- 7.3/10125 votes
#1 - Dark So Early, Dark So Long
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1971
A blackmail victim is headed for prison.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10137 votes
#2 - Cold Trail
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1971
A big kidnapping plot and an insignificant victim.
Director: Barry Crane
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10127 votes
#3 - A Step in Time
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1971
Mannix is the eyewitness of a murder; reportedly, it occurred a year before.
Director: Sutton Roley
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10118 votes
#4 - Wine From These Grapes
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1971
A labor dispute in his home town ends in murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10111 votes
#5 - Woman in the Shadows
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1971
Soviet agents want Marx's manuscript of Das Kapital, and a young woman has just inherited part of it.
Director: N/A
Writer: Karl Tunberg
- 7.3/10101 votes
#6 - Days Beyond Recall
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1971
A skid row bum is concealing his identity.
Director: Jud Taylor
Writer: Robert Pirosh
- 8.0/10102 votes
#7 - Run Till Dark
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1971
A contract is taken out on a Little League manager.
Director: N/A
Writer: Daniel B. Ullman
- 8.0/10102 votes
#8 - The Glass Trap
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1971
Strange circumstances surround an arrest by Mannix.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
- 8.4/10105 votes
#9 - A Choice of Evils
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1971
Peggy is kidnapped to force Mannix into an investigation.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/10120 votes
#10 - A Button for General D
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/1971
The Case of the Singing Harp: a singer is kidnapped to reveal hidden loot.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10110 votes
#11 - The Man Outside
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1971
Blackmail has its twists and turns.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10106 votes
#12 - Murder Times Three
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/1/1971
Hired and fired, Mannix pursues a missing person.
Director: Leonard Horn
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10101 votes
#13 - Catspaw
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/8/1971
Blackmail turns to murder and beyond.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1098 votes
#14 - To Save a Dead Man
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/15/1971
Evidence rules out one confession, indicates another.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1098 votes
#15 - Nightshade
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 12/29/1971
Disappearing enemies and friends force Mannix into a blackmail investigation.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: Martin Roth
- 7.8/10117 votes
#16 - Babe in the Woods
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 1/5/1972
Murder on the golf course leads to open season on Mannix, who's looking for valuable microcircuit plans hidden by the victim.
Director: Leonard Horn
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1097 votes
#17 - The Sound of Murder
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 1/12/1972
A dubious client is caught in his own machinations.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: Leigh Vance
- 7.7/10103 votes
#18 - Moving Target
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 1/19/1972
The fictitious name on a partnership contract apparently comes to life.
Director: Richard Benedict
Writer: Karl Tunberg
- 7.7/1093 votes
#19 - Cry Pigeon
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 1/26/1972
Mannix in the middle of a gang war.
Director: Reza Badiyi
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10108 votes
#20 - A Walk in the Shadows
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 2/9/1972
In defense of a client accused of murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: Edward J. Lakso
- 7.6/10101 votes
#21 - Lifeline
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 2/16/1972
A singer piles into mounting trouble with the law.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: Daniel B. Ullman
- 7.5/1095 votes
#22 - To Draw the Lightning
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/1972
Was a police shooting premeditated? Mannix is on (and off) the case.
Director: N/A
Writer: Ed Adamson
- 6.9/1099 votes
#23 - Scapegoat
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 3/1/1972
Mannix transports jewels from London, or is that his double?
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10114 votes
#24 - Death in the Fifth Gear
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 3/8/1972
A racing accident lays Mannix up. While recuperating, he hears threats against him, but are they real?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Mannix Season 5
Every episode of Mannix Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mannix Season 5!
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Dark So Early, Dark So Long" is the best rated episode of "Mannix" season 5. It scored 7.3/10 based on 125 votes. Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and written by N/A, it aired on 9/15/1971. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Cold Trail".