Not a well written show, that's for sure but it does have its moments. It's still exciting but having Mannix play the bad detective on the take didn't ring true-he's been around for a long time and anyone in the know would understand this is all a ruse.

This show has some exciting moments but Celia's character never really made sense-nor did the perfect timing. (In the 1969 episode 'A Penny for the Peep Show', both the ’68 and. Though a ’69 Dart was built by Barris to replicate this car in the show's 1969 season, the ’68 Dart was regularly seen during the ’69 season. This car was used in both the 1968 and '69 seasons of Mannix.

It has something to do with something in the briefcase other than the money-and that's a problem since it accidentally caught on fire and no one seems certain what it was-except for the man behind the kidnapping. No duplicate 1968 Mannix Darts were built it is a '1 of 1' car. About midway through the show, the hostage standoff is resolved-but now Mannix and the cops want to dig deeper to discover who was behind this and why. While pretty normal by today's standards. Regardless, every episode involved Joe Mannix fighting, shooting, and car chasing his way through his dangerous cases. However, before Mannix can even begin the investigation, some desperadoes storm into the office and hold everyone hostage. The Mannix TV show was a 60 minute action, detective series on CBS that began with Joe Mannix working for an agency called, 'Intertect' and evolved into his opening his own agency. Why she didn't just go to the cops was never clear. The show begins with a woman named Celia coming to Mannix with a quandary-she's been left with a briefcase and when the guy didn't come back for it, she looked inside and found a fortune.

Penny for a peep show mannix