Which do you prefer: seasons 1-4 or seasons 5-8

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Little Garwood · #16 Post by **Little Garwood** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 11:37 pm

HiHo wrote:
Little Garwood wrote:I was in the fifth grade when I "discovered" MPI during its original run and it's those first four seasons I still like best. It's a lot more hit and miss after that, whether it was "bringing back" Mac, Higgins maybe being Robin Masters, literally going back to Viet Nam--a popular theme in the mid-eighties as we came to terms with the war--Magnum's "little voice" becoming more like psychic powers, the Murder, She Wrote intrusion, the overly-serious season eight where I sometimes felt I didn't know the characters anymore, the Miami Vice-ification, etc.

However, I'm not surprised that the top forty eps here includes a lot of latter-season shows. The show definitely matured, but I always like a show earlier in its run than later.
Good post...couldn't have summed it up better myself...and too lazy to attempt it.

Thanks!

Hey James, could we get a poll attached to this thread? You know, an error-free, scientifically flawless message board-style poll?

Agatha · #17 Post by **Agatha** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:28 am

Oh, no, you guys! I won't get to vote...my favorite seasons are 1, 3, 5 & 7!!

Jaybird · #18 Post by **Jaybird** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:11 am

Hard to decide because some early episodes were not that good but then some in the second group, 5-8, were, well, not bad but not all that good.
If I had choose.......1-4 but I surely liked seasons 7-8.

N1095A · #19 Post by **N1095A** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 5:24 am

I agree completely that there was a definite line and change of mood between 1-4 and 5-8, but I really can't say I like one more than the other.

Frodoleader · #20 Post by **Frodoleader** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:51 pm

First of all, I love all 8 seasons of MPI! Second, I guess I never really noticed any change in tone of the series, among any of the seasons. I guess the only thing I ever sensed was that once MPI was an established hit, you could tell the approach was more relaxed. They didn't have to try as hard to get our attention. Does that make sense?

Little Garwood · #21 Post by **Little Garwood** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:23 pm

Agatha wrote:Oh, no, you guys! I won't get to vote...my favorite seasons are 1, 3, 5 & 7!!

LOL That sounds like the reverse of STAR TREK fans, when they say that the even-numbered films are superior to the odd-numbered ones!

Maybe the poll can reflect that, too!

MACattack · #22 Post by **MACattack** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 3:22 am

I believe that the Magnum P.I. series was at its best from 1982 to 1987.
I wish they would bring it back as a new series for a couple years (with the original cast!).
Well, hopefully Hollywood will make the movie they've been talking about for the last 10 years! If Selleck isn't in it, I'll save my 10 dollars!

Jay-Firestorm · #23 Post by **Jay-Firestorm** » Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:46 pm

Frodoleader wrote:First of all, I love all 8 seasons of MPI! Second, I guess I never really noticed any change in tone of the series, among any of the seasons. I guess the only thing I ever sensed was that once MPI was an established hit, you could tell the approach was more relaxed. They didn't have to try as hard to get our attention. Does that make sense?

It completely makes sense.
Once the series was a hit, I felt they were more relaxed and dared to try more varied and experimental episodes.

Lar · #24 Post by **Lar** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:44 am

I'll cautiously say 5-8. I love 1-4, but many of my favorite episodes come from that later half. Heck, season 7 is probably my favorite season.