Hard to believe Joe couldn't control his horse. In this tale, Joe is visited by a woman who sees things in her dreams. She sees his death from falling off a horse. The opening sequence is the dream itself and it's repeated later in the episode. Joe has just concluded a case catching a blackmailer (Sid Haig) who later escaped and seems to be the villain who is after Mannix. However, he is caught so there must be another bad guy. Lt Malcolm is on hand to catch Sid with Joe helping. Malcolm tells Mannix where the blackmailer is holed up and then tells him to stay away. Like that would happen. He shouldn't have told Joe in the first place if he wanted him to stay away.
Joe finally figures out that Kathy is the target and then she receives a call from the stable hand to come the horse stables. Joe goes along and they find the stable hand dead. He was poisoned. The bad guy killed a guy who saw too much and tried to cut himself in.
Since it is established early on that Kathy will get big money on her birthday, the motive is obvious. Now who would benefit if Kathy died? I have to admit that the bad guy was not a surprise. I figured it out when the trust fund motive was introduced. It is based on who had control of the fund and what usually happens in those situations.
Good supporting cast. Brenda Scott gives a fine performance as the girl with something extra. Kim Hunter (Mom) is an Oscar winner and Sid Haig is a great bad guy with short screen time here.
Joe doesn't get shot or beaten up but he also doesn't get paid AGAIN! Hopefully, he made money on the blackmail case and the Mother might have thrown some cash his way.
6 Reviews
What you think of this episode probably will depend strongly on what you think about ESP and precognition.
planktonrules19 August 2014
Brenda Scott stars as Kathy Warren--and odd young lady indeed! She has an unusual ability--she seems to be able to see the future. And, in one of these flashes of precognition, she sees Mannix dying--and so she's come to warn him. Well, surprise, surprise--the event she describes happens pretty much as she said, though Mannix is only hurt, not killed. This and a warning from her about another attempt on his life make Mannix a believer. Oddly, however, this rich heiress' mother and the family attorney seem totally unimpressed by this and say that they think it's all a hoax. So what's really happening here?
As I mentioned in the summary, how much you like the show is sure to depend on what you think of this sort of psychic phenomena. I think it's all hogwash--so I was less than impressed. However, despite this, the show is entertaining and the only other problems I saw was at the end when Mannix and the killer are fighting as well as the identity of the person. The killer's gun is emptied and Mannix still has bullets-- yet he tosses the gun aside to have a fistfight with the guy! How ridiculous and what a ditsy cliché! Additionally, who it is and why were things I figured out very, very early into the show.
As I mentioned in the summary, how much you like the show is sure to depend on what you think of this sort of psychic phenomena. I think it's all hogwash--so I was less than impressed. However, despite this, the show is entertaining and the only other problems I saw was at the end when Mannix and the killer are fighting as well as the identity of the person. The killer's gun is emptied and Mannix still has bullets-- yet he tosses the gun aside to have a fistfight with the guy! How ridiculous and what a ditsy cliché! Additionally, who it is and why were things I figured out very, very early into the show.
LISTEN TO THE PSYCHIC... EVEN IF IT KILLS YOU!
tcchelsey19 July 2022
Having known ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren, I could relate to this story as there is a bit of truth to it, and it gets kind of scary.
Yes, there are folks blessed with special abilities, and this is a neat story all about a twentysomething psychic named Kathy, well played by popular actress Brenda Scott. She has a message for Joe --DOOM! The thing is Mannix deals in reality, but what could be behind all the dangerous things happening to him?
An original mystery written by Stephen Kandal, who wrote several other episodes for the series, later alternating with CANNON and HARRY O. Of course, Joe isn't killed, however, his luck seems to always go south; Kathy predicts a second incident. Talk about paranoia. This all stems from her seeing Joe's photo in the newspaper, kind of with a TWIGHT ZONE slant at work here.
The supporting cast is spot on with Kim Hunter playing Kathy's mom (Angela) and Paul Stewart as a doctor, one of the most convincing actors in the business, well remembered to movie buffs for CITIZEN KANE. Prior to this episode, Kim Hunter finished her second appearance as Zira in BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES.
