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Mannix: Season 3

25 episodes Premiered Sep 27, 1969 Updated Sep 25, 2026
Previously on Mannix

Season 3 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Mannix Season 2.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 3: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (21): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S3·E1 Mytharc

Eagles Sometimes Can't Fly

Sep 27, 1969 · 52 min

Two pals of Peggy's are accused of murder, and the real killer is elusive.

S3·E2 Core

Color Her Missing

Oct 4, 1969 · 52 min

A colleague's death leads Mannix into a dubious investigation.

S3·E3 Core

Return to Summer Grove

Oct 11, 1969 · 52 min

Old home week, as Mannix looks into a murder and tries to make up with his father.

S3·E4 Core

The Playground

Oct 18, 1969 · 52 min

Someone is out to get a film star.

S3·E5 Core

A Question of Midnight

Oct 25, 1969 · 52 min

Mannix reopens a malpractice case against opposition.

S3·E6 Core

A Penny for the Peep Show

Mar 28, 1970 · 52 min

Three thugs hold Mannix, Peggy, and a woman hostage, claiming they want the $312,000 she has in a briefcase at home, but they may be after something even more valuable.

S3·E7 Core

A Sleep in the Deep

Nov 8, 1969 · 52 min

An accidental drowning has many surprising facets.

S3·E8 Core

Memory: Zero

Nov 22, 1969 · 52 min

A secretary has an enemy, but who?

S3·E9 Core

The Nowhere Victim

Nov 29, 1969 · 52 min

A hit-and-run case lands Mannix in the middle of a gang war.

S3·E11 Core

Who Killed Me?

Dec 13, 1969 · 52 min

The attempted murder of an executive leads Mannix to several likely suspects.

S3·E12 Core

Missing: Sun and Sky

Dec 20, 1969 · 52 min

A stolen thoroughbred has Mannix buffaloed.

S3·E13 Core

Tooth of the Serpent

Dec 27, 1969 · 52 min

A policeman's son is suspected in a robbery.

S3·E14 Core

Medal for a Hero

Jan 3, 1970 · 52 min

Peggy's late husband is named on a list of payoffs.

S3·E15 Core

Walk With a Dead Man

Jan 10, 1970 · 52 min

A wealthy man hires Mannix to find the person blackmailing him—eventually leading to Mannix being suspected of murder.

S3·E16 Core

A Chance at the Roses

Jan 17, 1970 · 52 min

Eyewitnesses peg Mannix's client, but the victim isn't what he seems, either.

S3·E17 Core

Blind Mirror

Jan 24, 1970 · 52 min

A domestic quarrel, and a missing secretary, make for a confusing case—“Rashomon”-style.

S3·E18 Core

Harlequin's Gold

Jan 31, 1970 · 52 min

Mannix tries to locate an heir, who is brought into danger by the attention.

S3·E19 Core

Who is Sylvia?

Feb 7, 1970 · 52 min

A murder in the offing implicates an old army chum, but the victim's identity is uncertain.

S3·E21 Core

Fly, Little One

Feb 21, 1970 · 52 min

The strange utterances of a disturbed young girl are clues in a case of robbery and murder.

S3·E23 Core

Murder Revisited

Mar 7, 1970 · 52 min

A TV host's murder proves difficult to investigate, as everyvbody wants it canceled.

S3·E24 Mytharc

War of Nerves

Mar 14, 1970 · 52 min

Mobsters try to extort a million from a small town.

S3·E25 Mytharc

Once Upon a Saturday

Mar 21, 1970 · 52 min

Carnival mishaps may be aimed at the proprietor.

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