Don't Say Goodbye (1.15)
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James and Rubber Chicken, my son told me the story (listing) of the home last month. I actually do not remember the home, but do remember while working in Nuuanu on another television show, Hawaiian Heat, our walkie talkies would get mixed-up with Magnum's.
Our residential home in Honolulu was one valley over called Pauoa -- the poor man's Nuuanu. Yes, the Nuuanu 'Agatha' home is likely noisy. The real pain is entering onto The Pali.
Historically for you, if you travel up the Pali Hwy (On Google) to the pass, the cliff is actually where King Kamehameha made his final consolidation of the islands. Kamehameha chased the opposition up the Pali and over the cliff. So much for parliamentary procedure.
Also as a note, I met Michael in 1984 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. I escorted him from a 'Hawaiian Heat' gathering to a table at a separate restaurant with some gentlemen. I was told later Michael was the owner of the famous pub 'Hoagie's'. Word got back to me later that Michael was deeply appreciative of my help. At the time, I did not know his last name. I just learned it here. Interesting history.
Our residential home in Honolulu was one valley over called Pauoa -- the poor man's Nuuanu. Yes, the Nuuanu 'Agatha' home is likely noisy. The real pain is entering onto The Pali.
Historically for you, if you travel up the Pali Hwy (On Google) to the pass, the cliff is actually where King Kamehameha made his final consolidation of the islands. Kamehameha chased the opposition up the Pali and over the cliff. So much for parliamentary procedure.
Also as a note, I met Michael in 1984 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. I escorted him from a 'Hawaiian Heat' gathering to a table at a separate restaurant with some gentlemen. I was told later Michael was the owner of the famous pub 'Hoagie's'. Word got back to me later that Michael was deeply appreciative of my help. At the time, I did not know his last name. I just learned it here. Interesting history.
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This is the first time we see Wallace W. Landford (Fat Jack), appear in the series. He will go on to appear in three more episodes. "Mad Buck Gibson" as Jim the bartender, and most famously, "Luther Gillis File 521" and "The Return of Luther Hillis" as Artie Keanu/Canoe.
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The "Jesus Loves You" was a sailboat that was passing by. Crane tried to jump for it but missed.James J. Walters wrote:The boat that kills Stewart Crane (Ted Danson) is named Jesus Loves You! You can't make this stuff up folks!
The boat that killed him was called "MITAWOIS. This boat was backing out of it's slip, and ran over him.
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I liked this episode a lot, too. You’ll all probably get VERY tired of me saying this…I like MOST of them a lot!!
The great cast has already been mentioned. Although I like Andrea Marcovicci better with bangs…in Sixth Postion. I wondered if Tom and Ted met because of this episode…or if Ted did the episode because he already knew Tom. I think I remember somebody saying they were already friends. Ted’s poor “do” didn’t hold up well under the Hawaiian wind. And Mercedes McCambridge is SUCH a classy lady!. I remember her from an episode of Bonanza…many moons ago!!
You may all get tired of me saying this, too…but I really like the respect and compassion that Thomas has for the elderly and blind Agatha Kimbell. Fun to see that Higgins can’t stand it that someone so “above his station” things Thomas is special. Also, Agatha’s accidents gave me a real sense of how scary it would be to be helpless and at the mercy of unseen forces.
I’m thinking about a thread called “Magnum Wisdom”. There’s a real gem in this episode. When Thomas is trying to talk Amy into telling Agatha that she’s not her real granddaughter…
Amy says: What if the words won’t come out of my mouth?
And Thomas says: They’re not supposed to come out of your mouth. They’re supposed to come out of your heart.
Wise. Very wise.
Of course, it’s ALWAYS nice to see Thomas win one over Higgins. Thanks to the dogs chewing Thomas’s telephone cord! And this episode features that Shirley gal that all the guys love to love! Rick’s the lucky one this time but Thomas will have his chance in a later episode.
Nice!!
The great cast has already been mentioned. Although I like Andrea Marcovicci better with bangs…in Sixth Postion. I wondered if Tom and Ted met because of this episode…or if Ted did the episode because he already knew Tom. I think I remember somebody saying they were already friends. Ted’s poor “do” didn’t hold up well under the Hawaiian wind. And Mercedes McCambridge is SUCH a classy lady!. I remember her from an episode of Bonanza…many moons ago!!
