During the course of "Mannix" and its eight year run, Mannix worked with a variety of policemen but none more than Art Malcolm (Ward Wood). Because of this, it's not surprising that they'd give him an episode where HE is the suspected killer!
The show starts with Art unexpectedly marrying a woman he recently met. However, when they leave after the wedding, a gunman shoots both Malcolm and his new bride...killing her. The most likely guy behind all this is a mobster named Sato...but he swears he's innocent and has witnesses that he was no where near the wedding. But Art later inexplicably starts running about...doing things that make him look guilty when Sato ends up dead. Can Mannix manage to save an old friend and figure out what's REALLY going on here?
This whole story hinges on the notion that a person can be hypnotized and made to do a lot of crazy things...something that isn't possible (I have significant training in hypnosis). So for me, the episode was pretty bad...and I figured out all along who was behind all this. Not one of the better ones, that's for sure, due to bad writing.
The show starts with Art unexpectedly marrying a woman he recently met. However, when they leave after the wedding, a gunman shoots both Malcolm and his new bride...killing her. The most likely guy behind all this is a mobster named Sato...but he swears he's innocent and has witnesses that he was no where near the wedding. But Art later inexplicably starts running about...doing things that make him look guilty when Sato ends up dead. Can Mannix manage to save an old friend and figure out what's REALLY going on here?
This whole story hinges on the notion that a person can be hypnotized and made to do a lot of crazy things...something that isn't possible (I have significant training in hypnosis). So for me, the episode was pretty bad...and I figured out all along who was behind all this. Not one of the better ones, that's for sure, due to bad writing.