2.18 TEXAS LIGHTNING
Hawaiian shirts:
Island Hopper shirts:
Magnum Body Count:
Magnum gunshot wounds:
Shirtless: .5 shirt open for no apparent reason after sleeping overnight on the island.
Little Voice:
I know what you’re thinking:
When I write HTBAWCPI:
Investigator corrections:
Higgins musings: 1
4th wall breaks: 1
Negotiations: 1 the tux instead of a birthday present
Famous guest stars:
Higgins Organizations:
Magnumometer: 3.5
Potential magnumania usernames: Paulo Polo, Baron von Klaus
Magnumometer moments:
https://vimeo.com/373813185
CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS
Higgins: I've contemplated Magnum's death. Theoretically, of course, given the almost inevitable consequences of his sordid occupation. And I know, however desolated I would be, I would also experience a certain...a certain catharsis that is singularly missing.
TC: Uh, run that by me again, Higgy baby, only this time in English.
Higgins: I don't believe Magnum's dead.
In the "mourning" scene, Higgins admonishes Rick about spilling "cheap rye whiskey" on the sofa. But Rick and TC didn't bring it, as they appear to be drinking it from a decanter. So why would Higgins stock such stuff in the first place, and then be critical of his own stuff?
And about that signal fire...first, they appear to be on an island free of trees (despite what we later see during the helicopter chase) so where did all that wood come from? Second, if they ran out of gas in the boat, what is it that TM pours on the wood just before he lights it up? And third, there is very little smoke coming from that fire, and what there is dissipates almost immediately. There is no way the guys in the chopper would have spotted it. (TM did mention that JL should put some weeds on it to generate smoke, but she never does.)
All of this, however, is just minor quibbling, as it is an enjoyable episode. True, there isn't enough basis for the supposed anquish of their parting at the end, but the setup and last line is so damn good it doesn't matter.
I gave it a "Decent" rating, and I don't dislike it at all; there's somethng about this adventure that causes it to slip from my memory. 
