S08E19: Quartet for a Blunt Instrument
The death of an inventor raises questions of motive.
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Season 1
The Name Is Mannix
S1E1 / 16 Sep 1967
Skid Marks on a Dry Run
S1E2 / 23 Sep 1967
Nothing Ever Works Twice
S1E3 / 30 Sep 1967
The Many Deaths of Saint Christopher
S1E4 / 07 Oct 1967
Make Like It Never Happened
S1E5 / 14 Oct 1967
The Cost of a Vacation
S1E6 / 21 Oct 1967
Warning: Live Blueberries
S1E7 / 28 Oct 1967
Beyond the Shadow of a Dream
S1E8 / 04 Nov 1967
Huntdown
S1E9 / 18 Nov 1967
Coffin for a Clown
S1E10 / 25 Nov 1967
Catalogue of Sins
S1E11 / 02 Dec 1967
Turn Every Stone
S1E12 / 09 Dec 1967
Run, Sheep, Run
S1E13 / 16 Dec 1967
Then the Drink Takes the Man
S1E14 / 30 Dec 1967
The Falling Star
S1E15 / 06 Jan 1968
License to Kill---Limit Three People
S1E16 / 13 Jan 1968
Deadfall (1)
S1E17 / 20 Jan 1968
Deadfall (2)
S1E18 / 27 Jan 1968
You Can Get Killed Out There
S1E19 / 03 Feb 1968
Another Final Exit (or, The Box)
S1E20 / 10 Feb 1968
Eight to Five, Its a Miracle
S1E21 / 17 Feb 1968
Delayed Reaction
S1E22 / 02 Mar 1968
To Kill a Writer
S1E23 / 09 Mar 1968
The Girl in the Frame
S1E24 / 16 Mar 1968
Season 2
The Silent Cry
S2E1 / 28 Sep 1968
Comes Up Roses
S2E2 / 05 Oct 1968
Pressure Point
S2E3 / 12 Oct 1968
To the Swiftest, Death
S2E4 / 19 Oct 1968
End of the Rainbow
S2E5 / 26 Oct 1968
A Copy of Murder
S2E6 / 02 Nov 1968
Edge of the Knife
S2E7 / 09 Nov 1968
Who Will Dig the Graves?
S2E8 / 16 Nov 1968
In Need of a Friend
S2E9 / 23 Nov 1968
Night Out of Time (or, Blackout)
S2E10 / 07 Dec 1968
A View of Nowhere
S2E11 / 14 Dec 1968
Fear I to Fall
S2E12 / 21 Dec 1968
Death Run
S2E13 / 04 Jan 1969
A Pittance of Faith
S2E14 / 11 Jan 1969
Only Giants Can Play
S2E15 / 18 Jan 1969
Shadow of a Man (or, Killjoy)
S2E16 / 25 Jan 1969
The Girl Who Came in with the Tide
S2E17 / 01 Feb 1969
Death in a Minor Key
S2E18 / 08 Feb 1969
End Game
S2E19 / 15 Feb 1969
All Around the Money Tree
S2E20 / 22 Feb 1969
The Odds Against Donald Jordan
S2E21 / 01 Mar 1969
Last Rites for Miss Emma
S2E22 / 08 Mar 1969
The Solid Gold Web
S2E23 / 22 Mar 1969
Merry Go Round for Murder
S2E24 / 05 Apr 1969
To Catch a Rabbit
S2E25 / 12 Apr 1969
Season 3
Eagles Sometimes Can't Fly
S3E1 / 27 Sep 1969
Color Her Missing
S3E2 / 04 Oct 1969
Return to Summer Grove
S3E3 / 11 Oct 1969
The Playground
S3E4 / 18 Oct 1969
A Question of Midnight
S3E5 / 25 Oct 1969
A Penny for the Peep Show
S3E6 / 28 Mar 1970
A Sleep in the Deep
S3E7 / 08 Nov 1969
Memory: Zero
S3E8 / 22 Nov 1969
The Nowhere Victim
S3E9 / 29 Nov 1969
The Sound of Darkness
S3E10 / 06 Dec 1969
Who Killed Me?
