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A few minor things that I didn't like
Psychic powers. I have no idea why they would introduce this angle to the show. I've always disliked the idea of psychic detectives. Why bother with deductive reasoning when you can just have a serendipitous psychic flash? I have no problem with the "little voice" aka a "hunch" but I draw the line at him Magnum seeing into the future and knowing that Sharon Stone is about to be attacked by a dog. I also hated how random it was. You would think that periodically having psychic abilities would be something that would have a big impact on a character, but on this show it would pop up for one episode every season or two and would never be mentioned again.
Supernatural elements.
Ghosts, kahunas, and whatever the heck that was going on in "Flashback." This stuff would have been fine on Kolchak or the X-Files, but it always seemed extremely out of place in this show.
Cute kids.
Willie and Tran Quoc Jones - 'nuff said.
Sports themed episodes.
Granted, there weren't many of them, but they were pretty forgettable.
Only one J. "Digger" Doyle appearance.
We got two Lt. Gordon Katsumoto episodes...
Carol Baldwin.
I just never warmed to her character. She was always so manipulative. "The Love That Lies" was a good episode and made the character a lot more likable, but it came in season 8. I wish Patty McCormack had been able to keep the role.
Magnum being childish.
After the first couple of seasons the writers really went overboard playing up the childish aspects of Magnum's relationship with Higgins. The whining and petulant yelling were supposed to be funny, but it was just too much for me. In one season he's executing a Russian. A little later, he's throwing a hissy fit about being woken up too early.
Magnum being forced to grow up/wearing giant reading glasses.
To compensate for Magnum's childish characteristics, the writers came up a handful of episodes where Magnum is told that he needs to "grow up." Get a "real" job, start wearing giganto old man glasses, etc. I think this misses the whole point of the show. It's like the writer of a comic book deciding that Batman should put away the cape and start focusing all of his attention on doing Bruce Wayne's taxes. We want to watch a show about a detective, living in paradise, solving crimes and helping people with the aid of his friends. We don't need the writers implying that it is wrong for Magnum to do what he does or that he should feel guilty about it. Magnum rejoining the Navy in the final episode was the culmination of this silliness.
Magnum's family.
I hated all of them, the belligerent stepfather, the doormat mom, and the bitchy aunt.
T.C. becoming a saint.
T.C. worked great as a loyal best friend with a good sense of humor. But instead of being a regular dude, they fleshed him out by making him a bit of a goody two shoes. No drinking, no strip clubs, willing to fight in semi legal underground fight clubs for strangers, little league coach, father figure to Asian orphans, Magnum's light shrouded conscience when he's about to kill Quang Ki (!) and on and on. The Pope would envy this guy's resume. And while I like Roger Mosley, I don't think he has the acting chops to do the heavy drama that the later T.C. centric episodes consisted of. Where the heck did that ex wife and kids come from and where had they been for all those years? Give me the T.C. who wants to wear a macho Lei any day.
Mac.
He was an ok secondary character in the beginning. Nothing special. He could have been easily replaced by Maggie or by a Macintosh sitting on Higgins' desk. I really have no idea why they thought he was so invaluable that they had to resurrect him in such a ridiculous fashion. I couldn't stand Mac 2.0
Magnum being forced to team up with annoying female characters.
It's a classic scenario that can be very entertaining, but the show went to the well way too often. There had to be at least a dozen episodes with this setup. Many of them were terrible.
Killing Magnum/Resurrecting him/Final Episode
I think the show had a bit of a resurgence in season 7. Some really great episodes; "Laura" "Death and Taxes" "Little Girl Who" are all classics imo. And there were several more that i really liked. But the story line that ran from "The People vs. Orville Wright" to "Resolutions" was incredibly weak. Just one disappointing episode after another. Honestly, I just do a little reshuffling of a couple of season 8 episodes and pretend that "Forty" was the final episode of the series.
...having said all that - it's still an awesome show.
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