Season 5
24 episodes

1. Dark So Early, Dark So Long
52m · Sep 15, 1971
A blackmail victim is headed for prison.

2. Cold Trail
52m · Sep 22, 1971
A big kidnapping plot and an insignificant victim.

3. A Step in Time
52m · Sep 29, 1971
Mannix is the eyewitness of a murder; reportedly, it occurred a year before.

4. Wine From These Grapes
52m · Oct 6, 1971
A labor dispute in his home town ends in murder.

5. Woman in the Shadows
52m · Oct 13, 1971
Soviet agents want Marx's manuscript of Das Kapital, and a young woman has just inherited part of it.

6. Days Beyond Recall
52m · Oct 20, 1971
A skid row bum is concealing his identity.

7. Run Till Dark
52m · Oct 27, 1971
A contract is taken out on a Little League manager.

8. The Glass Trap
52m · Nov 3, 1971
Strange circumstances surround an arrest by Mannix.

9. A Choice of Evils
52m · Nov 10, 1971
Peggy is kidnapped to force Mannix into an investigation.

10. A Button for General D
52m · Nov 17, 1971
The Case of the Singing Harp: a singer is kidnapped to reveal hidden loot.

11. The Man Outside
52m · Nov 24, 1971
Blackmail has its twists and turns.

12. Murder Times Three
52m · Dec 1, 1971
Hired and fired, Mannix pursues a missing person.

13. Catspaw
52m · Dec 8, 1971
Blackmail turns to murder and beyond.

14. To Save a Dead Man
52m · Dec 15, 1971
Evidence rules out one confession, indicates another.

15. Nightshade
52m · Dec 29, 1971
Disappearing enemies and friends force Mannix into a blackmail investigation.

16. Babe in the Woods
52m · Jan 5, 1972
Murder on the golf course leads to open season on Mannix, who's looking for valuable microcircuit plans hidden by the victim.

17. The Sound of Murder
52m · Jan 12, 1972
A dubious client is caught in his own machinations.

18. Moving Target
52m · Jan 19, 1972
The fictitious name on a partnership contract apparently comes to life.

19. Cry Pigeon
52m · Jan 26, 1972
Mannix in the middle of a gang war.

20. A Walk in the Shadows
52m · Feb 9, 1972
In defense of a client accused of murder.

21. Lifeline
52m · Feb 16, 1972
A singer piles into mounting trouble with the law.

22. To Draw the Lightning
52m · Feb 23, 1972
Was a police shooting premeditated? Mannix is on (and off) the case.

23. Scapegoat
52m · Mar 1, 1972
Mannix transports jewels from London, or is that his double?

24. Death in the Fifth Gear
52m · Mar 8, 1972
A racing accident lays Mannix up. While recuperating, he hears threats against him, but are they real?