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Mannix: Season 3

25 episodes Premiered Sep 27, 1969
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.
Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 3: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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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

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

S3·E2 Core

Color Her Missing

Oct 4, 1969

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

S3·E3 Core

Return to Summer Grove

Oct 11, 1969

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

Someone is out to get a film star.

S3·E6 Core

A Penny for the Peep Show

Mar 28, 1970

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

An accidental drowning has many surprising facets.

S3·E8 Core

Memory: Zero

Nov 22, 1969

A secretary has an enemy, but who?

S3·E9 Core

The Nowhere Victim

Nov 29, 1969

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

S3·E11 Core

Who Killed Me?

Dec 13, 1969

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

S3·E14 Core

Medal for a Hero

Jan 3, 1970

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

S3·E15 Core

Walk With a Dead Man

Jan 10, 1970

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

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

S3·E17 Core

Blind Mirror

Jan 24, 1970

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

S3·E18 Core

Harlequin's Gold

Jan 31, 1970

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

S3·E19 Core

Who is Sylvia?

Feb 7, 1970

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

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

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

S3·E24 Mytharc

War of Nerves

Mar 14, 1970

Mobsters try to extort a million from a small town.

S3·E25 Mytharc

Once Upon a Saturday

Mar 21, 1970

Carnival mishaps may be aimed at the proprietor.