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** Caldwell was correct to suspect his wife was cheating on him; what he never fathomed was that she was cheating on him with ''Halperin'', the very man he turned to in the firts place.
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** Caldwell was correct to suspect his wife was cheating on him; what he never fathomed was that she was cheating on him with ''Halperin'', the very man he turned to in the firts first place.
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** Caldwell was correct to suspect his wife was cheating on him; what he never fathomed was that she was cheating on him with ''Halperin'', the very man he turned to in the firts place.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Mark Halperin is one of the least pleasant Columbo killers. He's an adulterous cad with a gambling problem who married his wife for her money and is annoyed at her because she gives some of it to charity, and pounces on the opportunity to kill her when his neighbour confesses to accidentally killing his own wife in a fit of rage, manipulating a man wracked with guilt into becoming his accomplice. He also tries to frame a non-violent crook for both murders as well, and is so arrogant that he puts the best Homicide detective on the force on his case just to make it seem like he is taking it seriously, because he wrongly (and with no justification whatsoever) thinks he is smarter than said best detective.
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* SmugSnake: Halperin clearly thinks he is a criminal mastermind who has pulled off the perfect crime, but he's actually an arrogant moron who ''intentionally'' puts his best detective on the case simply to make it look like he is taking the crime seriously, without considering that the best detective is the most likely to see through his ruse and is probably smarter than him. Part of his motive is also just that he is a lousy gambler and wants his wife's money to pay off his debts, yet he has the gall to refer to those vulnerable people she helps with her charity work "losers" when clearly his only connection to money at all is that he married into it, and he clearly isn't good at keeping it.
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* AbsenceOfEvidence: Columbo's instincts first start tingling by the things they didn't find at the Caldwell house, namely, Janice's prints on either the closet where she supposedly retrieved a nightgown or the phone that she supposedly used to talk to her husband.
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* AbsenceOfEvidence: Columbo's instincts first start tingling by the things they didn't find at the Caldwell house, namely, Janice's prints on either the closet where she supposedly retrieved a nightgown or the phone that she supposedly used to talk to her husband.husband (the house having been cleaned shortly before her murder).
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: It takes about five seconds for Mark to drown his wife in the bathtub.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: It takes about five seconds for Mark to drown his wife in the bathtub. Shortly after, Hugh throws her supposedly unconscious body into a pool in full view of the police and she is pulled out almost immediately, yet nobody is suspicious at "how quickly" she drowned, only that she seemed to have drowned somewhere else.
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* BullyingADragon: A murderer who not only is the boss of the best investigator he's ever had, but also repeatedly threatens to pull rank as he tries to cover up the murder? This was only going to end in his inevitable arrest.
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* BullyingADragon: A murderer who not only is the boss of the best investigator he's ever had, but also repeatedly threatens to pull rank as he tries to cover up the murder? two murders? This was only going to end in his inevitable arrest.
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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: While he was starting to suspect Halperin by that point, the point where Columbo clearly confirms his suspicions about his boss' DetectiveMole act is when Columbo comes to him with clearly compelling evidence, along with a well reasoned lead that leads nowhere near Caldwell and himself, and Halperin nevertheless stonewalls it for little apparent reason - except that it doesn't line up with the narrative he is trying to build to obscure the crime. Since it's bizarre behavior for a cop, this confirms to Columbo into the fact that Halperin isn't actually interested in investigating the case.
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* NotMeThisTime: Four consecutive burglaries are attributed to Artie Jessup, who had been recently released from jail. While Artie does admit to the initial three burglaries that he committed, he is furious about being suspected to be the alleged Bel Air Burglar who murdered Janice Caldwell, and later assists Columbo with catching the real culprit.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: While he was starting to suspect Halperin by that point, the point where Columbo clearly confirms his suspicions about his boss' DetectiveMole act is when Columbo comes to him with clearly compelling evidence, along with a well reasoned lead that leads nowhere near Caldwell and himself, and Halperin nevertheless stonewalls it for little apparent reason - except that it doesn't line up with the narrative he is trying to build to obscure the crime. Since it's bizarre behavior for a cop, this confirms to Columbo into the fact that Halperin isn't actually interested in investigating the case.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: While he was starting to suspect Halperin by that point, the point where Columbo clearly confirms his suspicions about his boss' DetectiveMole act is when Columbo comes to him with clearly compelling evidence, along with a well reasoned lead that leads nowhere near Caldwell and himself, and Halperin nevertheless stonewalls it for little apparent reason - except that it doesn't line up with the narrative he is trying to build to obscure the crime. Since it's bizarre behavior for a cop, this confirms to Columbo into the fact that Halperin isn't actually interested in investigating the case.
