Magnum Mania!

Try to Remember

Episode ID: 33
Episode Number: 2.15
Air Date: 1/28/1982
Writer: Andrew Schneider, Reuben Leder
Director: Michael Vejar
Producers: Rick Weaver, Andrew Schneider
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Recurring Characters

Kwan Hi Lim (Lt. Tanaka), Glenn Cannon (Doc Ibold).

Guest Stars

Nancy Grahn (Wendy Gilbert), Mark Withers (Dave Gilbert), Clay Wai (Parking Attendant), Tony Compton (Mechanic), Laurie Foi (Hostess)

Plot Outline

Magnum wakes up in the hospital with amnesia and the Ferrari totalled. As he tries to put the pieces of the puzzle together, he remembers investigating the case of a missing woman. But, the girl turns up murdered and Magnum is considered the prime suspect when his baseball cap is found at the murder scene.

Rating

8.5 (15 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 Police Lt. Tanaka (Kwan Hi Lim) and Doc Ibold (Glenn Cannon) make their first appearances on the show. Tanaka will appear in 27 episodes. Doc Ibold will appear in 12 episodes. Tanaka has more screen time in this debut than any other episode.

2 Episode co-writer (and MPI producer) Andrew Schneider will go on to produce and write for Northern Exposure and The Sopranos, among others. He was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for best dramatic series for his work on the sixth season of The Sopranos.

3 Magnum suffers serious injuries in the car accident - Severe concussion, cracked ribs, bruised hip and a contusion on his kidney.

4 The Crouching Lion Inn in Kaaawa is used as a filming location.

5 Magnum tells Doc Ibold that his mother's name is "Martha". For all future episodes, her name will be "Katherine".

6 Tanaka mentions two current Detroit Tigers, Outfielder Steve Kemp and Pitcher Mark Fidrych who was recently cut by the Tigers. Manager Sparky Anderson is also mentioned.

7 August 8th 1944 (Creator/Executive Producer Donald P. Bellisario's birthday) is established as Magnum's birthday. This contradicts the 01/05/1946 birthdate shown on Magnum's driver license in "Memories Are Forever (1)" (2.5).

8 Detroit Tigers star Al Kaline is Magnum's role model and favorite baseball player. Kaline will be mentioned by Magnum in several future episodes. He has a glove signed by Kaline (shown in this episode), a signed bat ("I Witness" and "Paper War") and a copy of Kaline's rookie baseball card ("Infinity and Jelly Doughnuts").

9 In 1943, Higgins was with Merrill's Marauders during part of the Burma Campaign.

Quotes

1
Higgins: He drove Robin's Ferrari over a cliff?
T.C.: Well, I'm sure he didn't do it on purpose!
Higgins: One can never be sure with Magnum. Well, he'd better survive if he knows what's good for him.

2
Tanaka: Do you think Sparky will re-sign Kemp? He has good power.
Magnum: Average wheels.

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