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I see that one of the library systems in my city finally has some Mannix DVDs.
But not all of them: They have discs 2,4,6 of the first season, 1,5,6 of the third season, disc 6 of the 4th, and all of season 5.
Does it matter too much if I begin with, say, all of season 5 and then jump around with the episodes of the other seasons? Or should I go in strict order despite the fact I'll be missing many episodes, not to mention seasons 2, 6-8?
I've never seen an ep of Mannix ever before, but I'm always a big fan of mid-60s to 1970s shows. Should I take the Mannix plunge?
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Jul 14, 2018 - 1:28 AM
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Bob DiMucci
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Does it matter too much if I begin with, say, all of season 5 and then jump around with the episodes of the other seasons? Or should I go in strict order despite the fact I'll be missing many episodes, not to mention seasons 2, 6-8?
The concept of the show in the first season was different from all of the subsequent seasons. In Season 1, Mannix worked for Intertect, a big computerized (for 1967) detective agency, under boss Joe Campanella. In Season 2, the concept was changed to make him a regular private eye, with Gail Fisher as his secretary/assistant. Mannix had little or no continuing story-lines (no long-running back story mystery that needed to be solved over the seasons). So you can watch the episodes in any order. But given the difference in concepts between Season 1 and all of the others, I'd watch all of the Season 1 episodes together, rather than mixing them in randomly with the others.
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Jul 14, 2018 - 1:30 AM
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Rollin Hand
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I see that one of the library systems in my city finally has some Mannix DVDs.
But not all of them: They have discs 2,4,6 of the first season, 1,5,6 of the third season, disc 6 of the 4th, and all of season 5.
Does it matter too much if I begin with, say, all of season 5 and then jump around with the episodes of the other seasons? Or should I go in strict order despite the fact I'll be missing many episodes, not to mention seasons 2, 6-8?
I've never seen an ep of Mannix ever before, but I'm always a big fan of mid-60s to 1970s shows. Should I take the Mannix plunge?
Watch out! The first season is very uneven and unique at once. The pilot is excellent.
The popular formula starts from season 2.
In my view, the best seasons are s2, s3, s4, s5.
Let me know if you want to read the top ten list per season.
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Thank you, Bob and Member/Miklos. I just put a batch of them on reserve.
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Apr 21, 2020 - 6:37 AM
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Jim Phelps
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My good pal (Member) probably disagrees, but I've always liked DVD Talk reviewer Paul Mavis' enthusiasm and understanding of "The Mannix Era." I won't boldly claim that these words could have come from my keyboard, Mr. Mavis perfectly expresses his--and my own--affection for the late-60s-to-mid-70s TV action show wonderfully in his review for Mannix Season Seven, with tongue (only partially) in cheek:
“I've written reviews for the past four seasons of Mannix (please click here to read those), and since stylistically (as always) this seventh season differs not at all from previous outings (the producers stay remarkably consistent with the "Mannix formula"), I'm not going to go over the same ground again here.
“After all...who's out there reading these old TV reviews, anyway? Is it all the Pendleton shirts-and-sandals kids who drive around in their hot rods listening to their "hey, baby!" jazz music, hanging out at the malt shop discussing Archer and Justified? Is it the young, crew-cutted technocrats with their slide rulers and rocket fuel tabulating machines, arguing over Tosh.0?
“Is it that college girl on summer break down the street who knows exactly what she's doing to all the guys in the neighborhood when she keeps insisting on washing her new Camaro in her string bikini? Hell, no; they wouldn't know Joe Mannix if he slammed into them with his customized Challenger 360.”
“No, Mannix the show, Mannix the gestalt, Mannix the lifestyle, is strictly for the over 35-set who grew up with aerials on their roofs, nylon underwear, metal lunch boxes, and only three TV networks.
“We already know what Mannix is all about. It's about TV's vision of the American "good life" in whacked-out, sun-bleached SoCal, circa 1974: Motor City muscle cars smashing into each other with abandon; weekend fishing trips that inevitably lead to assassination attempts; polyester sports jackets strong enough to deflect a .38 caliber bullet; women--beautiful women--who are attracted to macho Armenian musk like moths to a flame; old Army/college/casual acquaintance/passers-by on the street, all of whom bear a psychotic, violent grudge against Joe, and of course, vicious daily assaults, perpetrated year after year upon the unyielding body of Joe Mannix--assaults that would cripple a normal man inside a week. That's what Mannix is all about, kids. The particulars of the plots are merely distractions."
https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/55698/mannix-the-seventh-season/
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