Pre-season 1. Private-eye hopeful Joe Mannix meets an interesting man named Lew Wickersham. Although they disagree on almost every element of private investigating, they begin to develop a certain respect for each other. And then Lew's mysterious case somehow becomes Joe's...
How Joe Mannix went from private citizen to private detective
An epilogue to the season 1 two-part episode Deadfall. All is over, but the emotional wounds still remain. Both Lew and Joe regret things they said and did.
Season 1. Joe takes a simple case to pick up a friend whose car was stolen. But when he doesn't return, and Lew is sent a horrific message, Lew journeys to the small town where Joe went to find out what happened. What he uncovers is a nest of hatred and revenge, but who is the real target?
Joe is not happy when ex-friend and conman Roger Bard is ungraciously deposited on his doorstep. And to make matters worse, in the middle of coping with Roger's latest problem, he suddenly receives the news that a very old and dear friend has been murdered. Not to mention someone resembling him in every particular was injured the same night.