This show begins with Mannix being hit from behind and knocked cold...only the 204th time (give or take) he was knocked out in the show's history. In fact, he'd get knocked out a couple more times...but I am getting ahead of myself. The thugs then drag him off, shoot him and toss him down a hill. When he's found, the EMTs and cops say he's dead and throw a blanket over him on the stretcher. However, on the way to the hospital, he shows signs of life...because he's like the terminator and cannot be killed! Oh, did I mention he'd been shot about a dozen times in the series before this?!
The show then uses a series of flashbacks to show what happened before he was knocked out. It begins with him meeting a new client, Karen (Elizabeth Ashley), as she's worried about some man who keeps following her. The case soon turns out to involve a couple mob bosses, Brandon (Victor French) and Kordick (William Devane)...and a plan to do away with one of them. How does the nearly dead Mannix sort all this out, solve the crime AND never seem to ask anyone to pay his fees?
Other than the fact that I laughed at the knock outs and shooting and an AMAZING feat of shooting*, it's a very good episode--- exciting and OTHERWISE original.
*The shooting stunt was hilarious and the second time I saw this on the show...but this time it was not performed by Mannix. Like the Mannix shot several seasons before, this involves a guy with a rifle and scope opening fire on a guy with a revolver way down below. The guy with the pistol is able to shoot the marksman...a feat nearly impossible...even if you are an Olympic caliber shooter!!
The show then uses a series of flashbacks to show what happened before he was knocked out. It begins with him meeting a new client, Karen (Elizabeth Ashley), as she's worried about some man who keeps following her. The case soon turns out to involve a couple mob bosses, Brandon (Victor French) and Kordick (William Devane)...and a plan to do away with one of them. How does the nearly dead Mannix sort all this out, solve the crime AND never seem to ask anyone to pay his fees?
Other than the fact that I laughed at the knock outs and shooting and an AMAZING feat of shooting*, it's a very good episode--- exciting and OTHERWISE original.
*The shooting stunt was hilarious and the second time I saw this on the show...but this time it was not performed by Mannix. Like the Mannix shot several seasons before, this involves a guy with a rifle and scope opening fire on a guy with a revolver way down below. The guy with the pistol is able to shoot the marksman...a feat nearly impossible...even if you are an Olympic caliber shooter!!