Well directed by Seymour Robbie who gets a lot from this cast, and Scott is good in this type of role.
Brenda Scott, interestingly, is the niece of legendary comedy actress Mae Busch, who acted with LAUREL AND HARDY. If you look closely at Brenda's face, she looks a bit like her famous aunt at times!
Filmed around Hollywood, which all us old residents love! Nothing much has changed! Recommended late night stuff. Season 4 Episode 12 (Dec 1970) remastered CB/Paramount dvd box set.
Yes, there are folks blessed with special abilities, and this is a neat story all about a twentysomething psychic named Kathy, well played by popular actress Brenda Scott. She has a message for Joe --DOOM! The thing is Mannix deals in reality, but what could be behind all the dangerous things happening to him?
An original mystery written by Stephen Kandal, who wrote several other episodes for the series, later alternating with CANNON and HARRY O. Of course, Joe isn't killed, however, his luck seems to always go south; Kathy predicts a second incident. Talk about paranoia. This all stems from her seeing Joe's photo in the newspaper, kind of with a TWIGHT ZONE slant at work here.
The supporting cast is spot on with Kim Hunter playing Kathy's mom (Angela) and Paul Stewart as a doctor, one of the most convincing actors in the business, well remembered to movie buffs for CITIZEN KANE. Prior to this episode, Kim Hunter finished her second appearance as Zira in BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES.
Well directed by Seymour Robbie who gets a lot from this cast, and Scott is good in this type of role.
Brenda Scott, interestingly, is the niece of legendary comedy actress Mae Busch, who acted with LAUREL AND HARDY. If you look closely at Brenda's face, she looks a bit like her famous aunt at times!
Filmed around Hollywood, which all us old residents love! Nothing much has changed! Recommended late night stuff. Season 4 Episode 12 (Dec 1970) remastered CB/Paramount dvd box set.
Overall it's a solid episode
glitterrose21 July 2022
This came on MeTV a couple of nights ago and I just got around to rewatching it again. Overall I think it's solid and well written. But there's one part that's absolutely cringeworthy and it honestly doesn't flow with what the storyline has laid out previously?
So you see Joe having an accident on a horse and he's pronounced dead. Turns out it's a vision that a young lady named Kathy is having. Guess this is gonna go either way. Some of the viewers will think Kathy's nuts for tracking this guy down that she doesn't know in order to warn him about some danger he's in. A lot of people will chalk it down to just being a good person. I'll go with calling Kathy a good person and leaving it at that.
Anyway, Kathy goes to Mannix and tells him about her vision. I don't think Mannix takes it seriously at first either. She tells about blood being on his hands and he shows his clean hands off to Kathy. Honey, she didn't say you had blood on your hands NOW.
I like how Kathy's acting in these parts. She seems bashful about her skill with her visions. And overall she seemed bashful practically the whole time. She's not nuts but she just gives off these vibes of "You'll probably think I'm out of my mind but I want to help you and I'm just passing along what I see." The one scene I was mentioning at the beginning of the review is where Kathy does a 180 and she looks like she's absolutely having a nervous breakdown in front of Joe. I honestly prefer mentally deleting that scene because it just doesn't gel with the idea of a sane, bashful girl just trying to help somebody out. Joe honestly looked like he wanted to try and edge out of the room when that was going down. But he's a gentleman and stayed.
Anyway, Kathy's vision are pretty close and Joe finally sees that Joe and Kathy are both together in Kathy's visions. And Joe also sees that Kathy's the true victim of these visions instead of Kathy thinking Joe's the victim.
The ending kinda doesn't come as a surprise. Turns out the man Kathy's mom is about to marry is the one doing all this stuff to try and cover his butt. I forgot to mention Kathy's rich and she's about to come into her inheritance. But there's no inheritance to speak up anymore because this guy flat out mismanaged it for her.
This episode is entertaining but I don't blame viewers if they fast forward or mute Kathy's breakdown in that one scene...And guys, I stick with what I've said on other reviews. It's not the actress. The actress did a great job for the rest of the episode but she's just following what the script said to do in that breakdown scene. I sincerely doubt anybody could've done that scene and it not be cringeworthy.
