Magnum Mania!

Out of Sync

Episode ID: 146
Episode Number: 7.19
Air Date: 3/11/1987
Writer: Jay Huguely
Director: Joan Darling
Producer: Rick Weaver
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Recurring Characters

Dana Delany (Cynthia Farrell)

Guest Stars

Lisa Blount (Andrea Nicholson), David Hemmings (Danny), Chris Cote (Larry Prescott), Casey Sander (Roy), Ric Cane (Nick), Rita Minor (Airline Agent #1)

Plot Outline

The path of true love doesn't run smoothly when Magnum's plans with his on-again, off-again fiancee are ruined by an actress who wants to help in catching a porn director.

Rating

8.5 (8 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 Dana Delany returns as Cynthia Farrell, Magnum's love interest from Season Seven's opening episode "L.A." (7.1 & 7.2).

2 This episode features nonlinear, on camera, narration from Magnum. He speaks to the audience throughout the episode after the main events of the story have concluded (for him).

3 Snippets of "Since I Fell For You", the original recording of the jazz standard by David Sanborn (Sax) and Carl Anderson (Vocals), first heard in "L.A. (2)" (7.2), are heard several times throughout the episode and over the end-credits. Some of the pieces heard are slightly different from what was heard in "L.A.".

4 English cinema icon David Hemmings (Danny) previously appeared in "Compulsion" (5.14). He has also directed three Magnum episodes - "Fragments" (5.6), "Compulsion" (5.14) and "Let Me Hear the Music" (5.18).

5 Honolulu International Airport is again used as a filming location.

6 Magnum is seen renting five movies at a video store - two for himself, Jaws and Airport (Magnum mentioned Airport just a few episodes earlier in "On the Fly"), and three adult movies for a case he is working on, "Lust Weekend", "Man Crazy" and "All the World's a Bed" (all fictional).

7 When Magnum was 10 years old, he was "beaten to a pulp" by Bobby Harris, a big 12-year-old, after his "girlfriend" offered him half of her sandwich.

8 The KKC "Anuenue Room" (or "Rainbow Room") set is used for a brief scene (for Magnum and Cynthia's "dinner date").

9 Fellow Navy quarterback Roger Staubach is mentioned by Magnum. Staubach played at Navy from 1962-1964, just before Magnum's enrollment at the Academy.

10 A rare shot of Kalanianaole Highway, just outside of the front entrance to Robin's Nest (the Anderson Estate), is seen. The shot is from the road, looking directly north.

11 Despite the street sign that is seen, "Silver Beach Road" is fictional.

12 Lisa Blount (Andrea Nicholson) won a 2001 Oscar for Best Short Film, Live Action as executive producer of The Accountant.

Quotes

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Magnum: Did you ever commit to something you knew you weren't really committed to? Well, take my last game at Navy. We were playing Michigan, and we all knew there would be pro scouts there. Not that that mattered much to the Navy guys, because we were already "drafted" in a matter of speaking, and I guess I really knew that they wouldn't be scouting me, even if I was available. But that's the point. See, I was having one of those really good days - over 200 yards passing, two touchdowns, maybe one of my best games ever - and I started thinking, why shouldn't they be interested in me? You know, for the future. That's what happened to Staubach. Well, that was stupid, because I wasn't Staubach. I mean, there comes a time when you know how good you really are and I wasn't Staubach. So, times running out, fourth down, we're trailing by 3 points and my wide receivers are wide open in the end zone, and I missed him ... by 20 yards. Now, I hadn't missed anybody all day, so I don't know how I missed him by that much, but I think I know why. What if I'd had the best day a quarterback could ever have and nobody wanted to talk to me? That says something about commitment. (On Camera Narration)

Flubs

1 Magnum says his last Navy football game was against Michigan. Even though they lost, he says it was his best game he ever played (over 200 yards passing, 2 touchdowns). In "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (4.13), he said his last game was against Army in the annual Army-Navy game.

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