Mannix investigates the death of a woman on a ski slope and finds she was murdered because she was the wrong target of a kidnapping attempt.Mannix investigates the death of a woman on a ski slope and finds she was murdered because she was the wrong target of a kidnapping attempt.Mannix investigates the death of a woman on a ski slope and finds she was murdered because she was the wrong target of a kidnapping attempt.
- Harker
- (as Bill Burton)
- Waiter
- (uncredited)
- Agent
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe shot of Mannix skiing down the slope would subsequently be used in the show's opening credits starting in season six.
- GoofsDuring the opening sequences when Joe Mannix is shown skiing, the reflection of the cameraman who is filming him for the closeup shots is visible in one of the lenses of his sunglasses.
- Quotes
Joe Mannix: Well, it's all set. You got a seat on the 11:00 flight. I'll drive you to the airport. Something tells me you're not going to get much more in there.
Marie Fenlon: Something tells me you're going to have to close it.
Joe Mannix: Say when.
Marie Fenlon: [sighs] I think that's everything. Ah, my book.
[notices a picture of her and Barbara and looks at it]
Joe Mannix: What is it, Marie?
Marie Fenlon: This was taken a week ago, the day Barbara and I arrived.
[gives the picture to Mannix]
Marie Fenlon: I guess it's the last picture ever taken of her.
Joe Mannix: With your ski outfits on, it's pretty hard to tell you apart.
Marie Fenlon: Dark glasses don't help much, either.
Joe Mannix: If it wasn't for your yellow outfit, I'd...
Marie Fenlon: No, you've got it wrong. Barabara's the one in yellow. I'm in the blue.
Joe Mannix: But you were wearing yellow yesterday.
Marie Fenlon: Yes. That's my new outfit. I bought it the night before last in the ski shop.
[points at the yellow outfit on the picture]
Marie Fenlon: This one here is my old outfit. You've never seen me in it.
Joe Mannix: Let me get this straight- now all week until yesterday, you were going around in a blue outfit?
Marie Fenlon: Mm-hmm.
Joe Mannix: And Barbara- what color outfit was she wearing all week?
Marie Fenlon: Yellow. But then yesterday morning, she switched, too, because the zipper broke in her jacket. Naturally, since I wasn't using my blue suit, I insisted she...
[realizes what Joe is thinking]
Marie Fenlon: She was wearing my suit when...
Joe Mannix: Marie, now you and Barbara skied Shinbone most afternoons, didn't you?
Marie Fenlon: [nods] Every afternoon.
Joe Mannix: At a particular time?
Marie Fenlon: Somewhere around 2:00. That was our ritual. We'd hit Shinbone and then head for the showers.
[suddenly on the edge of crying]
Marie Fenlon: Joe, don't! You're only making it harder. Stop trying to prove that something vicious happened to her. I told you she didn't have an enemy in the world.
Joe Mannix: What she did have was a blue ski outfit that you'd been seen in constantly. I wonder if that's why they grabbed her.
Marie Fenlon: "They"? Who's they?
Joe Mannix: Whoever was waiting on Shinbone yesterday afternoon... for you.
Marie Fenlon: For me?
[scoffs]
Marie Fenlon: Who'd want to kill me?
Joe Mannix: Maybe they only intended to kidnap you.
Marie Fenlon: What for? Ransom? My father's a college professor. The most he could scrape together would be a few thousand dollars.
Joe Mannix: Marie, you don't believe Barbara was going go ski Jackboot, either, do you?
Marie Fenlon: No. I find that hard to accept.
Joe Mannix: Yet she was found some 100 yards or more east of Shinbone. How? She was dragged there and dropped because they realized that they had made a mistake and grabbed the wrong girl. At that point, they couldn't turn her loose, so they killed her and made it look like an accident.
Marie Fenlon: So they'd be free to come after me.
Joe Mannix: Look, I'm going to see that you get home safely. I'm going to drive you to your door. When we get back to Los Angeles, I can arrange for protection until we find out who and why.
Marie Fenlon: I'll get my ski gear together.
Joe Mannix: I'm going to pack my car and come back and pick you up. Lock this door. And don't open it for anyone but me.
[walks out the door as Marie locks it behind him]
- tavasiloff
- Feb 14, 2021