All Thieves on Deck (6.15)

J.J. Walters · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:43 pm Post subject: All Thieves on Deck (6.15)

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Original Air Date: 1/30/1986
What begins as a luxury cruise truns into a dangerous adventure when Magnum's assignment is to guard a priceless wooden statuette of a Hawaiian god on it's way to a museum.

Shermy · Resident Clutterbuck Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 322

One problem with Season 6 is that the plots were sometimes more convoluted than really necessary. But here the approach works well, and lends the episode a kind of lightweight, Agatha Christie-vibe.

Unfortunately, this whodunit approach is rendered pointless by the decision to show the killer in the opening scene. If the physical clues weren't a dead giveaway, they even reveal his voice!

But overall, this is a fun episode, thanks mainly to a cast of people who were, at the time, familiar faces: Sarah Douglas (Superman II; Conan the Destroyer), Alan Hale, Jr., Thaao Penghlis (Days of Our Lives; Mission: Impossible). Not one of the series' best, but certainly a highlight of Season 6.

J.J. Walters · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:08 pm Post subject:

Nice review Shermy. Well done. I couldn't agree more.

It's certainly an atypical, light, fun, romp isn't it! It's the Love Boat, but with thieves and murderers, and The Skipper from Gilligan's Island is running around. Shocked

Shermy, you've mentioned a couple of times about how the ending, or denouement, can be so good that it elevates the entire overall opinion of the episode. For me, this episode is another example of that, and may be the best denouement of the entire series! The famous "I Got Him" ending, with TM sipping brandy and smoking a cigar in Higgins' study, while explaining the confusing mystery which just unfolded. (puff cigar) "I Got Him" (smile). Camera turns to reveal he's been talking to the recently injured Apollo. (pet Apollo) "Glad you made it pal". Just an iconic scene, one that only Tom Selleck could make so great. In almost any other actor's hands, this scene just wouldn't be great, or memorable.

"I Got Him"

Interesting anecdote about this episode: The ocean liner that was used for most of the filming of this episode, the SS Constitution, is sitting on the bottom of the pacific ocean. In 1997, it was being towed to an Asian breakers yard, when it began to take on water. They simply cut the line and let it sank, which it finally did almost two weeks later!

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rubber chicken · Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:45 am Post subject:

I really enjoy this episode, although I agree that the killer shouldn't have been seen or heard at the start of the show. Hmm, fat handed killer... I'll have to keep an eye out for the rest of a fat body.

TC has good parts. His straightforward line saying "He's a dog" leaves the Captain to awkwardly wonder if Apollo really is a dog or if he's a reprehensible person.

Frodoleader · Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:49 am Post subject:

Watched this episode last night. It was cool to see the Skipper. It also reminded me that Sarah Douglas was always one of my favorites from the '80's. Does anyone remember her work in the sci-fi mini series "V"?
The gum chewing blonde seemed very familaier to me also.

Apollo · Lieutenant Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Posts: 22 Location: GA

I got curious about Shelley Smith who played Peggy Armbruster. Turns out she quit acting in the 90's and became a family therapist in LA and runs a human egg donor program. www.eggdonation.com

J.J. Walters · Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject:

Here's more evidence that I can't find my way out of a paper bag. This is the house where Magnum finds the dead body of Phillipe Dumout....

Magnum enters the house from the ocean side, where we can see Rabbit Island in the background...

... so it's gotta be somewhere in, or near, Waimanalo Beach. Looking up and down the coast of this area in Google Maps, I simply CAN NOT find it! RC, I don't know how you do it, but it's impressive!

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IslandHopper · Master Flub Spotter Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 729

J.J. Walters · Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:35 am Post subject:

Yeah, that's what makes this so pathetic for me. Even with narrowing down the location with an obvious "marker" like Rabbit Island, I still can't find it in Google Maps! I seem to have this problem a lot! Embarassed

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IslandHopper · Master Flub Spotter Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 729

Duh...Sorry James, I didn't realize you had already mentioned that Rabbit Island was in the background. Embarassed

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