Mannix is visited by a young woman named Celia James, who somewhat reluctantly explains that her uncle recently visited her and left behind a briefcase. When he did not return or contact her as she had anticipated, she opened the briefcase to find that it contained more than $300,000 in cash, as well as lists of names and places. She has barely finished telling him this when three men burst into Mannix' office. They tell Mannix, Peggy, and Celia that they are escaped convicts and want money to aid in making their escape. Their attention soon turns to the two women, however, and they begin to show that they are interested in more than money.
—aldanoli