Who did not deserve to be murdered?
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sidgirl — 9 months ago(June 16, 2025 07:52 PM)
I agree. She sucked. Obviously she shouldn't have been killed–I think he could have come up with a plausible story to make her look like a liar–but she told him outright she planned to ruin his life. I don't know what she expected to happen–did she think he'd be happy to have her force his hand? Did she think they'd have a happy long-term life together after she did that? Ultimatums are pretty much always bad in a romantic relationship; blackmail is even worse.
Again, not saying she deserved to be killed or that she should have known he would kill her, just that she shouldn't have said those things, regardless. -
JelloBiafra10465 — 9 years ago(April 09, 2016 04:06 PM)
No-one in the Columbo universe actually "deserved" to be murdered. Child molesters, they deserve to be murdered, but we're not dealing with things like that.
That being said, there were people who were asking for it, usually by blackmailing someone. They deserve to be murdered. Most people on the show didn't deserve it, though.
Take Jack Cassidy. He kills his writing "partner", for what? Was there insurance money involved (I get By the Book confused with Publish or Perish sometimes). I know he didn't want the world to know that he was not really a writer, so that was his motive. That's weak. Speaking of Publish or Perish, he kills a writer because he's leaving his company? What the hell is that all about. Anyone in that business would have countless clients leaving to go with another publishing company. -
SuperWittySmitty — 9 years ago(April 10, 2016 11:41 AM)
As a kid, I really disliked Jack Cassidy. His characters were always smarmy but even worse, he was married to Shirley Jones and I had a crush on her. He just seemed so wrong for her! Anyway, he met with a horrible, real-life death and I remember being secretly happy about it. I was only 14 and somewhat confused, I admit. I still have a crush on her, though.
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louiseculmer — 9 years ago(April 24, 2016 10:08 AM)
that doesn't prove he murdered her. You can't convict a man of murder because he has no picture of his wife in his apartment. besides, there are other reasons why there might be no picture - he might find it painful to look at pictures of her for instance.