No typo with that subject. I HATE episodes like this. And I realize that's pretty silly because a person comes in contact with all sorts of people in their lives. You're gonna have people that are level headed, got it together and then you're gonna have the ditzes (whether they be female or male). I mention female first since the guest star of tonight is a female. I can't hate on the guest star. You get handed a script and you do it. This lady got handed a script and she did it the way it was written. So my slams toward this episode aren't towards the actress, it's towards the irritating writing of ditzy characters.
As for Peggy's attitude: I get it. Overall Peggy is portrayed as being a level headed person but you can tell she gets a bit of green eyed jealousy any time Joe's got an attractive client and Joe's attracted to the client. I'm not usually a shipper of characters but I kinda read between the lines of Peggy being attracted to Joe. We're in a different time period and I realize there was no way they were going to have Peggy and Joe dating or even getting married. Not then. I wasn't born when Mannix was first airing so I'm not sure if anybody from the show (writers or stars) made a comment about wishing the series could've shown an interracial relationship, wanted to give it a try but got shot down.
I also get it from the point of view involving job stress. Joe Mannix doesn't seem like a hard boss or man to get along with. But I I get the stress of having that "uh oh" feeling if Joe's attracted to a lady and you're worried that you're about to be jobless because he wants his new "ocean spray" to be his secretary. If you're a Mannix fan, I hope you get that reference. This happened in another episode: Joe was about to have a date over to his place and Peggy had everything set up for him and his date. Peggy asks if this girl has a name and Joe mentions ocean spray. I practically fell off the bed laughing at Joe and his horndog tendencies. I wonder how many Mannix fans take notice of anytime Joe's flipping through his mail and he sniffs an envelope and tucks it off to the side or smiles at it?
I'll also politely disagree with another reviewer about looks. There was nothing wrong with how the lady looked in this episode. And she certainly gave certain viewers eye candy to look at. But I'm a woman that wanted to see other kinds of eye candy. Mike Connors was a very attractive man and it would've been nice to see him with this shirt off. Watching through the series, I kinda get the feeling there was something else going on. Either Mike Connors had confidence issues or he wanted to play it without some sort of beefcake thing going on. Something like: You want to see an older man taking his shirt off? Flip over to Little House on the Prairie and Michael Landon will take care of that need for you. I don't want to be taking my shirt off whether there's a reason* or not.
*I think of any episode that has Mannix walking through a desert. I remember one episode that had Victor French in it and it also had the blonde lady from M*A*S*H in the episode. You'd realistically think all the characters would be dripping with sweat, men would be taking their shirts off, etc. Shirts stayed on. And I always laugh at how there's very little to no sweat. Forgive me, I love to snark on some of the shows I enjoy. :D.