Is it because he's always nailing smug weirdo rich fuckbags? Is it the peter falk hard carry? Is it because despite being canonically a cop he does anything but act like a cop?
Is everything downstream of columbo an attempt to erase his legacy as the hound of wealthy sociopaths?
Is Columbo a demigod?
I love Matthew like a parasocial brother but he and Felix together couldn't grasp the fairly simple overall message of S3-S5
Not unlike MC's total air ball on seeing (ultra tame extra
treatment of) women's issues in Barbie