well yeah. the premise of the show is not to discover the perp or their method. i dare say, you’ve missed the point. in real life, we know that crimes are ofte

well yeah. the premise of the show is not to discover the perp or their method. i dare say, you’ve missed the point. in real life, we know that crimes are often “solved” not by evidence at hand but by confession of accomplices. i mean that’s why “snitches get stitches” is a thing. columbo takes that to the next level, extracting the suspects own admission through his apparent bumbling. in every single episode, if the perp had only just kept their mouth shut …