Columbo (TV Series)

A Stitch in Crime (1973)

Leonard Nimoy: Dr. Barry Mayfield

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• 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 : You ask tough questions, Doc.

  Dr. Barry Mayfield : So does a jury.

• 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 : 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 : 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.

• 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.

• Dr. Barry Mayfield : Exactly what is your point, Lieutenant?

  Lt. Columbo : I'm not sure I have one.