S3E11 / 13 Dec 1969
Missing: Sun and Sky
S3E12 / 20 Dec 1969
Tooth of the Serpent
S3E13 / 27 Dec 1969
Medal for a Hero
S3E14 / 03 Jan 1970
Walk With a Dead Man
S3E15 / 10 Jan 1970
A Chance at the Roses
S3E16 / 17 Jan 1970
Blind Mirror
S3E17 / 24 Jan 1970
Harlequin's Gold
S3E18 / 31 Jan 1970
Who is Sylvia?
S3E19 / 07 Feb 1970
Only One Death to a Customer
S3E20 / 14 Feb 1970
Fly, Little One
S3E21 / 21 Feb 1970
The Search for Darrell Andrews
S3E22 / 28 Feb 1970
Murder Revisited
S3E23 / 07 Mar 1970
War of Nerves
S3E24 / 14 Mar 1970
Once Upon a Saturday
S3E25 / 21 Mar 1970
Season 4
A Ticket to the Eclipse
S4E1 / 19 Sep 1970
One for the Lady
S4E2 / 26 Sep 1970
Time Out of Mind
S4E3 / 03 Oct 1970
Figures in a Landscape
S4E4 / 10 Oct 1970
The Mouse That Died
S4E5 / 17 Oct 1970
The Lost Art of Dying
S4E6 / 24 Oct 1970
The Other Game in Town
S4E7 / 31 Oct 1970
The World Between
S4E8 / 07 Nov 1970
Sunburst
S4E9 / 14 Nov 1970
To Cage a Sea Gull
S4E10 / 21 Nov 1970
Bang, Bang, You're Dead
S4E11 / 28 Nov 1970
Deja Vu
S4E12 / 12 Dec 1970
Duet For Three
S4E13 / 19 Dec 1970
Round Trip to Nowhere
S4E14 / 02 Jan 1971
What Happened to Sunday?
S4E15 / 09 Jan 1971
The Judas Touch
S4E16 / 16 Jan 1971
With Intent to Kill
S4E17 / 23 Jan 1971
The Crime That Wasn't
S4E18 / 30 Jan 1971
A Gathering of Ghosts
S4E19 / 06 Feb 1971
A Day Filled with Shadows
S4E20 / 13 Feb 1971
Voice in the Dark
S4E21 / 20 Feb 1971
The Color of Murder
S4E22 / 27 Feb 1971
Shadow Play
S4E23 / 20 Mar 1971
Overkill
S4E24 / 13 Mar 1971
Season 5
Dark So Early, Dark So Long
S5E1 / 15 Sep 1971
Cold Trail
S5E2 / 22 Sep 1971
A Step in Time
S5E3 / 29 Sep 1971
Wine From These Grapes
S5E4 / 06 Oct 1971
Woman in the Shadows
S5E5 / 13 Oct 1971
Days Beyond Recall
S5E6 / 20 Oct 1971
Run Till Dark
S5E7 / 27 Oct 1971
The Glass Trap
S5E8 / 03 Nov 1971
A Choice of Evils
S5E9 / 10 Nov 1971
A Button for General D
S5E10 / 17 Nov 1971
The Man Outside
S5E11 / 24 Nov 1971
Murder Times Three
S5E12 / 01 Dec 1971
Catspaw
S5E13 / 08 Dec 1971
To Save a Dead Man
S5E14 / 15 Dec 1971
Nightshade
S5E15 / 29 Dec 1971
Babe in the Woods
S5E16 / 05 Jan 1972
The Sound of Murder
S5E17 / 12 Jan 1972
Moving Target
S5E18 / 19 Jan 1972
Cry Pigeon
S5E19 / 26 Jan 1972
A Walk in the Shadows
S5E20 / 09 Feb 1972
Lifeline
S5E21 / 16 Feb 1972
To Draw the Lightning
S5E22 / 23 Feb 1972
Scapegoat
S5E23 / 01 Mar 1972
Death in the Fifth Gear
S5E24 / 08 Mar 1972
Season 6
The Open Web
S6E1 / 17 Sep 1972
Cry Silence
S6E2 / 24 Sep 1972
The Crimson Halo
S6E3 / 01 Oct 1972
Broken Mirror
S6E4 / 08 Oct 1972
Portrait of a Hero
S6E5 / 15 Oct 1972
The Inside Man
S6E6 / 22 Oct 1972
To Kill a Memory
S6E7 / 29 Oct 1972
The Upside Down Penny