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* DetectiveMole: Deputy Commissioner Halperin is heading up an investigation into murders he either committed or helped cover up.
* DirtyCop: Deputy Commissioner Halperin first covers up a murder, then commits one of his own.
* DirtyCop: Deputy Commissioner Halperin first covers up a murder, then commits one of his own.
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* DetectiveMole: Deputy Commissioner Halperin is heading up an investigation into murders he either committed or helped cover up.
up. Fortunately he tries to use Columbo as his DetectivePatsy.
*DirtyCop: CrimeAfterCrime: Deputy Commissioner Halperin first covers up a murder, then commits one of his own.
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* BullyingADragon: A murderer who not only is the boss of the best investigator he's ever had, but also repeatedly threatens to pull rank as he tries to cover up the murder? This was only going to end in his inevitable arrest.
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* CatchPhrase: Halperin likes to end phrases with "-my friend." Rather insincerely. His final example is when Columbo accuses him;
>"You just lost your badge, my friend."
>"You just lost your badge, my friend."
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** Despite being a veteran cop, he somehow didn't consider that the autopsy would find soap in Mrs. Caldwell's lungs, and no chlorine. Which means she didn't drown in the pool, but a bathtub.
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** Despite being a A veteran cop, he somehow cop didn't consider realize that the autopsy would find soap in Mrs. Caldwell's his wife's lungs, and no chlorine. Which means she didn't ''actually'' drown in the pool, but a bathtub.
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* {{Irony}}:
** Halperin is a highly-ranked cop who masterminds a double murder plot and the coverup, uses his power to frame an innocent man for it, and doesn't want his wife to give charity to the needy even though they're clearly well off. In short, he's literally everything a cop (or any public servant) should ''not'' be.
** Despite being a veteran cop, he somehow didn't consider that the autopsy would find soap in Mrs. Caldwell's lungs, and no chlorine. Which means she didn't drown in the pool, but a bathtub.
** He's ultimately caught because he puts Columbo on the case, to ''look'' like it's being taken seriously.
** Halperin is a highly-ranked cop who masterminds a double murder plot and the coverup, uses his power to frame an innocent man for it, and doesn't want his wife to give charity to the needy even though they're clearly well off. In short, he's literally everything a cop (or any public servant) should ''not'' be.
** Despite being a veteran cop, he somehow didn't consider that the autopsy would find soap in Mrs. Caldwell's lungs, and no chlorine. Which means she didn't drown in the pool, but a bathtub.
** He's ultimately caught because he puts Columbo on the case, to ''look'' like it's being taken seriously.
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Written by: Peter S. Fisher\\
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Guest Starring: Creator/RichardKiley, Creator/MichaelMcGuire, Creator/RosemaryMurphy, Val Avery]
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Guest Starring: Creator/RichardKiley, Creator/MichaelMcGuire, Creator/RosemaryMurphy, Val Avery]
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* AssholeVictim: Janice, the first victim. Not only was she having constant extramarital affairs, but she paid her lovers with family money, and later with money gotten from selling her husband's gifts.
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Guest Starring: Richard Kiley]
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Guest Starring: Richard Kiley]
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When Hugh Caldwell (Michael [=McGuire=]) finds out that his wife Janice is cheating on him and is about to leave to see her boyfriend, he strangles her to death in a fit of rage. Shaken, he then visits his good friend and neighbor Mark Halperin (Richard Kiley) at the social club where he plays dice to ask for help. Mark comes up with an idea: he tells Hugh to go to a bar and make sure that he's seen. Hugh then calls home, where Mark answers and allows Hugh to pretend to have a conversation with his wife, all for the benefit of the bartender's ears. Mark then dresses the deceased Janice in a nightgown and stages the scene to mimic the MO of a burglar that has been plaguing Bel Air recently. After going back to his own house across the street Mark pretends to have seen a burglar leave Hugh's house. He calls the police.
