I Do? (3.17)

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#16 Post by Carmen »

Not sure if this one is a flub, but I found it very strange:
When Marsha comes into Magnums office after he was hitten by that boxes she leaves the door open and they start to talk about whether he blew the cover or not. His secretary can be seen sitting outside, they would never talk about something secretly without closing the door, would they?
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#17 Post by IKnowWhatYoureThinking »

I agree Luther. I thought Katherine Cannon did a great job with the role.

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#18 Post by Doc Ibold »

I will say, that while this episode made me shudder... it does have one of the great Magnum PI moments...

Rick as the son of the Sheikh of Yahoo. TC finally got out of his muscle role and was delighted by it! Rick's irritation ca easily be seen!

That is easily, by far, one of the cheesiest costumes I've ever seen on Magnum.

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#19 Post by Rutledal »

I just finished watching this episode once again, I rather enjoy it, good twist, but the play up is o' so dull. Magnum just explains it :(

I also noticed something of possible intrest. This is the episode with the shortest, only three letters. The longest is Who is Don Luis Higgins, and Why is He Doing These Terrible Things to Me?, with fifty-seven letters. However the interesting bit is that they both end with questionmarks. (Only three episodes end with question mark)

EDIT: Never mind I just remembered that there is an episode called "L.A.".
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#20 Post by Jay-Firestorm »

Wednesday’s review. Some very amusing moments, but at the same time, this isn’t one of my favourites.

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Magnum marries a henpecking woman and takes up a position in a large family-owned business. Can it be for real? Actually, it's an undercover job to smoke out a thief, but that’s nothing compared to putting up with his nagging wife. Funny but not a fave...
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This review contains moderate spoilers.

Whenever I think of ‘I Do?’, I tend to think of it as coming from coming later in the show’s run; mostly due to it being more character-led than plot-driven, and it just seems to have a feel of a later episode to me.

Either way, this is a tough one to sum up. It certainly has a selection of very amusing moments, but I find the plot itself to not be the best, and it just doesn’t appeal to me as much as some stories.

I wasn’t sure about the whole Magnum-married plot at the start, but found myself enjoying it more as it went along. Tom Selleck and his “bride”, Katherine Cannon, certainly share some funny moments, but Cannon’s character is a little TOO grating, and some of it becomes more out-and-out irritating than amusing. And would you believe it – they initially hate each other, but end up kissing! Now who would have seen that one coming (!)

One thing I do like in this episode is Rick and T.C., who by this point in the series were often being used as a double act. Rick dressed up as an Arab, with T.C. as his South African (?) sidekick… who knows what scam they were planning before it all falls through?

There is some great music at the climax of the episode, during the Limousine chase. It’s just so upbeat and thrilling… we generally don’t get such exciting music in TV shows nowadays.

All-in-all, I’m very mixed about this episode, for the reasons I’ve already cited. It has some truly amusing moments, and for the most part is well played, but I just can’t warm to it as much as some of the other episodes of the season. I give it a fair 8 out of 10.

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* Magnum smokes his sixth cigar of the series (yes, I’m still keeping count – I need to get out more!)
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#21 Post by Frodoleader »

In this episode, TM metions when he writes his book, "How to become an ace private investigator". I always thought it was a "world class" private investigator.
Katherine Cannon was actually pretty good in this episode.
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#22 Post by IKnowWhatYoureThinking »

I always thought it was world class private investigator as well. I neve remember him saying ace investigator. I'll have to revisit this one.

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#23 Post by Danno »

Watched this one tonight. Sometimes I wish they'd let Higgins talk- it would be great to have a g & t with Higgins and hear his war stories...

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#24 Post by robspace54 »

I gave this episode an 8 and most appear to agree. Not that great of a story - but opening with the 'wedding' is a shocker. Note that you never hear Magnum say 'I do' as someone from the groom's side blows their nose... Was it Higgins? :D

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#25 Post by All About the Stache »

A pretty clever episode, never saw that twist coming. His "wife" really bugged me though.
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#26 Post by miltontheripper »

I actually liked this episode a great deal. The wedding reception and Rick's hangover the next day cracked me up. Agree with the above comment about calling his book "ace" detective rather than "world class" stood out as strange to me as well. I had never put together that Katherine Cannon had been in the previous season 1 epsiode "thank goodness for little girls and big ones too" interesting. Have to say she's not hard on the eyes but was a bit obnoxious in this episode. Overall I liked it.

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#27 Post by MaiTaiMan »

Don't really care for this one...pretty ridiculous and "dorky". :? This episode, as well as "Two Birds of a Feather" and "Basket Case" are probably my least favorite from season 3.

The wife annoyed the heck out of me, and the whole episode was way too slap-stick for me. :roll: I liked the idea of Magnum faking a marriage to investigate a possible thief in a company. That was interesting and an idea that most shows didn't usually do. But, they didn't do it that seriously...and made it more ridiculous than entertaining. :x

However, as goofy as this sounds, the one thing I found somewhat interesting to watch was towards the end with the limo chase. I love cars, so I liked the idea that they had an old Cadillac limo up against an old Lincoln Limo! But, that's just one little weird quirk I noticed...nothing major or note-worthy. :wink:
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#28 Post by Seaver41 »

decent episode for banter. Plot pretty thin though. Season 3 is quickly running out of gas.

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#29 Post by .45caliber »

I really like this episode, it is very funny. I agree with Island Hopper, Katherine Cannon looks much better in Thank Heaven for Little Girls...
I thought it was so comical how TM wasn't really married yet it was just like a real marriage with the constant nagging and bitchiness, I could totally feel for Thomas. Great episode!

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#30 Post by snp389 »

Pretty cool episode I reckon.

I rate Katherine Cannon. I think she's a babe. I remember her when I was only 9 years old in Battlestar Galactica for one Ep, along with Lance LeGault playing her brother.

It's a crack-up scene at the dinner table when 'Marsha" serves up some sort of a caserole that must be absolutely repugnant. The fact that the sound editors add in the 'fly noises' gives the whole scene a very funny edge.

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