skees53
06-21-2012, 02:56 PM
I just happened to be watching the final episode of the seventh season of Mannix on DVD (which I'll be reviewing soon) with Linda Evans as the guest star. The episode is probably unfamiliar to most fans, because it is one of the many episodes which does not air in syndication. Much of the action in the episode takes place in the home of the character played by Evans. But you don't even have to look closely to tell that it is the Brady house!
Everything starts in the bedroom, which appears to be Mike and Carol's bedroom... then they move down to the patio in the backyard, and you can see the Brady family kitchen (COMPLETELY unaltered) through the middle sliding doors, to the right are more sliding doors (which show the Brady living room and foyer very clearly), and to the left is another set of sliding doors... although the curtains are drawn on these and you can't see through to the Brady family room. After that, a lot of the drug dealing happens in the living room and foyer area... most unaltered, BUT the staircase is gone and replaced with a piano. They even went into the closet where Carol found the jacket with the pack of cigarettes in it... could you even IMAGINE how she would have felt if she'd found suitcases full of money and heroin in there, as was the case in THIS episode???
Of course, this isn't the first time that the Brady house was ever featured in other series, and in fact, I believe that there were other Mannix episodes where we got to see the Brady house. But this is probably the clearest and most unmodified (although the staircase is missing) version of the house I've ever seen in another series.
By the way, the episode aired March 31, 1974, so it was a few weeks after the final episode of The Brady Bunch. And unfortunately, Robert Reed didn't get the opportunity to revisit his old home in this episode, as the last episode of Mannix to feature his character had JUST aired one week earlier!
Everything starts in the bedroom, which appears to be Mike and Carol's bedroom... then they move down to the patio in the backyard, and you can see the Brady family kitchen (COMPLETELY unaltered) through the middle sliding doors, to the right are more sliding doors (which show the Brady living room and foyer very clearly), and to the left is another set of sliding doors... although the curtains are drawn on these and you can't see through to the Brady family room. After that, a lot of the drug dealing happens in the living room and foyer area... most unaltered, BUT the staircase is gone and replaced with a piano. They even went into the closet where Carol found the jacket with the pack of cigarettes in it... could you even IMAGINE how she would have felt if she'd found suitcases full of money and heroin in there, as was the case in THIS episode???
Of course, this isn't the first time that the Brady house was ever featured in other series, and in fact, I believe that there were other Mannix episodes where we got to see the Brady house. But this is probably the clearest and most unmodified (although the staircase is missing) version of the house I've ever seen in another series.
By the way, the episode aired March 31, 1974, so it was a few weeks after the final episode of The Brady Bunch. And unfortunately, Robert Reed didn't get the opportunity to revisit his old home in this episode, as the last episode of Mannix to feature his character had JUST aired one week earlier!