A Step in Time

Episode aired Sep 29, 1971
TV-PG
52m

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

127

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Shelley Fabares and Mike Connors in Mannix (1967)

Action Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

Mannix can't find the lady who he saw being attacked in her yard by 2 men, but he does find out that a woman was murdered there under the same scenario a year before.Mannix can't find the lady who he saw being attacked in her yard by 2 men, but he does find out that a woman was murdered there under the same scenario a year before.Mannix can't find the lady who he saw being attacked in her yard by 2 men, but he does find out that a woman was murdered there under the same scenario a year before.

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

127

YOUR RATING

7User reviews

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Trivia
The ambulance run footage was used in earlier weeks. The same Safeway store and General tire signs are seen.

Goofs
At the end, as Mannix is being chased up the hill, Chris Townsend (Dean Stockwell) shoots at him as he runs passed the passenger side of the car. When they show Charlotte was shot by his bullet it shows that it came from the front windshield. Which is totally impossible from where the bullet was shot.

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Joe Mannix: Please, sit down.
Gwen Townsend: Thank you. First, I'd like to make sure of something. The report you filed with the sheriff about seeing something on the terrace. You haven't changed your mind, have you?
Joe Mannix: No.
Gwen Townsend: Are you absolutely positive you saw them?
Joe Mannix: Positive.
Gwen Townsend: I was hoping you would say that. Mr. Mannix, we would like to hire you.
Joe Mannix: We?
Gwen Townsend: My brother and I. He's been getting a little better lately.
Joe Mannix: I'm glad to hear that. Why do you want to hire me?
Gwen Townsend: I think Chris is in danger.
Joe Mannix: Because the two men who killed his wife are still walking around somewhere?
Gwen Townsend: Yes. And they know Chris saw them. The way Chris has been, they haven't had to worry about being identified. But if they find out his mind is beginning to come back... As a matter of fact, he's being released tomorrow. Ted Hanlon, who's been taking care of him at the sanitarium, is going to stay with him until he can manage on his own.

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Featured review

7/10

Very good but one of the main story points really makes no sense if you think about it.

Sometimes you enjoy a program even though you'll easily admit that it's quite flawed. That is clearly how I felt as I watched "A Step in Time". While a bit of the story made no sense, it does have a few interesting twists and features two talented special guests-- Shelly Fabares and Dean Stockwell.

The show begins with Joe going for a jog along the beach. Suddenly he sees a woman being attacked by two men on a fancy home on the cliff. He quickly scampers there only to find the place is padlocked shut! And, when the police arrive, his description of the event PERFECTLY matches that of a murder that took place there a year earlier!! Are there ghosts? Hardly...but this entire portion of the program, though cool, is 100% unnecessary and when you learn exactly what's going on you'll realize that the first 10 minutes of the show are meaningless!!!

However, what follows is very good, as the dead woman left a shattered husband (Stockwell) whose mental and physical health snapped when the murder occurred. And, the man's sister is worried, as he is about to be released from the sanitarium and she's worried that the two men that murdered her sister-in-law will now come looking for him, as they might think that as the husband regains his mind, he might finally be able to identify the killers.

What's best about the show, apart from the acting, is the obligatory 'let's murder Mannix scene' at the end. What happens then is pretty cool! Worth seeing.