This is a far fetched case. The bad guy's plot is so dependent on timing that the chances of it working are so remote. A dentist to the stars is also a gambler and a deadbeat. He owes huge amounts of money. He uses his wife as a source of income (her family is wealthy). When she takes a lover, a high profile actor, our dentist friend sets him up to die, putting the blame on the wife. His method is dental in nature and it works. Columbo suspects the guy but can't prove anything. When we get down to details, it would seem it would take so much luck to make this happening. The guy could have dropped dead going out the door of the office complex.
Review of Uneasy Lies the Crown
