Magnum Mania!

Don't Say Goodbye

Episode Number: 15
Season Number: 1.15
Air Date: 3/26/1981
Writers: T.J. Miles, Babs Greyhosky
Story: T.J. Miles
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Producers: Rick Weaver, Andrew Schneider
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Guest Stars

Andrea Marcovicci (Amy Crane), Ted Danson (Stewart Crane), Mercedes McCambridge (Agatha Kimball), Wally Landford (Fat Jack), Kanani Choy (Eunice), Jim Reynolds (Frank LaRue), Harry Chang (Doctor), Shirley Rogers (Denise)

Episode Brief

Agatha Kimball, a blind, elderly friend of Magnum's, hires him to pay a blackmailer claiming to have important information about her granddaughter, Amy, and then orders him to investigate no further. When Agatha is nearly killed in a series of suspicious accidents, Thomas decides he must ignore her wishes and figure out just what trouble his elderly friend and her granddaughter are in.

Rating

8.0

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Notes

¹ Andrea Marcovicci (Amy Crane) guest stars again in "The Sixth Position" (2.11).

² Agatha Kimball (Mercedes McCambridge) is a friend and former client of Magnum. Amy Crane was a former girlfriend. Neither will be seen or mentioned again in the show.

³ Ted Danson will start his long-running role on the hit TV show Cheers in the following year and will later star with Tom Selleck in the 1987 hit movie Three Men and a Baby.

⁴ Mercedes McCambridge (Agatha Kimball) guest starred with Tom Selleck in the 1979, made-for-tv, movie The Sacketts, a Western based on a Louis L'Amour novel.

⁵ The beautiful piano piece that Amy Crane (Andrea Marcovicci) plays for Agatha Kimball is a variation on Alessandro Marcello's "Adagio in C minor". Andrea Marcovicci played the piece herself. (ID'd by Raudino)

⁶ The parking lot at Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve (then known as Hanauma Bay Beach Park) is used as a filming location.

⁷ Agatha Kimball's house was filmed at a private residence at 3766 Old Pali Road. (Noted by rubber chicken)

⁸ The estate's main phone number is "555-2131". The number will be different in several future episodes.

⁹ Magnum is again seen parking the Ferrari in a 'No Parking' zone.

¹⁰ Adult film "star" Jim Reynolds (R.J. Reynolds) has a small role as Frank LaRue. He will be seen again in Season Three's "Past Tense" (3.5).

¹¹ Rick's date (Denise) is played by local actress Shirley Rogers. Shirley will later memorably appear in Season Two's "Three Minus Two" (2.22) in the famous "snorkel shot" scene with Selleck (used in the opening title sequence for seasons 2-8). Shirley was also an extra on the show for many years.

¹² The end credits feature a couple of brief outtakes from the filming of the episode - 1) Magnum grabs at a piece of paper, but then drops it. 2) T.C. flicks water (or whatever's in his glass) in Rick's face. (Noted by Carol the Dabbler)

¹³ Local Hawaiian actor Wally Landford (Fat Jack) makes his first appearance on the show. He will go on to appear in three more episodes - "Mad Buck Gibson" (as Jim the bartender), and "Luther Gillis File 521" and "The Return of Luther Hillis" (as Artie Keanu).

¹⁴ When Magnum leaves Agatha Kimball's house (the 2nd time) in the Ferrari, T.C.'s Island Hoppers van can briefly be seen parked on the street in the background. (Noted by wilko)

Quotes

¹
T.C.: Like I said, I ain't goin' nowhere...Unless you got some kind of money, you know, gas money, something.
Magnum: Aw, come on T.C.
T.C.: No money, no Maui.
Magnum: I bought you lunch.
T.C.: Junk food.
Magnum: Here, that's all I got.
T.C. (laughs): Man, you need to take that to a church somewhere! I'm talkin' about real money. You know, not chump change!
Magnum: I do have a couple hundred here. I just got paid.
T.C.: Scuddily Wugglies! Man, where did you get this from!? You didn't do nothin' illegal did you?!
Magnum: No, that's mine! I just got paid on a case, this case.
T.C.: Yeah, well, maybe I better hold this. We got some past debts we need to discuss, ah...on our way to Maui! Come on, let's go!
Magnum: T.C. wait, I never counted that. I thought there was only a couple hundred bucks in there.
T.C.: Yeah, well, you better call up your accountant, because there's a lot money in here.
Magnum: T.C., how much money is in there!?

²
(Amy Crane is playing a variation on Alessandro Marcello's "Adagio in C minor" on the piano)
Agatha Kimball: It's lovely.
Amy Crane: You really think so? I thought you'd closed the door because of all the sour notes that I've been hitting.
Agatha Kimball: Nooo, I was talking about your cologne scent, it's lovely. But your playing is lovely, too.

³
Amy Crane: What if the words won't come out of my mouth?
Magnum: They're not supposed to come out of your mouth. They're supposed to come out of your heart.

Flubs

¹ When Magnum gives up the car chase and turns the Ferrari around to head back to the scene of the shooting, the built up queue of traffic behind the truck has seemingly suddenly disappeared, allowing him to turn straight around with ease. Also, it is quite obvious that the driver is a stunt double, not Tom Selleck.

² Also during the car chase scene, when Magnum stops the Ferrari, two Magnum P.I. production crew members can be briefly seen in the driver side, side-view mirror. (Noted by Giuseppe Raudino)

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