Luther Gillis: File #521 (4.2)

[Little Garwood]

Somewhere I posted that I liked one Luther Gillis over the other. Guess I was confused because I'd fogotten that Artie Keanu was in the first two. Anyway, after having seen Luther Gillis: File #521 last night, I can say definitively that the second, The Return of Luther Gillis, is the best of all the Luther episodes.

Can't remember what I voted on this one, but it's a solid [8.0], because I like Luther Gillis--but not for his own show.

Now I love Film Noir/lone wolf detectives as much as anyone, but I felt that this episode would have benefited from NOT having been filmed in "Smear-O-Vision", which seemed to be a late '70s-early '80s technique of invoking nostalgia or the past. We know how much Bellisario loves that stuff, but I'm glad the technique was dropped for subsequent Gillis episodes.

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~Tom Selleck

[Seaver41]

this one always scored well with me. Loved the Luther Gillis character as the guy Magnum didn't want to become......and I'm sure that is one of the primary reasons for introducing him. It especially hits when Luther shows Magnum his book on how to be a private eye, something Magnum has mentioned he will write someday.

Near the end when they cross the street to the car and Magnum tells Luther he will take him to the airport, I could swear the extra walking by the car, a woman, either aborts a wave at Selleck or is signaling someone. It just looked so awkward.

OR maybe it's you flub guys getting in my head.......lol

[Braddah Kimo]

Ever since watching this ep in da eighties, I have always wondered. (and still do to this day, especially as I am watching the movie right now) HOW da heck did they end up giving this character a name so bloody close to "South Pacific"'s almost main character, Luther Billis?!

[snp389]

John Hillerman and Geoffrey Lewis both starred together in Clint Eastwood's classic "High Plains Drifter".

[.45caliber]

Very funny episode. I love the Luther Gillis character. Some funny parts I remember, Luther Gillis slips Magnum a mickey, Luther punches the old lady training with the butler, the jail cell scenes and Luther's thought of the day for Artie, "Be kind to animals, they're supposed to be dumber than us"

[Doc Ibold]

And of course, Scrungo