What does this mean? Well, when it dissolves in a few days, Dr Heideman’s replacement valve will fail and he’ll perish. Mayfield, you see, has dyed some dissolving suture black, so that it passes for regular suture in the operating room.
Little does the old boy realise the villainous scheme Mayfield has in mind.ĭon’t worry Gramps – you’re in safe hands… Heideman has complete faith in his young protege, and trusts Mayfield with the job of patching up his dicky ticker. The opportunity presents itself swiftly, as the elderly surgeon’s heart is in a bad way and he needs a replacement valve, stat. To do that, he’ll need sole ownership of the research – and that means getting the lovable Heideman out of his hair, permanently. He wants recognition – and he wants it now, before someone else beats them to the punch.
When his august colleague Dr Edmund Heideman (Will Geer) seeks a longer period of research before unleashing a revolutionary new heart drug, Mayfield’s patience runs out. Score by: Billy Goldenberg Episode synopsis: Columbo A Stitch in Crimeīrilliant young heart surgeon, Dr Barry Mayfield (Leonard Nimoy), is hungry for success. That combo could never be bad, right?īut does A Stitch in Crime hit home with the force of a tire iron to the head, or does it instead bring on a morphine induced-style coma? And am I able to avoid making dozens of Star Trek puns throughout this review? Read on and find out… Just think what he could bring to the table: a Vulcan’s cold logic a Klingon-esque love of killing a Romulan-infused ruthless ambition. Columbo went where no man has gone before on 11 February, 1973 by casting Star Trek legend Leonard Nimoy in the role of murderous medic Dr Barry Mayfield.Ĭasting Spock, err… Nimoy seemed an inspired choice on paper.
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