I watched this last night with my daughter...we liked it, the way it contrasted their "at home" level of sparring, which can seem very serious, with their support and care for each other when it really counts. I loved the interaction, and how it showed how each of them really understood the others. ...

Danno, thank you for correcting my terminology! Metaphor, metaphor. Not allegory. My English teachers would disown me. I think some of the bonding, and the metaphor, is enabled by Higgins' propensity for storytelling. As someone who finds it much easier to make points by analogy and example, I can t...

I hadn't seen Magnum since it aired, and just recently started watching through the series with my family--my kids are loving it. We're in Season 5. I had a thought--I have heard that this show was praised for its treatment of Vietnam vets--the reality that they existed, they had memories and someti...

I agree with MaiTaiMan--Higgins coming to Magnum, asking for his *professional services,* and Magnum doesn't jump right on it? Higgins clearly distracted--sufficient to agree to let Gillis work it--and Magnum not immediately concerned? The Gillis/Higgins conversation at the estate, before they head ...

I thought I remembered Higgins encountering, and being done with, Lady Ashley earlier in the season...I went back and found it, it was Season 2's Computer Date. I guess she lost weight? Had plastic surgery? Oh, well, I'll happily suspend disbelief for the great Higgins plotline in this one. John Hil...

We just saw this last night--whole family was watching--and there was spontaneous cheers and applause at "Last one in the copter is a rotten egg!" They were also very pleased with themselves for having spotted who the bad guy was. I know there's flaws with it, but I gave it a Perfect based on how mu...

I've rediscovered Magnum, and I"m watching through the series with my family...and this episode is my kids' absolute favorite. It's kind of neat to have teens (and one pre-teen) who like Magnum (and the Avengers; and old 40s horror movies; etc.). Raisin' 'em right!

I had a lot of fun with this. And I was impressed in the opening sequence, when Higgins is hit by the croquet ball--he sways a bit, then falls backwards, and Magnum catches him and eases him to the ground. It sure looks like John Hillerman really did fall backward, and Tom Selleck really did catch h...

I love this episode because of the scene where TC wins the final bingo round. He's so excited and suddenly just lunges at Higgins and hugs him, knocks over the stand with the ball-roller. My daughter and I love this, because we have the strong impression that Hillerman was on the verge of breaking u...

I'm watching through the episodes in order with my family, and I had not actually seen Magnum since it aired. This is a treat. This episode was the first time I was struck by how versatile John Hillerman's voice is...he sounds totally different when hypnotizing the girl than his usual acerbic Higgin...

I'm working my way through the DVDs, and I found this episode just amazing. Devastating, hysterically funny--whoever called it a rollercoaster ride was right. I didn't see anyone mention this, so I wondered what you all thought--when Magnum is walking in to the morgue to see if the girl is, in fact,...

Well, all regional accents are declining a bit--the influence of our global culture--but in general (at least in my area of the state), a Texas accent is more word use than pronunciation. There's a few pronunciation markers, but what really gives us away are things like "y'all" (plural form of "you"...

I need any Brits on the list to weigh in....but I may have spotted a rare instance of John Hillerman's Texas roots bleeding through. In the scene when Magnum comes to the study after he takes Vivien home, and they come to understand what happened--Higgins tells Magnum "I fixed pheasant" (I think it ...

I'm a Higgins fan and I loved this episode. The idea of a Texan playing an Englishman who plays a Texan was just too funny. I'm a fifth-generation south Texas native, and my family owns some land out Highway 90 near Sabinal--and we drive through Hondo to get there. Someone must have really liked the...

Hi--I'm new to the site, great to find you all! I found a youtube posting of a scene with John Hillerman and Eileen Brennan, singing a Cole Porter song... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-TIquf6qH4 I couldn't pass that up...I hunted around and found it's from "At Long Last Love," from 1975. Which se...