I've never seen either Big Wednesday or Mr. Majestyk, but it's funny to see that Jan Michael Vincent was in The Mechanic with Bronson as well (excellent film). I guess Lee and Jan switched off there! Pretty neat. I'm a huge Bronson fan, so I don't know why I haven't seen it yet.

I actually like this episode for a few reasons:

1. The philosophical debates concerning living for causes; animal rights; corrupt governments paying no attention to starving people; the Vietnam war. It slowed the episode down, but gave food for thought.

2. Seeing Brock Peters (who played Tom Robinson on To Kill A Mockingbird; my favorite movie) playing the part of President Kole. He was also on the Young and Restless for many years.

3. Seeing a young Michael W. Perry (who still has the #1 radio show in the mornings here in Hawaii) playing a small part as the reporter interviewing Mr. Wanda. Today Michael W. Perry's hair is completely white: http://saturdaybriefing.outrigger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/perry-price-2.jpg

One minor flub (if you can call it that) is the subtitles say that "Gloria" is speaking when Goldie is trying to warn the President about the danger on the ship.

The one thing I didn't like was that it seemed the bad guys never got caught. Well, I guess not all episodes need to be wrapped up neatly.

Okay...I don't know if this has been mentioned before (as I did not take the time to read all of the previous comments/reviews), but I doubt it has.

But, for those who are fans of and/or have watched episodes of the popular 1970's Superhero series "Wonder Woman" (starring Lynda Carter)...you will recall an episode during last season called "The Deadly Dolphin" (1978).

This episode of "Magnum" is almost identical to the "Wonder Woman" episode! In "Wonder Woman" there's this trained dolphin that is kidnapped to use to blow up a boat...complete with the bomb being strapped to the dolphin and it might be killed during the operation. Wonder Woman of course swims in the ocean to try and help save the dolphin...Magnum and T.C. swim to try and find the dolphin in this episode! Maybe all dolphins sound the same...but even some of the noises and "talkings" the dolphin makes in this "Magnum" episode are identical, and sound like the exact same ones, used in the "Wonder Woman" episode.

Of course at the end of "Wonder Woman" the dolphin is saved and the bad guys caught..."Magnum" follows suit! I swear the writers of this "Magnum" episode literally stole the script/plot idea of the "Wonder Woman" episode!

Other than that, this "Magnum" episode is kind of silly, over-the-top, and annoying! After the superb 2-part premiere "Deja Vu"..."Old Acquaintance" was kind of a disappointment.

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MaiTaiMan,

Not only was there a "Wonder Woman" episode with the same plot, but also there was a movie back in the 1970s -- "Day of the Dolphin" -- in which dolphins were kidnapped by an extremist group to use them to assassinate the President of the United States.

LMAO!!

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Were they trained to blow the president up in the ocean? Maybe this was a popular "theme" in the 70's...as I do know dolphins are very intelligent and I believe the military has trained them for certain things in the past.

It just seemed that both "WW" and "MPI" were a little outlandish and "silly" with the episodes they came up with--and both were almost identical.



LOL! Yes, it was somewhat humorous...actually I found both the "Magnum" and "Wonder Woman" episodes to be rather funny and over-the-top. But at least we didn't have Magnum in tights! However, Wonder Woman in her costume driving a red Ferrari would be rather "hot" in my opinion!

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MaiTaiMan, I don't know the exact plot but I think basically, yes, a menacing organization wanted to use the dolphins to blow up the President in the ocean. Anyway, in that movie, the dolphins and humans actually talked to one another! If you want to see the final scene, it is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Mx_c3d ... re=related

I guess all three "WW" and "MPI" and "DOD" episodes were outlandish and silly -- and almost identical!

Well, Wonder Woman could supposedly communicate with all animals...so she was able to speak to the dolphin to get it to stop and turn around. However, Magnum was not able to talk to the dolphin in his episode.

But, much to Flipper's dismay all these "dolphin" episodes are pretty silly and outlandish...not exactly the writers' best.

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I wonder if anything came before The Day of the Dolphin? Maybe Flipper had a bomb strapped on him in the '60s?

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LOL!! That would have made for an interesting episode of "Flipper"! It actually would have been considered one of the more serious or "wild" episodes of that show...but they would have never filmed it. "Flipper" was more like the "Mr. Ed" of the ocean.

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