Mark is in a position to know about the Bel Air burglar because he's the deputy police commissioner. Not only that, but the reason he chose to help Hugh cover up Janice's murder is because he's realized this is his opportunity to do something he's apparently wanted to do for a while: murder his own wife, Margaret, because she's extremely wealthy, yet he feels that at the rate she's using her fortune to help the unfortunate and support various charities, he'll be left with nothing in her inheritance by the time she finally passes on. Having established in the minds of the investigators under him that the Bel Air burglar has graduated to murder, Mark then stages another burglary at his own house, and drowns his wife in the bathtub. He then arranges for Hugh to be seen dumping the body while disguised as the burglar.
Mark is in a position to know about the Bel Air burglar because he's the deputy police commissioner. Not only that, but the reason he chose to help Hugh cover up Janice's murder is because he's realized this is his opportunity to do something he's apparently wanted to do for a while: murder his own wife, Margaret, because she's extremely wealthy, yet he feels that at the rate she's using her fortune to help the unfortunate and support various charities, he'll be left with nothing in her inheritance by the time she finally passes on. Having established in the minds of the investigators under him that the Bel Air burglar has graduated to murder, Mark then stages another burglary at his own house, and drowns his wife in the bathtub. He then arranges for Hugh to be seen dumping the body while disguised as the burglar.
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When Hugh Caldwell (Michael [=McGuire=]) finds out that his wife Janice is cheating on him and is about to leave to see her boyfriend, he strangles her to death in a fit of rage. Shaken, he then visits his good friend and neighbor Mark Halperin (Richard Kiley) at the social club where he plays dice to ask for help. Mark comes up with an idea: he tells Hugh to go to a bar and make sure that he's seen. Hugh then calls home, where Mark answers and allows Hugh to pretend to have a conversation with his wife, all for the benefit of the bartender's ears. Mark then dresses the deceased Janice in a nightgown and stages the scene to mimic the MO of a burglar (Val Avery) that has been plaguing Bel Air recently. After going back to his own house across the street Mark pretends to have seen a burglar leave Hugh's house. He calls the police.
Mark is in a position to know about the Bel Air burglar because he's the deputy police commissioner. Not only that, but the reason he chose to help Hugh cover up Janice's murder is because he's realized this is his opportunity to do something he's apparently wanted to do for a while: murder his own wife,Margaret, Margaret (Rosemary Murphy), because she's extremely wealthy, yet he feels that at the rate she's using her fortune to help the unfortunate and support various charities, he'll be left with nothing in her inheritance by the time she finally passes on. Having established in the minds of the investigators under him that the Bel Air burglar has graduated to murder, Mark then stages another burglary at his own house, and drowns his wife in the bathtub. He then arranges for Hugh to be seen dumping the body while disguised as the burglar.
Mark is in a position to know about the Bel Air burglar because he's the deputy police commissioner. Not only that, but the reason he chose to help Hugh cover up Janice's murder is because he's realized this is his opportunity to do something he's apparently wanted to do for a while: murder his own wife,
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"A Friend in Deed" is the eight and last episode of the third season of ''Series/{{Columbo}}''.
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"A Friend in Deed" is the eight eighth and last episode of the third season of ''Series/{{Columbo}}''.
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"A Friend in Deed" is the eight [[BritishBrevity and last]] episode of the third season of ''Series/{{Columbo}}''.
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"A Friend in Deed" is the eight [[BritishBrevity and last]] last episode of the third season of ''Series/{{Columbo}}''.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Just in case the audience might have any leftover sympathy for Halperin, the first sign of how much of a JerkAss he is is how his only motive to murder his wife is simply that she is donating her money to help disenfranchised groups - people he despises and calls "losers with sob stories" - who he feels don't deserve money as much as himself.
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* StrangersOnATrainPlotMurder: Sort of. Mark helps Hugh cover up the murder of Hugh's wife, in return for Hugh helping Mark cover up the murder of Mark's wife.
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* StrangersOnATrainPlotMurder: Sort of. Mark helps Hugh cover up the murder of Hugh's wife, in return for Hugh helping Mark cover up the murder of Mark's wife. The thing is, Mark only lets Hugh know about his end of the deal ''[[ManipulativeBastard after he's killed Mrs. Halpern]]''.
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* AccidentalMurder: What starts as a domestic fight between Hugh Caldwell and his wife turns to him inadvertently killing her.
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* FaceHeelTurn: HalperinHalperin, a police chief, covers up a murder then commits one himself. Downplayed in that the murder of his wife was something he wanted to do for a while, he just decided to do it now because he now could cover it up with the help of an accomplice.
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* EnemyMine: Of a sort. Columbo doesn't chase burglars by profession, but has no compunction about asking one for help in catching a murderer.
