Professor Jonathan Higgins (5.13)

[Magnums Little Voice]

A good episode, as Higgin's was in in it alot and he hasnt been for a few episodes!
Shame about the awful british accent of Sally!!
But all in all about 7 out of 10

[IKnowWhatYoureThinking]

Does anyone know if this is where TM met Jillie for the first time?

[golfmobile]

Long story . . . no.

He met her in London while he was there filming "Lassiter." She was performing in "Cats" on the London stage. I would assume she came over to Hawaii for this episode (and for her other brief appearance in another episode) because they were already dating at the time. Or perhaps this episode was written for her at TS' request.

You can probably research this in more detail on the internet but this will give you a starting point. Or someone else here can fill in all the rest of the details.

But this is a short answer to your question.

golf

[SelleckLover]

Yeah, what golf said....!

[Ice_Pick]

Are there any Season 5 episodes with Kenji the gardener in them?

[IKnowWhatYoureThinking]

Thanks Golf! I have always wondered if they had a connection before this was filmed.

[J.J. Walters]

Are there any Season 5 episodes with Kenji the gardener in them?

At the end of "All For One", Kenji the gardener is seen raking the tidal pool beach. Lord help me for knowing that.

[Italian Ice]

Speaking of cars, who pops popcorn in their car???

I liked that scene

[SelleckLover]

Italian Ice wrote:

Speaking of cars, who pops popcorn in their car???

Oh come on! I pop popcorn in my car all the time! I use my Orville Redenbacher A/C Air Popper adapter that fits in my cigarette lighter. You never know when you're going to chance upon a drive-in theater -- and you know how they soak you for poporn in those places! I can use my adapter for my cappuccino maker also -- who needs Starbucks anymore??

And if you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you! I guess that's where the phrase "suspension of disbelief" comes in!

[golfmobile]

I haven't known of anyone else who pops popcorn in his/her car. However, I suppose, had it been one of the Jiffy-Pop aluminum "frying pan" containers instead of cans of cola left in the back of my hatchback car in south Texas, then it might have popped. The cola cans did!

I can't find, on initial Googling, a popcorn popper that runs off the cigarette lighter plug, but I did find a mini-microwave oven that does:

Travel microwave

I suppose this would work if one has a long road trip planned and a jones for popcorn -- or the kiddies do! Could be the answer to someone's prayer.

Personally, I think it would just be easier to buy the bags of already popped popcorn . . . .

golf

[BrettArchibald]

That is a GREAT note N1095A!

So there's Magnum, picking locks incorrectly year after year, until one day, out of the blue, we see him working a lock correctly, with a tension wrench!

"How bizarre, how bizarre"

I registered with this site, quite apart from the fact that I am a big Magnum fan, but also to point out two errors that I have seen here:

Firstly, it *IS* possible to pick a lock with just one hand, ie: the pick in one hand whilst holding the barrel of the lock in the other hand.
It does of course depend on the type/brand and "strength"/security-level of the lock.
Trust me, I know this from personal experience: I was quite a little mischief-maker in my youth, and was almost suspended from school for picking the padlocks on people's lockers and swapping them around with each other!

The second point is to contradict a point made twice on the Episode Guide for this series, where it states:

6 At the very end of the episode, John Hillerman (as Higgins), for a brief sentence, speaks with his normal Texan accent.

and

8 At the very end, during the "Bit of Britain" pub scene, Higgins delivers a line with a Texas (Elmo Ziller) accent. This is also John Hillerman's real accent, as he is a native Texan.

This is *NOT* John Hillerman's real accent, nor is it even a Texan accent. It is *MEANT* to be a common/cockney English accent, ie: emulating his cousin's accent.

Thanks, and I hope to continue to contribute to these forums!

[J.J. Walters]

Thanks for the corrections Brett. I've updated the episode guide.

Welcome to the site!

[BrettArchibald]

Thanks for the corrections Brett. I've updated the episode guide.

Welcome to the site!

Thanks, but I can't see any updates in the Episode Guide. Well, apart from the removal of the duplicate "accent" entry, formerly points 6 and 8, listed in my earlier post.
You still have the accent listed as "Elmo Ziller" Texan though, rather than cockney English...

[N1095A]

....it *IS* possible to pick a lock with just one hand, ie: the pick in one hand whilst holding the barrel of the lock in the other hand.
It does of course depend on the type/brand and "strength"/security-level of the lock.
Trust me, I know this from personal experience: I was quite a little mischief-maker in my youth, and was almost suspended from school for picking the padlocks on people's lockers and swapping them around with each other!

I too have picked padlocks using nothing more than a "pick" usually a paper clip. Beware, MASTER locks are easily picked with a paper clip or anything else that will fit in the key hole. While I suppose it is possible for a really good lock picker to pick a door lock while holding the cylinder with the other hand, time and time again we see TM sticking a pick in a lock, wiggling it around, and then opening the door. Or worse, turning the cylinder with the same pick he used on the tumblers! Holding the door knob doesn't count, it is seperate from the cylinder, and putting tension on the knob won't hold the already picked tumblers open. Tension has to be applied directly to the cylinder whether you use a tension wrench, or holding it with your other hand. As you described, I see it as very awkward trying to hold the cylinder with your thumb, or another finger when it would be so much easier just to use a tension wrench.

[J.J. Walters]

Brett,

My bad. For some reason, I thought it was a little "nod" to Elmo, but in looking at it again, you're right, it's a different accent. I've changed the note again.

Thanks - corections/clarifications are always welcome here... Lord knows I need the help.

Regarding the lock picking, should I change the note to say something like, "... picking a lock with just a pick (without a tension wrench) is impossible for many locks, and very difficult for others"?