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Murder 101

Episode ID: 92
Episode Number: 5.8
Air Date: 11/15/1984
Writer: Rogers Turrentine
Director: Ivan Dixon
Producer: Reuben Leder
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Guest Stars

Marilyn Jones (Stacy Dayton), Alan Fudge (Mr. Gaylord), Kim Miyori (Kiana Dau), Tom Shadyac (Danny), Hunter von Leer (Merle), Harry Townes (Albert Leonard), Keokeokalae Hughes (Eleana), Moe Keale (Granville), Max Kleven (Shipley)

Plot Outline

It's "Professor Magnum" when the charismatic P.I. moves to the head of the class to teach some local students the do's and don'ts of investigation work.

Rating

7.5 (9 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 All of the classroom scenes were filmed on location at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, for both inside and outside filming. Hawaii Hall is seen several times in the episode. [pic]

2 Magnum's P.I. license is seen for the first time. His address (11435 18th Ave., Honolulu, Hawaii) is the same as what was seen on his drivers license in "Memories Are Forever (1)" (2.5), but the zip code is different. (Noted by Mike Barnes)

3 Larry Manetti was involved in an accident prior to the shooting of this episode, and although his injuries aren't really evident on screen, they limited his activities for a few episodes. If you look closely at the end when Rick gets up from his student desk, you can see him limp for a couple of seconds, favoring his right leg.

4 This episode features an extended scene filmed at the Marks Estate (the location of the second King Kamehameha Club) in the Nuuanu Valley. Several new angles of the building and grounds can be seen. Outside of stock footage and closeups of the back entrance, this location is rarely used for filming - see "Billy Joe Bob" (2.1) and "Summer School" (6.13).

5 Honolulu International Airport is used as a filming location.

6 Both Kim Miyori (Kiana Dau) and Alan Fudge (Mr. Gaylord) make their second guest starring appearance of the show. Kim previously appeared in "The Eighth Part of the Village" (3.4) and Alan appeared in "Ghost Writer" (2.12).

7 Tom Shadyac (the young "surfer dude" Danny) will go on to have a successful career in Hollywood as a writer, director and producer. He launched Jim Carrey's film career with the Ace Ventura movies.

Quotes

1
Higgins: Surely a highly sensitive, $2,000 recording device merits better use than the logging of non sequitured musings and the indignity of Mozzarella droppings.

2
T.C.: I've heard that some private investigators don't even do any of that bone-numbing research and that they actually con other people to do it for them.
Rick: Yes, I've heard that also, but surely that can't be true.

3
Magnum: A person is what they throw away.

Flubs

1 When Magnum is in the classroom for the first time, someone asks him how he got his investigation experience. The older gentleman, Albert, says that Magnum was a Lt. Cmdr. in Naval Intelligence. Magnum was never a Lt. Cmdr. He resigned as a Lieutenant, and when he was reinstated in "Memories Are Forever" (2.5), and again in "Blood and Honor" (6.10), he was a Commander. (Noted by IslandHopper)

2 During the first scene with Magnum and Mr. Gaylord (in Mr. Gaylord's office), when Magnum points to the class "prospectus" you can see the shadow of a crew member move on the front of the desk (left part of the screen). (Noted by IslandHopper)

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