Mannix

Season 8

TV-PG

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.

Where to Watch Season 8

24 Episodes

Portrait in Blues
E1
Portrait in BluesA pair of musicians are performing their act when one of them is almost electrocuted. Mannix is hired to look into the matter. But the detective faces twists almost immediately. For starters, the woman who hired Mannix isn't who she said she was. Mannix also needs to act fast before another attempt on the musician's life is made.
Game Plan
E2
Game PlanAn old friend asks Mannix for help, as his wife has been kidnapped. When he arrives, the friend has changed his story, saying it was a mistake. What's more, the friend, a card sharp, is inexplicably losing lots of money in a fixed game.
A Fine Day for Dying
E3
A Fine Day for DyingA woman awakens from a year long coma only to discover that someone wants to kill her. The reason why is a complete mystery and Mannix takes her case, which puts him in the middle of two feuding organized crime families.
Walk on the Blind Side
E4
Walk on the Blind SidePeggy gets mistaken for a stool pigeon.
The Green Men
E5
The Green MenA Leonardo, a forger of currency, is sought by practically everybody.
Death Has No Face
E6
Death Has No FaceThe vortex of the paranoid: Mannix is threatened and framed.
A Small Favor for an Old Friend
E7
A Small Favor for an Old FriendOld friend dies on a mob run, they suspect Mannix.
Enter Tami Okada
E8
Enter Tami OkadaJoe Mannix is visited by Japanese private detective Tami Okada who's searching for a missing Japanese government courier who was apparently kidnapped upon arrival in Los Angeles. Mannix offers his assistance.
Picture of a Shadow
E9
Picture of a ShadowMannix finds himself investigating not one, not two, but three murders. The last is a world famous news photographer, and Mannix can't stop thinking about her. But a surprise awaits, and a connection between a Federal prisoner and the Mob.
Desert Sun
E10
Desert SunSmall town rules may include murder.
The Survivor Who Wasn't
E11
The Survivor Who Wasn'tHis wife says somebody else came back from the crash.
A Choice of Victims
E12
A Choice of VictimsA Hollywood murder may have been a mistake.
A Word Called Courage
E13
A Word Called CourageAn old buddy tests Mannix's limits.
Man in a Trap
E14
Man in a TrapA colleague on the shady side of the street is killed.
Chance Meeting
E15
Chance MeetingPeggy's cousin and her husband, a Vietnam veteran named Bill Rogell, are traveling to Los Angeles by bus when Rogell runs into fellow veteran Clint Williams at a stopover. While they reminisce, Rogell thinks he recognizes another man from their unit, but Williams insists Rogell is mistaken. Joe Mannix becomes involved, however, when the couple arrive in Los Angeles and Rogell is stabbed at the bus station.
Edge of the Web
E16
Edge of the WebA triangle in academia.
A Ransom for Yesterday
E17
A Ransom for YesterdayA kidnapping case suddenly emerges from the files.
The Empty Tower
E18
The Empty TowerAt the start of a long weekend, off to a fishing vacation with friend Tony Elliott, Mannix stops at Tonys office so Tony can pick up a set of fishing flies. They walk in on a methodical heist of the businesses in the building. Mannix is trapped in the building, playing a cat and mouse game with the three burglars.
Quartet for a Blunt Instrument
E19
Quartet for a Blunt InstrumentWhile driving back to Los Angeles, Mannix gives a lift to a black hitchhiker named Perry Riggs. Riggs is soon arrested at a roadblock, however, and charged with the murder of his former boss, a scientist who had been working on a formula for a gasoline replacement. Mannix decides to stay in the town to investigate the circumstances of the man's death -- in the hope that he can find evidence exonerating Riggs.
Bird of Prey (1)
E20
Bird of Prey (1)Mannix travels to an island that's part of a South American country. Mannix's client wants to repay the man for the saving the life of the son of the client some years earlier. But Mannix soon discovers the case is more complicated than he bargained for. The man he's searching for is part of a plot to assassinate the president of the country. Just as Mannix is putting the pieces together, he's captured by the conspirators.
Bird of Prey (2)
E21
Bird of Prey (2)The conspirators assassinate the president of a South American country and successfully frame Mannix for the killing. Now, the detective must dodge the authorities and hunt the conspirators as he tries to clear his name.
Design for Dying
E22
Design for DyingNewspaper publisher Darrell Bigelow has political ambitions, but is concerned about the extramarital activities of his wife, Rebekah. Bigelow hires Joe Mannix to "bring her home," and Mannix is soon able to track her down. But his easy success in closing the case soon leads Mannix to suspect that Bigelow's story was a cover-up, and that he used Mannix for a different, and much darker, purpose.
Search for a Dead Man
E23
Search for a Dead ManA hit man shoots his victim, a notorious crime boss, from a sniper's perch, but moments later can find no body where the man fell. Unable to convince the men who hired him that the crime boss is actually dead, he concocts a story about being a witness to a shooting and hires Joe Mannix to investigate whether a man really was killed that night, and if not, what happened to him.
Hardball
E24
HardballIn the series' final show: To ensure a safe release of 6 hostages taken by a desperate drug dealer, Mannix, with no other choice, must find and deliver a member who turned informer against the dealer and his men.