Magnum Mania!

Forever in Time

Episode ID: 154
Episode Number: 8.5
Air Date: 11/11/1987
Writer: Kimmer Ringwald
Director: Jackie Cooper
Producer: Tom Selleck
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Recurring Characters

Elisha Cook Jr. (Icepick), Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley)

Guest Stars

Gregg Henry (William Keyes), Doug Mossman (David Kaimi), Lei Maa Richmond (Victoria Keyes), Branscombe Richmond (Henchman #1), Dick Durock (Henchman #2)

Plot Outline

While helping Higgins with a Hawaiian Historical Society pageant, Magnum becomes infatuated with a beautiful young woman.

Rating

8.0 (11 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 Magnum's subtle psychic abilities return (he believes he sees glimpses of the past). In narration, Magnum implies that this trait comes from the Sullivan side of the family, his mom's side.

2 The singer in the opening scene is local Hawaiian singer/songwriter/musician Palani Vaughan. The beautiful song he sings is "He Pua Wehiwa", one of his own [audio].

3 The historic Queen Emma Summer Palace in the Nuuanu Valley is used as a filming location for several scenes.

4 Future star Branscombe Richmond makes his final appearance on the show, playing yet another henchman. Branscombe has appeared in a total of five different episodes through the years, including the "Pilot Movie". In this episode, he is joined by his wife Lei Maa Richmond (Victoria Keyes), a Hawaiian dancer and former "Miss Hawaii". Legendary stuntman Dick Durock (uncredited) is his accomplice.

5 Agatha reads an excerpt from Robert Louis Stevenson's non-fiction essay collection In the South Seas - "...Along the beach men and women, lads and lasses, were returning from the bath in bright raiment, red and blue and green, such as we delighted to see in the coloured little pictures of our childhood; and presently the sun had cleared the eastern hill, and the glow of the day was over all".

6 The house that Magnum breaks into (the one where the Hawaiian princess had lived) appears to be the same house that was used in "Skin Deep" (as Erin Wolfe's house) and "The Woman on the Beach" (as Lisa Page's house). (Noted by golfmobile & Sam)

7 Local Hawaiian actor Doug Mossman (David Kaimi) makes his third and final appearance on the show.

8 Icepick's house is seen for only the third time. It appears to be the same house that was used in "The People vs. Orville Wright" (7.21).

9 Magnum took his first saxophone lesson on October 4th, 1956. He hasn't progressed much since then.

10 The standard theme song is not played over the end credits. Instead, a slow tempo Hawaiian flute melody is heard.

Quotes

1
Magnum: The Magnum side of me was saying loud and clear, stay out of something that is none of your business, but the Sullivan side kept me wondering why Victoria seemed so...frightened.
(short while later)
One character trait on the Magnum side of the family tree - extreme stubbornness. At least, that's what my mom always called it. My dad liked to call it "perseverance". When all logic and reason told me to stay away from this case, my stubborn streak took hold. I had to know this woman had tried to draw me into her world the day that she died. I could only hope that she left a clue behind that would give me some sort of an answer. (Narration)

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