would be a smoking gun.

[@oldmacisback]

I think Marcia knows less than she's telling!!!!😅

[@DogSerious]

There's life, but not as we know it!

[@7x34hj]

6:50 I wonder if that was implanned. Great reaction if it wasn't.

[@DrRock2009]

Likely he didn’t see it as it was on his blind side...

[@andrewg9457]

Looked like Kramer

[@damienpepper2254]

I love Columbo, but I just need to say(obviously, not proudly), but here , just like in a huge amount of other shows, this thing about an intravenous drug user using the opposite arm to which they are predominant, is not scientific, type evidence. I am right handed, yet have injected in both arms hundreds of times, in fact, because of being right handed, and therefore stronger in my right arm, I have used my left hand to inject in my right arm more than I have in my left. I'm not sure whether that's because I'm very capable with my left arm/hand , or what, but sometimes (not in this, obviously), but in many other police shows (even, most incorrectly, true crime/murder shows), they sometimes state that 'oh, he couldn't have done that as he's right (or left) handed. That's what I want people to realise/know, when they hear about true life stuff, that it's generally easy for most people to inject into either arm. Just saying. Peace and love from London.

[@Pezzonovante916]

Will Geer, Grandpa Walton.

[@Foreseen3]

If jotaro watched this I should watch this

[@jprz13]

No Car Seatbelts

[@TheMightsparrow]

Colombo looks like he is about to be sick 🤢

[@kathleenadams3770]

No smoking in the hospital 😮

[@power2084]

Smoking in the hospital ! Horrible

[@beageler]

How times have changed. Nowadays if someone says they will call a detectives superiors to get him to leave a witness alone, he looks like a nutter or corrupt.

[@thepatriotsrock2]

Just had 💜 operation & columbo is puffing on a cancer stick

[@georgeatlas2243]

A William Shatner Space Travel Tie in ...

[@juliemonarch7364]

Will Geere, and Lynard Nemoy!

[@SciTrekMan]

And you spelled neither name correctly

[@bird271828]

Why don't you post the entire episode? Why post bits and pieces of it?

[@johnfinnegan8474]

They did post the entire episode about a year ago and then subsequently removed it. Copyright issues maybe?

[@jerryvan-hees7130]

This episode will be aired on March 15th. On me TV. If they stay with the 90 minute episode order chronology

[@terratec1001]

I wouldn't worry about it, Lieutenant. We all make mistakes.

[@andrewdemetrius8090]

Illogical!

[@BriqWall]

Sewing up his WHAT?

[@sadikmeah4057]

I think the butler did it, in the drawing room using a brass candle holder

[@sadikmeah4057]

@Badge Man Using his brass crucifix? I see, I never seen it from that angle. Thank you so much, sir, you've been a great help..... Ah, just one more thing... Where were you on the night of the murder?

[@timgraysontv]

Coronavirus 0:33

[@mikelynch-zeroviewz2507]

Why wouldn't spock just eat those sutures ?

[@SciTrekMan]

Yea, like thats a good idea

[@georgeatlas2243]

Mr Spock kills for monkeys !

[@masa-ul4bw]

Nimoi さんに、外科医の役は最適だ。

[@georgeatlas2243]

Research the research monkeys , monkeys sutures .

[@Tasbeeratkotob]

Columbo don’t like the view of surgery operation . He couldn’t stand to look at it .

[@madelainepetrin1430]

Did the old doctor die?

[@jeprice08]

Thankfully, no.

[@TheWriterWalker]

Title should have a possessive apostrophe: "The Killer's Agenda." Correct if you don't want to look ill-educated (smile).

[@jcripp7974]

Ill educated wouldn't be hyphenated. It would be two words. HaHa.

[@TheWriterWalker]

@@jcripp7974, actually, no. It is what you call a compound adjective and so is hyphenated. Check it out in Oxford or Mirriam-Webster. In other words, see what the well-educated say about it.

[@heiheiheihei1371]

😎

[@taekwondotime]

Question: Has an operating room like this ever existed or is this just Hollywood fantasy? We see it in every TV show: The operating room with a glass roof for spectators to watch. I call BS. Doesn't exist. Never has existed. Never could exist. Nobody could ever watch a live surgery like that because it would be a major distraction to the doctors working below. Surgeries get recorded and shown on TV. They're not live theatre. In addition, hospitals don't have that kind of space to waste. You couldn't waste the area for a surgical viewing room because that space is better used for another operating room, patient room, etc.

[@jonathancampbell5231]

They go back to the 16th century and yes, they are very real. There is a reason they are called operating "theatres". They are very rare today but they did exist, almost always in hospitals attached to a university of course. There wasn't really any way for students to learn about surgery prior to television after all, and even then the picture quality wouldn't always be great. You can still them in older universities and museums, even if they aren't used the same way anymore.

[@stephenjackson7797]

*Killer's