Mannix
The Search for Darrell Andrews
TV Flash files “The Search for Darrell Andrews” as hour 71 of 194 in the TV Flash guide — Mannix (1967–1975) on CBS, season 3, episode 22, aired 1970-02-28, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E22: listed hour 71 of 194 in the Mannix guide, hour 22 of 25 in season 3. It aired 1970-02-28 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Fly, Little One” (S03E21). Next is “Murder Revisited” (S03E23).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A private eye and friend of Mannix's turn up dead, apparently drowned. But Mannix believes there's more involved... as do the two men who abduct Peggy and Toby and demand Mannix turn the evidence over to him.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Search for Darrell Andrews sit in the Mannix guide?
S03E22 is listed hour 71 of 194 — hour 22 of 25 in season 3, season 3 episode 22.
When did Mannix S03E22 air?
The Search for Darrell Andrews aired 1970-02-28 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…