Mannix
Last Rites for Miss Emma
TV Flash files “Last Rites for Miss Emma” as hour 46 of 194 in the TV Flash guide — Mannix (1967–1975) on CBS, season 2, episode 22, aired 1969-03-08, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E22: listed hour 46 of 194 in the Mannix guide, hour 22 of 25 in season 2. It aired 1969-03-08 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “The Odds Against Donald Jordan” (S02E21). Next is “The Solid Gold Web” (S02E23).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mannix almost loses Peggy when he tells her that he suspects her new boyfriend, Floyd Brown, of being the key man in the theft of forty-five cartons of morphine. Caught between her loyalty to Mannix and her love for Brown, Peggy refuses to listen to Mannix but later places her life in danger when she confronts Brown with the accusation.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Last Rites for Miss Emma sit in the Mannix guide?
S02E22 is listed hour 46 of 194 — hour 22 of 25 in season 2, season 2 episode 22.
When did Mannix S02E22 air?
Last Rites for Miss Emma aired 1969-03-08 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…