IH: I agree the commander was probably talking about ship to ship combat but in the dialog with the ensign it sounds like he is disgusted at his shipmen's lack of real fighting. There were several signs of the commander's gung-ho nature and this was probably another one. I guess blowing up fixed ta...

Curious dialogue choice: The commander of the ship says to the ensign, "...a whole generation of fighting men with no real experience..." Did he forget about Vietnam? This was 1984 which was 10 years after 'nam. That does not constitute a generation. When he says "no real experience" he may have be...

1) There is no alcohol on naval vessels. 2) The captian would've been in the wardroom or his stateroom. 3) An Ensign would not have been clearing the captians plate. 4) That ship had too much open space and glass. A real navy ship is much more closed quarters. No. There is no alchohol ALLOWED on na...

Magnum has great characters. But it does better on atmosphere then almost any detective story I know. The footage is beautiful and the sordid waterfront scenes and the elegant estate compliment each other. The "mysterious past" part is well done. I am always wanting to hear Higgins finish some of hi...

This is one of my favorites. It has a quite Magnumesque flavor and it was very touching.

One thing I couldn't figure out though. How did the Chauffer(who was a mere muscleman back in "the old days")figure out who Judge Caine was?