Magnum Mania!

Did You See the Sunrise? (1)

Episode ID: 41
Episode Number: 3.1
Air Date: 9/30/1982
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
Director: Ray Austin
Producer: Douglas Green
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Recurring Characters

Jeff MacKay (Lt. "Mac" MacReynolds), Lance LeGault (Col. Buck Greene), Paul Burke (Admiral Hawkes)

Guest Stars

James Whitmore Jr. ("Nuzo"), Bo Svenson (Col. Ivan), Marianne Bunch (Julie Barbara), Kevin Bash (Cookie), Jimmy Borges (Happy Ho)

Plot Outline

The past comes back to haunt T.C. when an old war buddy arrives claiming that the brutal Colonel who held them captive in a Vietnamese P.O.W. camp is after them once again. Initially, T.C. doesn't take the warning seriously, but he and Magnum soon find themselves in a heart-pounding race against the clock to find their would-be killer before he finds them.

Rating

9.5 (25 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 This episode originally aired as a two-hour movie. It is broken up into two parts for syndication airings.

2 This episode was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series. The nominees were James F. Rogers, T.A. Moore Jr., Earl Madery & B. Tennyson Sebastian.

3 James Whitmore Jr. ("Nuzo") makes his second and final appearance on the show. He previously appeared in Season Two's "Billy Joe Bob" (2.1). James guest starred with Tom Selleck in two TV movies - The Gypsy Warriors (1978) and The Chinese Typewriter (1979).

4 A stock cover version of the classic Rolling Stones single "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" can be heard in the background during the scene at T.C.'s house.

5 Magnum mentions that he's been "racing surf skis for three years". He even entered the Molokai to Oahu Race one time, "27 miles through one of the roughest water channels in the world". "Mac" later says he finished 87th, just behind a 12 year-old girl.

6 While flying the chopper, T.C. sings several lines from "Got A Date With An Angel", a 1930s jazz song which was revived in the 1950s by Billy Williams.

7 T.C.'s house is seen for the first time. Per T.C.'s comments, it's located in NW Oahu near the Kolekole Pass, between the Schofield Barracks and the west coast town of Waianae [map]. In real life, the house is actually located closer to the North Shore (near Mt. Kaala Rd.), about two miles south of Waialua [map]. Additionally, several scenes involving T.C.'s chopper (and his van) were filmed on location at various spots on the North Shore. (Location Noted by rubber chicken]

8 Hickam AFB in Honolulu is used as a filming location.

9 Jeff MacKay's real mom makes a brief cameo. In the scene where Mac is with Magnum and his date at the kitchy Hawaiian restaurant, she is one of the patrons sitting in front, and slightly to the right, of Jeff MacKay.

10 Magnum is seen watching Stalag 17 (1953) on videotape several times. From that movie, William Holden is referenced by Magnum and plays a pivotal role in the plot of the episode.

11 The Byodo-In Temple in the Valley of the Temples is again used as an on-site filming location. The Temple was previously seen in "Tropical Madness" (2.7) and will be used in several more episodes to come.

12 In the Vietnam POW flashback sequence, Col. Ivan utters the N-Word, directed at T.C.. Even in the 80s, this was rarely heard on television shows.

13 During several different conversations we learn that T.C. is in the Reserves. He's been in the reserves since the day he left active duty.

14 Buck Greene served with Magnum in 'Nam and he "mothered" his former wife (Michelle) as an agent.

15 One of Higgins' comrades in the Burma Campaign of WWII was a lad named "Tanker" Moran. He got the name when he single-handedly took on a Japanese tank and took it out. Now, he's selling jam in Devonshire [England].

Quotes

1
(T.C. has just landed the chopper on the estate lawn)
T.C.: Hi, Higgie Baby!
Higgins: Don't "Hi, Higgie Baby" me!!

2
Magnum: Higgins, that Tanker Moran strawberry jam is just terrific!

3
(Just after Mac was killed in the car bomb)
Magnum: Now you listen Colonel and you listen good. Somehow you're involved in this. I knew it when you walked in the door! Now, I want to know why.
Buck: You're in shock Magnum and you're hurt. Don't make me defend my...
Magnum: WHY!!??
Buck: You tell me. It was your car....That's it, isn't it? You wanna lay it on me, because you're afraid Mac took your packet. Hell, I wouldn't blame ya, but you're wrong.
(Buck leaves the room)
Magnum: I'm sorry Mac....I'm sorry.

Flubs

1 During the beginning of the episode, as T.C. is landing the chopper on the estate, much to Higgins' disgruntlement, he's clearly in the BACK SEAT of the chopper! There's a cyclic in his hand as if he were flying, but he's definately the back seat. You can tell that he is by the straight edge of the window towards the front. (Noted by Mike Brown)

2 It's barely visible, but reflections of some crew member's can be seen in the windshield of T.C.'s helicopter as he and Magnum get in it to take off near the beginning of the story.

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