Magnum Mania!

I Do?

Episode ID: 57
Episode Number: 3.17
Air Date: 2/17/1983
Writer: Rob Gilmer
Director: Ivan Dixon
Producer: Chas. Floyd Johnson
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Guest Stars

Katherine Cannon (Marsha MacKenzie), Dick O'Neill (Harry MacKenzie), Nicolas Coster (Andrew MacKenzie), Mary Jackson (Grandmother MacKenzie), Doreen McLean (Greta), Kathy McCullen (Mary Jane Lodato)

Plot Outline

As part of his plan to catch the thief in a family-owned business, Magnum pretends he's married to the CEO's niece, who has unusual feelings about men, marriage, and Hawaii's most eligible P.I.

Rating

8.0 (12 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 Katherine Cannon (Marsha Mackenzie) previously appeared in Season One's "Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too" (1.4).

2 The Honolulu Elk's Lodge is used for a brief King Kamehameha Club dining room scene. This was the original location for the KKC, but it hasn't been used since the end of Season One. This is the last time this filming location will be used.

3 The church scene where Magnum and Marsha are "married" was filmed at St. Andrew's Cathedral in Honolulu.

4 The saxophone rears its amusing, ugly head again [audio]! And if you are looking for an episode where Magnum enjoys some Fig Newton's dipped in milk, look no further!

5 Magnum has cable TV in the guesthouse. He mentions watching a repeat of the USC/Notre Dame football game "on cable".

6 At the honeymoon cottage, Magnum watches the original version of Gunga Din (1939).

7 In Alexandria, Egypt (date unknown, but probably between 1938-1940), Higgins was forced to feign matrimony (reason undisclosed) with not one, but three daughters of a Bedouin Prince. "As a young Lance-Corporal who had experienced but one affaire de coeur in [his] 22 years, the prospect of an impending wedding eve with three hot-blooded Bedouin was indeed an awesome one. Fortunately, as the youngest daughter dosed the dying campfire and plunged the tent into pitch blackness, Higgins recalled a particularly relevent chapter from Rommel's classic treatise on tank warfare"...

Quotes

1
Marsha: Well, I guess I made a pretty rotten wife, huh?!
Magnum: No, I didn't make such a hot husband...I guess this relationship stuff takes a lot of practice.
Marsha: It's kinda like golf for me. No matter how hard I try practicing, I never seem to break a hundred. You know what I mean?
Magnum: Yeah, I sure do.
Marsha: Well...
Magnum: Hey, we didn't do so bad after all. You know, all things considered.
Marsha: Right, all things considered. (smiles)

Flubs

1 Magnum refers to himself as a "Private Detective", rather than "Investigator", committing one of his own pet peeves.

2 When Magnum is seen wearing the long white "lab" coat while trying to get into door #8, several crates fall on top of him. After Magnum ends up on his back you can see on the left side of his coat the rectangular pattern of protective padding! It is very defined with the corners protruding distrupting the natural form of the coat. (Noted by IslandHopper)

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