You may all get tired of me saying this, too…but I really like the respect and compassion that Thomas has for the elderly and blind Agatha Kimbell. Fun to see that Higgins can’t stand it that someone so “above his station” things Thomas is special. Also, Agatha’s accidents gave me a real sense of how scary it would be to be helpless and at the mercy of unseen forces.
I’m thinking about a thread called “Magnum Wisdom”. There’s a real gem in this episode. When Thomas is trying to talk Amy into telling Agatha that she’s not her real granddaughter…
Amy says: What if the words won’t come out of my mouth?
And Thomas says: They’re not supposed to come out of your mouth. They’re supposed to come out of your heart.
Wise. Very wise.
Of course, it’s ALWAYS nice to see Thomas win one over Higgins. Thanks to the dogs chewing Thomas’s telephone cord! And this episode features that Shirley gal that all the guys love to love! Rick’s the lucky one this time but Thomas will have his chance in a later episode.
Nice!!
Isn't the ocean beautiful at sunset? So soft....so peaceful...so romantic!
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Sorry Mike, I didn't see your post until now.N1095A wrote:The "Jesus Loves You" was a sailboat that was passing by. Crane tried to jump for it but missed.James J. Walters wrote:The boat that kills Stewart Crane (Ted Danson) is named Jesus Loves You! You can't make this stuff up folks!
It looks like I got the two boats mixed up! I'm glad a boat named Jesus Loves You didn't kill anybody! That just wouldn't be right!
LOL! Let's all take a look at her again, shall we....Agatha wrote:And this episode features that Shirley gal that all the guys love to love!
Just kidding!
Higgins: It's not a scratch! It's a bloody gouge!
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Friday seems to have become double review day… this is my second of the day! I like this episode.
[TV.com rating=9.5; Cleverly Plotted]
An elderly blind woman, whom Magnum once helped reunite with her granddaughter, hires him after receiving blackmail threats, asking him to pay off the blackmailer and dispose of the information. But the woman suffers a series of ‘accidents’. Good episode…
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This review contains spoilers.
After a couple of more average episodes (‘All Roads Lead to Floyd’ and the take-it-or-leave-it ‘Adelaide’), things move up a notch here with this enjoyable story.
By this point, the template of a Magnum-Higgins debate had become something of a regular (Higgins proving very popular with audiences); in this case, it is Magnum seeming to not pay his phone bill, leaving Higgins to become his ‘answering machine’. Although not given as much screen time as similar b-plots in other episodes would be given, it none-the-less plays out nicely, and has a humorous conclusion.
We learn in this episode that Magnum has previously dealt with the elderly, blind Agatha (not to be confused with Higgins’ recurring friend Agatha, seen from the third season onwards) and her granddaughter Amy, when he reunited the pair. It’s nice to be given some background to a previous case (presumably set before the series started), but naturally, we would never hear mention of them before or since this episode!
This episode is notable for featuring Ted Danson, before he really hit the big time (amongst other things, he would go on to co-star alongside Selleck in 1987’s ‘Three Men and a Baby’). From the off, it’s pretty clear he’s the real bad guy, but it’s still fun seeing T.M. find out for himself.
Although “Amy” (Andrea Marcovicci) seems a little plain for Magnum, the pair have a good spark between them, and for the most part I bought their history.
The elderly Agatha, played by Mercedes McCambridge, is a little grating at times with her monotone voice and stiff acting, but even so, it’s hard to totally dislike her.
When the blackmailer is shot dead, the following sequence with Magnum racing after the gunman in the Ferrari is great – fast car, nice scenery… what more could you want?
A good scene is when Magnum visit’s ‘Fat Jack’s restaurant, who promptly tries to set him up with his overweight daughter (or is it sister? It wasn’t overly clear). It is a vintage MPI scene with lots of amusing lines and touches to it.
The story, which at first seems to be a routine blackmail case, unfolds to be a very interesting one, and upon first viewing, it comes as quite a surprise when the truth about the real Amy emerges. And Stewart (Danson)’s demise is one of the more memorable ones of the series.
On a personal note, this is the first episode of ‘Magnum’ that I ever watched. Although most of the 1980s shows that I love (‘The A-Team’, ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’, ‘Knight Rider’, ‘Airwolf’, etc.) I watched since I was a kid, I didn’t get into MPI until a little while later. In the early 1990s, I was off school (!) with Chicken Pox, and the ITV regions here in the U.K. were repeating a mixture of first and second season episodes (with no real pattern to them). I saw it billed and thought I’d give it a go. I’ve never looked back since.
