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J.J. Walters
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Doc Ibold
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I do know by "Resolutions 2", that either Zeus or Apollo is MUCH thicker than the other.
Its like the shoulders are splayed or something.
Wish I had a screen grab...
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IslandHopper
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:09 am Post subject: |
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This was a middle-of-the-road episode for me. However, like every episode, it had several memorable scenes. The final scene with Mac was very good.
Agatha feels jilted when she overheard Rick reveal that Higgins dumped her to go to the grand opening of the Night club, Stage West. Poor Agatha has been getting rejected by Higgins for years ("Echoes Of The Mind"), so why does she keep doing this to herself?
In response to Carol’s question “Have you ever considered that maybe, just maybe, she likes Jonathon?“ Magnum implies that Higgins is a U.S. citizen when he says “Yes, I’ve also considered that she (Rosita) may be trying to get her ‘Green-Card’ the easy way (by marriage).” I’m sure Higgins would never give up his UK citizenship, so he would be a dual citizen (UK & U.S.A.).
What happened to HPD? Diana (Amy Yasbeck), Magnum’s police officer girlfriend is apparently with the “State Police” and not the Honolulu Police Department according to the shoulder patch on her uniform. This is the first time I recall seeing someone from the “State Police” on the show.
Is that a new cap Magnum is wearing during the final scene?
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VM02
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:55 am Post subject: |
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| I agree with Island Hopper that this was a middle of the road episode. Somewhere on these boards, though, someone mentioned that taken as a three pack with Limbo and Infinity, it becomes a better episode. With this I concur and so I voted it a bit higher than middle of the road. The Higgins scenes are a bit disconcerting though. The best scene is when he drop kicks the priest.
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Doc Ibold
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject: Re: SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!! |
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| Doc Ibold wrote: | So, in my 5 hour Magnum marathon last night, I watched this episode.
At first I thought a "Magnum/Higgins" role reversal - AWESOME.
Started watching the episode and I kind of felt it was lacking and not what I thought it was going to be and got pretty annoyed.
Exploding Macs, psychologists, made it kind of BLEH for me.
HOWEVER, the last 10 minutes were classic Magnum and to me, and epitomized what the show was about - true friendship.
Each of the gang was reacting differently to Magnum's coma.
Magnum -heeding the psychologists advice and "growing up"
Higgins - becoming Magnum
TC - Hovering about Magnum constantly (which I believe came from Ricks berating of him in "Infinity and Jelly Doughnuts")
But wait, there actually was a role reversal in that point, because in "IAJD", RICK was the hoverer and TC hung back. In "PP", TC hovered, and Rick hung back.
Fascinating....
OK, back to topic,
Rick - getting culture.
And FINALLY at the end, when the 4 of them are sitting around, they disclose that they all did it because they were worried/affected by Magnum's coma, and I think FINALLY get over the events in "Limbo" and went back to their normal selves.
Whats cool is that "Limbo", "Infinity and Jelly Doughnuts" and "Pleasure Principle are all like one 3 hour movie. I like how they had the coma scenario play across all three, and they didn't treat it like some one off incident but more like the events os "Echoes of the Mind"/"Macs Back").
I also liked how when Magnum finally banished the hallucination of Mac, Mac told him that was all he wanted.
I THEN watched it with the commentary and was psyched because what I took away from the episode was pretty much how the writers intended to be.
Some key takeaways for me (over the 3 episodes....
1) From "I.A.J.D.", my take of Frank Peterson as a "jackhole" still rings true.
2) Apparently "Conga" was the only Latin song in 1988 since they played it like 4 times throughout the episode.
3) Higgins can bust a move, and has added another weapon to his arsenal - "The Dropkick of Devastation".
4) Higgins was so happy when Magnum came out of the coma. I thought he would start skipping or something! (But clearly that shows JH's range as an actor) |
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rubber chicken
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lutherhgillis
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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I suppose this was a so-so episode. I do give them credit for dealing with Magnum's coma and recovery instead of going back to normal too quickly. He was understandably shaken by it as well he should have been. I love the way he changes into a responsible person and Higgins wigs out into a loafer.
It was also cool how they led us to believe there was a villan in the story even there there was not.
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arri
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| way over the top, too much cheese. The "one eye" thing was annoying. The exploding Macs and stuff was mind numbing, Doctor Pateint relationships, Higgins disco dancing....ehhh ...I want my 19.00 back for buying the enitre season and having this show on it. It's no wonder why they were type cast and didn't do much after MPI
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Paniolo
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| What's up with the tiki-torch sized flames jetting up from the votive wedding candles??? LOL
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Jaybird
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Thoroughly enjoyable. I loved the role reversals. John Hillerman is truly a great actor!
The characters are maturing as they age. The brush with death is life changing for TM.
All in all, a very good and watchable episode.
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