I wonder...Why didn't Magnums step father adopt him when he married Magnums mom? He must not have because Tom didn't take his last name, which would have been what? (yes I know, but do you?)
Because Peterson, PI would have made for a very alliterative title for the show?
Because young Thomas was very attached to his daddy and had a sense of family?
Because he never really liked Frank too much?
We'll probably never know...
I'm not sure it was ever mentioned but how old was Magnum when his mom remarried? If he was a teen or older, he probably just opted to keep his own name. Plus, yeah, the stepdad was a jerk!
Always wished they'd wrote more about Magnum and Tommy...would like to see how Magnum was as a step brother. Wished he had spoke more about him other than than one episode really.
Sure Tommy didn't survive to be a world class private investigator? After all, it is Joey's name we see on the Memorial... Parallel worlds...
But another episode or two referring to him certainly would have been great, I fully agree.
Come to think of it, that twist of fate sure also didn't exactly help improving his Frank's relation to his step son - his own son dying in VietNam, and troublesome Tommy 'getting away' ... Must have been hard on him.
