Magnum Mania!

The Love-For-Sale Boat

Episode ID: 101
Episode Number: 5.17
Air Date: 2/14/1985
Writers: J. Miyoko Hensley, Steven Hensley
Director: Ray Austin
Producer: Reuben Leder
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Recurring Characters

Jeff MacKay (Jim "Mac" Bonnick), Elisha Cook Jr. (Icepick)

Guest Stars

Marilyn Tokuda (Sakiko), Carolyn Seymour (Leanne), Kam Fong (Kanki), George Cheung (Kanki's Nephew), Jeanne Kanai (Umeko), Masayo Ha (Tamiko)

Plot Outline

Jim "Mac" Bonnick is back, and he takes Rick for a ride by "selling" him a luxury boat and four beautiful geishas. But some angry yakuza businessmen and the boat's actual owners aren't exactly pleased with the deal.

Rating

7.5 (11 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 This is the fifth "Rick-centric" episode of the series. "Mac" also receives a considerable amount of screen time.

2 As Magnum tries to catch up with "Mac", we see him at several different car rental booths at various airports, all of which look exactly the same except for the poster on the back wall, which is different for each city. Also, free lemons are offered at all booths for some strange reason.

3 All of the boat and dock scenes were filmed at the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor, near Ala Moana Regional Park.

4 Minor recurring cast members Marilyn Tokuda (Sakiko) and George Cheung (Kanki's Nephew) return for second and third time respectively. And veteran English actress Carolyn Seymour (Leanne) returns for the second time. She previously played Lady Ashley in "Echoes of the Mind" (5.1 & 5.2).

5 Magnum wears a new plain grey, adjustable baseball cap [pic]. It will be seen one more time in "Paper War" (7.8).

6 Higgins speaks Japanese, apparently fairly fluently.

7 Icepick has a daughter named "Hilda". At Icepick's request, Rick has gone on several "dates" will her.

8 Another rare scene involving Higgins' bedroom can be seen in this episode.

9 The climax of this episode features a cool fight scene aboard a yacht involving two asian enforcers (one with a meat cleaver), Jim "Mac" Bonnick, three bikini-clad Japanese ladies and Magnum pelting the bad guys with lemons! [video]

Quotes

1
Magnum: A few vital statistics that explain why paradise is called paradise: There are three-hundred and twenty-six days of sunshine each year, an annual average temperature of eighty-six degrees, billions and billions of gallons of blue Pacific, and one Orville "Rick" Wright, who will bet on anything. (Narration)

2
Magnum: Oh cmon Rick. You're not still mad at me are ya? I mean, a bet's a bet. You gotta be gracious about these things.
Rick: Gracious on a ten-point spread in a Soccer game?! Well, serves me right for betting on a dumb sport where I can't pronounce the names and they play with their feet!

3
Rick: Look, get me downtown will ya. I gotta see Icepick and I gotta see him fast.
T.C.: Icepick!? Asian hoods arn't enough for you?
Rick: Will you cut it out. I told you before, Icepick's not a problem. As a matter of fact, I'm gonna ask him to protect me from the Nagosha [sp]. He will, I mean a lot to that old guy. He's a lot like my dad.

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