This is a list of episodes from the eighth season of Mannix.

Mannix
Season 8
No. of episodes24
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 22, 1974 (1974-09-22) –
April 13, 1975 (1975-04-13)
Season chronology
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Broadcast history

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The season originally aired Sundays at 9:30–10:30 pm (EST).[1][2]

Home media

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The season was released on DVD by Paramount Home Video.

Episodes

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TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1721"Portrait in Blues"Alf KjellinJames L. HendersonSeptember 22, 1974 (1974-09-22)
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.
1732"Game Plan"Arnold LavenDonn MullallySeptember 29, 1974 (1974-09-29)
Mannix comes to Albuquerque to help his goddaughter.
1743"A Fine Day for Dying"Leo PennEdward J. LaksoOctober 6, 1974 (1974-10-06)
A woman awakens from a year long coma only to discover that someone wants to kill her. The reason why is a complete mystery and Mannix takes her case, which puts him in the middle of two feuding organized crime families.
1754"Walk on the Blind Side"Paul KrasnyAlbert BeichOctober 13, 1974 (1974-10-13)
The search is on and it's up to Mannix to uncover every possible stone, when Peggy's apprehended by syndicate thugs, who have mistaken her for an informant they are seeking.
1765"The Green Man"Reza BadiyiRichard CarlsonOctober 20, 1974 (1974-10-20)
Mannix, Federal Agents (and violent associates), race to find a missing counterfeiter, who took off with the printing plates for creating the illegal currency.
1776"Death Has No Face"Don McDougallShimon WincelbergOctober 27, 1974 (1974-10-27)
Mannix investigates anonymous death threats against him that turn serious when someone takes a shot at him.
1787"A Small Favor for an Old Friend"Paul KrasnyHarold LivingstonNovember 10, 1974 (1974-11-10)
While investigating the death of an old friend from the Korean War, Mannix discovers that someone claiming to be him has been living in San Francisco for the last three weeks while Mannix was on a fishing trip.
1798"Enter Tami Okada"Paul KrasnyRobert PiroshNovember 17, 1974 (1974-11-17)
A Japanese PI comes to Mannix looking for help tracking down a missing Japanese courier.
1809"Picture of a Shadow"Harry Harvey Jr.Donn MullallyNovember 24, 1974 (1974-11-24)
Mannix is hired to look into the death of one photographer and gets romantically involved with another.
18110"Desert Sun"Arnold LavenDavid P. HarmonDecember 1, 1974 (1974-12-01)
Mannix looks into an Indian's death in a small New Mexico town ruled by fear, intimidation, and prejudice.
18211"The Survivor Who Wasn't"Michael O'HerlihyBen Roberts
Harold Medford
December 15, 1974 (1974-12-15)
The survivor of a plane crash undergoes plastic surgery, and his wife hires Mannix to find out if he's really her husband.
18312"A Choice of Victims"Harry Harvey Jr.John Meredyth LucasDecember 22, 1974 (1974-12-22)
A wife hires Mannix to discover who killed her husband during a charity show rehearsal... when she may have been the target.
18413"A Word Called Courage"Bill BixbyGeorge F. SlavinJanuary 5, 1975 (1975-01-05)
A former soldier who broke under torture and who Mannix helped court-martial set out to get revenge on the PI by putting him through the same ordeal.
18514"Man in a Trap"Michael O'HerlihyBernard C. SchoenfeldJanuary 12, 1974 (1974-01-12)
An older PI is shot while working a case, and the man's wife asks Mannix to find the shooter.
18615"Chance Meeting"Don WeisFrank TelfordJanuary 19, 1974 (1974-01-19)
An Army deserter kills Peggy's cousin's husband, and Mannix tracks down the man responsible.
18716"Edge of the Web"John PeyserKarl Tunberg
Terence Tunberg
February 2, 1974 (1974-02-02)
A former student is accused of killing his former professor, and hires Mannix to find the real killer.
18817"A Ransom for Yesterday"Bill BixbyMann RubinFebruary 9, 1974 (1974-02-09)
A kidnapper demands a ransom from his victim's mother... six years after the boy was kidnapped.
18918"The Empty Tower"Bill BixbyRobert HamnerFebruary 16, 1974 (1974-02-16)
Mannix and a friend are locked in an office building by three thieves looting the place.
19019"Quartet for Blunt Instrument"Reza BadiyiShimon WincelbergFebruary 23, 1974 (1974-02-23)
A hitchhiker Mannix picks up is accused of murder, and the PI tries to clear the man's name.
19120"Bird of Prey: Part 1"Michael O'HerlihyAlfred HayesMarch 2, 1974 (1974-03-02)

Mannix travels to a tropical island country to take a case to find a man, but is soon embroiled in a plot to kill the country's president.

Based upon the novel Venetian Bird written by Victor Canning.
19221"Bird of Prey: Part 2"Michael O'HerlihyAlfred HayesMarch 9, 1974 (1974-03-09)

Mannix goes on the run after he's framed for the murder of a country's president.

Based upon the novel Venetian Bird written by Victor Canning.
19322"Design for Dying"John PeyserJames L. HendersonMarch 23, 1974 (1974-03-23)
A newspaper publisher hires Mannix to acquire evidence that his wife Rebekah is having an affair and convince her to break it off. But after Mannix does so, he suspects that the entire thing was a set-up.
19423"Search for a Dead Man"Paul KrasnyDan UllmanApril 6, 1974 (1974-04-06)
A hit man kills a mob boss but the body disappears, so the killer hires Mannix to find the dead man.
19524"Hardball"Bill BixbyAlbert BeichApril 13, 1974 (1974-04-13)
Mannix and the police bust up a drug ring, but a dealer escapes and takes six people hostage to force the authorities to hand over the man who betrayed them to the cops.

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