Magnum Mania!

Did You See the Sunrise? (2)

Episode ID: 42
Episode Number: 3.2
Air Date: 9/30/1982
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
Director: Ray Austin
Producer: Douglas Green
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Recurring Characters

Lance LeGault (Col. Buck Greene), Jean Bruce Scott (Lt. Maggie Poole), Paul Burke (Admiral Hawkes)

Guest Stars

James Whitmore Jr. (Nuzo), Bo Svenson (Col. Ivan), Marianne Bunch (Julie Barbara), Robert F. Hoy (Repairman)

Plot Outline

As Magnum, T.C. and Nuzo plan to get to Ivan before he kills them, the Navy – in particular, Colonel Greene and Admiral Hawkes – have their own concerns and questions regarding Mac's death. But things are not as previously thought about Nuzo, and not only is T.C.'s life in great danger, but many other people's too, namely a Japanese prince.

Rating

9.5 (19 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 Jean Bruce Scott appears for the first time as Lt. Maggie Poole. Maggie will appear in 10 episodes.

2 Higgins builds his River Kwai Bridge model (out of wooden matchsticks). It will be seen in the study (behind and to the right of Higgins' desk) in almost all of the future episodes.

3 Rick joined Magnum and T.C.'s team in Vietnam just after the flashback events that take place in this episode. T.C.'s door gunner "Cookie" was killed by Col. Ivan in the POW camp. Rick replaced him.

4 T.C. talks of escaping from a gang of kids wanting their bubble gum in a "beat up Cobra" in 'Nam. T.C. previously mentioned flying a AH-1 Cobra in 'Nam in "Thicker than Blood" (1.12).

5 The Byodo-In Temple in the Valley of the Temples is again used as an on-site filming location. The Temple was previously seen in "Tropical Madness" (2.7) and will be used in several more episodes to come.

6 Maggie gives check of Thomas and T.C.'s ranks in Vietnam, with "Lieutenant Thomas Magnum" and "Warrant Officer Theodore Calvin". T.C.'s full name had been mentioned in some of the show's literature, it is the first time it has been confirmed on screen.

7 This episode has the most shocking, unexpected and controversial ending of the entire series! [video]

Quotes

1
(Higgins is working on a wooden matchstick model of a bridge)
Magnum: Don't tell me, the Bridge on the River Kwai! [pic]
Higgins: Quite .... I was there you know.
Magnum: I was afraid you were.
Higgins: Nothing like the film. The bridge was bombed, not blown up by some American sailor.
Magnum: Not "some American sailor", William Holden.
Higgins: What are you talking about? He was an actor? Oh, I see...the film. I was glad I escaped before it was destroyed. It had to be done, of course, but I put too much bloody sweat into it to watch it go up.

2
Magnum: Ivan...
Ivan: Yes?
Magnum: ..... Did you see the sunrise this morning?
Ivan: Yes ... Why?
(Bam! Magnum kills him with his .45)

Flubs

1 T.C. is addressed by two different ranks in this episode. Lt. Maggie Poole identifies him as a "Warrant Officer". When T.C. and Nuzo were driving Rick's Mercedes to commandeer the Marine helicopter, the Marine sentry who stopped the car referred to T.C. as "Lieutenant Calvin". Assuming that T.C.'s active duty rank was Warrant Officer (which it probably was), and his Marine Reservist rank is 2nd Lieutenant (which it probably is), Maggie addressing T.C. as a Warrant Officer is a flub. We know this because if Maggie knew T.C. was a Warrant Officer, she must have looked at his DD214 file. And if she had looked at the DD214, she would have seen his Reservist history, which would have his current rank of Lieutenant. (Noted by IslandHopper)

2 Another reverse image flub. As T.C. is flying the Loach toward the Valley of the Temples, you can see in at least one shot that the word "MARINES" on the tail section is reversed, as if the negative were reversed. (Noted by IslandHopper)

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