The ep has already been reviewed. My point. It ( the proof)is in the performance of series star Mike Connors himself. Once he gets shot he turns in a strange, bizarre and detached performance from absolutely everyone else in the episode. It is like he is practically in a different show.
What must have happened was this. Connors could simply not believe how inhumanly and non-thinking the script was about street kids hunting Mannix on the streets of LA. He obviously did not want to do this one but had to as it was in his demanded series contract. He probably said he would spend the rest of his career disowning this episode. It looks like a five year old wrote it. Why on Earth did this terrible episode get a network go-ahead!?! Why!?!
To the above poster who rated it as high three stats when it was lower than ant's belly. Mannix was filmed on the Paramount not Universal backlot! Get facts straight!
What must have happened was this. Connors could simply not believe how inhumanly and non-thinking the script was about street kids hunting Mannix on the streets of LA. He obviously did not want to do this one but had to as it was in his demanded series contract. He probably said he would spend the rest of his career disowning this episode. It looks like a five year old wrote it. Why on Earth did this terrible episode get a network go-ahead!?! Why!?!
To the above poster who rated it as high three stats when it was lower than ant's belly. Mannix was filmed on the Paramount not Universal backlot! Get facts straight!