EPISODE: 7.17 Forty
Famous guest stars:
Hawaiian shirts: 1
Tigers Cap: 1
Island Hopper shirts:
Shirtless Magnum:
OMG:
Higgins Organizations:
Higgins musings:
Negotiations:
Gun Play: 1
Bullet wounds:
Body Count (by Magnum): .5 I gave a half point only since it’s not clear he’s mortally wounded (which in Magnum at least means hitting the ground and lying still)
Little Voice:
I know what you’re thinking: 2
When I write HTBAWCPI: .5 for description of technique but not mention of the book
Investigator corrections:
4th wall breaks:
Magnumometer: 6
Magnumometer Moments:
https://vimeo.com/705087238
Personally, I would have preferred
Tim Robbins’ version of Try A Little Tenderness. I find it much better when they get wooly instead of weary.
This episode has lots of close-ups of Magnum. It’s like they’re trying to give us some good looks because they know the end (was supposed to be) coming.
She didn’t bother me as much this viewing, but I still can’t get the thought out of my mind that Linda Lee Ellison sort of ruins the end of Magnum. If this had been her only appearance, I probably wouldn’t feel that way, but I’ve always hated her re-appearance in Resolutions, and obviously that seed is planted here.
When Linda Lee asks Thomas if he’s married, and there’s a REALLY long pause and a shifty eyed look to the side…a pretty hefty majority of (single?) women are running the other way when they see that. Classic lying signals!! Of course, we know the underlying reason for it, but she does not.
Wouldn’t that beer have been awful warm by the time TM cracks it open while stalking watching Linda Lee on the beach? He had them in a canvas satchel, not much insulation there in the Hawaiian heat.
It’s funny, in mid-episode, Higgins tells Thomas that his mother called twice and explicitly says “If you're planning on returning your mother's call, please show her the courtesy of remembering the time difference in Tidewater!” And then what does he do? He calls her when it has to be after midnight in Virginia!
If anyone ever sees a copy of Zen Infield by Catfoot Blevens, pick it up for me. I’ll pay for shipping!
Eric Daniels (Heal Thyself)…Jeff Spangler (Death and Taxes) and now Linda Lee…the writers did enjoy making the press look bad. Easy target, I guess.
I couldn’t help but think, has Thomas forgotten all about Dana Delany coming to town in just two episodes as he chases this silly young thing across town like some lost puppy? Granted, the Cynthia Farrell character isn’t really a good match for Thomas, but still, it’s like he’s forgotten she exists.
And last but not least…another “he wouldn’t trust her, she wouldn’t trust him” ending. This is at least the third, after Texas Lightning and Little Games.
Wow, I haven’t had that much to say about an episode in a long time! And I even gave it an 8.5 Very Good. Imagine what I’d have had to say if I didn’t like it.