Don't Say Goodbye (1.15)

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#71 Post by Sisophous »

Never knew this until just now but you can watch many of these episodes on the IMDb. The only downside is there are commercials and you can't fast forward or avoid them.

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#72 Post by Croix de Lorraine »

A few issues with this episode:

1) The plot is flimsy. Are we supposed to believe that an adult woman posed as someone elses grand-daugher assuming a false identity just because she liked the letters she wrote?

2) Mercedes McCambridge: Her whiny voice is annoying, as is her Stevie Wonder routine. On top of thsat she's not very believable as "the kindest blind old lady I know", in Magnum's words because, let's face it, her face is not very kind. When you see a sweet old lady there is sweetness in her eyes. Mercedes McCambridge, on the other hand, I'm sorry to say, looks like a harpy. There is a certain harshness and nastiness about her features. She tries to make up for it with the whiny voice but in only makes it worse. On top of that, on occasions she puts on some kind of fake English accent.

3) Why didn't Magnum try to read the plates of the Mercedes?

4) The whole scene where Agatha falls in the swimming pool is very poorly edited. It looks shoehorned into the flow of the narative.

5) When Magnum jumps of the yacht and shouts "Call the police!" we see a cop running towards the harbor literaly a few seconds later. Now that's what I call a safe town!

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#73 Post by J.J. Walters »

Croix de Lorraine, I agree with you on all points except for #2. Whiny voice? Harpy? Nastiness? My god man, this is Mercedes McCambridge you're talking about! All the King's Men, Giant, Johnny Guitar, Written on the Wind, Suddenly, Last Summer, The Exorcist! Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress", and you're dissing her voice?

That's it! You're banned! ...

I'm just kidding, of course. ;)
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#74 Post by Styles Bitchley »

Jay-Firestorm wrote:* 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.
I was watching this the other night and noticed the life jackets - thought I'd check to see if anyone posted about them. It looks pretty weird. I'm wondering if there's an actual aviation regulation that requires passengers in choppers going from island to island to wear life jackets (maybe past a certain mile limit? Just guessing that maybe they wore them for authenticity. In the end though, if Mag doesn't even wear a seatbelt for a high speed chase, he ain't gonna wear a life preserver for island hopping.

Another funny thing was the Fat Jack character. Made me think of the "Where are you going Mr. Fat Jack" scene from Splash. LMFAO (as the kids say!)
"How fiendishly deceptive of you Magnum. I could have sworn I was hearing the emasculation of a large rodent."

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#75 Post by marlboro »

I'm a little confused about this one. From what I can figure out a woman named Carol Foster begins to impersonate her drug addicted roommate Amy Crane just after Amy was contacted (via Magnum) by her long lost grand mother who lives in Hawaii. Both Amy and Carol were living in Texas at the time.


Amy was involved with a man named La Rue. Whether they met in Texas or in Hawaii, I don't know.

At some point both Carol and Amy end up in Hawaii with La Rue.

Amy is killed in a swimming accident in Hawaii.

Carol pretends to be Amy and moves in with her "grandmother."


What I don't understand is, how did both women end up in Hawaii? I assume they went there to meet the real Amy's grandmother - so how was Carol able to pull off the switch and fool Magnum?

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#76 Post by charybdis1966 »

Good questions Marlboro,

I thought La rue met Amy on holiday in Hawaii and she died while trying to swim whilst high.

One thing I did notice was when TM was about to get up and leave Agatha's bedside as he leans forward to kiss Agatha goodbye Agatha leans forward too - something a blind person wouldn't do. Not a flub, just something I noticed.
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J.J. Walters wrote:So, I was checking out some IMDB credits recently and I came across this guy, Jim Reynolds (Frank LaRue). The guy is apparently a porn "star" who goes by the stage name "R.J. Reynolds"! :shock: It's not every day that you see porn "stars" in your favorite TV show! :?

He also had a small role in "Past Tense".

Maybe I should start a new page for the site, "Shocking Trivia"!
Are you sure about this guy?
It says that he died in 1987 at the age of 32 from AIDS. With that in mind he would have been about 26 in this episode. Just watched this episode again and he certainly looks atleast 10 years older than that to me.
But it´s some very interesting trivia so i am right now trying to find him in some pornmovies out there to compare the looks of the guy. It´s a dirty job but someone has to do it :lol:

I know that IMDB have made mistakes before, but i actually hope in this case that it is accurate.
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#78 Post by No need to know! »

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Pornstar R.J Reynolds circa 1980.

