Almost Home (3.11)

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#41 Post by marlboro »

While watching "The Sixth Position" I was hoping that Magnum would have said "You walk like a DUCK!...and, by the way - did you see the sun rise? BOOM" Which is probably not what the writers had in mind.


I think it's important that the "annoying" actress/actor actually also be kind of likeable at the same time they are driving the protagonist up the wall. Higgin's is a great example of this type of character. Or Lucille Ball. I Love Lucy doesn't work if the audience hates Lucy.
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marlboro wrote:While watching "The Sixth Position" position I was hoping that Magnum would have said "You walk like a DUCK!...and, by the way - did you see the sun rise? BOOM" Which is probably not what the writers had in mind.
LMAO! :)

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A great episode. Very original plot.

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#44 Post by Sir Fearing »

I love Magnums face when Bridget puts her fathers ashes on the table! :lol:
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miltontheripper wrote:This one was pretty average for me, although I liked Kathleen Lloyds first appearance. It was interesting to have a focus on Pear Harbor and I didn't think it was a bad episode, just not that great either.

I agree completely! Question, is this the first Agatha appearance? I know Gillian Dobb is in the Elmo Ziller story as a hostess of the private club that Higgy vacations at, but I'm not remembering if I've seen her as Agatha before this? I could be way off as I have been jumping to episodes from many different seasons and not watching in order but does anyone know? I thought this was a pretty average episode overall but by no means a bad one. I see it mentioned in other posts that Kathleen Lloyd was really attractive in this episode, MUCH more so than when she reappears later as Carol Baldwin. I have to say that I was thinking this the entire episode, she really looked hot!! Not sure what the difference was there but had to point it out. Something else I noticed, as the show progressed it seemed like the tension between Higgins and Magnum decreased (meaning Higgins was increasingly less hard on TM and they seemed to gain a mutual friendship and respect for each other). Did it seem to anyone else that this episode seemed to slip back almost to the beginning of the show when Higgins was EXTREMELY hard on Magnum and very negative towards him? Maybe it's just me but I thought so. The highlight for me is the hot cross buns scene, hilarious!!!

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J.J. Walters wrote:Sam spotted this one...

Gabriel Aio (Kimo) is a career criminal. He has served time for armed robbery (1965), felony burglary (1974), and conspiracy to commit money laundering (2002 - in connection with a large-scale Chinatown gambling operation). Aio also appeared as "Little Tony" in two Luther Gillis episodes ("File #521" and "The Return of Luther Gillis").

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This is the third guy connected to organized crime to appear on the show! :shock:

Great piece of info, wow! This guy was an absolute beast, I figured football player rather than career criminal but it is what it is :) Who were the other two?

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Milton Collins wrote:Who were the other two?
Lenny Montana (Italian Ice), pro wrestler and enforcer for the Colombo crime family. Played Luca Brasi in The Godfather.

Michael Spilotro (Thicker than Blood), associate of Chicago's La Cosa Nostra organized crime organization ("The Outfit") with his brother Anthony "Tony the Ant" Spilotro. Joe Pesci's character in Casino was based on "Tony the Ant".

You could also toss in Leo Gordon (The People vs. Orville Wright) who served time in San Quentin for armed robbery as a young man (but later turned his life around and appeared in many films and TV shows, and was also a novelist and screenwriter).
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I had no idea about Leo Gordon.

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J.J. Walters wrote:
Milton Collins wrote:Who were the other two?
Lenny Montana (Italian Ice), pro wrestler and enforcer for the Colombo crime family. Played Luca Brasi in The Godfather.

Michael Spilotro (Thicker than Blood), associate of Chicago's La Cosa Nostra organized crime organization ("The Outfit") with his brother Anthony "Tony the Ant" Spilotro. Joe Pesci's character in Casino was based on "Tony the Ant".

You could also toss in Leo Gordon (The People vs. Orville Wright) who served time in San Quentin for armed robbery as a young man (but later turned his life around and appeared in many films and TV shows, and was also a novelist and screenwriter).

Which character did Leo Gordon play? His IMDB has no picture. And Michael Spilotro was the young guy who TC saved in Thicker than Blood correct? Just curious, thanks!

