Thread 214372821

how the HECK would any of his investigations hold up in court does he just count on the criminal to confess?

>>214372821 (OP)
the gloves don't fit, deal with it

boomer criminals really do be giving up that easily

>>214372821 (OP)
hes not a cop hes a P.I.

he is hired by the victims loved ones etc., as long as they find out the truth he's done his job.

not his place to secure convictions

>>214373134
I didn't watch more than a few episodes but he always talks about court cases, holding in court and he seems to work for the PD.

>>214373134
whoops actually i mixed up Lieutenant Detective Columbo with Magnum P.I.

>>214372821 (OP)
For me, Rockford was the superior boomer detective show

>>214373134
have you watched a SINGLE episode of the show?

>>214372821 (OP)
Confessions before a police officer are a major evidence in a trial...

>>214372821 (OP)
You just sound like a jealous bitch

>>214373415
Not if they weren't Mirandized.

>>214373490
What's a merandization?

>>214372821 (OP)
did you even watched the show at all?
There was few episodes where he relied on confession or force criminal to do suspicious things on before witnesses, but tis not even 20% of them.

>>214373546
eating snacks instead of proper food

>>214373153
Rockford is really good, but Columbo is a step above.

>>214372821 (OP)
He relentlessly picks apart the suspects alibi. The alibi they put so much time, effort, and care into constructing. I think when Columbo hands his superiors that shredded alibi it’s enough probable cause to charge the suspect. The confession is just a cherry on top.

>>214375509
he also has ton of shit added like forensics, witnesses, recordings etc. usually to that.

>>214372821 (OP)
The old fashioned richfags Columbo busted would be socially ruined by a public court case for murder so they had the sense to just confess

>>214372821 (OP)
They use the video evidence from the first act.

>>214372821 (OP)
>does he just count on the criminal to confess?
Yes. This is why his criminals are always noble, wealthy people, not some poor thughs who dont have respect for their foe.

>>214373146
what a retard

I never really liked Columbo because I could always figure out who did it by the end of the first act.

>>214373490
Miranda rights were a pretty new thing when this show was airing.

>>214373146
>tfw Columbo will never ask a soviet intelligence officer if he's seen the sunrise

>>214376856
Every episode STARTS with them showing the murder and the murderer trying to hide his involvement. So you are either retarded, or you never watched a single episode.

>>214376926
Is that what happens? I'll always making some popcorn and a beverage and miss the first five minutes.

>how the HECK would any of his investigations hold up in court does he just count on the criminal to confess?
Almost every single Criminal he investigates is basically an Aristocrat. They all share the same personality traits. Minor psychopathic tendencies, pride, duty, shame and honor. They quickly recognize they are in a sort of "battle" with Lieutenant Columbo. They will generally remain very polite and cordial on the surface and when they are finally caught, they recognize Columbo as a worthy adversary, congratulate him and admit their defeat.

Not to mention that the show takes place in civilization and era, which is very high-trust. People are polite and have a basic amount of respect for each other. Especially for people of a higher social class. So when Columbo finally catches the killer and he admits it, you can generally trust the people, who were witnessing all of this to tell the truth about it to the jury. Neither the police or Columbo himself would lie about a false confession.

>>214376926
Anon, you're no Columbo.

>>214372821 (OP)
Because people didn't care back then. If they had, then the writers would've made the investigations hold up in court.

Because their confession combined with 'reasonable doubt' from all of their novelty murders makes his cases air tight i.e. it would be unreasonable to NOT find them guilty and no one else is a suspect.

>>214372821 (OP)
so is columbo autistic, or does he just act like a retard to fuck with peoples' heads?

*blocks your path*

>>214377781
>so is columbo autistic,
he doesn't present as on the spectrum at all
>does he just act like a retard to fuck with peoples' heads?
Yes that's the show

>>214377781
>>214378894
Does he act like a retard though? He visits the suspects and openly tells him his theory and what parts still don't make sense and still have to be figured out.

That's a very honest, forthright approach. He does hold back on openly suspecting them though. He basically gives them a chance to give him an explanation, which doesn't involve them being suspects, but they are often so taken aback and unprepared for this strategy, they get abrasive and passive-aggressive, which only makes Columbo dig in harder.

If he was just acting like a retard, they wouldn't feel attacked.

>>214373134
Could not be more incorrect

>>214373153
Have you heard Angel's album yet?

>>214373595
>>214375509
Theres an episode where he gets the killer to confess by basically having a mob boss threaten to kill him, and says that hell kill him if he retracts his confession at any point during the trial. Columbo was full of shit and 99% of his suspects would go free if they just kept their mouth shut in the end

>>214372821 (OP)
That's most of police procedurals, most of their "investigations" wouldn't hold up in court and almost all of the guilty people would be going free if they have decent attorneys.
Which fits actual police and detectives, they don't really care if suspects are convicted, their job ends when the investigation is closed, which happens well before any court trial.

>>214372821 (OP)
Who's best?

there's an episode in one of the revival seasons where columbo by himself willingly enters a guillotine that killed someone earlier for the "final evidence" of his theory where the killer then drops the guillotine on him after removing the safety but columbo's trick is he inverted the safety mechanism, so if the killer hadn't removed the safety he'd be decapitated

>>214373134
no he's DETECTIVE Columbo and definately uses his authority for plot purposes (otherwise people would blow him off or get rid of him for trespassing all the time)

>>214377076
So basically, every episode is exactly the same and none of it would ever occur in reality

>>214372821 (OP)
i watch columbo with my own headcanon that he does get suspects

>>214372821 (OP)
Columbo is a manifestation of the murderer's guilt.

>>214372821 (OP)
Usually the killer is involved from the very beginning of the case, having given the police their alibi even before Columbo steps on to the crime scene.
Lt. Columbo does his magic, gets the criminal to confess. And perhaps this confession won't hold up in court, but what about their alibi? Even if Columbo doesn't have bulletproof evidence of the killers guilt, he has certainly proven their alibi to be false.
So they've got a couple options in court. Attempt to re-use the old alibi and somehow convince the judge and jury that Columbo is simply wrong, attempt to create an entirely new alibi and get questioned on why your story has changed so much, confess to the murder, or simply shut up.
Proving someone lied about NOT committing a murder counts for a lot, even if you still can't definitively prove that they did commit the murder.

i watch columbo with my own headcanon that he does get suspects to confess in the emotional moment, but that none of the confessions hold up once they get a lawyer and he doesn't actually get any convictions which is why he's an outlier of the police. meanwhile his colleagues are all planting evidence and getting lots of suspects jailed

>>214379226
>single episode
>99% of his suspects
logic! oh so thats how it works!

>>214373153
My family used to watch this every week and every time there was a car chase we would should "car chase!" at the TV. Then we would rate the car chase based on how good it was.
Was comfy. I definitely like Columbo better now that I've seen it though.

>>214372821 (OP)
His cases generally end with a straight confession, a spontaneous utterance, or a paper trail that's sufficient evidence to press charges.
Columbo is GOATed.

>>214372821 (OP)
how am I supposed to get into it when I know who is the "who" in the whodunnit

>>214377076
It was a show for upper middle class women

>>214377830
They made a show about Norms wife?

>>214379226
Based columbo.

>>214381407
>we would should "car chase!" at the TV :DDD