Mannix: A Problem of Innocence (1973)
Season 6, Episode 23
4/10
Messy and predictable
21 November 2021
Warning: Spoilers
In this one, a woman's apartment is ransacked and Joe is hired to find out why.

The problem is it's totally obvious right from the start that Avery is still alive because there was no follow up on the car that went over the cliff and whether a body was found there, so the producers clearly decided that if it was mentioned that no body was found, the viewers would know he's still alive, but not mentioning it at all also made it obvious he was still alive, so this one is predictable right from the start, so there's no mystery here. It's also obvious Avery is the one who's killing everyone because there's no one else it could be, so there's no mystery there either. The only mystery is whether there's any money and the episode is worth seeing for that part of it.

As usual, there are plot holes. Corwin mentioned he attended the funeral service for Avery. How could there be a funeral service for someone that's still alive? Then Avery gets a call while he was at Joe's office. How did anyone know he was there or that he was even still alive? And how did Corwin know where everyone was at the end?

The performances from the entire cast are solid.

Once again Joe's client leaves the hideout after he told her not to, so you can check the box on that cliché, which has been used a lot this season.

The total body count is three.

Joe doesn't get slugged in the head or shot at but he does get crushed by a bookcase.

This episode is not great but not terrible either but slightly below average.
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