The Eighth Part of the Village (3.4)

[Pahonu]

Hey Kimo,

Glad to hear you enjoy architecture as well. My point was simply that certain terms are applied to specific architectural styles almost regardless of their location. For example, the various Victorian styles used the word hall to describe a large central room around which the more formal public spaces such as parlors, libraries, etc... would connect. This was true from San Francisco to Boston. The term passage would have been used for what we call a hall. Time also plays a major part in the use of this terminology as well. When the Anderson Estate was built in the 30's, for example the architect might have labeled the primary living space as a drawing room rather than living room, and the term family room was unheard of then.

I'm not surprised at all that other homes have open hallways like this. You guys certainly have the weather for it. Here in SoCal today it was 75 degrees and beautifully clear, but I wouldn't want to be roaming around an open hall tonight when it drops to 42!

Speaking of architects, did you ever confirm Pahonu's? Would the Hall of Records have this information or even blueprints?

[J.J. Walters]

[Seaver41]

very nice episode.........enjoyed watching it again all these years later. Not that you couldn't figure the sister was up to something, but the dead giveaway was in guest house where she just cleaned the place and went out of her way to distract/entice Thomas........but then there was that cliche' tactic of focusing in on her expression once Thomas left her..........just like in the Football episode, they made it obvious who the crazed fan would be. This was a common issue of that era of television. Goes hand in hand with the opening credits listing the big guest star of the week that gives away who will be the focal point of the episode.

[Croix de Lorraine]

In the beginning of the episode, when the girl gets out of the crate, Magnum says: "OK, son". So he's supposed to be a PI (and a red-blooded heterosexual man) and he can't tell a girl from a boy?

[Waterbug Blue]

This was the 80s - things were different back then ...
Men were men (BUT they might be wearing pink), AND
Boys sang like girls (Communards/Never can say goodbye), whereas
Girls cold sing like male voices (Tanita Tikaram/Twist in my sobriety)...

So as you can see, it wasn't all THAT easy

[akela]

An excellent episode -- watched it last night again. My question is -- how were Mioshi and her two hired goons able to stay on the Estate for long with the lads on the watch? This is not something I would have wanted to try. Unless they hid in one of the guest rooms upstairs?

[Netsrak]

Filming location: The apartment building managed by Mrs. Cheever is in Waikiki on the southern corner of Ala Wai Boulevard and Pau Street. The apartment Magnum breaks into is on the Diamond Head side of the building, facing Ala Wai. (From inside the apartment, you can see the lights over the ballfields across the Ala Wai Canal, and you can also see the McCully Street Bridge out the window behind Magnum & TC.)

Look closely in the establishing shot of this location-- 19:14 on the DVD-- and you'll see the Island Hoppers van being driven the wrong way down one-way Pau Street!