Looks like they are two different people to me.
Maybe someone can post a stillshot of La Rue.
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#79 Post by J.J. Walters »

Yeah, I removed that reference from the episode guide a couple of months ago. The actor actually contacted me directly to have it corrected. Embarrassing! My only defense was that it was incorrectly listed in the IMDB. The guy's name is Jim Reynolds (aka JR Reynolds), not RJ Reynolds! Back in the 80's he was a Top 40 DJ with KIKI in Honolulu. He was also in "Past Tense".
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J.J. Walters wrote:Yeah, I removed that reference from the episode guide a couple of months ago. The actor actually contacted me directly to have it corrected. Embarrassing! My only defense was that it was incorrectly listed in the IMDB. The guy's name is Jim Reynolds (aka JR Reynolds), not RJ Reynolds! Back in the 80's he was a Top 40 DJ with KIKI in Honolulu. He was also in "Past Tense".
Oh dear, quite embarrassing.

So IMDB still are incorrect than since it says that the pornactor R.J Reynolds was in the episode "Past Tense".
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#81 Post by Sisophous »

J.J. Walters wrote:Yeah, I removed that reference from the episode guide a couple of months ago. The actor actually contacted me directly to have it corrected. Embarrassing! My only defense was that it was incorrectly listed in the IMDB. The guy's name is Jim Reynolds (aka JR Reynolds), not RJ Reynolds! Back in the 80's he was a Top 40 DJ with KIKI in Honolulu. He was also in "Past Tense".
Thanks for clearing that up, I wondered how a person can change so much over time, they looked like different people. Jim Reynolds on Magnum P.I. had a very slight build while the adult performer had a much larger frame.

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#82 Post by Croix de Lorraine »

'Take me to 265 So-and-so Drive'
'I ain't running no taxi service!'

That exchange cracks me up every time. :)

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#83 Post by Doc Ibold »

Croix de Lorraine wrote:'Take me to 265 So-and-so Drive'
'I ain't running no taxi service!'

That exchange cracks me up every time. :)
Don't forget "Scoogilie Woogooilie".. LOL. I think the only time TC may have gotten paid onscreen by Magnum in the entire series!
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#84 Post by KingKC »

This was another one that stayed in my mind for 35 years. Maybe it was the plot which was unusual to say the least. Maybe it was Ted Danson and how worthless he was and how he got his just desserts in the ending. Maybe it was the kindness TM showed to Agatha. It was just memorable and Top Ten in my book.

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Magnum T. wrote:Mrs. Agatha Kimball, a blind/disabled high-society lady is blackmailed by a Frank LaRue, who claims to know something about Amy, the lady's niece.
Being Magnum a friend to both of the women (and having been more than a friend to Amy) he is requested by Mrs. Kimball to give the money to the blackmailer and keep the information to himself only.
Magnum meets the man but somebody has to be very interested in keeping LaRue's mouth shut since he is shot dead before Magnum's eyes.
After some investigations the p.i. realizes that even a sweet and delicate girl like Amy can have something to hide.

Well, everybody seem to like this episode a lot.
To me it is a decent one, not of my favourites.
The twist with Amy is good but is pretty obvious that Danson is not a guy you can trust.
There is a little overacting here and there, especially from Mrs. MacCambridge.
As usual one thing that never fails is the Magnum-Higgins interaction.
And I like the final joke with Rick dating Fat Jack's other sister.

Plus:
- the look on Higgins' face when Rick invites him to have some... food.
- the scene where Higgins is forced to admit Magnum's phone was not working because the lads had chewed the wire.
Minus:
- I am not a big fan of Andrea Marcovicci.
- The TM and Amy discussing/kissing scene is predictable and looks phony to me.
- The ending scene is a little too "melodramatic" for my taste.
Best line:
T.C.: Scuddily Wugglies! Man, where did you get this from? You didn't do nothing illegal did you?
I'm with you Magnum T.

I can't understand why TM would kiss the married lady like that. It was also strange how she had no emotion about her husband's death at the KKC club entrance in the following scene. To be honest I didn't care for her or grandma. I could sympathize more with Ted Danson.

Scooglie Wooglies was the best part of this episode and maybe my favorite TC line ever uttered!

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