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Streamm
Since: Jun, 2014
17th Feb, 2016 09:20:42 AM
I'm pretty sure this is a Columbo episode !
Me and my friend recall American TV series we used to watch when we were kids. It was probably in middle 90s but we both lived in Poland so show could be few years old already. What we know for sure is that there was an episode in which someone was murdered at some kind of hotel or maybe country club and the only witness was trained dog. Detective(s?) knew about it so he was talking to the suspects with dog by his side (it was supposed to bark when sees the killer). At the end of the episode detective accused a women who showed up few times earlier in the episode. Dog wasn't barking when it saw her because she used trick that it was trained - everytime she was in the same room with the dog she was holding something in her hand (like a tennis ball) - the clamped fist was a signal to stay calm and don't bark for the dog. Can anyone help me please? We tried to look it up but we can't recall any names...