The Woman on the Beach (2.3)

[T.Q.]

I like this episode.

The boys laughing at Rick at the beginning... Poor Rick.

Do we consider Thomas’ last scene a Fourth Wall break?

Hard to tell.

ENSHealy says no.

[ENSHealy]

I like this episode.

The boys laughing at Rick at the beginning... Poor Rick.

Do we consider Thomas’ last scene a Fourth Wall break?

Hard to tell.

ENSHealy says no.

No, he looks at the spot where he saw the apparition, he looks back over to the club patio, then he looks back at the spot again and shakes his head. He's looking at the spot where the woman on the beach was, not the camera. If he'd shifted his eyes just a hair right before he shook his head, I would have called it a 4th wall break. It's damn close though.

[T.Q.]

I like this episode.

The boys laughing at Rick at the beginning... Poor Rick.

Do we consider Thomas’ last scene a Fourth Wall break?

Hard to tell.

ENSHealy says no.

No, he looks at the spot where he saw the apparition, he looks back over to the club patio, then he looks back at the spot again and shakes his head. He's looking at the spot where the woman on the beach was, not the camera. If he'd shifted his eyes just a hair right before he shook his head, I would have called it a 4th wall break. It's damn close though.

I love that one though.

Might still use it...

If anyone complains they can call my legal team.

Thx for the reply.

[☨magnum.t]

I am convinced Ellison was probably the evilest bad guy on the show, he had a painting of the woman he murdered hanging in his office!! Also of note the story went Sarah committed suicide I assume that was the Romeo Juliet connection star crossed lovers and such. I wonder if there was a significance in the Tybalt figurine TM picked up in Higgins study. I love the supernatural episodes it seems Magnum really had a "sixth sense" and his little voice was actually a lot more than just good intuition.

[K Hale]

I am convinced Ellison was probably the evilest bad guy on the show, he had a painting of the woman he murdered hanging in his office!! Also of note the story went Sarah committed suicide I assume that was the Romeo Juliet connection star crossed lovers and such. I wonder if there was a significance in the Tybalt figurine TM picked up in Higgins study. I love the supernatural episodes it seems Magnum really had a "sixth sense" and his little voice was actually a lot more than just good intuition.

Wait a minute, you actually know what those figurines were? Tell us more! I’ve never known what they are. Romeo and Juliet characters?

[☨magnum.t]

I am convinced Ellison was probably the evilest bad guy on the show, he had a painting of the woman he murdered hanging in his office!! Also of note the story went Sarah committed suicide I assume that was the Romeo Juliet connection star crossed lovers and such. I wonder if there was a significance in the Tybalt figurine TM picked up in Higgins study. I love the supernatural episodes it seems Magnum really had a "sixth sense" and his little voice was actually a lot more than just good intuition.

Wait a minute, you actually know what those figurines were? Tell us more! I’ve never known what they are. Romeo and Juliet characters?

From what I gathered it was a miniature set for the Romeo and Juliet play Higgins was supposed to put on, when Magnum picks it up it zooms in on the base plate and you can see it was the character Tybalt. Then of course the play turned into "grass skirts and lavalavas" haha and Higgins wanted nothing to do with it.

[K Hale]

I am convinced Ellison was probably the evilest bad guy on the show, he had a painting of the woman he murdered hanging in his office!! Also of note the story went Sarah committed suicide I assume that was the Romeo Juliet connection star crossed lovers and such. I wonder if there was a significance in the Tybalt figurine TM picked up in Higgins study. I love the supernatural episodes it seems Magnum really had a "sixth sense" and his little voice was actually a lot more than just good intuition.

Wait a minute, you actually know what those figurines were? Tell us more! I’ve never known what they are. Romeo and Juliet characters?

From what I gathered it was a miniature set for the Romeo and Juliet play Higgins was supposed to put on, when Magnum picks it up it zooms in on the base plate and you can see it was the character Tybalt.

Wow, I just checked the scene and you are right. I can't believe I didn't remember that. They make it super obvious too; when Magnum picks it up, the figurine fills the entire screen! The part of that scene I always remember is when Higgins yanks the figurine away from Magnum, the base comes off and remains in Magnum's hands. There's a brief look of surprise on Higgins/Hillerman's face like "oops, we broke it." Selleck then sheepishly hands the base to Hillerman, who yanks that away too. I love these little unplanned things that they just go right ahead with!

One thing I do remember is that the cat Magnum saves in "Photo Play," for which he wins the Cat Lover of the Month award, is also named Tybalt...

Then of course the play turned into "grass skirts and lavalavas" haha and Higgins wanted nothing to do with it.

Well, Lydia Shaftesbury is a vulgarian Visigoth!!

[ensignwickes]

Came down stairs this morning to find my nearly 8 year old son watching this episode. He also asked that I recommend another to watch after. I feel like I've done something right...

[Gorilla Mask]

One of my best MPI memories when i was a youngster !

The scenario is really good, full of mystery and thrilling drama.

The repeat of the greenhouse scene, 35 years later is a real sucess.

When i was 10, i was really amazed by the 'disappearance' effect on the beach.

Was it really a ghost ?

[emenius]

I liked this episode. I always liked the episodes where Magnum and co. dabble in the supernatural. Plus I got a surprise in seeing Jack Hogan, I also love the show Combat!

[MaiTaiMan]

This is one of my favorite episodes…a good ghost story is always fun, even if obviously a legend. But, this is possibly “Magnum”’s own version of the ‘Lady In White’ ghost of Pali Highway in Oahu—as well as being very similar to ‘Ressurection Mary’ (aka the Woman in White)…a famous urban legend from the Chicago area—involving the supposed death of a young girl in the late 1930s/early 1940s, who had been dressed in white, near the Resurrection Cemetery…where she is also supposedly buried.

Both legends involve travelers on the road late at night, and have supposedly seen a young woman dressed in old fashioned white clothes…some giving her a ride, only to have her disappear in the car, or cause accidents when seeing her. In Chicago, one witness even claimed to see her walking into the cemetery & he followed her…only to have her disappear at a grave…her own, and he found her white scarf fluttering in the wind, on top of the grave.

Popular urban legend stuff, and Magnum definitely created its own superb episode, with a cool backstory as well!