Season 3 General Discussion

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#16 Post by Little Voice in Your Head »

Once upon a time in America we had good television.

This seems like as good a place as any to reminisce about the series in general and address Season 3 in particular. I watched most of Magnum, PI in its original run and remember it being one of the greatest shows in television history, but I only caught the occasional episode here and there over the years. Then, this year, my kids got me the complete series on DVD and I've been sort of binging on it when I can.

Watching the first two seasons I found myself thinking it's a pretty good show, but it's not as special as I remembered -- then I got to Season Three and wow! - this is a really good series!

At some point I'll have to rant about continuity issues, or the fact the writers/producers didn't know anything about the Navy (or the military in general), but for now I'm just trying to put all that out of my mind and enjoy.

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#17 Post by Ivan »

Season 3 is one of the best, if not the best, of the entire season. It’s solid from first to last.

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#18 Post by ZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan) »

While I would agree that season 3 is probably the best (mostly due to "Did You See the Sunrise?") I wouldn't say it's head and shoulders above seasons 1 and 2, which I think a previous poster seemed to suggest. If you ask me I think the show hit it out of the park right at the start with the pilot (which I think was a pretty WOW episode in its own right) and then season 2 had another WOW episode with "Memories are Forever" but even aside from those 2 episodes I think the first 2 seasons had plenty of great episodes and overall were just great entertainment. I don't think season 3 raised the bar that much higher than the first 2 seasons already did. Plus S3 wasn't spared from a few mediocre episodes either, same as the previous 2 seasons.

So I think S3 rode the wave that was already established by S1 and S2, while giving us probably the best MPI episode of them all - "Sunrise".

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It's hard for me to rank them, but I agree that season 3 is very good, and I also agree with Ivan about the pilot -- as I have previously stated, the opening scenes are some of my favorites in the entire series.

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#20 Post by Ivan »

The weak show in S3 for me is Two Birds of a Feather. But otherwise it’s great. I love S1 and 2, but 3 has some great Higgins-Thomas banter…. Even with the crazy parrot Merlin getting killed in TVs helicopter episode (birdman of Budapest) which I like btw.

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#21 Post by ZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan) »

Ivan wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 3:44 pm The weak show in S3 for me is Two Birds of a Feather. But otherwise it’s great. I love S1 and 2, but 3 has some great Higgins-Thomas banter…. Even with the crazy parrot Merlin getting killed in TVs helicopter episode (birdman of Budapest) which I like btw.
Oh I really like the Merlin episode too! :lol: "Birdman of Budapest" is a very good episode, with Sylvia Sydney absolutely hilarious as she gets on Higgins very last nerves! The poor chap has never looked so exasperated. Can't help but feel sorry for him here. Plus the twist with her is VERY GOOD! And on top of that you get Dr. No here as well. :)

But then there's "Two Birds of a Feather" and especially "Mixed Doubles" which are just not good at all (aside from the plane in the tidal pool in the former). Also not too crazy about "Basket Case", "Legacy from a Friend", and "I Do?". So I wouldn't exactly say that S3 was flawless. Actually not too crazy about "Almost Home" or "Ki'is Don't Lie" either.

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ZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan) wrote: Fri Jul 15, 2022 4:33 pm Actually not too crazy about "Almost Home" or "Ki'is Don't Lie" either.
Yeah, S3 def not flawless, but Ki'is dont lie is high on my list as I remember seeing it originally and I thinking it was really cool to see characters from another show I liked being on another TV show. Crossovers like that seem so "80s" now!

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