Confirmed bachelor Art Malcolm gets married, but his bride is soon killed in a drive-by shooting. Joe comes to his aid when Art is suspected of the murder of her accused killer.Confirmed bachelor Art Malcolm gets married, but his bride is soon killed in a drive-by shooting. Joe comes to his aid when Art is suspected of the murder of her accused killer.Confirmed bachelor Art Malcolm gets married, but his bride is soon killed in a drive-by shooting. Joe comes to his aid when Art is suspected of the murder of her accused killer.
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- Lt. Rivera
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- Neo James
- (uncredited)
- Peggy's Date
- (uncredited)
Featured reviews
1) Ann/Anne - tall brunette with short hair, red top - at the wedding reception, she offers Joe and Art some cake. Later, as Art and Norma are leaving she has some additional lines.
2) "Nurse" Kate Carson - who gives Art the drugs after Joe leaves.
3) The woman from the hypnosis demonstration who does the teapot imitation.
This is the second episode to deal with hypnosis. The first was a few seasons ago, where it is Peggy who was drugged/hypnotized into giving up the office safe combination. She ended up tracking down the man who hypnotized her.
As for Art being hypnotized to kill, that is not necessarily true. He did not have to be the one who pulled the trigger, just hypnotized into registering at the hotel under the fake name, and buying the gun. The ultimate perpetrator had the skills to use the rifle, Art did not even have to be present for the kill.
The ending location was unique, I don't think they had used it before. Much better than the old warehouse location used so many times in previous seasons.
Good episode, it keeps you guessing until the end.
If you can accept a ridiculous bit about hypnosis, then you will probably enjoy this one a lot more!
The show starts with Art unexpectedly marrying a woman he recently met. However, when they leave after the wedding, a gunman shoots both Malcolm and his new bride...killing her. The most likely guy behind all this is a mobster named Sato...but he swears he's innocent and has witnesses that he was no where near the wedding. But Art later inexplicably starts running about...doing things that make him look guilty when Sato ends up dead. Can Mannix manage to save an old friend and figure out what's REALLY going on here?
This whole story hinges on the notion that a person can be hypnotized and made to do a lot of crazy things...something that isn't possible (I have significant training in hypnosis). So for me, the episode was pretty bad...and I figured out all along who was behind all this. Not one of the better ones, that's for sure, due to bad writing.
10 Earned Stars.
Interestingly, a reviewer noted that Malcolm's wife resembles (from a distance) Florence Henderson, from the BRADY BUNCH. I disagree, however producers may have wanted to cast her, especially since Robert Reed played Tobias, and also appears in this episode. I could understand why she may have passed on the project, if asked in the first place.
Martin Roth wrote this story, a long time comedy writer; MY FAVORITE MARTIAN, many other sitcoms. Here's the clincher: Roth paints Art as a possible suspect? Are you serious? That will keep your attention. It seems Malcolm, like Mannix, has accumulated some enemies through the years, but their end game is quite original. This time it's hypnotism.
This clever idea may have been lifted, at least partly, from THE WOMAN IN GREEN (1945) a classic Sherlock Holmes movie where the star detective is hypnotized. Watch for this movie.
Look for Stark Pierce as Peggy's handsome date. Pierce was a former champion boxer, played pro ball for the Milwaukee Brewers before heading to Hollywood. He appeared in some of Fred Williamson's action films.
Applause for one of the best, John Llewellyn Moxey, a director's director who did his job. No better director for this project. Should have gotten an Emmy nod either way.
Partially filmed near LAX airport, according to notes. SEASON 7 EPISODE 17 remastered color CBS/Paramount dvd box set.
Art Malcom has the same recovering superpowers as Joe. He was shot in the midsection as Joe was in the last episode and is out of the hospital and moving well after a short time. TV time is not like real time at all.
No pay for Joe again but he does have the great satisfaction of clearing his old friend. It was established in season 2 in "Endgame" that Joe and Art were Korean War buddies but they never seem to mention it again. This would have been a good episode to refer to it again to reinforce their connection.
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the only Mannix episode with both Lt. Tobias and Lt. Malcolm.
- Quotes
John Sato: Somebody shot Art Malcolm and killed his bride. Unfortunate, but what does that have to do with me?
Joe Mannix: One of your cars was identified leaving the scene.
John Sato: My cars?
Lt. Bob Naylor: Acme Rental. We got the license number.
John Sato: Mr. Grant here handles my business affairs. Uh, Acme ours, Vic?
Vic Grant: Yes, it is. Those cars at Acme are parked in an open lot, Lieutenant. We've had several cases of theft lately, which we reported. Check your files.
John Sato: Just who was it that saw the car?
Lt. Bob Naylor: Lieutenant Malcolm.
John Sato: Malcolm? Everybody knows he's been on my back. He'd try to hang anything he could on me.
[presses the button on the intercom that's on the table beside him]
John Sato: Bernie.
Bernie Moss: [over intercom] Yes, Mr. Sato?
John Sato: Cigar.
[turns back to Lt. Naylor]
John Sato: Now, listen to me, Lieutenant, you tell Malcolm this time he struck out.
Vic Grant: Mr. Sato can account for the entire evening.
Joe Mannix: Okay, let's start with 9:30.
John Sato: [pointing at Lt. Naylor] I account to him, Mannix. You don't even have any right being here.
Lt. Bob Naylor: He's working with us on this case.
Joe Mannix: [Bernie walks up to Sato with a box of cigars] Hello, Bernie.
John Sato: You two know each other?
Joe Mannix: Mr. Moss and I have met before. Dark alley one night.
John Sato: Uh-huh. Well, Bernie's through with the rough stuff now that he's working for me. Right, Bernie?
Bernie Moss: That's right, Mr. Sato.
Lt. Bob Naylor: Where were you tonight?
Bernie Moss: Right here, waiting for Mr. Sato to come home. You can check.
Lt. Bob Naylor: Oh, I will.
John Sato: It's all right, Bernie.
Lt. Bob Naylor: He said you were coming home. From where?
John Sato: Vic and I were at a dinner party at the Beverly Bedford. A hundred people will tell you we didn't leave before midnight.
Joe Mannix: And you have no idea who could have been driving the car from Acme Rental?
Vic Grant: How could he? I told you, the car was probably stolen.
John Sato: Look, Lieutenant, there are a lot of clowns around who'd like to see Malcolm buried. And every one of them's got a match. Talk to them.
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