Mannix
A Copy of Murder
TV Flash files “A Copy of Murder” as hour 30 of 194 in the TV Flash guide — Mannix (1967–1975) on CBS, season 2, episode 6, aired 1968-11-02, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E06: listed hour 30 of 194 in the Mannix guide, hour 6 of 25 in season 2. It aired 1968-11-02 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The End of the Rainbow” (S02E05). Next is “Edge of the Knife” (S02E07).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A publisher hires Mannix to find the missing last chapter that an author was working on before his boat was blown up.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Copy of Murder sit in the Mannix guide?
S02E06 is listed hour 30 of 194 — hour 6 of 25 in season 2, season 2 episode 6.
When did Mannix S02E06 air?
A Copy of Murder aired 1968-11-02 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Independent-practice Mannix hours — Connors taking the punch, Fisher as Peggy Fair — are the classic brand. The early corporate-detective setup is a different on-ramp if you want to see the format shed its first skin.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Joe Mannix took punches, climbed fire escapes, and ignored doctor's orders — Bruce Geller's private-eye engine of pure physical stubbornness. Mike Connors made the bruised P.I. a weekly ritual; Gail Fisher's Peggy Fair was a landmark Black woman regular in detective drama. No whisper-soft neo-noir — just motion.
The body is the plot. Joe Mannix took punches, climbed fire escapes, and ignored doctor's orders on CBS's *Mannix* (1967–1975; 194 episodes), Bruce Geller's private-eye engine of pure physical stubbornness. Mike Connors made the bruised P.I. a weekly ritual. Gail Fisher as Peggy Fair was a groundbreaking Black woman in a major dramatic supporting role, with Emmy recognition to match. Early corporate-detective framing gave way to freer solo ops. Eight seasons of fistfights later, the suit was torn but the brand…
Filed against
- Mike Connors as Joe Mannix
Mike Connors’s Joe Mannix took punches, climbed fire escapes, and ignored doctor’s orders — Bruce Geller’s 1960s private-eye engine of physical stubbornness, Gail Fisher’s Peggy Fair as a landmark Black woman regular in detective drama.…
- Gail Fisher as Peggy Fair
Gail Fisher made Peggy Fair a landmark regular on Mannix — Bruce Geller's bruised private-eye engine, Mike Connors ignoring doctor's orders, a Black woman at the detective-drama desk when the form still pretended otherwise. No white-glove…