The Jororo Kill (2.13)

[Seaver41]

good episode.........anything with the Intelligence community gets me interested. Tyne Daly drives me nuts......she is not attractive, her voice is annoying, but I can't help but like watching her. She is damn good.

One bone to pick......besides the voice, I did not find Bannister particularly convincing as a female from the shoulders up........the five o'clock shadow still evident........but nevertheless a creepy (in a good way) character.

[Visiting Stewardess]

I enjoyed that one very much.
Although I did not quite get why Tom was playing that tape of that Nam report to her.

I have no subtitles on the opening scene on my DVD (or player). Not having the subtitles forced me to listen to the conversation closely and I noticed that both had quite bad accents!

The transvestite looked convincing, even from the shoulders up. It depends on the camera angle if you can see a 5 o'clock shadow or not. I think he has quite a female face, even dressed as a man. In the opening scene I still thought it was a woman, even when he was wearing that overall.

When Higgins said "Sadly that's the only type of scandal we seem to have" (can't quote it true to the word) this made me laugh out loud! Even when I lived in the UK during the 1990's there were so many sex scandals in UK politics.

[IvanTheTerrible]

Loved this episode!! I gave it a 9.0 - excellent episode!!

The cross-dressing assassin was a cool and freaky idea and Tyne Daly was great as Kate Sullivan. This so far is my 2nd favorite episode of the second season - behind "Memories are Forever". Of course I still have 8 more episodes to see. I do like the darker-themed episodes more than the lighter fluff - although I did find "Ghost Writer" somewhat amusing.

One thing I spotted is that around the 21 or 22 minute mark when Magnum pulls up in his Ferrari to the hotel where Kate and the Jororo delegation are staying (with Zulu from Five-0 as the doorman) if you look up to the balcony in the upper right-hand corner of the screen you will see a bunch of people watching the filming and pointing down at Selleck as he gets out of the Ferrari.

Also I have a question about the scene where Magnum first meets Kate and they go out for a walk on the beach where she tells him why she is in Hawaii. What beach is this? It looks like Waikiki or maybe closer to Kapiolani Park but in the background I see what looks like some little island which I've never seen before. It's very close to shore - a mini-island of sorts. Anyone know?

EDIT: It looks like I just found a screenshot of the mini-island in the "Computer Date" episode screenshots section. Apparently this is right outside the KKC club. But I'm still not sure where this location is. Around Kapiolani Park?

[J.J. Walters]

Waialae Beach Park

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

[IvanTheTerrible]

[Croix de Lorraine]

Is Bannister dubbed by Devon Ericson from 'Tropical Madness'?

[Bes]

Great episode.

[Bes]

[snp389]

Great episode! In the Australian DVD set, there are no subtitles at the beginning.
I love Higgins' line that British intelligence always seems to involve sexual scandals. How true. The pommy spooks are renowned for their homosexual tendencies. About the only saving grace is the fictional James Bond 007.

[snp389]

I've just noticed a FLUB in 2.13 'The Jororo Kill'. At the climax scene where TM shoots 'Bannister', TM is not carrying his usual Colt .45 Auto pistol. He is in fact carrying a Beretta 92 9mm pistol. I can only assume that on the day of filming, the armourer may have had some issues with the usual Colt .45 prop and it's ability to fire blanks. Or the Continuity staff had a brain fart.