Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too (1.4)

[J.J. Walters]

This is the official MM thread for Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too (1.4). All discussions and reviews for this episode should go here. If you wish to rate the episode, please do so with the poll. The avg. score will be the official 'community rating', which will be used on the episode page (updated monthly).

This thread is also linked in the episode page of the Episode Guide.

Original Air Date: 12/25/1980
It's Christmas and five young schoolgirls hire Magnum to find their missing teacher. When Magnum convinces Higgins to let the girls stay on the Masters Estate, he is unwittingly deceived in a scam to steal a valuable painting recently purchased by Robin Masters.

[J.J. Walters]

Whoa, the show starts off with a huge bang with the Pilot Movie and China Doll and then dives right into this almost-painful-to-watch episode, with Magnum babysitting a bunch of spoiled little girls!

On the one hand though, this early episode brought a sense of the "unexpected" to show. The series wasn't just a gritty, action-oriented show that was seen in the first two episodes. It could be goofy. It could be comedic (or at least attempt to be). It will have whole plots revolving around haughty rich kids! Be prepared for ANYTHING on this show. I love that.

The episode does have a couple of highlights, however. Katherine Cannon is always fun to watch (if you know what I mean). We get to see a very young Lauri Hendler, who will later have a successful Hollywood career. There are some cool shots of the estate's rarely seen wine cellar, and the Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium. And who could forget that great line the one little girl says, "You shouldn't be punished for your passion".

Still, a pretty weak episode IMHO. But a weak MPI episode is better than 90% of the stuff out there, right!

_________________
Higgins: It's not a scratch! It's a bloody gouge!

[Doc Ibold]

James, while I will agree with you, this episode has two things that bring it it from a 4/10 to a 7/10 in my opinion

#1 with Higgins being called "Huggins" several times and how annoyed (I was going to use a different choice of words, but we have to keep it clean for the kids) he gets when the little girl calls him that.

#2 Higgins yelling "OUTRAGEOUS!" while stamping his feet and his hands dead at his sides when TC puts him on the balcony. This, to me, was the precursor to "OH....MY....GOD!"

Yes, the plot is weak, yes the villian sweats like a fiend, and yes, TC ends up looking for Macho Leis. HOWEVER, due to the two above instances, I will put this on my soapbox of subpar episodes that I will defend to any extreme (along with "One More Summer" and "Birdman of Budapest")

[J.J. Walters]

[Shermy]

For me, the highlight of this episode is when Magnum cons TC into tracking down clues with him. I particularly love their getaway when TC asks why he set the alarm on the ferrari and Magnum replies, "Why did I set the alarm?! LOOK at where we parked!!"

I also like the closing credits, with 12 Days of Christmas providing a nice touch.

[IslandHopper]

[J.J. Walters]

[Doc Ibold]

AWESOME!

Question, is there anyway I can get a video of the "Oh My God".

I want to say that "Italian Ice" has a good one when the Ferrari is scratched.

I'd love to have something internally at my job that I can send around when I get a ridiculous request.

(no presssure and you don't have to do it if you want).

Thanks James!

I guess this should have been a PM, but oh well....

[golfmobile]

Doc,

If you want a video "Oh My God!" -- you might want to consider the one from "40 Years from Sand Island" when TM lets Higgins' wheel chair loose and it's rolling down the lawn with Higgins' screaming OMG! I could probably make a video of this for you, if you want it.

golf

_________________
"Portside, buddy."

[Doc Ibold]

Hmmm, possibly.

My thought is of him reacting so something ridiculous that just happened.

I think him rolling down the hill is more a terrified OMG than a "Magnum I will beat you if I could" OMG.