J. "Digger" Doyle (1.17)

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Stelth · #106 Post by **Stelth** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 6:46 pm

For me, a woman "team member" would have ruined the show.

EZiller · #107 Post by **EZiller** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 2:56 pm

Stelth wrote:For me, a woman "team member" would have ruined the show.

Yeah, agreed. Although a few more guest appearances from Digger wouldn't have hurt. With obligatory T & A exposure of Erin.

SignGuyHPW · #108 Post by **SignGuyHPW** » Thu Nov 27, 2014 6:11 pm

I am a big fan of Erin Gray so I especially enjoyed this episode. This was a really fun episode as it had a little of everything including a great twist towards the end. It also gave a good bit to do for all of the principles in the show plus the main guest star.

There wasn't a lot I didn't enjoy about this one really. I wish they'd have brought Digger back later in a couple of more episodes, but it may have been contracts that prevented such.

This is the main episode I point towards in my theory that Higgins could not be Robin. Why would Higgins prepare a resignation letter in private if he was the man that owned the estate? The Lasertronics escape with a drugged Higgins was pretty funny. It was also one of the first episodes to explore Higgins questioning if he was still relevant to the times and Magnum helping to confirm that he is.

BWheelz54 · #109 Post by **BWheelz54** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 7:24 pm

Just finished watching this episode again. Liked it more than ever. Just noticed this time how Magnum and Digger's wardrobes appear to have been purchased at the same shop. Digger and Magnum are definitely dressed to go together. I have to say that I think Digger is the woman for Magnum, even more than Michelle, and, oh my god, don't get me going about that Sharon Stone catastrophe. I agree it was too bad they didn't get Digger back into the series. She was to Magnum's character what Marian Ravenwood was to the character of Indiana Jones.

Milton Collins · #110 Post by **Milton Collins** » Wed Dec 10, 2014 8:55 pm

ConchRepublican wrote:
Lindsay Writer wrote: Bellisario wanted to spin Digger off into her own series but I don't think that would have worked. Don should have gone to CBS and told them he wants Erin to be a regular cast member. Think how much better all the future episodes would have been with Digger as an equal team member starting in season two and ongoing until the end. She could have continued to work for Star Guard and help Magnum whenever he needed help. The episodes would have been much better with her.
Hey now . . . a now and then Erin Gray visit, like Batgirl from the Batman TV series, would have been nice.

2nd lead? No thanks, I wouldn't sacrifice any of the Higgins / T.C. / Rick dynamic for Digger.

Agree completely that Erin Gray would not have been a good fit as a regular. This is a really outstanding episode abd she was a great guest star but the show is called "Magnum PI" for a reason:) I would have liked to see her return though, cool tough female character and not hard on the eyes lol.

Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:53 pm

I also thought this was the episode that puts the big monkey wrench in the "Higgins is Robin" idea.

While Higgy-baby he was under the effects of the truth serum wouldn't he have told them?

Milton Collins · #112 Post by **Milton Collins** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 4:20 am

Ok I'm going on record and posing this to all the guys on this site, J Digger/Erin Grey is the hottest woman ever on Magnum! (Side comment, are we seeing Sellecks first wife as one of the attempted killers? I know she's in a later episode too and this sure looks like her. She's quite attractive herself!) I thought there were many hot women on Magnum (Michelle/Marta Dubois, was another fav for me:)) but J Digger was a 10! And I gave this episode a 9, she was a great character/actress and this was a very good episode and story. Fantastic action, halarious drugged Higgins, several Robbin scenes by The great Orson Wells that were very very good and should have been done more, just an all around excellent episode. I have one small complaint though, would TM have really been so naive with Digger in the beginning? As I've stated (and overstated lol) she was extremely attractive but I have to think that Magnum might have smelled a rat at how badly she specifically wanted to get inside the mansion, Robbins room, etc. Oh well, guess it had to happen for the episode to work and it is a tv show:)

Little Garwood · #113 Post by **Little Garwood** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 4:50 pm

A request for someone to add a WAV of Magnum's "Higgins shut up!" to the Magnum-Mania Audio section.

Hawaii Winds · #114 Post by **Hawaii Winds** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 11:34 pm

Milton Collins wrote:Ok I'm going on record and posing this to all the guys on this site, J Digger/Erin Grey is the hottest woman ever on Magnum! (Side comment, are we seeing Sellecks first wife as one of the attempted killers? I know she's in a later episode too and this sure looks like her. She's quite attractive herself!) I thought there were many hot women on Magnum (Michelle/Marta Dubois, was another fav for me:)) but J Digger was a 10! And I gave this episode a 9, she was a great character/actress and this was a very good episode and story. Fantastic action, halarious drugged Higgins, several Robbin scenes by The great Orson Wells that were very very good and should have been done more, just an all around excellent episode. I have one small complaint though, would TM have really been so naive with Digger in the beginning? As I've stated (and overstated lol) she was extremely attractive but I have to think that Magnum might have smelled a rat at how badly she specifically wanted to get inside the mansion, Robbins room, etc. Oh well, guess it had to happen for the episode to work and it is a tv show:)

HOT....just a hottie in these years!!!!.....

terryfromkerry · Sun Mar 01, 2015 11:26 pm

ERIN GREY ............. YEAH BABY !

Lance Mannion · #116 Post by **Lance Mannion** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 2:30 am

terryfromkerry wrote:ERIN GREY ............. YEAH BABY !

LOL ... I still remember Erin Grey from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
... Pretty as can be ... But not the ultimate M-PI Hottie in my book ...

Turkey · #117 Post by **Turkey** » Fri Jul 03, 2015 2:55 pm

Haven't seen this episode for a while - fav part, Higgins admitting that he was 'running on a bit' under the effects of the drug, priceless!

Great to see the stairway to heaven again, especially now that it will soon be closed. Looks steep.

Howland Owl · #118 Post by **Howland Owl** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 11:56 pm

If Higgins is really Robin Master then Higgins is really submitting a resignation to himself! Since there is no possible reason for him to do that at this point in the series the writers had not come up with the idea of making the two one and the same.

308GUY · #119 Post by **308GUY** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:47 am

Hi HO......oh wait

(Borrowed from China Doll

)

Welcome!

Your observation is spot on and among more than a few others that verify the suspicion.

Discussed at length in several other threads here over the last several years.

Always good to see new folks on board!

(I see you've been lurking for quite a while, but "welcome" to your first post!)

txz045 · #120 Post by **txz045** » Mon Jan 11, 2016 2:01 am

Great episode. Erin Gray is lovely as always. Hope the stairs will one day legally be open to the public. I've been reading about the stairs and the climb on several websites for the past couple of hours. Lots of great images to view and videos on youtube as well for Haiku Stairs.

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