Mannix: Season 5
Season 5 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 4.
- 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.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Dark So Early, Dark So Long
Sep 15, 1971 · 52 min
A blackmail victim is headed for prison.
A Step in Time
Sep 29, 1971 · 52 min
Mannix is the eyewitness of a murder; reportedly, it occurred a year before.
Wine From These Grapes
Oct 6, 1971 · 52 min
A labor dispute in his home town ends in murder.
Woman in the Shadows
Oct 13, 1971 · 52 min
Soviet agents want Marx's manuscript of Das Kapital, and a young woman has just inherited part of it.
A Choice of Evils
Nov 10, 1971 · 52 min
Peggy is kidnapped to force Mannix into an investigation.
A Button for General D
Nov 17, 1971 · 52 min
The Case of the Singing Harp: a singer is kidnapped to reveal hidden loot.
Murder Times Three
Dec 1, 1971 · 52 min
Hired and fired, Mannix pursues a missing person.
To Save a Dead Man
Dec 15, 1971 · 52 min
Evidence rules out one confession, indicates another.
Nightshade
Dec 29, 1971 · 52 min
Disappearing enemies and friends force Mannix into a blackmail investigation.
Babe in the Woods
Jan 5, 1972 · 52 min
Murder on the golf course leads to open season on Mannix, who's looking for valuable microcircuit plans hidden by the victim.
The Sound of Murder
Jan 12, 1972 · 52 min
A dubious client is caught in his own machinations.
Moving Target
Jan 19, 1972 · 52 min
The fictitious name on a partnership contract apparently comes to life.
To Draw the Lightning
Feb 23, 1972 · 52 min
Was a police shooting premeditated? Mannix is on (and off) the case.
Scapegoat
Mar 1, 1972 · 52 min
Mannix transports jewels from London, or is that his double?
Death in the Fifth Gear
Mar 8, 1972 · 52 min
A racing accident lays Mannix up. While recuperating, he hears threats against him, but are they real?