Every Inside No. 9 Twist Ranked
31. Wuthering Heists - Columbina Is An Undercover Officer
Plot: A tale of a heist gone wrong told in the style of a Commedia Dell'arte (a genre of comedy theatre that originated in Italy).
Wuthering Heists was all about delivering a fairly conventional heist narrative in a very quirky and meta way. The actual plot and twist itself both feel like more of an afterthought here.
Ultimately, the episode went for a very run-of-the-mill undercover cop twist involving Columbina (Gemma Whelan), but it's hard to complain too much about this one since the focus was on delivery and not on narrative.
Besides, the twist reveal scene is pretty good. Columbina, who breaks the fourth wall throughout the episode (at one point, a character tells her to "stop Fleabagging") says to the camera "Are you ready for the twist? It's a good one." This twist gets extra points for that entertaining delivery.