Magnum Mania!

Heal Thyself

Episode ID: 52
Episode Number: 3.12
Air Date: 12/16/1982
Writer: Robert Gilmer
Director: Leo Penn
Producer: Chas. Floyd Johnson
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Guest Stars

Marcia Strassman (Dr. Karen Harmon), Woody Eney (Eric Daniels), Peter Brown (Dr. Robert Brighton), Edward Winter (Dr. Jorgenson), Kario Salem (Phillip Harriman), Chris Penn (Wounded Soldier)

Plot Outline

A nurse Magnum knew in Vietnam has become a doctor and is accused of murdering three patients in her care. The private investigator faces tough odds to prove her innocence in this very personal case.

Rating

8.0 (13 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 This episode opens with a Vietnam War flashback scene, featuring Magnum and Karen.

2 This is the first of three episodes to be directed by Leo Penn, father of actors Sean and Chris Penn. Chris Penn, in one of his first acting roles, appears briefly as a wounded soldier.

3 As Magnum returns from a swim in the tidal pool, Higgins comments to him "I hope you haven't got it into your head to try out for the Ironman competition again this year". This is a reference to his participation in the Ironman Triathlon in Season One's "Beauty Knows No Pain" (1.18).

4 The lighthouse at Makapu'u Point and Castle Memorial Hospital are used as filming locations.

5 In the summer of 1943, Higgins fought in the Allied invasion of Sicily, and afterwards was personally presented with a walking stick by "Monty" (General Montgomery) himself!
(Noted by Steve Huntley)

Quotes

1
Higgins (To Dr. Karen Harmon): The role of architect as artist has been sorely neglected. Where the painter has oils, the sculpter marble or clay, the poet words, the architect has only space - that immaterial essence that painters "suggest" and the sculpter "fills", the architect "envelops". But listen to me rattling on. How can I help you?

2
Magnum: Well, I'm not gonna get into a spitting contest with a snake. You hassle Karen again, anytime, anywhere, you're going to answer to me.
Eric Daniels: Excuse me, is that a threat?
Magnum: You bet. (smiles)

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