Like "No Time To Die," this was adapted from a novel about LA police's 87th precinct that was written in the 1970s. Translating that into 1990s television just didn't work for either episode, though this one was the better of the two.
This attempt to adapt a noir-style gritty-gumshoe treasure hunt ends up being accidentally funny in places.
Also, completely out of character for the Columbo series, someone mentions a 4-letter word for excrement.
The story is laughably bad, but Peter Falk manages to bring some dignity to an incredibly terrible story.
One of the Lego Video games by Traveler's Tales is also called "Undercover." In it, the character can be a civilian, a cop, a criminal, an astronaut, a farmer, a construction worker, or a fire-fighter. Somehow, that seems more plausible that Columbo going undercover in this story--especially since the cops keep shouting his name in public when they're at a crime scene.
This attempt to adapt a noir-style gritty-gumshoe treasure hunt ends up being accidentally funny in places.
Also, completely out of character for the Columbo series, someone mentions a 4-letter word for excrement.
The story is laughably bad, but Peter Falk manages to bring some dignity to an incredibly terrible story.
One of the Lego Video games by Traveler's Tales is also called "Undercover." In it, the character can be a civilian, a cop, a criminal, an astronaut, a farmer, a construction worker, or a fire-fighter. Somehow, that seems more plausible that Columbo going undercover in this story--especially since the cops keep shouting his name in public when they're at a crime scene.