S6E8 / 05 Nov 1972
One Step to Midnight
S6E9 / 12 Nov 1972
Harvest of Death
S6E10 / 19 Nov 1972
A Puzzle for One
S6E11 / 26 Nov 1972
Lost Sunday
S6E12 / 03 Dec 1972
See No Evil
S6E13 / 10 Dec 1972
Light and Shadow
S6E14 / 17 Dec 1972
A Game of Shadows
S6E15 / 24 Dec 1972
The Man Who Wasn't There
S6E16 / 07 Jan 1973
A Matter of Principle
S6E17 / 14 Jan 1973
Out of the Night
S6E18 / 21 Jan 1973
Carol Lockwood, Past Tense
S6E19 / 28 Jan 1973
The Faces of Murder
S6E20 / 04 Feb 1973
Search for a Whisper
S6E21 / 18 Feb 1973
To Quote a Dead Man
S6E22 / 25 Feb 1973
A Problem of Innocence
S6E23 / 04 Mar 1973
The Danford File
S6E24 / 11 Mar 1973
Season 7
The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress
S7E1 / 16 Sep 1973
A Way to Dusty Death
S7E2 / 23 Sep 1973
Climb a Deadly Mountain
S7E3 / 30 Sep 1973
Little Girl Lost
S7E4 / 07 Oct 1973
The Gang's All Here
S7E5 / 14 Oct 1973
Desert Run
S7E6 / 21 Oct 1973
Silent Target
S7E7 / 28 Oct 1973
A World Without Sundays
S7E8 / 04 Nov 1973
Sing a Song of Murder
S7E9 / 11 Nov 1973
Search in the Dark
S7E10 / 25 Nov 1973
The Deadly Madonna
S7E11 / 02 Dec 1973
Cry Danger
S7E12 / 09 Dec 1973
All the Dead Were Strangers
S7E13 / 16 Dec 1973
Race Against Time (1) (a.k.a.) A Matter of the Heart
S7E14 / 06 Jan 1974
Race Against Time (2) (a.k.a.) A Matter of the Heart
S7E15 / 13 Jan 1974
The Dark Hours
S7E16 / 20 Jan 1974
A Night Full of Darkness
S7E17 / 27 Jan 1974
Walk a Double Line
S7E18 / 10 Feb 1974
The Girl From Nowhere
S7E19 / 17 Feb 1974
Rage to Kill
S7E20 / 24 Feb 1974
Mask For a Charade
S7E21 / 03 Mar 1974
A Question of Murder
S7E22 / 10 Mar 1974
Trap for a Pigeon
S7E23 / 24 Mar 1974
The Ragged Edge
S7E24 / 31 Mar 1974
Season 8
Portrait in Blues
S8E1 / 22 Sep 1974
Game Plan
S8E2 / 29 Sep 1974
A Fine Day for Dying
S8E3 / 06 Oct 1974
Walk on the Blind Side
S8E4 / 13 Oct 1974
The Green Men
S8E5 / 20 Oct 1974
Death Has No Face
S8E6 / 27 Oct 1974
A Small Favor for an Old Friend
S8E7 / 10 Nov 1974
Enter Tami Okada
S8E8 / 17 Nov 1974
Picture of a Shadow
S8E9 / 24 Nov 1974
Desert Sun
S8E10 / 01 Dec 1974
The Survivor Who Wasn't
S8E11 / 15 Dec 1974
A Choice of Victims
S8E12 / 22 Dec 1974
A Word Called Courage
S8E13 / 05 Jan 1975
Man in a Trap
S8E14 / 12 Jan 1975
Chance Meeting
S8E15 / 19 Jan 1975
Edge of the Web
S8E16 / 02 Feb 1975
A Ransom for Yesterday
S8E17 / 09 Feb 1975
The Empty Tower
S8E18 / 16 Feb 1975
Quartet for a Blunt Instrument
S8E19 / 23 Feb 1975
Bird of Prey (1)
S8E20 / 02 Mar 1975
Bird of Prey (2)
S8E21 / 09 Mar 1975
Design for Dying
S8E22 / 23 Mar 1975
Search for a Dead Man
S8E23 / 06 Apr 1975
Hardball
S8E24 / 13 Apr 1975
Mike Connors
Joe Mannix
Gail Fisher
Peggy Fair
