Mannix
A Problem of Innocence
TV Flash files “A Problem of Innocence” as a desk essential hour — Mannix (1967–1975) on CBS, season 6, episode 23, aired 1973-03-04, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E23: listed hour 145 of 194 in the Mannix guide, hour 23 of 24 in season 6. It aired 1973-03-04 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “To Quote a Dead Man” (S06E22). Next is “The Danford File” (S06E24).
Essential hour: “A Problem of Innocence”. A Problem of Innocence is late-run casework with a moral hook: the bruised P.I. still refusing to sit the hour out.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
The daughter of a recently murdered ex-con hires Mannix to recover the missing money her father supposedly stole... and bring in the killers that are now after her.
Viewer FAQ
Where does A Problem of Innocence sit in the Mannix guide?
S06E23 is listed hour 145 of 194 — hour 23 of 24 in season 6, season 6 episode 23.
When did Mannix S06E23 air?
A Problem of Innocence aired 1973-03-04 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…