Columbo attends the wedding of his police officer nephew Andy Parma. While Andy is showering, his new bride Melissa Hayes, a fashion model, is abducted from the bridal suite. Andy enlists Columbo's help in catching the kidnapper. Melissa has been kidnapped by Rudy Strassa, a sadistic psychopath who intends to kill her once he consummates "their marriage". This episode is based on the 87th Precinct novel So Long As You Both Shall Live by Ed McBain, although not credited as such. Uncharacteristically dark, this is the only episode in which no murder occurs and in which Columbo does not meet the criminal. Directed by: Alan J. Levi. Story by: Ed McBain, Robert van Scoyk.