Leonard Nimoy credited as playing...
Dr. Barry Mayfield
- Dr. Barry Mayfield: Maybe Marcia knows more than she's telling.
- Lt. Columbo: Oh, actually I think she knows less than she's telling.
- Dr. Barry Mayfield: Lieutenant Columbo, you're remarkable. You have intelligence, you have perception, you have great tenacity. You've got everything except proof.
- Lt. Columbo: Okay. You win. You're finally rid of me.
- Dr. Barry Mayfield: You'll be all right, Lieutenant. I'm sure you'll find others to harass.
- Lt. Columbo: Uh, I feel uncomfortable.
- Dr. Barry Mayfield: In what way?
- Lt. Columbo: In hospitals, around illness, I, uh... I feel kind of queasy.
- Dr. Barry Mayfield: Well, that's not uncommon, Lieutenant.
- Lt. Columbo: I know. Uh, I faint. I mean, I actually pass out, and in my line of work that's kind of embarrassing. Is there, uh... is there something that I can do for that?
- Dr. Barry Mayfield: There's only one sure-fire cure, Lieutenant: stay out of hospitals as much as possible.
- Dr. Barry Mayfield: [finding Columbo at a buffet table] Collecting evidence, Lieutenant, or just being sociable?
- Lt. Columbo: You must be a terrific surgeon.
- Dr. Barry Mayfield: Well... Dr. Hidemann and I DO share a mutual respect.
- Lt. Columbo: Oh, that. Oh, yeah, he must think you're very good. No, actually, Doctor, I was referring to your great concentration.
- Dr. Barry Mayfield: Well, how is that, Lieutenant?
- Lt. Columbo: Well, when I came in, you see, you were getting the news of your nurse's death on the phone - I could see you were terribly upset - but while you were on the phone, you reset your desk clock.
- Dr. Barry Mayfield: Well, I fail to see the virtue in that.
- Lt. Columbo: Aw, you're too modest, Doc. No, most people, they'd be in such a state of shock, they'd never be able to split their concentration like that, the way you did, setting your clock there.
- Lt. Columbo: You know, that cleaning woman just now? You know, she said something strange to me. She said she saw Sharon Martin, and she was upset AFTER the operation.
- Dr. Barry Mayfield: I'm afraid I don't understand.
- Lt. Columbo: Well, it just seems kind of funny, doesn't it, I mean, since it was so successful that she'd still be upset?
- Dr. Barry Mayfield: Believe me, if there's anybody can do anything about it, it's going to be Lieutenant Columbo.