Overall, this is a very good first season episode, and one that I enjoy re-watching.
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Other notes, bloopers and misc.:
* During the opening scene, when Higgins gives Magnum the message from Agatha, he says “…get your bollock to the phone…”. I assume this means ‘head’, but in the U.K., “bollocks” has a far ruder meaning. (Surprisingly, when the scissor-happy Channel 5 broadcast this episode in 2002, they didn’t edit this line out).
* As Magnum jumps into the Ferrari to race after the gunman, on the 180 that he pulls, it is clear to see that it is a stunt driver dressed as Tom Selleck.
* When Magnum is in the queue of traffic and trying to catch up with the gunman, when he goes to overtake, the road is not clear – there is a car coming the other way! In the next shot, it is gone.
* Just an observation, but what were those tops that Magnum and T.C. were wearing in the helicopter? They looked like life reserves. They weren’t seen in any other episode.
[TV.com rating=9.5; Cleverly Plotted]
An elderly blind woman, whom Magnum once helped reunite with her granddaughter, hires him after receiving blackmail threats, asking him to pay off the blackmailer and dispose of the information. But the woman suffers a series of ‘accidents’. Good episode…
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This review contains spoilers.
After a couple of more average episodes (‘All Roads Lead to Floyd’ and the take-it-or-leave-it ‘Adelaide’), things move up a notch here with this enjoyable story.
By this point, the template of a Magnum-Higgins debate had become something of a regular (Higgins proving very popular with audiences); in this case, it is Magnum seeming to not pay his phone bill, leaving Higgins to become his ‘answering machine’. Although not given as much screen time as similar b-plots in other episodes would be given, it none-the-less plays out nicely, and has a humorous conclusion.
We learn in this episode that Magnum has previously dealt with the elderly, blind Agatha (not to be confused with Higgins’ recurring friend Agatha, seen from the third season onwards) and her granddaughter Amy, when he reunited the pair. It’s nice to be given some background to a previous case (presumably set before the series started), but naturally, we would never hear mention of them before or since this episode!
This episode is notable for featuring Ted Danson, before he really hit the big time (amongst other things, he would go on to co-star alongside Selleck in 1987’s ‘Three Men and a Baby’). From the off, it’s pretty clear he’s the real bad guy, but it’s still fun seeing T.M. find out for himself.
Although “Amy” (Andrea Marcovicci) seems a little plain for Magnum, the pair have a good spark between them, and for the most part I bought their history.
The elderly Agatha, played by Mercedes McCambridge, is a little grating at times with her monotone voice and stiff acting, but even so, it’s hard to totally dislike her.
When the blackmailer is shot dead, the following sequence with Magnum racing after the gunman in the Ferrari is great – fast car, nice scenery… what more could you want?
A good scene is when Magnum visit’s ‘Fat Jack’s restaurant, who promptly tries to set him up with his overweight daughter (or is it sister? It wasn’t overly clear). It is a vintage MPI scene with lots of amusing lines and touches to it.
The story, which at first seems to be a routine blackmail case, unfolds to be a very interesting one, and upon first viewing, it comes as quite a surprise when the truth about the real Amy emerges. And Stewart (Danson)’s demise is one of the more memorable ones of the series.
On a personal note, this is the first episode of ‘Magnum’ that I ever watched. Although most of the 1980s shows that I love (‘The A-Team’, ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’, ‘Knight Rider’, ‘Airwolf’, etc.) I watched since I was a kid, I didn’t get into MPI until a little while later. In the early 1990s, I was off school (!) with Chicken Pox, and the ITV regions here in the U.K. were repeating a mixture of first and second season episodes (with no real pattern to them). I saw it billed and thought I’d give it a go. I’ve never looked back since.
Overall, this is a very good first season episode, and one that I enjoy re-watching.
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Other notes, bloopers and misc.:
* During the opening scene, when Higgins gives Magnum the message from Agatha, he says “…get your bollock to the phone…”. I assume this means ‘head’, but in the U.K., “bollocks” has a far ruder meaning. (Surprisingly, when the scissor-happy Channel 5 broadcast this episode in 2002, they didn’t edit this line out).
* As Magnum jumps into the Ferrari to race after the gunman, on the 180 that he pulls, it is clear to see that it is a stunt driver dressed as Tom Selleck.
