A deaf woman "overhears" a portion of a kidnapping/murder plot. Mannix tries to determine the victim's identity and whereabouts before the time limit to pay the ransom.A deaf woman "overhears" a portion of a kidnapping/murder plot. Mannix tries to determine the victim's identity and whereabouts before the time limit to pay the ransom.A deaf woman "overhears" a portion of a kidnapping/murder plot. Mannix tries to determine the victim's identity and whereabouts before the time limit to pay the ransom.
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- TriviaTying up a loose end, Mannix explains his break with Intertect, the high-tech detective agency he worked for in the first season. In a conversation with the deaf actress Jody, Mannix says that he has always been a loner and that one day he got fed up and cursed at one of Wickersham's machines. When he thought he heard the machine curse back at him, he decided to quit. It isn't stated how long Mannix has been an independent private detective, although this story finds Mannix settled into a new office, driving a new car, and it is implied by the easy rapport that he and Peggy have been working together for some time.
- GoofsAt the beginning of the teaser, Jason Evers' character crosses a street and enters a telephone booth, where his conversation is "overheard" by deaf woman Jody Wellman (Audree Norton), who is able to read his lips as he speaks. The telephone booth is located on a paved street corner (in fact, the bottom of the booth straddles the sidewalk and curb). When Wellman later tries to tell her traveling companions what she observed, she points to the telephone booth. The now empty telephone booth, however, is suddenly on the opposite side of the street in the middle of a grassy area. (The entire street square where this scene was filmed can be seen in a crane shot in the next episode, "Comes Up Rose.")
- Quotes
Joe Mannix: No, I'm not married. Why? Well, I guess I've always been a loner. Even when I was with Intertect.
[Jody looks confused]
Joe Mannix: Intertect? Oh, well, that's a big detective agency. Big building, y'know, lots of machines, computers all the time tick, tick, tick tick all the time! Well, one day I cussed at the machine, and I think I heard it cuss back, so I quit. Now, if I can't get along with a machine, just think what would happen with a wife!
"The Silent Cry" is the first episode of the second season of "Mannix". One thing you'll probably notice if you've seen season one is that Mannix is no longer working as an agent for Intertech but is in business for himself. Another is that despite this, it's a dandy episode--a nice start to the next season.
A deaf woman notices a man talking nearby at a payphone. She reads his lips and sees that he's talking about a kidnapping--and she immediately goes to the police. But, her description of the man is a bit vague and she only saw part of the conversation, so there really isn't much for the cops to do. Mannix meets her and agrees to help her. Using the few clues she is able to remember, he is able to locate the man whose wife has been kidnapped and Mannix offers to help. However, Mannix really has no idea what's going on nor how dangerous an assassin is. This killer hates loose ends and Mannix and the deaf woman are definitely loose ends!
Apart from one brief crappy scene (the car explosion CLEARLY is not the same car that is supposed to be exploding!), this is a very high quality episode. In particular, the people using sign language in the show actually were using sign language. Too often, they just fake it and do gibberish--but in this case they used actual deaf actors from a repertory group. This little touch and a very good plot really impressed me and made my entire family happy to see real deaf folks. However, very oddly, the episode was NOT closed captioned, so my deaf daughter was not able to watch the show with us! For shame, CBS video!
- planktonrules
- May 8, 2013