The Kona Winds (6.4)

[J.J. Walters]

Check out the spread of sharks teeth T.C. has embedded in a pole at Island Hoppers....

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[IKnowWhatYoureThinking]

I'd hate to see the shark some of those teeth came out of. This was a good episode that had me fooled until the end. I may slow, or either they did an excellent job with the suspense.

[Lt. Cook]

I really liked this one, It sets a cool vibe with his intro about the winds driving even temperate men to do things they wouldn't normally do. Also a cool twist at the end. I thought the scene where TM is caught at home with the wife, and tries to pull of the "I'm an inspector" was great, I could almost feel the tension. Another little touch I appreciated was when TM was trying to find the combo to the safe. The safe is supposed to freeze and sound an alarm if three wrong codes are entered. The typical move in a show would be to go all the way to the third try before finding the right code. In this case, TM gets it on the second try. I liked that they din't follow the expected pattern.

[TankTop44]

I was wondering why Thomas ripped off his shirt to jump in the ocean and save the lady. I didn't think it would add that much weight. However, he jumped in with his shoes on and came out wit bare feet, so the tides must have been strong enoght to rip his shoes off. I enjoyed he episode and loved how they tied nature in with life and choices. I will half to use Rick's philosophy of bogie bogie bogie when dealing with disasters, it seems a much more fun route. It did seem that Magnum had his feelings hurt by this woman, he seemed somewhat misty eyed at the end. Maybe he had fallen in love quickly or perhaps it was just the Kona winds blowing in his eyes!

[jetranger]

Watched this one last night.

Anyone else notice the really poor editing about 15:20mins in when Magnum is kissing Lauren (stunning woman I have to say!!!). Was really noticeable as both actors positioning was quite different.

I did a double take as the editing during this part of the sequence looks like the high school work experience kid was let loose in the editing suite. Never seen anything like that on any other episode.

Great story though......enjoyed seeing Hawaii with some stormy weather (even if it was simulated) for a change.

Have to say the Australian accent from the receptionist was atrocious.....we don't actually sound like that do we?

[lutherhgillis]

Tank,

You may be right about Magnum but I believe his feeling are not hurt from having fallen in love. I believe he is astonished at what a fool he was. This woman marked him out in advance and used him almost all the way to the bank. He was devistated at his own lack of ability to separate his emotions from his logic... or that's how I saw it anyway.

I agree this is a great episode. I love how they use the weather as a metaphor for human emotions... You make some great points in your post.

Cheers.

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[billyshakes]

I just watched this ep. last night with my wife because I just got season 6 and it was one of the highest rated of the episodes on the board. I would have to say we were less than impressed.

She was incensed by the fact that he was just jumping in bed with a married woman. I just thought it was overall cheesy, very predictable plotline, and kind of boring. I agree with some of the others that it is neat to see more of Robin's Nest.

My biggest critique is that it was really a Magnum only episode. Sure, there are others like this but really, TC, Rick, and Higgins were thrown in only as an after thought. TC is ferrying supplies to the island and gets philosophical for 30s but then that is it. Rick has about 30 seconds of "Party, party!" Finally, Higgins is running around the estate trying to prep for the storm but then is never seen from again. Oh yeah, and I like how they randomly show Thomas later in the episode fixing the generator. At least they tried to keep that line going. Nice clean denim shirt and pants but a big swipe of grease on his face, though!

I did dig the Naval Academy shirt that he wears though. Agree about the identity theft issue too. Couldn't believe the secretary just gave out all that info. Different times for sure. Overall, not my fave.

[Jay-Firestorm]

It seems I’m against the majority on this one – I don’t care for this ep much. It is by no means a BAD episode, but just doesn’t appeal to me.

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With a big storm blowing in, Magnum saves a woman from drowning in the surf, and soon the pair engage in an affair. But the woman saw her wealthy, controlling husband kill his business partner, and she fears she is next. Not one of my favourites…

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This episode has it’s fans, but I’m not really amongst them. It’s just one that doesn’t really appeal to me personally.

The story is penned by Producer Chris Abbott-Fish (later credited as just Chris Abbott), and it sums up for me her work on the series and what it started to become – more and more romance-based drama, as opposed to the comedy-drama action-adventures of earlier seasons.

The plot is a very serious one, and (other than Magnum saving Lauren from drowning at the beginning) has no action, nor comedy.

I like the notion that the Kona Winds could make people do strange things, and it pushes Magnum into a dangerous affair from which he would ordinarily stay away.
However, I wonder if the strange effects of the Kona Winds could have somehow led to a comedy b-plot with either Rick or T.C., or would this have spoilt the tone of the episode? I can’t decide.

I enjoyed the first act, with Magnum saving Lauren from drowning, and it seemed to set up great potential from the episode, as he learns that she witnessed her husband murdering his business partner and now fears for her own life. But after that, my interest wanes a bit, and it ends up as one of my lesser favourites of the season.

That said, the climax has a good twist (which I won’t give away here), and the final moments are very well played.

This is by no means a bad episode, but I personally don’t give this one a particularly high rating simply because it is one that does not appeal to me. But I know there are others who love it, and that sums up much of the appeal of ‘Magnum, p.i.’ – there are stories to suit all tastes.

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Other notes, bloopers and misc.:

* During the storm, when Magnum returns inside to find Lauren gone, his t-shirt is wet at the top from the rain – however, in the scenes outside, we saw that his rain mack was protecting him from the rain and his t-shirt didn’t get wet!

* A rare instance – Magnum and T.C. both wear their Da Nang caps in the same scene. The only time this has happened previously is in the fifth season’s ‘Blind Justice’.

* T.C. and Rick only appear in one scene each in this episode.

* On the DVD version, the act breaks of this episode are abridged. I think this is partly what jetranger noticed about the bad editing – it was actually an awkwardly abridged commercial break.

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[MACattack]

I hope Magnum wasn't on his surf-ski when the tsunami hit today!

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[J.J. Walters]

Our friend Pahonu (the guy working on the 3D model of Robin's Nest) has figured out that the scene with Magnum working on the generator actually takes place at the garage of the gatehouse, not the "maintenance wing" of the main house.

The window in the back, lack of base molding on one of the columns, and the scenery behind Higgins as he walks towards Magnum and the generator all point to it being the gatehouse, not the main house. I believe this would make this the only scene filmed at the backside of the gatehouse!

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