This episode is without a doubt in my top list. I love the ending.....my socks, my brother-in-law, etc. The only problem I have with it is the scene when he throws her in the pool, and expects every one to believe she's drowned. I suppose because he's the police commissioner, everyone was supposed to believe whatever he said.....like there would be no autopsy to check her lungs, and no one wonders why with a helicopter flying around, the supposed murderer would carry her out and throw her in the pool In the first place. I understand that the police commissioner had to witness the event, so he could play the faux hero, but there had to be a better way. That scene always bothered me. Otherwise, it was a top notch Columbo.
Review of A Friend in Deed
