Mannix: A Game of Shadows (1972)
Season 6, Episode 15
8/10
Joe falls for the bird dog trick again
20 November 2021
Warning: Spoilers
In this one, Joe gets hired by the wife of a guy who is accused of a murder but has since disappeared.

Of course, the minute Paul Stevens appears, you know something sinister is going on since he always plays villains and I knew right from the start that he was the killer since he ALWAYS is and since the victim was his wife, so there isn't any mystery with that aspect of the story, but the other aspect concerning the whereabouts and identity of Cameron IS a mystery and is very interesting.

Joe is once again used as a bird dog, where he unknowingly does the dirty work for a third party that didn't hire him.

Joe gets clobbered in the head again and shot at but not hit. He also nearly gets hit by a car.

There's a pretty good fight scene and stunt in a garage and a good action scene at the end.

For a change, we see a small-town sheriff (played by Kenneth Tobey) who is actually cooperative with Joe and doesn't threaten to throw him in jail or run him out of town. This is a major break from tradition.

Natalie Schafer is excellent in her one scene as Bunny. The performances from the rest of the cast are solid too.

So a really good episode overall with an interesting story and a nice conclusion, where Cameron's background and identity are revealed.
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