Magnum Mania!

Italian Ice

Episode ID: 34
Episode Number: 2.16
Air Date: 2/4/1982
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
Director: Gilbert M. Shilton
Producers: Rick Weaver, Andrew Schneider
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Guest Stars

Mimi Rogers (Margo Perina), Ann Dusenberry (Katrina Tremaine), Jean Claudio (Marquis), Wallace Merck (Segundo), Lilyan Chauvin (Maria), Lenny Montana (Marquis' Bodyguard)

Plot Outline

Robin asks Magnum to fly to Sicily to rescue a beautiful young woman who is in the clutches of dangerous mobsters. The woman develops an immediate crush of Magnum, which puts his new relationship in jeopardy. Later, when the mobsters turn up on the island, trouble kicks into high gear.

Rating

8.5 (17 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 When Magnum calls 911 for Higgins, he gives the partial address of Robin's Nest as "Kalakaua Drive, North Shore". That's right, the NORTH SHORE! The estate has Rabbit Island in the background and we never see any waves breaking in the ocean, but it's the North Shore?! This is the first time the estate's general location on Oahu has been mentioned. The North Shore location will be referenced only a handful of times in the series, most notably in "The Big Blow" (3.22) and "Unfinished Business" (8.8).

2 The University of Hawaii at Manoa is used as a filming location for the college campus scenes. The Andrews Amphitheater is featured in the climactic scene.

3 Tom Selleck and Mimi Rogers (Margo) co-starred together in the 1982 TV movie Divorce Wars: A Love Story. They were also known to be dating each other around this time. In 2005, Mimi appeared in the first Jesse Stone movie, Stone Cold.

4 Both T.C. and Magnum tear down the fourth wall by looking directly at the camera.

5 Higgins is shot in the left shoulder (by Katrina).

6 University of Hawaii defensive lineman, and Punahou School alum, Mark Tuinei has a small role as a college student. After college in 1983 he was picked up by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent and went on to have a stellar 15 year career with them as an offensive lineman. He sadly died of a drug overdose in Texas in 1999.

7 The Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel is used as a filming location. (Noted by Sam)

8 Lenny Montana (Marquis' Bodyguard) is a former mobster and pro wrestler (in the 1950s and 1960s). His first acting role was in The Godfather (as bodyguard Luca Brasi). (Noted by Sam)

9 We learn that Higgins does the London Times crossword puzzle every week, and he was the "finest long croquet player in the Pacific". He also mentions that he is a good chess player and used to beat Robin regularly. (Noted by Mike Barnes)

10 In 1941, Higgins was shot in El Alamein, Egypt, where he learned he has the rare Type AB Negative blood type, which is present in only ~1% of the population.

Quotes

1
Higgins (re: Magnum): He's probably doing a Burt Reynolds impersonation for the tourists!

2
Magnum: Margo, come on. This is the girl! Let me explain!
Margo: Thomas, it would take a 1930's movie to explain this and I bear absolutely no resemblance to Myrna Loy!

2
(On seeing T.C.'s helicopter fly past the estate)
Margo: Who's that?
Magnum: Oh, that is a buddy of mine, and he sometimes flies tourists over the estate to see what famous person might be sunbathing naked on the beach.
Margo: Well, I'm not famous or naked.
Magnum: You will be..... famous. (smiles)

Flubs

1 When Magnum pulls out of the estate after talking to Katrina there is a shot of the Ferrari making a turn with a different driver, one with no baseball cap and a different shirt on. In the next immediate shot we see Magnum again with the correct cap and shirt.

2 Near the start of the episode, when Magnum reaches into the Rolls Royce to remove the keys, it is pitch dark, yet in the interior closeup shot of him removing the keys the lighting appears to be daylight. There is too much light to match the surrounding shots.

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