* When Magnum is in the queue of traffic and trying to catch up with the gunman, when he goes to overtake, the road is not clear – there is a car coming the other way! In the next shot, it is gone.
* Just an observation, but what were those tops that Magnum and T.C. were wearing in the helicopter? They looked like life reserves. They weren’t seen in any other episode.
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Nice review, Jay! As usual!
I happened to be watching Don't Say Goodbye today. I think Higgins says that the woman waiting on the phone wants Magnum "get his bod to the phone so I can breath heavy." His body...she wants him to get his body to the phone.
I think you're right about the life jackets. I don't remember noticing them before...and don't remember them wearing life jackets in any other episode either. Hmmmm. Maybe Higgins has one on when he jumps in to save Thomas in Home from the Sea. Now I'll have to watch THAT one again!!
This stuff is ADDICTIVE!!
I happened to be watching Don't Say Goodbye today. I think Higgins says that the woman waiting on the phone wants Magnum "get his bod to the phone so I can breath heavy." His body...she wants him to get his body to the phone.
I think you're right about the life jackets. I don't remember noticing them before...and don't remember them wearing life jackets in any other episode either. Hmmmm. Maybe Higgins has one on when he jumps in to save Thomas in Home from the Sea. Now I'll have to watch THAT one again!!
This stuff is ADDICTIVE!!
Isn't the ocean beautiful at sunset? So soft....so peaceful...so romantic!
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I just checked on the subtitles, and that says "bod" too. Which I'm relieve about, the line always stood out to me - I thought it might a different case of how "fanny" means something different in the UK (don't ask!!!)Agatha wrote:Nice review, Jay! As usual!
I happened to be watching Don't Say Goodbye today. I think Higgins says that the woman waiting on the phone wants Magnum "get his bod to the phone so I can breath heavy." His body...she wants him to get his body to the phone.
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OK...I won't ask! lol!
When my daughter was a Girl Scout, we had an English Girl Guide stay with us for a week one summer. It was very interesting to listen to her talk and to realize that, while we all spoke "English", it was clear that we used our english words very differently. Very interesting...and fun. I guess because words are fascinating to me. And it wasn't just a slang issue. I wish I could remember some examples but it's been too long!
Anyway...keep up the good work with your reviews. I made the committment to review each episode, too. I got as far as Season 1 and seem to be taking a break. Part of it is that I feel like most everything has already been said...even though I like to add my feelings to the pot. The other part of it is that we're starting to have some nice weather and I want to be out in it.
When my daughter was a Girl Scout, we had an English Girl Guide stay with us for a week one summer. It was very interesting to listen to her talk and to realize that, while we all spoke "English", it was clear that we used our english words very differently. Very interesting...and fun. I guess because words are fascinating to me. And it wasn't just a slang issue. I wish I could remember some examples but it's been too long!
Anyway...keep up the good work with your reviews. I made the committment to review each episode, too. I got as far as Season 1 and seem to be taking a break. Part of it is that I feel like most everything has already been said...even though I like to add my feelings to the pot. The other part of it is that we're starting to have some nice weather and I want to be out in it.
Isn't the ocean beautiful at sunset? So soft....so peaceful...so romantic!
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Glad the reviews are appreciated; I like reading other people's views too - part of the appeal of MPI is that it has such a range - comedy, drama, action, etc. - there really is something for everybody!
Also, even after all these years watching, people still spot things that I hadn't picked up on.
Also, even after all these years watching, people still spot things that I hadn't picked up on.
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I was looking at the name Jim Reynolds on the internet and correct me if Im wrong. I thought I read that JR passed in 1987???
Also, in this episode during the Quotes between TC and Magnum the man you need to take that to a church was cut out on tv rerun?
Also thanks for posting the pics of the houses and boat trivia this stuff if pretty cool.
Also, in this episode during the Quotes between TC and Magnum the man you need to take that to a church was cut out on tv rerun?
Also thanks for posting the pics of the houses and boat trivia this stuff if pretty cool.
Hi JJ,James J. Walters wrote:Amy Crane plays a lovely classical piano piece at the beginning of this episode. Does anyone happen to know the name of the piece and/or the composer?
Here is an audio clip of the piece: http://magnum-mania.com/Audio/Piano_DSG.html
that piece only exits for that episode of Magnum PI. She played a different (but similar) piece (by Gabriel Fauré) during the filming, but later in post-production there were some right issues. So her playing was mimicked by someone, matching some of her fingerplay.
(I asked.)
DerGilb