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J.J. Walters
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Carol the Dabbler
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For those who are worried that Magnum & Cynthia never got the chance to see where their relationship could go -- how do we know that they never did? At the end of this episode, they make tentative plans to visit each other again, so I'd like to think that they were finally able to make an informed decision on the matter. Due to their busy, rather unpredictable lives, however this could easily have taken a year or so of occasional visits -- by which time Magnum had decided to re-up and settle down with his young daughter. Depending on Cynthia's feelings about motherhood, there could very well have been a new Mrs. Magnum at some point after "Resolutions."
Overall, this seemed to me like two fairly thin episodes arbitrarily glued together. I'd rather have seen each one fleshed out into a more satisfying story in itself.
James, a picky correction to Episode Note 7: the girl didn't offer TM half of her sandwich, she asked him for half of his (which he apparently gave her).
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| Jaybird wrote: | | Pretty good episode but with a strange ending. Dana Delaney returns and she and TM have an uncomfortable time. I am disappointed that his engagement to her never went anywhere....or did it? |
Yes I quite liked her and the story line in LA - but in this episode both she and the plot line with her were very awkward, forced and just generally uncomfortable. Perhaps that's why they didn't bring her back in the series finale and instead had Linda Lee Ellison reprise her role from 'Forty.'
Though if memory serves me correctly, the series finale and the story line with Linda Lee was also a bit forced, jumpy and odd? I guess the writers wanted to finish with TM staying single and focusing for now on his relationship with his daughter. I like it that way, but I do wonder why they then decided to put these forced relationship scenarios into a few episodes?
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| This is a funny one! I loved that Thomas tells us the story while in the airport coffee shop and that he tries to keep his proposal to Cynthia a secret from the guys. I always wondered why was Higgins so thrilled that Thomas was possibly getting married? Did he think they would get married and leave the estate or that they would stay at the estate and he liked the idea of having a woman live there? As far as bringing back Cynthia for the finale, I bet they wanted to, but by then she had been cast as Colleen McMurphy on China Beach (another 80s show I watched) on a different network (ABC).
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| I'm glad they didn't bring her in for the finale. This episode was awkward enough.
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J.J. Walters
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Frodoleader
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I've been a fan since the first time I saw the "L.A." episode!!
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nha trang
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| Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 8:12 pm Post subject: Loved it |
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This was a really good Magnum episode...I mean to me it is little wackiness like this that makes MPI what it is!
Yes, Magnum running in an impromptu marathon, hijacking a scooter years before dumb and dumber lol...escaping into the "jungle" tied to a kitchen chair...and through it all Magnum doing his best to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune to make it back to see his lady before she leaves...
and of course, the beaten up but not beaten TSM narrating it all to us over his cup of airport coffee, alone...
And again the camaraderie of his good friends to run interference for him!
rated it 9.5
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| The guy coming home to find Magnum in his house and shooting him, was Clarence Maki. famous surfer and Waikiki beachboy. I interviewed him for one of my Youtube segments. Really nice guy.
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