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All Roads Lead to Floyd

Episode ID: 13
Episode Number: 1.13
Air Date: 3/12/1981
Writers: Rogers Turrentine, Babs Greyhosky
Story: Rogers Turrentine
Director: Ron Satlof
Producer: J. Rickley Dumm
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Guest Stars

Anne Bloom (Cindy Lewellyn), Noah Beery Jr. (Floyd Lewellen), Red West (Bull Radney), Seth Sakai (Yoshio Mizamura), Andy Romano (Clarence Burnside), Esmond Chung (Peter), Elissa Dulce Hoopai (Vicki), Georgia Schmidt (Old Lady)

Plot Outline

Magnum is hired by a young woman to help find her father, who disappeared over ten years ago, not to be heard from since. Recently though, she has received a postcard from him that was sent from Hawaii. Magnum soon discovers that her father is involved in some rather shady business - and that he isn't the only one looking for him.

Rating

7.5 (15 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 Magnum's famous voice over, "I know what you're thinking, and you're right.", is heard for the first time!

2 Noah Beery Jr. played Jim Rockford's father, truck driver Joseph "Rocky" Rockford, in The Rockford Files (1974-1980). His appearance in this episode makes him the second actor from that series to appear on Magnum P.I., following hot on the heels of Gretchen Corbett who appeared just two episodes before in "The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club" (1.11).

3 Honolulu International Airport and Pali Golf Course (a public golf course in Kaneohe) are used as filming locations. The house where the pool party takes place was filmed at a private residence on Hanapepe Place, near the Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve Park [map]. This same residence will be used as a resort in Season Two's "Ghost Writer" (2.12). (Noted by Sam and rubber chicken)

4 We learn that Rick came to Hawaii immediately after the Vietnam War. He has "no desire to get back to the mainland".

5 Listen closely as Magnum and Cindy are walking through the airport near the beginning of the episode. An airport page can be heard - "Doug Ibold, please report to customs". Douglas Ibold is the lead film editor for Magnum P.I.. His last name will later be used for the minor recurring character of Doc Ibold, played by Glenn Cannon.

6 Elvis Presley crony Red West (Bull Radney) appeared with Tom Selleck in the 1979 TV movie The Concrete Cowboys. He will later appear in the Season Five episode "Let Me Hear the Music" (5.18).

7 Esmond Chung (Peter the tour guide) and Elissa Dulce Hoopai (Vicki the waitress) will later be featured on the show as two minor recurring characters - Sgt. Puna & Rosine (a King Kamehameha Club waitress).

Quotes

1
Magnum: I'm trying to tie up the loose ends, Floyd, you know, like those TV detectives.

2
Magnum: Higgins, it's not my fault!
Higgins: You continue to drive a car you do not own, do not rent and do not even wash. And while you were driving that car, it suffered $2,700 worth of damage! Had it been parked in the driveway of Robin Master's estate, where it belongs, it would have suffered none. It is your fault.

Flubs

1 When Magnum and TC are driving in the Ferrari after their tennis match, they are passed and cutoff by Floyd in his Honda, causing Magnum to slam on his brakes. The camera cuts to Magnum's feet hitting the brakes and clutch. Note that his shoes are White Canvas Nike's, with a light-blue swoosh. However, when Magnum gets out the Ferrari his tennis shoes ARE NOT the white canvas Nike's. They are a different brand, with a navy-blue logo. (Noted by IslandHopper)

2 After Magnum jumps into the car with Floyd, we see several minor car collisions due to Floyd's reckless driving. One of the collision scenes is "recycled" and shown twice, ten seconds, or so, apart. While technically not a flub, it is considered to be poor filmmaking.

3 When Floyd is using the public telephone by the road, watch him dial the telephone number to confirm his flight reservation. He dials [1], [2], [3], [5], [6], [3], [2] and then turns slightly to his left and takes his eye off of the key pad and tries to push the [1], but he misses and pushes the flat panel to the left of the [1], as if he were pressing a number! (Noted by IslandHopper)

4 In the airport scenes with Magnum and Cindy, the same set of extras are used over and over again, sometimes walking back and forth in and out of the scenes. Why are these same people following Magnum and Cindy all the time? Not really a true flub, but amusing none the less! (Noted by IslandHopper)

5 The scene where Floyd goes to open a safe, an object in the lower right corner of the picture somehow "slides" out of sight. (Noted by Mike Barnes)

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