Joe looks into the supposed suicide of a psychiatrist, and his book about three violent patients that may lead him to evidence that the psychiatrist was murdered.Joe looks into the supposed suicide of a psychiatrist, and his book about three violent patients that may lead him to evidence that the psychiatrist was murdered.Joe looks into the supposed suicide of a psychiatrist, and his book about three violent patients that may lead him to evidence that the psychiatrist was murdered.
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- Joan Cochrane
- (as Marya Small)
- Greta Allen
- (as Pat Delany)
- Chambers
- (as Biff Elliott)
Storyline
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- GoofsWhen Mannix examines two pages of Dr. Jarrud's coded notebook, both pages are exactly the same. Later when a page from the notebook is projected, it is exactly the same as the two pages Mannix examines.
- Quotes
Joe Mannix: Miss Allen, uh... please sit down.
Greta Allen: Thank you.
Joe Mannix: Well, what can I do for you?
Greta Allen: Are you familiar with the name Clement Jarrud?
Joe Mannix: The psychiatrist? Yes, I was just reading about his suicide.
Greta Allen: It wasn't suicide.
Joe Mannix: The, uh, police seem to think so.
Greta Allen: [hands Joe an envelope full of money] Will that buy three days of your time?
Joe Mannix: Well, that depends on what you want done.
Greta Allen: Find out who killed Dr. Jarrud.
Joe Mannix: [thinks for a second] What makes you so sure?
Greta Allen: We had an appointment. And I know he meant to keep it.
Joe Mannix: An appointment?
Greta Allen: Yes. I was... closer to him than anyone alive. Including his wife. Dr. Jarrud loved his work... and he loved me.
Joe Mannix: Do you have any idea who might have wanted him dead?
Greta Allen: [takes out a book from her purse and shows it to Joe] X, Y, or Z- the three patients for whom he sacrificed most of his practice last year. I begged him to tell me who they were... just in case. I was worried, with the book coming out. What if one of them recognized himself and... and felt betrayed or exploited? After all, each one of them had murdered before. And Clem insisted it was a book that had to be written. Read the book, Mr. Mannix. It will show you the danger that he was in right from the start.
So our episode centers on the supposed suicide of a psychiatrist. Well, you know what show you're watching. It's not a suicide, it's murder. This psychiatrist had written a book profiling three cases he had worked on. I must admit that detail is a bit murky because I was thinking of HIPPA or did they not have that in the 70s? It sounds like this psychiatrist was careful...he put his notes in code. But still, if you read this guy's book you might be able to pin point that he's talking about your case.
Anyway, the psychiatrist didn't use names in his book. He refers to them as being X, Y, Z. Could one of them be involved with the murder?
I want to sugar coat this so the review posts. X did very inappropriate things to children.
Y is a musician that you can see her many moods just from the main scene she has with Mannix. I really must give credit to the actress because she was able to slip into this role that requires her to change at a second's notice. She's coming onto Mannix to start with, flips to being defiant, flips to being scared because she's thinking of childhood trauma, and then she gets angry at Mannix for still being there. The performance was incredible and you really would have to see it to get the full picture instead of reading episode descriptions or reviews.
Z is somebody that makes a point of getting close to lonely women and killing them.
So clearly these cases involve people that could've killed the psychiatrist and would have the rage to do so. But they didn't. The killer is a little bit closer to home. The psychiatrist's step son killed him. This is also a man deeply troubled and he believes it isn't gonna take much longer for the psychiatrist to say that the man needs to be committed. No doubt there's been enough discussions going on already and this has turned the mom into a drinker. I won't fault her or judge her. It's nice picturing yourself doing and saying the right thing during everyday of your life but that isn't going to happen. Sometimes you might be in a dark situation where you're torn at what to do or you do know what to do but the thought of doing it is devastating. The mom tried her best. Remember patient X? Well, he ends up being killed by this step son and the death is made to look like he hung himself. The mom was trying to say she killed X. Mannix saw through it because patient X was a heavy man and there's no way she'd be able to lift this man. She tried her best to protect her son but it just didn't work.
I'm skimming reviews and I must say I didn't get the vibe of everybody looking depressed. I think the scenes that required facial acting fit. Remember Y? I'll use her for an example. I liked the expressions on Mike Connors face when he was in that scene. He had a pained expression on his face when it was required of him. Again, one has to see what I'm talking about because words aren't doing it justice.
The episode does involve dark subject matters but I'd still recommend the episode.
- glitterrose
- Jul 17, 2022