brianw wrote:I rated this ep pretty low, way too cheesy, and not a big fan of Gillis or the other John Wayne imitator. I did like the look alike characters, the SJC cameo, and Annie Potts was always a hottie. The shootout at the end was horrible though. I had to laugh when all the cops were questioning TC and Rick outside the van, then when they heard shooting, TC said that's what we are trying to tell you, and he and Rick run to the van, GRAB THEIR GUNS and then lead the police into the hotel. Haha, they would have been shot down so quick for grabbing their guns out of the van like that. Anyway, it had its funny moments but overall a pretty bad ep for me.
Brianw,
It wasn't supposed to be taken seriously, they threw everything in but the kitchen sink. There was homages and inside jokes all over the place. The best was
Elisha Cook as Wilmer in the Maltese Falcon take off. The episode's premise was from the Rockford Files episode with Lance White(Selleck) at a PI awards dinner
with Rockford where Rockford(like Magnum in A.A.P.I) disparages getting an award he actually values. The shootout at the end was mocking PI shows where a ton of lead
is flying about but nobody gets killed. The end scene in the hospital ward is a direct steal from Mad, Mad, Mad World. This episode was written for movie buffs and lovers of
detective shows especially. However I do think they might have polished up the script a bit more, in my humble opinion. Maybe everyone was having too good a time
during filming and the slapstick element came over too strong.
Higgins: You're simply to be his "legman" as he describes it.
Luther Gillis: Yeah, yeah. The day I'm Tom Magnum's "legman" is the day I sit on the street corner selling pencils and drinking cheap pink out of a paper bag.