Magnum Mania!

Mad Dogs and Englishmen

Episode ID: 120
Episode Number: 6.14
Air Date: 1/16/1986
Writer: Jay Huguely
Director: Virgil W. Vogel
Producer: Chris Abbott
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Recurring Characters

"Uncredited Actor" (Robin Masters - voice only), Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley)

Guest Stars

Darleen Carr (Ginny Malcolm), Michael Halsey (Justin Chesum), Rex Ryon (Dan Davis), John McCann (Lt. Drake), Jeff Olson (Ray), Fuzzy Moody (Guard)

Plot Outline

Higgins suddenly announces that he is leaving Robin's Nest, and Magnum becomes determined to find out why.

Rating

8.0 (16 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 Higgins is recalled into service with MI6 (the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service) for an important mission.

2 Darleen Carr (Ginny Malcolm) previously guest starred in Season Four's "Limited Engagement" (4.5).

3 Three rarely seen estate sets are used in this episode - The computer room, the wine cellar and Higgins' bedroom.

4 Robin Masters is seen from behind [pic], and he is heard for only the sixth time in the series. Orson Welles provided the voice for Robin four times before he died in 1985. Red Crandall did the voice work for "Deja Vu (2)" (6.2). Here, Robin Masters voice is provided by an unknown, uncredited actor. In this episode, we also learn about Robin's "special reserve" wine. It's a 1938 Chateau Lafite Rothschild.

5 Agatha's house is seen for only the second time [pic], following Season Five's "Echoes of the Mind" (5.2).

6 Magnum and Higgins communicate via computers using an early peer-to-peer instant text communication system, one that looks very similiar to UNIX "talk"! The screen is not split like real UNIX "talk", and no UNIX commands are shown, so this is clearly a mock-up, but one made to look very similar to the real thing! It's interesting to note that the more popular Internet Relay Chat (IRC) was still a full two and a half years away from being invented at this point in time!

7 This is a high body count episode, with LOTS of weapons fire! In the gunfight with the rogue guerilla group, Magnum, Higgins, Rick and T.C. literally kill dozens of people! Magnum uses three different types of weapons: A submachine gun, a heavy machine gun and a M72 LAW, a 66mm anti-tank weapon!

8 Magnum mentions the seldom seen Robin's Nest gardener "Kenji" by name.

Quotes

1
Magnum: Sometimes I think maybe I've spent too long in paradise. I sort of take it for granted, like pizza. I mean, while I find a lot of security in the knowledge that "paradise" and "pizza" are always there, it's too easy to get complacent. Pepperoni or sausage? Perfect sunrise or a perfect rainbow? Why not just have all of the above, today? Now, I can deprive myself of pizza for a week and appreciate it again, but paradise...it's always at my door. And while it can be very pleasant, it can also be very predictable. (Narration)

2
(Regarding Higgins' abrupt departure)
Magnum: ... I mean, what am I really saying goodbye to? Constant complaints, constant arguments. Put downs. Threats. Early wakeups. Long, boring stories. And always, always somebody coming in to my house, without knocking! So let's look on the bright side, I mean whatever this guy is, he's not another Higgins.... I think I can talk Robin into giving Higgins his job back.

3
Magnum: I'm not buying it Higgins. You, as a second bananna in a military dictatorship?!

Flubs

1 In the Robin's Nest computer room scene with Ginny Malcolm, Magnum is seen typing into a keyboard that does not have a connector! Wireless keyboards did not exist in 1986.

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