Leslie and Lt. Columbo in “Unfinished Business”

Leslie

You know Columbo, you're almost likeable in a shabby sort of way. Maybe it's the way you come slouching in here with your shopworn bag of tricks.

Lt. Columbo

Me? Tricks?

Leslie

The humility, the seeming absentmindedness, the homey anecdotes about the family, the wife, you know.

Lt. Columbo

Really?

Leslie

Yeah, Lt. Columbo fumbling and stumbling along but it's always the jugular that he's after. And I imagine that more often than not he's successful.