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The Love That Lies

Episode ID: 155
Episode Number: 8.6
Air Date: 11/18/1987
Writer: Jeri Taylor
Director: Ray Danton
Producer: Tom Selleck
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Recurring Characters

Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin)

Guest Stars

Eileen Brennan (Brenda Babcock), Celeste Holm (Abigail Baldwin), Gary Wood (Keough Palmer), Gerry Gibson (Patrick O'Shea), Josie Over (Waitress), Tom Nibley (Woody)

Plot Outline

When Carol receives death threats, Magnum moves in with her and her mother and becomes entangled in her professional and private life.

Rating

7.5 (7 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 This is the sixth and final "Carol-centric" episode of the series, following "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (4.13), "Blind Justice" (5.7), "Compulsion" (5.14), "A Pretty Good Dancing Chicken" (5.22), and "Death of the Flowers" (7.12).

2 Unusual for the show, there is no opening preview.

3 We learn several new things about Carol:

• She was born in September of 1955.
• She apparently grew up in Oahu.
• Her mother (Abigail) still lives in Oahu, in the same "Baldwin" house.
• Abigail is not her birth mother. Her birth mother is Brenda Babcock (the result of a liaison with her father).

4 T.C.'s chopper with the N4943T registration number is seen again. It was previously seen in Season Seven's "The People vs. Orville Wright" (7.22).

5 The filming location for Patrick O'Shea's place of residence is very close to the Anderson Estate (Robin's Nest). It's on the other side of Kalanianaole Highway, just south of the estate. (Noted by Sam)

6 The "Circuit Court" scene was filmed at the Territorial Office Building in Honolulu (425 South King Street), built in 1926 and on the National Register of Historic Places (1978). This shot has been used in several other episodes, namely for the "Hawaii Metro Police" station establishing shot. The address is always the same, "465" (which is different than the current address of "425" today). (Noted by Island Hopper & rubber chicken)

7 The end credits are accompanied by a different set of music.

Quotes

1
(to the press)
Carol: Now look, look! Now, I am well aware that my office is prosecuting a man who is enormously popular. However, popularity is not guarenteed by the Bill of Rights. That is all. Thank you.

2
(to Magnum)
Higgins: You've washed the car?! How extraordinary. Why would you do such a thing?

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