Mannix season 5

Mannix
Season 5
No. of episodes	24
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 15, 1971 (1971-09-15) – March 8, 1972 (1972-03-08)
Season chronology

This is a list of episodes from the fifth season of Mannix.

Broadcast history

The season originally aired Wednesdays at 10:00-11:00 pm (EST).

Home media

The season was released on DVD by Paramount Home Video.

Episodes

See also: List of Mannix episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
99	1	"Dark So Early, Dark So Long"	John Llewellyn Moxey	Robert W. Lenski	September 15, 1971 (1971-09-15)
Mannix's latest case involves blackmail and murder. (Rosemary Forsyth, Guy Stockwell)
100	2	"Cold Trail"	Barry Crane	Ed Waters	September 22, 1971 (1971-09-22)
A young woman is on the run from a gang of killers with an unknown motive.
101	3	"A Step in Time"	Sutton Roley	Mann Rubin	September 29, 1971 (1971-09-29)
Mannix can't find the lady who he saw being attacked in her yard by 2 men, but he does find out that a woman was murdered there under the same scenario a year before.
102	4	"Wine from These Grapes"	Paul Krasny	David H. Vowell	October 6, 1971 (1971-10-06)
Mannix investigates a murder in a California grape-growing region. (Victor Jory as Stefan Mannix)
103	5	"Woman in the Shadows"	Paul Krasny	Karl Tunberg	October 13, 1971 (1971-10-13)
A mysterious woman gets Mannix involved in the hunt for the first chapter of Karl Marx's Das Kapital.
104	6	"Days Beyond Recall"	Jud Taylor	Robert Pirosh	October 20, 1971 (1971-10-20)
Mannix searches skid row for a former crime exposé writer who supposedly drowned. (Vic Morrow, Elizabeth Allen)
105	7	"Run Till Dark"	Murray Golden	Dan Ullman	October 27, 1971 (1971-10-27)
Mannix finds himself in a dirty syndicate game involving a youngsters' baseball coach gone missing.
106	8	"The Glass Trap"	Reza S. Badiyi	Edward J. Lakso	November 3, 1971 (1971-11-03)
A New York policeman is troubled over extraditing a suspected cop killer.
107	9	"A Choice of Evils"	Paul Krasny	James Schmerer	November 10, 1971 (1971-11-10)
A racketeer makes Mannix his reluctant employee.
108	10	"A Button for General D"	Reza S. Badiyi	Ernie Frankel	November 17, 1971 (1971-11-17)
A dying man's words start a treasure hunt.
109	11	"The Man Outside"	Harry Harvey, Jr.	Story by : Tibor Zada Teleplay by : Arthur Weiss	November 24, 1971 (1971-11-24)
A retired Army general (Andrew Duggan) is victimized by a blackmailer.
110	12	"Murder Times Three"	Leonard J. Horn	Stephen Kandel	December 1, 1971 (1971-12-01)
Mannix wonders why he's been fired from separate cases at once.
111	13	"Catspaw"	Leonard J. Horn	Frank Telford	December 8, 1971 (1971-12-08)
A case of extortion places Mannix on the search for a missing letter.
112	14	"To Save a Dead Man"	Paul Krasny	Donn Mullally	December 15, 1971 (1971-12-15)
A dying man pleads with Mannix to save a convicted murderer who admits his guilt.
113	15	"Nightshade"	Reza Badiyi	Martin Roth	December 29, 1971 (1971-12-29)
A comedian is connected to a private eye's murder. Milton Berle guest stars.
114	16	"Babe in the Woods"	Leonard J. Horn	Robert W. Lenski	January 5, 1972 (1972-01-05)
Mannix puts himself at risk when he looks for a murder victim's plans hidden on a golf course. Nita Talbot and Paul Stevens guest star.
115	17	"The Sound of Murder"	Leslie H. Martinson	Leigh Vance	January 12, 1972 (1972-01-12)
A tape recording connects a missing philanderer to a beautiful model, blackmail and murder.
116	18	"Moving Target"	Richard Benedict	Karl Tunberg	January 19, 1972 (1972-01-19)
A silent partner seems anxious to silence his partner. Art Buchwald has a cameo role.
117	19	"Cry Pigeon"	Reza Badiyi	Donn Mullally	January 26, 1972 (1972-01-26)
The patriarch of a racketeer family comes to Mannix for help in a possible gang war.
118	20	"A Walk in the Shadows"	Paul Krasny	Edward J. Lakso	February 9, 1972 (1972-02-09)
Mannix deals with jealousy and blackmail as he works to clear a man accused of murdering his wife.
119	21	"Lifeline"	Leslie H. Martinson	Dan Ullman	February 16, 1972 (1972-02-16)
A singer becomes a target for murder after his involvement with a dope pusher's killing. Lou Rawls guest stars.
120	22	"To Draw the Lightning"	Don McDougall	Ed Adamson	February 23, 1972 (1972-02-23)
A cop is accused of murder, but is strangely uncooperative in helping Mannix prove it was a set-up.
121	23	"Scapegoat"	Leslie H. Martinson	Stephen Kandel	March 1, 1972 (1972-03-01)
With Mannix stranded in the desert, his lookalike Mannix (imposter) (Dick Ziker) (also played by Mike Connors in a dual role) makes off with eight million dollars worth of jewels.
122	24	"Death is the Fifth Gear"	Paul Krasny	Chester Krumholz	March 8, 1972 (1972-03-08)
A somewhat dotty patient has Mannix deal with a case that engulfs him with paranoia and hallucinations.