As pointed out by others, this episode is repeated in season 6 almost verbatim. Not sure I have ever seen that before in a series. Anyway, a fast paced episode with action and Mannix showing distain for his company. A running theme for the first and only season he works for the corporation. Another theme in this second show that will run for the entire eight years is that Mannix has a client who lies to him from the get-go. We will see that about 100 more times.
Also written about by others is the holes in this plot. Why would a man who knows he is dirty hire the best detectives to find that out? Why would the Syndicate let him? Why would the Syndicate highlight the case by killing off people Mannix talks to? They have already told him all they know (and they don't know much). Mannix uses the cover of a magazine writer but it should have been obvious to the wife in their second meeting that Joe is not a writer but she doesn't catch on. Got to feel sorry for her. Joe punching the other woman was great!
The Syndicate then wants to kill Joe. They panic in a hurry. If they had just stayed out of it, everything might have worked out. Bad guys on Mannix never lay low and ride it out.
At least Joe gets a steady paycheck from his corporation. He needs the money to buy all those cigarettes he smokes in this episode.
Also written about by others is the holes in this plot. Why would a man who knows he is dirty hire the best detectives to find that out? Why would the Syndicate let him? Why would the Syndicate highlight the case by killing off people Mannix talks to? They have already told him all they know (and they don't know much). Mannix uses the cover of a magazine writer but it should have been obvious to the wife in their second meeting that Joe is not a writer but she doesn't catch on. Got to feel sorry for her. Joe punching the other woman was great!
The Syndicate then wants to kill Joe. They panic in a hurry. If they had just stayed out of it, everything might have worked out. Bad guys on Mannix never lay low and ride it out.
At least Joe gets a steady paycheck from his corporation. He needs the money to buy all those cigarettes he smokes in this episode.