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Lousy confusing plot. Martel tells Mannix he hired Benson to find out who was blackmailing him, but later we find out Benson was the blackmailer, after he found out about a citation Martel had Benson's secretary pay that would have foiled his alibi. So why did Martel really hire Benson, and why did he send Mannix with a blackmail drop later on? Maybe the latter was a ruse to get him to the drop location so Connelly could tail him to later find Maggie, but not clear, even though the characters spend a lot of the show discussing who was blackmailing who. Oh, and two goofs pointed out on the imdb site are wrong - Mannix calls Peggy "Peggy" twice, not Maggie, that's what I heard, and he's holding his gun, not the murder weapon, at the end, he used it to knock Martel's gun away from him. Martel's gun is on the floor somewhere. They all ignore it.

Boring title. Katharine Justice is annoying. She's been in every show this past few weeks (Columbo, Mannix, Barnaby Jones, Adam-12 etc etc.) but here she looks her worst. She's rail thin with a major double chin. What was that about??

Did anyone notice Mannix how they filmed Mannix in swimsuit so as to avoid filming his beyond hairy, furry legs? Long curly black hairs all over his thighs! Someone mentioned his cowboy outfit was bad (yet have to see that) but it cannot be more embarassing than him in swimming shorts! Keep your clothes on, Joe! No wonder he didn't do much of anything after this show, unlike Cannon.

I have no idea what's going on here because, as you can see, I'm distracted by all the above. Some guy just called Mannix "cute". That was cute. This show has a good look, it's much better than Columbo, which is unwatchable, but for the most part I find it boring AF. At least, I really like his office. Who did the decor?

No typo with that subject. I HATE episodes like this. And I realize that's pretty silly because a person comes in contact with all sorts of people in their lives. You're gonna have people that are level headed, got it together and then you're gonna have the ditzes (whether they be female or male). I mention female first since the guest star of tonight is a female. I can't hate on the guest star. You get handed a script and you do it. This lady got handed a script and she did it the way it was written. So my slams toward this episode aren't towards the actress, it's towards the irritating writing of ditzy characters.

As for Peggy's attitude: I get it. Overall Peggy is portrayed as being a level headed person but you can tell she gets a bit of green eyed jealousy any time Joe's got an attractive client and Joe's attracted to the client. I'm not usually a shipper of characters but I kinda read between the lines of Peggy being attracted to Joe. We're in a different time period and I realize there was no way they were going to have Peggy and Joe dating or even getting married. Not then. I wasn't born when Mannix was first airing so I'm not sure if anybody from the show (writers or stars) made a comment about wishing the series could've shown an interracial relationship, wanted to give it a try but got shot down.

I also get it from the point of view involving job stress. Joe Mannix doesn't seem like a hard boss or man to get along with. But I I get the stress of having that "uh oh" feeling if Joe's attracted to a lady and you're worried that you're about to be jobless because he wants his new "ocean spray" to be his secretary. If you're a Mannix fan, I hope you get that reference. This happened in another episode: Joe was about to have a date over to his place and Peggy had everything set up for him and his date. Peggy asks if this girl has a name and Joe mentions ocean spray. I practically fell off the bed laughing at Joe and his horndog tendencies. I wonder how many Mannix fans take notice of anytime Joe's flipping through his mail and he sniffs an envelope and tucks it off to the side or smiles at it?

I'll also politely disagree with another reviewer about looks. There was nothing wrong with how the lady looked in this episode. And she certainly gave certain viewers eye candy to look at. But I'm a woman that wanted to see other kinds of eye candy. Mike Connors was a very attractive man and it would've been nice to see him with this shirt off. Watching through the series, I kinda get the feeling there was something else going on. Either Mike Connors had confidence issues or he wanted to play it without some sort of beefcake thing going on. Something like: You want to see an older man taking his shirt off? Flip over to Little House on the Prairie and Michael Landon will take care of that need for you. I don't want to be taking my shirt off whether there's a reason* or not.

*I think of any episode that has Mannix walking through a desert. I remember one episode that had Victor French in it and it also had the blonde lady from M*A*S*H in the episode. You'd realistically think all the characters would be dripping with sweat, men would be taking their shirts off, etc. Shirts stayed on. And I always laugh at how there's very little to no sweat. Forgive me, I love to snark on some of the shows I enjoy. :D.

Lionel Siegel wrote this offbeat episode, best known for his work on PEYTON PLACE. Caution; Not a soap opera.

Enter Maggie, played by Katherine Justice. She plays a young woman who nearly gets killed by a strange cab driver -- but doesn't really know why anybody would want to kill her in the first place? Her dead boss was a private eye, so that gets you thinking. This gets Joe bounced around, especially with a client who may know a bit too much for her own good, but can't figure it out for herself.

Also some bad vibes with the LAPD and Peggy. She gets a bit irritated because she has to work overtime, or is Peggy getting jealous? You be the judge. Mannix also bumps badges with cop Frank Campanella, making another appearance on the series, playing Angstrom. Complications... complications.

Yes, I agree. There's a hitman who clearly is NOT doing his job. Poetic license ran rampant in these stories. Having grown up on Mannix, it wasn't how the case proceeded, rather, just watching Joe punch his way out of everything that was handed him. He gets the job done, but earns his money the hard way. This is one of those cases.

Katherine Justice's first appearance on the show. She began her career as a model and made history in 1960, being crowed Miss Ohio, but was too young at the time to compete nationally. Guest star Don Francks, known for FINIANS RAINBOW, later becoming a musician and singer.

Give it a watch, for fans of Katherine Justice, and I agree, similar to Dawn Wells.

Directed by Harry Harvey, Jr, son of the popular character actor. Harry was the official Mannix biographer, script supervisor for most of the show's run. SEASON 3 EPISODE 8 remastered CBS/Paramount dvd box set. 21 hrs total.

Maggie Wells is on her way to see Joe Mannix when she hails a cab. The driver drives like a maniac and has a gun--just like a typical New York cabbie. But unlike most New York cab drivers, he actually tries to kill her but she is able to escape and makes her way to Mannix's office. Why is someone trying to kill her and how can Mannix help her? Maggie (Katherine Justice) is not a particularly good character. While she's quite beautiful and they feature her in a lot of nice outfits, her character is frustratingly dense. Her cluelessness makes her a less than admirable character amidst an otherwise decent episode. Not great but watchable if you can look past this poorly written character. Plus, it gives you a nice chance to see Mannix in his most embarrassing outfit ever--and seeing him in western wear is pretty funny.