The majority of Joe's clients fall into two categories. They are blatant liars with a cover story to get Joe to do something for them that has nothing to do with the cover story or, they are idiots who, during the investigation, Joe tells them to do something and they do the opposite to put everyone in danger. Liz is in the former category. Of course Joe gets to the truth, slowly but surely. Liz tells him about five renditions of her tale and never really gets to the whole truth. Joe eventually figures he is being played after she won't go to the DA with her story and runs away to a boat. Took him long enough (nearly the whole hour). Joe is definitely a sucker for a pretty face in this one.
The death of the main thug in a car wreck about halfway through the episode is seen as an accident despite him having a blood alcohol of 3.0. So the story is he beat up Joe, Joe got away, so he went out and got drunk. Okay.
This episode ends with a chase around the boat of the bad guy. Liz redeems herself and Joe gets off another well aimed shot with his pistol to get the bad guy. Joe really needs to carry a backup gun in an ankle holster. It would come in handy so many times. In the epilogue, Joe finally figures out the whole tale and Liz goes down for the count. Another lying client gets her comeuppance. They should quit hiring Joe!
There is one unusual aspect to the tale. Midway through, the police show up to save Joe's life. That happens about once a season.
The cast isn't the normal big guest names that usually appear on Mannix but they get the job done. Vaughn Taylor has an uncredited role as the pastor officiating the funeral. He usually has bigger parts than that. I like the newspaper owner. She was the most memorable character in this story.
Joe get beaten up and doesn't get paid. Par for the course. A good story that is worth your time. Just don't fall for the woman.
The death of the main thug in a car wreck about halfway through the episode is seen as an accident despite him having a blood alcohol of 3.0. So the story is he beat up Joe, Joe got away, so he went out and got drunk. Okay.
This episode ends with a chase around the boat of the bad guy. Liz redeems herself and Joe gets off another well aimed shot with his pistol to get the bad guy. Joe really needs to carry a backup gun in an ankle holster. It would come in handy so many times. In the epilogue, Joe finally figures out the whole tale and Liz goes down for the count. Another lying client gets her comeuppance. They should quit hiring Joe!
There is one unusual aspect to the tale. Midway through, the police show up to save Joe's life. That happens about once a season.
The cast isn't the normal big guest names that usually appear on Mannix but they get the job done. Vaughn Taylor has an uncredited role as the pastor officiating the funeral. He usually has bigger parts than that. I like the newspaper owner. She was the most memorable character in this story.
Joe get beaten up and doesn't get paid. Par for the course. A good story that is worth your time. Just don't fall for the woman.