Best Higgins-centric episode?

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#1 Post by **Styles Bitchley** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:20 pm

All right Maniacs, here's your chance to champion your favourite episode that revolves around that WWII veteran we know and love: Jonathan Quayle Higgins III.

So which one is it and why?

#2 Post by **Styles Bitchley** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:32 pm

In case you need a refresher, here are links to the episodes.

"Tropical Madness" (2.7)
"The Elmo Ziller Story" (2.21)
"Foiled Again" (3.8)
"Faith and Begorrah" (3.23)
"Letter to a Duchess" (4.6)
"The Case of the Red Faced Thespian" (4.12)
"Holmes Is Where the Heart Is" (4.18)
"Luther Gillis: File #001" (5.10)
"Professor Jonathan Higgins" (5.13)
"Who is Don Luis Higgins, and Why is He Doing These Terrible Things to Me?" (6.19)
"Autumn Warrior" (7.13)
"Pleasure Principle" (8.2)

Pahonu · #3 Post by **Pahonu** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:26 pm

My choice is The Case of the Red Faced Thespian. It probably ranks amongst my top 20 favorite episodes in general.

#4 Post by **Styles Bitchley** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 5:51 pm

Pahonu wrote:My choice is The Case of the Red Faced Thespian. It probably ranks amongst my top 20 favorite episodes in general.

Agreed. That was my choice as well. Hillerman does such a great job in that one.

Pahonu · #5 Post by **Pahonu** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:31 pm

Styles Bitchley wrote:
Pahonu wrote:My choice is The Case of the Red Faced Thespian. It probably ranks amongst my top 20 favorite episodes in general.
Agreed. That was my choice as well. Hillerman does such a great job in that one.

Styles, I think we agree on more than a few episodes. If I'm not mistaken, I remember you saying you like the earlier, lighter episodes better, and that's true for me too. I also recall you liked Dead Man's Channel which isn't so popular here. I find the darker, more personal episodes difficult to sit through very often. They are, no doubt excellent, but I find that I can watch many of the first few season's lighter episodes repeatedly, and have probably grown to like them best for that reason.

#6 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:22 am

"O cursed slave! - whip me, ye devils, from the possession of this heavenly sight! Blow me in deep winds! Roast me in sulphur! Wash me in steep-down gulfs of liquid fire! O Desdemona! Desdemona! DEAD?!"

Love, love, love "The Case of the Red Faced Thespian"! But I think I'd have to go with "Foiled Again" as my favorite. It's such a deeply personal episode for Higgins, filled with lots of memorable scenes and dialog exchanges. Throw in Troubshaw ("You're looking well... well-fed, that is"), Dana Wynter and a brief appearance by Don Muraco and you've got yourself a classic Magnum episode. "Tropical Madness" is right up there, too. But man, they're all good!

#7 Post by **Styles Bitchley** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:56 pm

Pahonu wrote:Styles, I think we agree on more than a few episodes. If I'm not mistaken, I remember you saying you like the earlier, lighter episodes better, and that's true for me too. I also recall you liked Dead Man's Channel which isn't so popular here. I find the darker, more personal episodes difficult to sit through very often. They are, no doubt excellent, but I find that I can watch many of the first few season's lighter episodes repeatedly, and have probably grown to like them best for that reason.

Agreed!

And James, I also agree that they're all great. Foiled Again is probably second on my list.

#8 Post by **ConchRepublican** » Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:57 pm

I prematurely clicked!!!!

I write in Black on White (clicked Tropical Madness in error, d'oh!!) . . . would that fall into a "Higgins-centric" episode category?

#9 Post by **Styles Bitchley** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 8:47 am

ConchRepublican wrote:I prematurely clicked!!!!

I write in Black on White (clicked Tropical Madness in error, d'oh!!) . . . would that fall into a "Higgins-centric" episode category?

I guess it could. It certainly focusses on him, but maybe not as much as the others. Still, it's a great one!

Higgins (aka Bondtoys) · Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:35 am

My fav is "letter to a dutchess" mostly for personal reasons.

It's the first episode that I remember that I watched on TV, I like the plot and the developement of the Magnum-Higgins relationship. And I agree, that it's probably the least Higgins-centric Higgins episode

MagnumsLeftShoulder · Sat Mar 03, 2012 12:07 am

I voted "Letter to a Duchess", but if "Black on White" had been on the list I might have gone with that. Both are excellent episodes from the best seasons (3 & 4) of the show.

Steve · #12 Post by **Steve** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:41 pm

Another vote for Black on White if it was on the list...........

#13 Post by **J.J. Walters** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:44 am

Dang, I really should have included "Black on White" as a Higgins-Centric episode in the episode guide. My bad. I think I'll do that right now...

#14 Post by **Styles Bitchley** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:50 am

J.J. Walters wrote:Dang, I really should have included "Black on White" as a Higgins-Centric episode in the episode guide. My bad. I think I'll do that right now...

The guide was what I used to compile the list. Black on White slipped my mind as well.

mandolabar · #15 Post by **mandolabar** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:14 am

AAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaugh! I am stuck! My family's favorite, far and away, is Holmes is Where the Heart Is---but I love Foiled Again. Oh, no! *insert prolonged waffling here*

This is a WONDERFUL poll, by the way, THANK YOU. As a CBHF*, I totally appreciate the effort you put into this.

~Amanda

*Clearly Biased Higgins Fan

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