The two actresses playing the sisters (Portia and Penelope) really shine here. I've seen both on Alfred Hitchcock shows and enjoyed them there as well.
Portia's quite a fireball. But I must say both sisters have their quirks. So the sisters are out and about and end up with a busted headlight. Portia's worked herself up into a frenzy and goes to Mannix for him to investigate. It turns out their headlight is connected to somebody involved with a murder. Anyway, Portia doesn't like cops and she explains that. She is rather fussy about cops. She doesn't want cops standing guard to protect them and when some plain clothes cops are watching out for them anyway, Portia lets it be known she knows their cops. She confronted them and one grunted at her. I love how that scene happened off screen but I can still picture it in my head.
Got a kick out of the one scene where Mannix says 'hell' in front of the sisters and they look as flustered/embarrassed as if he had pulled a Deb Morgan on 'Dexter' and dropped the f bomb in front of them.
Onto the quirks. Both ladies are on the old fashioned side. They don't really talk to Peggy since she's the secretary. Neither one of them answers the phone on their own or even call out on their own. That's the maid's job. But that tidbit is also what alerts Mannix that there's a problem in the house because Portia was the one doing all the talking instead of the maid starting the call and then getting one of the sisters to the phone.
Mannix gets paid 10 bucks for the job. Hey, at least you got something since so many jobs have Mannix not being paid at all.
Anyway, this is a very enjoyable episode with very delightful performances from our guest stars.
Portia's quite a fireball. But I must say both sisters have their quirks. So the sisters are out and about and end up with a busted headlight. Portia's worked herself up into a frenzy and goes to Mannix for him to investigate. It turns out their headlight is connected to somebody involved with a murder. Anyway, Portia doesn't like cops and she explains that. She is rather fussy about cops. She doesn't want cops standing guard to protect them and when some plain clothes cops are watching out for them anyway, Portia lets it be known she knows their cops. She confronted them and one grunted at her. I love how that scene happened off screen but I can still picture it in my head.
Got a kick out of the one scene where Mannix says 'hell' in front of the sisters and they look as flustered/embarrassed as if he had pulled a Deb Morgan on 'Dexter' and dropped the f bomb in front of them.
Onto the quirks. Both ladies are on the old fashioned side. They don't really talk to Peggy since she's the secretary. Neither one of them answers the phone on their own or even call out on their own. That's the maid's job. But that tidbit is also what alerts Mannix that there's a problem in the house because Portia was the one doing all the talking instead of the maid starting the call and then getting one of the sisters to the phone.
Mannix gets paid 10 bucks for the job. Hey, at least you got something since so many jobs have Mannix not being paid at all.
Anyway, this is a very enjoyable episode with very delightful performances from our guest stars.