Poll: Is Higgins Robin Masters? Why or Why Not?
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Poll: Is Higgins Robin Masters? Why or Why Not?
Is Higgins really Robin Masters? Did Higgins hire an actor to portray Robin so he could remain anonymous? Or, Is Higgins really the caretaker of the estate owned by Robin Masters? Please place your vote in the poll, and give your reasons why you believe Higgins is either Robin Masters, or just the Jonathan Quayle Higgins we all have come to know. We have discussed this at various places on the forum, but I thought this is such a popular subject it deserved its own thread.
The answer is obvious, old man. Logic is irrelevant. It's simply Tropical Madness. (J.Q. Higgins)
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Due to continuity problems, Higgins could not be the real owner of the estate and the author of the romance novels. It would have been fun to think that he was however.
It would be the perfect cover. Be a Major Domo at your own estate and write "cheap pulp" while no one suspects. Hire some other dude to make all of your public appearances and generally behave like a rich novelist.
I do believe that Higgins played a large role in Robin Masters' success however. Long live JQH!
Luther
It would be the perfect cover. Be a Major Domo at your own estate and write "cheap pulp" while no one suspects. Hire some other dude to make all of your public appearances and generally behave like a rich novelist.
I do believe that Higgins played a large role in Robin Masters' success however. Long live JQH!
Luther
I say "NO". It was an interesting sub-plot to the series for the last few seasons but just doesn't hold water watching the entire 8 seasons. I take Higgins for his actual words "I lied" in Resolutions and not having the meaning he lied about his entire existence. The Higgins/Magnum relationship over the years was one of the best parts of the series for me, and I think if JQH was indeed Robin Masters, Magnum would have been gone from the Estate in season one......Just my opinion.........
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While watching each season, I kept waiting for something definite that would prove Higgins was Robin. Much as I was hoping Higgins was RM, it just doesn't work, when considering all eight years; too many inconsistencies in the plot.
Higgins: You've washed the car?! How extraordinary. Why would you do such a thing?
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As much as I would like to see Higgins be Robin, the evidence just doesn't fit. As others have pointed out before, two episodes shatter this idea - "J. Digger Doyle" and "Birdman of Budapest".
I still like to think that Higgins did some uncredited ghost writing work for Robin over the years.
IslandHopper wrote:the bad guys were trying to steal Robin's tapes of his newest novel. Robin even came to Hawaii and was picked up by TC in his chopper in order to retrieve his tapes from Magnum. If Higgins was Robin Masters, wouldn't he have known where the tapes were? Magnum said that Robin had given him the tapes for safe keeping. Why would Higgins have gone through this elaborate charade of the tapes kept in Magnum's guest house if he was really Robin, especially considering that there were bad guys willing to kidnap and kill in order to get the tapes. Would Higgins have willingly endangered Magnum, TC, Rick and himself and exposed them to automatic weapons and possible death merely to perpetuate this charade? I don't think so.
If it wasn't for these two episodes I could totally buy in to the idea that Higgins has hired some guy to go around pretending to be "Robin Masters" for twenty plus years.IslandHopper wrote:Robin's former teacher was coming for a visit. If Higgins was Robin, he would have known right off that she was an imposter. I don't think that Higgins would have gone through this charade either, especially considering that the woman, who was not Robin's teacher, but a Soviet agent trying to kill the birdman. Again, this involved possible death to TC, Magnum, and Higgins, which I'm sure Higgins would not have allowed to happen.
I still like to think that Higgins did some uncredited ghost writing work for Robin over the years.
Higgins: It's not a scratch! It's a bloody gouge!
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