Sinjin already was the best beach volleyball player in the world when this episode aired. I was playing at the time and I remember the beach being abuzz because Sinjin was on Magnum!

More trivia for you... On the other side of the net is Sinjin's brother Andrew Smith, nowhere near as good a player as Sinjin but he did win a few opens in his day. He was also a Ralph Lauren model. The fourth player I believe is Jon Anderson who was Hawaii's best player at the time. They were playing on the Outrigger Canoe Club court and it looks like they were really playing a game and not just staging something for the camera - I'm sure Selleck insisted, after all, it's not everyday you get to partner with Sinjin Smith! Probably also why they showed stills from the game during the credits.

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TM: Hey Henry, how about a little one-on-one?
HL: One-on-one with who?
TM: With me.
HL: Oh come on, you gotta be kidding.

Great info Henry! Thanks! I wondered who those others guys were.



Thanks for the clarification. For some reason, I thought Sinjin was still a couple years away from being #1 (in 1982). I see now that I was wrong. The guy had a heck of a career, that's for sure!

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Possible credit flub.

I posted the first picture two years ago.The pic on the left side is Sgt Ardi Maioho taken from the Starbulletin,on the right is Sylvia the street merchant from the episode...Ardi is credited as Sylvia.

This second photo is Julia Nickson-Soul ,she also appears in this episode,credited as Carla,Rose's henchwoman.

In the third photo,I've combined the photos.......It's my belief that Julia played the role of Sylvia.If the credits are correct the photos match vertically.....What say you?

Sam, I was incorrect in our PM. The in-episode credits are correct - Julia Nickson is "Carla", (Sgt.) Ardi Maioho is "Sylvia". The IMDb is incorrect in that Carla is not "Rose's Henchwoman", Sylvia is! Conversely, Sylvia is not the street merchant, Carla is! Not sure why the IMDb added "Rose's Henchwoman" to the end of "Carla", as the in-episode credits only name "Carla".

What's confusing is that neither Carla or Sylvia are addressed by their name in the episode, and Julia Nickson looks like she could be either character! What gave it away for me was the size and build of Rose's brunette henchwoman (hehe, love that word "henchwoman"). The actress who plays the brunette henchwoman is shorter and stockier than Ms. Julia Nickson. The body shape of the actress who plays the street merchant is much more in line with Julia Nickson.



Julia Nickson in "Three Minus Two":



I've corrected the credits on the various pages (Video, Classic Scenes, etc.)

Thanks for pointing this out Sam!

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Okay,thanks James,now it makes sense..

So the correct match is left to right.

You were right Doc Ibold.

Wait.... I was right on which topic?

Doesn`t matter Doc - you`re mostly right

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I'm so confused.....

I chuckled at this episode. Daisy is from Cincinnati, Ohio (since I live there) and I have no idea how she developed that accent in Ohio. Must have been a transplant!

I'd forgotten that Annie Potts played in this episode and we finally get to to see Bob Minor (Rose). Poor TM gets a whoopin but he gets revenge later and not a nail was broken.

I think that this episode had too many red herrings dragged through it. The blackmail, hot goods, an unexplained drowning (was he pushed, did he jump, or did his paramour clout him over the head?), Daisy as a detective... all of which is a bit jammed togther by TM wandering through it.

Rob

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I really enjoyed this episode, not because of the story, which was confusing, but because of Annie Potts. She was very cute and funny, and had great chemistry with Tom Selleck. Their comical interactions were great!

I wished she had had a recurring role on the show, since she was a private investigator wannabe and there would have been a lot of opportunities for her to appear. But I guess this was more of a "guys" show, about Magnum and the other guys.