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Milton Collins wrote:Which character did Leo Gordon play? His IMDB has no picture. And Michael Spilotro was the young guy who TC saved in Thicker than Blood correct? Just curious, thanks!
Leo Gordon played a mobster.

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Michael Spilotro, amusingly, played a federal marshal. He was only in a couple of brief scenes. He came from the same Chicago neighborhood as Larry Manetti.

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I’ll also go along with the consensus that Kathleen Lloyd was much sexier in this role than she ever was as Carol Baldwin. Never really cared for that character. Also liked seeing Agatha and Maggie in this episode, before they would really become semi-regulars later in the show run.

Good episode, gave it a 9. I always like the episodes dealing with WW2 and what had transpired to those who had lived through it. Those who are watching MPI for the first time need to remember that this was taking place in the early 80’s, when there was still plenty of people from that era still around and were only in their late 50’s and 60’s. Hard to believe but the youngest of the WW2 who are still with us are pushing 90.

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EZiller wrote:I’ll also go along with the consensus that Kathleen Lloyd was much sexier in this role than she ever was as Carol Baldwin. Never really cared for that character. Also liked seeing Agatha and Maggie in this episode, before they would really become semi-regulars later in the show run.

Good episode, gave it a 9. I always like the episodes dealing with WW2 and what had transpired to those who had lived through it. Those who are watching MPI for the first time need to remember that this was taking place in the early 80’s, when there was still plenty of people from that era still around and were only in their late 50’s and 60’s. Hard to believe but the youngest of the WW2 who are still with us are pushing 90.
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I liked any show that paid respects to the attack on Pearl Harbor since it is an important part of history and the Navy and I think Kathleen Lloyd showed how she can play different roles from a prosecutor. I liked her as both.

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J.J. Walters wrote:Indeed Steve, indeed! :)

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Jay-Firestorm wrote: * When Magnum gets a drink from the drinks machine, notice how the ‘Coke’ logo has been covered up with a large white panel.
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Milo Minderbinder wrote: Also thought it was funny in the opening scene with Agatha using a Sawzall like a jigsaw. Not sure if that was intended, as if meaning she wouldn't know she was using the wrong type of saw, or if they just handed her whatever was handy from the set.
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ConchRepublican wrote:An example of the little things I think make this show so good . . .

At the end, when they are interring Bridget's father with his shipmates on the Arizona and they are all standing on the boat you can see Magnum standing at military attention. To me, the attention to his character as a former Naval Officer, even when more part of the background of the scene than the focus, shows how everyone understood the little things that complete the picture.
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Croix de Lorraine wrote:Kathleen Lloyd is much sexier here than she is as Carol. They made her too frumpy.
Milton Collins wrote:I see it mentioned in other posts that Kathleen Lloyd was really attractive in this episode, MUCH more so than when she reappears later as Carol Baldwin. I have to say that I was thinking this the entire episode, she really looked hot!! Not sure what the difference was there but had to point it out.
EZiller wrote:I’ll also go along with the consensus that Kathleen Lloyd was much sexier in this role than she ever was as Carol Baldwin. Never really cared for that character.
Yeah, i never liked her ass Carol in the later seasons too, she was more gray and kinda irritating, but in this episode i quite liked her. Despite the fact that she was irritating in this one too.

Sir Fearing wrote:I love Magnums face when Bridget puts her fathers ashes on the table! :lol:
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I remember Robin Masters had a Nikon camera in the first season, in the last episode of the season two (Three Minus Two) he had a Hasselblad (T.C. was using it) and in this episode Higgins has camera with a Cannon band:

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Coops present: check:

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Clearly Rick's double:

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Season 3 Top up to this episode:

1. Black on White
2-3. Did You See the Sunrise?
4. Flashback
5. The Eighth Part of the Village
6. Past Tense
7. Almost Home
8. Ki'i's Don't Lie
9. Mixed Doubles
10. Mr. White Death
11. Foiled Again

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karolis wrote:
Jay-Firestorm wrote: * When Magnum gets a drink from the drinks machine, notice how the ‘Coke’ logo has been covered up with a large white panel.
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But you can still see the logos on the individual buttons. Ha!
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