Suzanne Pleshette credited as playing...
Helen Stewart
- Helen Stewart: I mean, am I so uninteresting that he couldn't be interested in me for myself?
- Lt. Columbo: Oh, no. No, no. No, I didn't mean that at all. You're a very individual person.
- Helen Stewart: With all the men in the world, I always seem to pick Mr. Wrong. Uh, I am seriously considering locking myself in the closet for the rest of my life.
- Lt. Columbo: No, that's wrong. That's just the way my niece, Marilyn, felt after her divorce. Now she's got a new husband. As a matter of fact, he's a cop... and they got six kids.
- Helen Stewart: Oh, Lieutenant, I mean just between us, would you tell me the truth? Do you really have a niece?
- Lt. Columbo: Well what kind of a question is that, do I really have a niece!
- Helen Stewart: Well do you?
- Lt. Columbo: Of course I've got a niece. My wife's sister's girl, Cynthia.
- Maj. Gen. Martin Hollister: You don't recognize me?
- Helen Stewart: Well, no. Should I?
- Maj. Gen. Martin Hollister: You said that you saw me... shoot somebody today. No, no, you have nothing to fear from me, Mrs. Stewart, but if you'll watch the late news tonight, I'm sure you'll agree that, uh, you've miscast me... as a murderer.
- Helen Stewart: Well, y'see, I try and go beyond the surface, y'know? To find a deeper meaning, a truer reality... At least, that's what I think I do.