So you see Joe having an accident on a horse and he's pronounced dead. Turns out it's a vision that a young lady named Kathy is having. Guess this is gonna go either way. Some of the viewers will think Kathy's nuts for tracking this guy down that she doesn't know in order to warn him about some danger he's in. A lot of people will chalk it down to just being a good person. I'll go with calling Kathy a good person and leaving it at that.
Anyway, Kathy goes to Mannix and tells him about her vision. I don't think Mannix takes it seriously at first either. She tells about blood being on his hands and he shows his clean hands off to Kathy. Honey, she didn't say you had blood on your hands NOW.
I like how Kathy's acting in these parts. She seems bashful about her skill with her visions. And overall she seemed bashful practically the whole time. She's not nuts but she just gives off these vibes of "You'll probably think I'm out of my mind but I want to help you and I'm just passing along what I see." The one scene I was mentioning at the beginning of the review is where Kathy does a 180 and she looks like she's absolutely having a nervous breakdown in front of Joe. I honestly prefer mentally deleting that scene because it just doesn't gel with the idea of a sane, bashful girl just trying to help somebody out. Joe honestly looked like he wanted to try and edge out of the room when that was going down. But he's a gentleman and stayed.
Anyway, Kathy's vision are pretty close and Joe finally sees that Joe and Kathy are both together in Kathy's visions. And Joe also sees that Kathy's the true victim of these visions instead of Kathy thinking Joe's the victim.
The ending kinda doesn't come as a surprise. Turns out the man Kathy's mom is about to marry is the one doing all this stuff to try and cover his butt. I forgot to mention Kathy's rich and she's about to come into her inheritance. But there's no inheritance to speak up anymore because this guy flat out mismanaged it for her.
This episode is entertaining but I don't blame viewers if they fast forward or mute Kathy's breakdown in that one scene...And guys, I stick with what I've said on other reviews. It's not the actress. The actress did a great job for the rest of the episode but she's just following what the script said to do in that breakdown scene. I sincerely doubt anybody could've done that scene and it not be cringeworthy.
Laughable, ludicrous and embarrassing
pkfloydmh31 July 2021
Warning: Spoilers
This one is about a woman who thinks she saw Joe get killed in a dream.
This episode is totally laughable. I couldn't care less about this woman's stupid dreams, and her whining, crying, yelling and overacting is just nauseating. Lord, how I wish the horse hadn't missed her and had actually trampled her. It certainly would have improved the episode.
Joe doesn't get decked in the head in this one but he does get thrown off a horse and rolls down a hill, so no consolation there.
The two fight scenes are really good so I'll give it credit for that but it's not nearly enough to save this otherwise dreadful episode.
This episode is totally laughable. I couldn't care less about this woman's stupid dreams, and her whining, crying, yelling and overacting is just nauseating. Lord, how I wish the horse hadn't missed her and had actually trampled her. It certainly would have improved the episode.
Joe doesn't get decked in the head in this one but he does get thrown off a horse and rolls down a hill, so no consolation there.
The two fight scenes are really good so I'll give it credit for that but it's not nearly enough to save this otherwise dreadful episode.
Really Silly and Very Predictable
zombiemockingbird25 June 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Unfortunately, the heroine of our story, Kathy Warren, is played by Brenda Scott, who is the worst actress on the face of the earth. The whole dreaming about Mannix being killed being premonitions is just ridiculous. It was also stupid because it was actually her that someone was trying to kill, so why was Mannix, someone she had never met, involved at all? Oh, because she saw his picture in the paper. Riiiiiiight. As soon as they mentioned her birthday and trust fund (age old cliche plot), I knew her step-father was the killer, so then we had to sit through ages of her horrible acting while babbling about Alice in Wonderland and White Knights, and other drivel while they spun the five-minute story out until they could finally reveal the killer. We had to watch the dream sequence twice (more filler) and I have to question why Mannix would get on a horse that she told him basically killed him in her dream, not to mention the horse was obviously high-strung and hard to manage from the beginning. And why ride off into the hills to find someone, who could be anywhere, instead of just waiting? This one is just a waste of film.
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