An entertaining comedic episode. Season 2 has it share of duds, but this is better than most. Notable for Elisha Cook Jr in a pre-Icepick role, playing a wino standing in for Farber, a billionaire recluse along the lines of Howard Hughes. A bit of a dumb script, but I thought Patch McKenzie [terribl...

7, nothing special. Would have liked to have seen more of Diane Crowley as Kacy! But aside from her looking so good, I think they could have developed the plot line a bit better and maybe had her murder about halfway through the story, rather than in the first .10 minutes. Plus I think the great Vic...

Some things I like about this episode, but I’m not a huge fan of the TM/Michelle storyline, although I know Bellisario commendably used it partly as a way of bringing attention to other issues from the Vietnam War, such as MIA’s and POW’s. I really think they stretched it too far about Michelle’s ba...

One more thought-I think the reason they went with this and why it would have any plausibility at all was because the writers changed direction with Higgins character during the first season. Instead of just having him portray Higgins as the major-domo who was stiff, autocratic and rather humorless…...

Hadn't seen this in ages, good mystery episode. Excellent scenes with TM and Higgins. I thought TM and TC may have been a tad brutal to Rick about his romantic failures. Great job by Judith Chapman. They certainly get some nice women dropping by the KKC.

9

Absolutely agree that the idea of Higgins being RM's ghost writer was not something they originally intended but a gimmick they hit on a bit later down the road.

Gave it a 7, very average. Seemed like a recycled Rockford script. The idea that he could hot wire and fly TC's chopper, not being an experienced chopper pilot, is absolutely preposterous. Somehow I though the whole thing may have been a test run for Whitmore's "Billy Joe Bob" being a spinoff-"bring...

Here's one theory: Yes and no. Higgins and RM are definitely two separate people and RM’s series of lurid pulp fiction are a collaborative effort of work between them. The person who became the famous celebrity writer was actually Elmer Masterman. Elmer was a British war correspondent in WW2. As a y...

Strange episode. Starts out very serious, as TM is in heavy depression after Diane's suicide. Then it turns into more of a comedy as TM is trying to prove that they new Mac really does exist. A bit of a silly idea but a staple of tv writers for years, the twin, cousin or in this case a virtual ident...

9.5, thought it was a great 2-parter although they could have easily done 2 separate stories, the Diane/Deidre story and Higgins/Lady Ashley/Agatha triangle. As for the main story, Sharon Stone is incredible in this dual role. While I think anyone who took a basic Psych 101 Class can figure out pret...

Magnum with a mullet. The episode has an interesting concept, TM in his early, humble beginnings as a PI. Otherwise, it's a rather dull story. Rick always looked like an idiot in the early episodes or flashbacks when he was trying to do the Bogart thing from "Casablanca." BTW, Bogie didn't wear a mu...

I'm a huge Higgins fan and always enjoy when we get more background about his character. Hillerman is an incredible actor and although I personally preferred the Elmo and Paddy episodes, this is interesting to find out about life at RN in 1976, pre Magnum. I would have probably rated this even high...

It gave it a 9. Just saw it on ENC, saw once before many years ago, couldn't recall much, other than it is one of the odder MPI episodes. Which is what I love about the series, that they occasionally did some totally out of whack stuff that really had little to do with the basic series synopsis of a...

I gave it an 8. It's a mixed bag. What I didn't like: The stalker story line. Just seemed like something they threw together so we could have a final Magnum fight seen that wasn't even done very well. And having the climax taking place in…an abandoned fun house??? Sounds like something from frigging...

8.5 and that's being generous. They really stretched the limits of believability with the Lilly surviving the car bombing storyline. On the tape the car door opens a split second before the explosion, even if she was out of the vehicle she would have been horribly burned and had chunks of metal that...