In a "Pickup truck" ?

This episode had no point to it. It made as much sense as Obama's health care reform!

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I just don't give a damn!

Really, MAC, you're going there?

Yeah, I'm still goin there!

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I just don't give a damn!

When this was shown on DMAX there was a definite cut between Magnum realising that Dick's wife was about to kill herself in the building away from the main house and him comforting her after he stops her doing this.

What happens in between and why was it cut out ?

Not the worst episode, but not the best. I found it to be rather predictable, but aside from that it was okay. What it wasn't however, was memorable.

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"Burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me."

I gave this one [8.0] despite knowing everything that was going to happen ahead of time, something I've experienced frequently now that I've had the chance to run through the second season. As soon as I heard it was Moe Keale's voice under the stocking mask after having seen his picture with Dick McWilliams, I figured everything out immediately.

The Dick McWilliams character was severely underdeveloped--and underplayed--he had potential, though there's something about Guy Stockwell's performance I didn't like...don't know why, maybe it was the fact that he was so underwritten.

It's nice to see more Hawaii Five-O alumni here, as well. Irene Yah-Ling Sun looked absolutely gorgeous here. A look at her IMDB profile photo further proves that she's aged gracefully and has retained her beauty; I think I'm in love, guys!

After having watched countless hours of 1960s and '70s detective shows, many of Magnum's plots (and direction, camerwork, etc) during this second season are paper-thin and rather pedestrian by comparison. I don't watch any other 1980s shows, so magnum's my only show in this regard. Thankfully, things would improve, though I'm still getting as kick out of seeing this, a rather "lost" season for me outside of four or five shows. Still, MPI had already found itself by this time, despite Higgins not getting as much screen time as I would have thought.

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"Popularity is the pocket change of history."

~Tom Selleck

I completely agree with J.J. Walters...this is one of my least favorites, along with "Billy Joe Bob", of season 2. It seemed very "choppy" and sort of just thrown together at the last moment. Bizarre plot and even though I thought the woman who played Mitsu was a good actress, the bad script and dialogue still ruined it.

Guy Stockwell was just this fat, loud-mouthed drunk too...whatever! I can't stand people like that, so his character irritated the crap out of me. He played almost the exact same role a few years later while guest-starring on a "Murder She Wrote" episode. I couldn't stand him in that episode either.

However, I always love the odes and references to "Hawaii Five-0" and McGarrett! Throughout the first 3 seasons, or so, "Magnum" did make occasional references to the old "Five-0" show and the supposed Hawaii state police force. At one point producers of "Magnum" tried to get Jack Lord to make a few guest appearances as McGarrett again...but Lord refused.

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"It was more ironic than a Robin Masters novel--she thought he was dead, he thought she was dead...and only the chauffeur knew the truth! He should have been the butler!" "Lest We Forget"

The 'McGarrett' drop by TC was funny. The episode I found better than Mad Buck that I had just watched the night before so maybe going from no villain/mystery to just that made this episode seem better than it was. It was a rather routine by the numbers cop procedural drama. The episode was saved by the Higgins/Magnum beach scene and seeing TM defeat the 'ninja'. How obvious was it that he would eventually do battle when they introduced the father?

Enjoyable episode, but no classic. The Higgins-Magnum beach scene, TC and Magnum's chopper interplay and Rick's hilarious final punchline all make it worthwhile.