Mannix: Season 8
Season 8 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 7.
- 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 8 Progress Shield
Portrait in Blues
Sep 22, 1974 · 52 min
A singer is nearly electrocuted during a performance. Mannix is hired to find out if it was just an accident or if someone is out to get him.
Game Plan
Sep 29, 1974 · 52 min
A kidnapper's ransom note calls for plunging in a card game.
The Green Men
Oct 20, 1974 · 52 min
A Leonardo, a forger of currency, is sought by practically everybody.
Death Has No Face
Oct 27, 1974 · 52 min
The vortex of the paranoid: Mannix is threatened and framed.
A Small Favor for an Old Friend
Nov 10, 1974 · 52 min
Old friend dies on a mob run, they suspect Mannix.
Enter Tami Okada
Nov 17, 1974 · 52 min
Japanese consular matters entail a private eye and Mannix's cooperation
Picture of a Shadow
Nov 24, 1974 · 52 min
Mannix takes the case of a muder victim in a photograph.
The Survivor Who Wasn't
Dec 15, 1974 · 52 min
His wife says somebody else came back from the crash.
Man in a Trap
Jan 12, 1975 · 52 min
A colleague on the shady side of the street is killed.
Chance Meeting
Jan 19, 1975 · 52 min
A chance meeting between two Vietnam veterans proves fatal for one of them after they are spotted by a third buddy, a deserter who has no intention of being turned in.
A Ransom for Yesterday
Feb 9, 1975 · 52 min
A kidnapping case suddenly emerges from the files.
The Empty Tower
Feb 16, 1975 · 52 min
A skyscraper burglary leavs Mannix and a pal in a fix.
Quartet for a Blunt Instrument
Feb 23, 1975 · 52 min
The death of an inventor raises questions of motive.
Bird of Prey (1)
Mar 2, 1975 · 52 min
On an island off the South American coast, Mannix seeks out the rescuer of a client's son.
Bird of Prey (2)
Mar 9, 1975 · 52 min
An assassination plot is revealed in the course of Mannix's investigation.
Design for Dying
Mar 23, 1975 · 52 min
A soft case with plush lining gives Mannix cause for uneasiness.
Hardball
Apr 13, 1975 · 52 min
Ratted out and up against it, a dealer takes hostages.