Magnum Mania!

Don't Say Goodbye

Episode ID: 15
Episode Number: 1.15
Air Date: 3/26/1981
Writers: T.J. Miles, Babs Greyhosky
Story: T.J. Miles
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Producers: Rick Weaver, Andrew Schneider
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Guest Stars

Andrea Marcovicci (Amy Crane), Ted Danson (Stewart Crane), Mercedes McCambridge (Agatha Kimble), Wallace W. Landford (Fat Jack), Kanani Choy (Eunice), Jim Reynolds (Frank LaRue), Harry Chang (Doctor)

Plot Outline

Agatha Kimball, a blind, elderly friend of Magnum's, hires him to pay a blackmailer claiming to have important information about her granddaughter, Amy, and then orders him to investigate no further. When Agatha is nearly killed in a series of suspicious accidents, Thomas decides he must ignore her wishes and figure out just what trouble his elderly friend and her granddaughter are in.

Rating

8.0 (14 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 Andrea Marcovicci (Amy Crane) guest stars again in "The Sixth Position" (2.11).

2 Agatha Kimball (Mercedes McCambridge) is a friend and former client of Magnum. Amy Crane was a former girlfriend. Neither will be seen or mentioned again in the show.

3 Stewart Crane (Ted Danson) is accidentally killed by a boat while attempting to escape from Magnum. He is sliced and diced by the boat's propeller! Ted will later star with Tom Selleck in the 1987 hit movie Three Men and a Baby.

4 A rare view from inside the main house at the estate is seen in this episode. During a Magnum/Higgins conversation in the study, you can see directly outside the glass doors. (Noted by Mike Barnes)

5 Mercedes McCambridge (Agatha Kimball) guest starred with Tom Selleck in the 1979, made-for-tv, movie The Sacketts, a Western based on a Louis L'Amour novel.

6 The estate's phone number is 555-2131. It will change three years later. (Noted by Mike Barnes)

7 Porn "star" Jim Reynolds (R.J. Reynolds) has a small role as Frank LaRue. He will be seen again in Season Three's "Past Tense".

8 The end credits feature a couple of brief outtakes from the filming of the episode:

• Magnum grabs at a piece of paper, but then drops it.
• T.C. flicks water (or whatever's in his glass) in Rick's face.

(Noted by Carol the Dabbler)

Quotes

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T.C.: Like I said, I ain't goin' nowhere...Unless you got some kind of money, you know, gas money, something.
Magnum: Aw, come on T.C.
T.C.: No money, no Maui.
Magnum: I bought you lunch.
T.C.: Junk food.
Magnum: Here, that's all I got.
T.C. (laughs): Man, you need to take that to a church somewhere! I'm talkin' about real money. You know, not chump change!
Magnum: I do have a couple hundred here. I just got paid.
T.C.: Scuddily Wugglies! Man, where did you get this from!? You didn't do nothin' illegal did you?! [WAV]
Magnum: No, that's mine! I just got paid on a case, this case.
T.C.: Yeah, well, maybe I better hold this. We got some past debts we need to discuss, ah...on our way to Maui! Come on, let's go!
Magnum: T.C., wait, I never counted that. I thought there was only a couple hundred bucks in there.
T.C.: Yeah, well, you better call up your accountant, because there's a lot money in here.
Magnum: T.C., how much money is in there!?

Flubs

1 When Magnum gives up the chase and turns the Ferrari around to head back to the scene of the shooting, the built up que of traffic behind the truck has seemingly suddenly disappeared, allowing him to turn straight around with ease.

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