Magnum Mania!

The Kona Winds

Episode ID: 110
Episode Number: 6.4
Air Date: 10/10/1985
Writer: Chris Abbott
Director: Jerry Jameson
Producer: Chris Abbott
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Guest Stars

Cynthia Sikes (Lauren Henderson), Frank Converse (Sam Henderson), Kit McDonough (Cindy), Dick Jensen (Big Ed Kanakoa)

Plot Outline

Magnum falls head over heels for a woman he saved fromd drowning, but her dangerous relationship with her wealthy industrialist husband soon surfaces.

Rating

8.5 (14 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 This episode showcases elements of Film noir and features one of the best endings ever seen in the show!

2 We see a couple of new indoor sets at Robin's Nest, an upstairs room with a fireplace [pic] and the laundry room. We also see the backside of the semi-enclosed "maintenance wing" (the other side of the outdoor covered passageway that Magnum is often seen coming and going from) for only the second time in the show [pic]. We briefly saw it in "The Eighth Part of the Village" (3.4).

3 Magnum's "Kona Winds Narration" [see below] scene was filmed at the famous Halona Blow Hole near Sandy Beach on the south shore of Oahu.

4 Similiar to Rick in "Computer Date" (2.14), Magnum has an affair with a married woman! And Magnum again falls in love with a distressed, emotionally unstable, woman almost instantaneously!

5 The theme of weather affecting behavior is seen again in "Pleasure Principle" (8.2).

6 The KKC "Anuenue Room" (or "Rainbow Room") set is used for a brief scene. This rarely used "Party Room" was previously seen in "I Witness" (4.21) and will be used for several future episodes, including many in Season Seven.

7 Magnum is seen wearing a grey "U.S. Naval Academy" t-shirt.

8 The voice of the hotel operator at the "Hotel Waverly in Melbourne" is MPI Hawaii casting director Margaret Doversola.

9 Sam Henderson's secretary is seen reading a paperback copy of Judy Blume's Smart Women, which, like this episode, has an extramarital affair theme.

10 In a rare sight, Magnum is seen driving the Ferrari with the top on!

11 Dick Jensen (Big Ed Kanakoa) previously appeared in "Three Minus Two" (2.22) and "Blind Justice" (5.7), and will later appear in "Death and Taxes" (7.6) and "Kapu" (7.10).

Quotes

1
Magnum: There's something hypnotic about the climate in Hawaii; every day it's sunny and 80 degrees, every day there are gentle trade winds to take the edge off the humidity, every day ... until the Kona Winds come up. The Kona Winds come from the south, from somewhere in the vastness of the Pacific Ocean. As they travel toward the unprotected chain of islands sitting vulnerable in the huge expanse of water, they pick up power, and speed, and force, finally crashing into the scattered pits of land. But the Kona Winds do more than whip the sea into a frenzy, they stir the blood and tear at the emotions, thrusting even temperate men into destinies they may later regret. I've always felt drawn to the lands end to watch the winds come in, as if I were somehow... part of the drama. (Narration)

2
(Higgins is planning defences against the approaching storm)
Magnum: This isn't a war you know. I mean, once nature sets it's course, you can't do anything to stop it.
Higgins: You can if you're British!

3
Rick: You do two things when a storm comes in. One, you lock your windows. Two, you lock your doors. Then you boogie, boogie, boogie until ya drop!

Flubs

1 Near the end of the episode, Magnum is in the Henderson house with Lauren and Sam. Magnum has shot Sam (with blanks in his gun) and Lauren then tries to take her gun and shoot Magnum. To her surprise, Magnum has emptied the magazine from the semi-automatic handgun. She points at Magnum and pulls the trigger and we hear "click, click". The problem is, without the recoil from the first attempted shot, there would be no second click as the hammer would not have been cocked a second time. (Noted by Wally)

Wish to add something? Got a correction? Shoot me an email.

---

---