If Miles was not so ultra-great and fascinating in every scene in this and a lesser lady had this part this episode would have been a bomb. I will talk about how it is outstanding. First Miles is alluring in every scene she is in. She is strong willed and beautiful. A few fascinating bits one of which is when Miles's character is exercising notice how she is not that physically involved in that while talking to Columbo and get a load how stiff she is while coaching a class of women exercising.
Actually, there is a regular coach too but she was very distantly doing the actual coaching herself. And notice that she wears sexy high-heeled sandals with pantyhose while she exercises and coaches showing that she is indeed not that physically into it and she will not stop looking like a classy beautiful lady. This makes her very physical bludgeon murder hard for Columbo to believe as she is a speaking lady not very physical (personally I do not think she exercises at all alone she has a perfect figure that she manages to keep without doing much physical workout -I think the exercise is all merely just for show to others). Another great bit is the gloves she wears for the rest of the ep. Two pairs one white the other flesh-colored. We saw her great hands ungloved quite a bit before she forever is gloved. This is a sexy touch but personally I wish Columbo had made her remove them to show her poison ivy spot. (Question: Did she have the gloves before the murder or were they purchased only after the poison ivy set in!)
Review of Lovely But Lethal
