Magnum Mania!

Computer Date

Episode ID: 32
Episode Number: 2.14
Air Date: 1/14/1982
Writer: Babs Greyhosky
Director: Robert C. Thompson
Producers: Rick Weaver, Andrew Schneider
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Recurring Characters

Jeff MacKay (Lt. "Mac" MacReynolds)

Guest Stars

Charles Aidman (James Randolph), Nancy DeCarl (Claudia Randolph), Edward Bell (J. Weston Reese), Wayne Ward (Dixon), Doug Mossman (Kaapa), Frank Atienza (Security Guard), Olga Marr (Lady Ashley)

Plot Outline

While Magnum works on a case of computer espionage, the president of the company asks him to also investigate his wife, who he believes is having an affair. After Magnum begins his investigation, his loyalties are tested when he sees that the is indeed having an affair...with Rick!

Rating

8.0 (14 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 Nancy DeCarl (Claudia Randolph) is Larry Manetti's wife. She will briefly appear in Season Five's "The Legacy of Garwood Huddle" (5.4) as a TV news reporter.

2 In a rare "tracking shot", a car is seen exiting the estate grounds and briefly driving south on Kalanianaole Highway.

3 Magnum mentions the "old club" that Rick used to own, Rick's Café Americain (aka, the "Snow Palace"!).

4 Rick decks Magnum when he learns that Magnum was hired as a P.I. by the husband of his lover! Even though Magnum tells Rick that he quit the case after learning of Rick's involvement, Rick still decks him. Rick tries to hit Magnum a second time, but Magnum doesn't let him. The only other time Rick and Magnum come to blows is in "Distant Relative" (4.4).

5 Lady Ashley (Olga Marr) is seen for the first time. She will be played by Carolyn Seymour in "Echoes of the Mind" (5.1 & 5.2). In this episode, Higgins refers to her as "Penelope". In "Echoes of the Mind" she is addressed as "Elizabeth".

6 Magnum is seen driving the Ferrari with the roof on, a rare sight in the show. (Noted by Mike Barnes)

7 Kengi the gardener is briefly seen on the lawn of the estate. He's also seen in "No Need to Know" (1.5), "Echoes of the Mind (1)" (5.1 & 5.2) & "Professor Jonathan Higgins" (5.13). Kengi never has any speaking lines in the show.

Quotes

1
Magnum: Normally, the chance to make Higgins sweat would have seemed like a lot of fun. Today, it barely raised a smile.

2
Rick (To Magnum): This is a private club! Unless you've got membership money pal, I suggest you leave, and leave now!

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