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The Best Episodes of Mannix Season 5

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Every episode of Mannix Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mannix Season 5!

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...

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  1. Background image for Dark So Early, Dark So Long
    7.3/10(133 votes)

    #1 - Dark So Early, Dark So Long

    S5:E1

    A blackmail victim is headed for prison.

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  2. Background image for Cold Trail
    7.8/10(143 votes)

    #2 - Cold Trail

    S5:E2

    A big kidnapping plot and an insignificant victim.

    Director:Barry Crane
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for A Step in Time
    7.7/10(133 votes)

    #3 - A Step in Time

    S5:E3

    Mannix is the eyewitness of a murder; reportedly, it occurred a year before.

    Director:Sutton Roley
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Wine From These Grapes
    7.7/10(122 votes)

    #4 - Wine From These Grapes

    S5:E4

    A labor dispute in his home town ends in murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Woman in the Shadows
    7.6/10(114 votes)

    #5 - Woman in the Shadows

    S5:E5

    Soviet agents want Marx's manuscript of Das Kapital, and a young woman has just inherited part of it.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. Background image for Days Beyond Recall
    7.4/10(106 votes)

    #6 - Days Beyond Recall

    S5:E6

    A skid row bum is concealing his identity.

    Director:Jud Taylor
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  8. Background image for Run Till Dark
    8.0/10(110 votes)

    #7 - Run Till Dark

    S5:E7

    A contract is taken out on a Little League manager.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Background image for The Glass Trap
    8.0/10(107 votes)

    #8 - The Glass Trap

    S5:E8

    Strange circumstances surround an arrest by Mannix.

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  10. Background image for A Choice of Evils
    8.3/10(112 votes)

    #9 - A Choice of Evils

    S5:E9

    Peggy is kidnapped to force Mannix into an investigation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for A Button for General D
    7.7/10(125 votes)

    #10 - A Button for General D

    S5:E10

    The Case of the Singing Harp: a singer is kidnapped to reveal hidden loot.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for The Man Outside
    7.9/10(114 votes)

    #11 - The Man Outside

    S5:E11

    Blackmail has its twists and turns.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Murder Times Three
    7.5/10(110 votes)

    #12 - Murder Times Three

    S5:E12

    Hired and fired, Mannix pursues a missing person.

    Director:Leonard Horn
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Catspaw
    8.2/10(105 votes)

    #13 - Catspaw

    S5:E13

    Blackmail turns to murder and beyond.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for To Save a Dead Man
    8.0/10(103 votes)

    #14 - To Save a Dead Man

    S5:E14

    Evidence rules out one confession, indicates another.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Nightshade
    7.6/10(104 votes)

    #15 - Nightshade

    S5:E15

    Disappearing enemies and friends force Mannix into a blackmail investigation.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
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  17. Background image for Babe in the Woods
    7.6/10(124 votes)

    #16 - Babe in the Woods

    S5:E16

    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:Unknown
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  18. Background image for The Sound of Murder
    7.7/10(104 votes)

    #17 - The Sound of Murder

    S5:E17

    A dubious client is caught in his own machinations.

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  19. Background image for Moving Target
    7.8/10(113 votes)

    #18 - Moving Target

    S5:E18

    The fictitious name on a partnership contract apparently comes to life.

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  20. Background image for Cry Pigeon
    7.8/10(103 votes)

    #19 - Cry Pigeon

    S5:E19

    Mannix in the middle of a gang war.

    Director:Reza Badiyi
    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for A Walk in the Shadows
    8.4/10(119 votes)

    #20 - A Walk in the Shadows

    S5:E20

    In defense of a client accused of murder.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Lifeline
    7.7/10(111 votes)

    #21 - Lifeline

    S5:E21

    A singer piles into mounting trouble with the law.

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  23. Background image for To Draw the Lightning
    7.6/10(102 votes)

    #22 - To Draw the Lightning

    S5:E22

    Was a police shooting premeditated? Mannix is on (and off) the case.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ed Adamson
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  24. Background image for Scapegoat
    7.0/10(106 votes)

    #23 - Scapegoat

    S5:E23

    Mannix transports jewels from London, or is that his double?

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  25. Background image for Death in the Fifth Gear
    7.7/10(124 votes)

    #24 - Death in the Fifth Gear

    S5:E24

    A racing accident lays Mannix up. While recuperating, he hears threats against him, but are they real?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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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 133 votes. Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/15/1971. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Cold Trail".