Just One More Thing: A Columbo Rewatch
Oct 28, 2026 · 46 min · 15 segments
Contact Fletch and Abby Two mystery writers. One deadly breakup. And a detective who keeps asking inconvenient questions. Fletch and Abby dive into…
Abby, do you know when this one aired?
I know the year, 1971.
September 15th, 1971.
So almost a little more than 54 years ago.
Isn't that crazy? 55 years ago.
55.
Wow.
This one is, we're going to get into this more, but directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Stephen Bochco.
Those are both names that mean a lot to people, but we'll talk about those.
The stars of this one, Peter Falk as Columbo, Jack Cassidy as Ken Franklin, Martin Milner as Jim Ferris, and the lovely Barbara Colby as Lily Lesenka, which I know we're going to talk a lot about her because she was a fun part of this episode.
I'm going to start with a little bit of episode trivia before we get into the overview.
Do you have any trivia you want to bring in? Well, I have quite a lot of trivia, but...
I mean...
Okay,
yeah.
24.
24-year-old
24.
I didn't know this.
I'm always shocked to find out how involved Peter Falk was, but he had to actually be approved by Peter Falk.
So they met up, I guess, and Peter Falk just liked his style so much that he allowed him to direct this episode.
Abby, do you know when this one aired?
I know the year, 1971.
September 15th, 1971.
So almost a little more than 54 years ago.
Isn't that crazy? 55 years ago.
55.
Wow.
This one is, we're going to get into this more, but directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Stephen Bochco.
Those are both names that mean a lot to people, but we'll talk about those.
The stars of this one, Peter Falk as Columbo, Jack Cassidy as Ken Franklin, Martin Milner as Jim Ferris, and the lovely Barbara Colby as Lily Lesenka, which I know we're going to talk a lot about her because she was a fun part of this episode.
I'm going to start with a little bit of episode trivia before we get into the overview.
Do you have any trivia you want to bring in? Well, I have quite a lot of trivia, but...
I mean...
Okay,
yeah.
24.
24-year-old
24.
I didn't know this.
I'm always shocked to find out how involved Peter Falk was, but he had to actually be approved by Peter Falk.
So they met up, I guess, and Peter Falk just liked his style so much that he allowed him to direct this episode.
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