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!
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.
Season 5 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Mannix" season 5 is "Dark So Early, Dark So Long", rated 7.5/10 from 119 user votes. It was directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and written by N/A. "Dark So Early, Dark So Long" aired on 9/15/1971 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Cold Trail".
7.5/10 119 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
7.8/10 131 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
7.9/10 120 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
7.9/10 113 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
7.6/10 108 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
7.3/10 97 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
8.0/10 100 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
8.0/10 100 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
8.3/10 102 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
8.0/10 116 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
7.9/10 105 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
7.4/10 103 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
8.1/10 99 votes#13 - Catspaw
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/8/1971
Blackmail turns to murder and beyond.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 96 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
7.6/10 97 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
7.7/10 115 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
7.6/10 93 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
7.7/10 103 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
7.7/10 93 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
8.3/10 108 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
7.6/10 102 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
7.5/10 96 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
6.9/10 100 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
7.7/10 115 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