Three thugs hold Mannix, Peggy, and a woman hostage, claiming they want the $312,000 she has in a briefcase at home, but they may be after something even more valuable.Three thugs hold Mannix, Peggy, and a woman hostage, claiming they want the $312,000 she has in a briefcase at home, but they may be after something even more valuable.Three thugs hold Mannix, Peggy, and a woman hostage, claiming they want the $312,000 she has in a briefcase at home, but they may be after something even more valuable.
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- GoofsWhen Mr. Peters is shooting at Mannix on the target range, he blows large holes in the targets with his shotgun. The range between Mr. Peters and the targets is too great for a shotgun to cause such damage; the pellet dispersal would be too wide, and the pellets might not even penetrate the targets.
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Joe Mannix: Ms. James. Please come in. Sit down.
Celia James: Um... I made a mistake, Mr. Mannix and wasted your time.
Joe Mannix: You said it was urgent. Now if it's still urgent, maybe I can help. I promise no charge for this. Sit down.
Celia James: Well, my Uncle Simon-- Simon Garvey-- came to Los Angeles three days ago. We had dinner and afterwards, he asked if I'd do him a little favor. Keep his attache case for him overnight.
Joe Mannix: Seems a little enough favor.
Celia James: Except that was three days ago. He didn't call the next morning, so I called him. The hotel said he checked out. He hasn't called since. He's just vanished.
Joe Mannix: Do you know what's in the attache case? Did you look?
Celia James: Yes. Yes, I did. $312,000.
Joe Mannix: That's a fortune. Question is... whose fortune? Tell me, uh, was there anything else in the case?
Celia James: Some papers. Names and places. Nothing that would explain the money.
Joe Mannix: So you came to me. Why didn't you go to the police?
Celia James: I didn't want any trouble.
Joe Mannix: You're short an uncle and long $300,000. I'd say you got trouble.
It's another episode where Joe gets hit on the back of the head. His head has to be on par with Charles Ingalls busting his ribs constantly. And even worse, I think one of those cons was making Joe look bad. Let's be clear, the lady that was having her face and hair touched by that grabby con clearly wasn't enjoying herself. The guy was still putting Mannix to shame. Check out the scene where the con is touching the lady's hair and looking at it in utter fascination. He was absolutely looking mesmerized by the look and touch of her hair. Joe might be a hair toucher but you never saw him staring at hair/ acting reluctant that he has to drop her hair from his hands.
Okay, silliness aside. I split this episode into two parts. The parts with the three cons were interesting and it's a shame they weren't used throughout the whole episode because I thought the episode started getting draggy after Kevin Hagen's character was killed and the other two cons were taken to the slammer. Speaking of Kevin Hagen, he really is a wonderful actor. He plays a baddie as well as Victor French (another episode) but I feel like most people probably just think of their acting styles on Little House.
I think the problem I have with the second part of the episode is how unbelievable it is to have Joe turning 'rogue'. I know it's a different time period so it's not like one of these guys can get on their smart phone and Google Joe Mannix. But my guess is even in these early episodes Joe has still built a solid reputation of being on the straight and narrow. He's a good guy and nothing's going to make him turn crooked. Same goes for that lady that looked absolutely terrified that Joe was gonna shoot her. Come on, you also had your casual clothing night with Joe. A scene paints it out she's showered and comes down with a dress shirt on and talks to Mannix. Slyness aside, would you think that gentleman would harm a hair on your head?
So yeah, I liked this episode better than the last one but there's still some weak spots in the episode.
- glitterrose
- Jun 4, 2022