Mannix: The Crimson Halo (1972)
Season 6, Episode 3
2/10
Joe should have kept walking
13 November 2021
This one is about a doctor who hires Joe to find out who's trying to kill him.

Joe's first inclination was correct when he started to walk out on Otway and he should have kept going and should have stayed miles away from this morass and the idea that he would continue to work for Otway when both Otway and Aspinall are arrogant jerks who are constantly trashing him and refuse to help him at all is implausible and unrealistic. He was even fired at one point but yet continued on with the case, which is absolutely ludicrous.

Another problem is why did Otway hire Joe to begin with when he already knew who was trying to kill Aspinall? Why didn't he just call the police? This is yet another example of Joe getting involved in a case where he isn't needed, so this episode is a complete waste of time. It's also no mystery who the sniper is since he's revealed early on and is seen several times throughout the episode.

Joe doesn't get slugged in the head but does get shot at but not hit. There's a good fight scene towards the end but beyond that there's nothing else to recommend in this flop.

This is a lackluster and dreary episode without much action or excitement but just a lot of talking and speculating and putdowns of Joe and thoroughly despisable characters. There isn't even a murder, which is rare, and as mentioned, Joe isn't even needed since Otway knew all along who was trying to kill Aspinall, so this episode should have never been made. This is the worst episode of the season so far and that now makes three horrendous shows in a row to start the season. Yikes.
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