#fanny button

or more like how I think it would go down.

Category 1: Would only kill someone accidentally

Kitty: I have a hard time imagining her as a killer or a villain actually. She would have to be tricked or oblivious to what was going on. She would genuinely think Columbo is just trying to hang out and be friends.

Mary: also accidental but I think she would be a tougher nut to crack. I could see her killing in self defense, but Columbo would figure her out very quickly because she isn't good at planning ahead.

Humphrey: also probably accidental but he would be more difficult for Columbo to deal with because he is rich and adequately intelligent.

Pat: similar to Kitty, I think he's most likely tricked or trusts the wrong person and becomes an accomplish. Maybe he looks like the killer at first, but it's someone else....maybe someone he met through the trucker radio.

(and some might argue, that *technically* ended in 1910 but she counts because she died before ww1)

Fanny just represents the Edwardian Era because she's just

A) older

and

B) just happens to be outwardly old fashioned, even by the standards of her time.

But she is barely Edwardian time period wise, man. but she also would have lived most of her adult life (and all of her childhood) in the Victorian period.

She was born in 1854, the Victorian period lasted from 1837 to 1901. so she would've been about 47 when that changed.

The little nod.