* The look Margaret gave to Leslie Williams in "Ransom For a Dead Man" in response to "Where will all your friends be then when you haven't the money to buy them anymore?" Nasty remark.

* The look Helen Stewart gave Columbo in "Dead Weight" after he asked her if she had been drinking that afternoon.

* The stare of Beth Chadwick upon Columbo playing with her mother's dog in the conference room during "Lady in Waiting" as the tension toward the climax was building. (Well-directed episode. Acting was superb.)


Someone else take over. I am too lazy to go beyond Season 1 tonight.........

>>Someone else take over. I am too lazy to go beyond Season 1 tonight......... <<

You're also too lazy to read the original question! It said "the murderer gave to the victim, not Columbo"

Vera Miles to Martin Sheen, when she realizes he's been toying with her (and with her ego), by making her think he wanted HER as part of his payment.

Martin Sheen's character evidently hadn't seen her famous "Outer Limits" episode, or he'd have known she wasn't to be trifled with like that. (She might've been more of a "damsel-in-distress" in the second half of Psycho, but she was very formidable in that Outer Limits.)