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Dream A Little Dream

Episode ID: 83
Episode Number: 4.20
Air Date: 3/29/1984
Writer: Reuben Leder
Director: Roger E. Mosley
Producer: Reuben Leder
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Guest Stars

Cindy Pickett (Karen Teal), Robert Apisa (Joe Soames), Rosetta Tarantino (Leah), Jeff Celentano (Larry)

Plot Outline

It's a case of deja vu when Magnum is reunited with an attractive woman who was his first client five years earlier. She calls for his help once more with concerns that she and her young daughter are being threatened by some surfer punks right before a North Shore surfing competition.

Rating

8.5 (14 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 Roger E. Mosley directs this episode, for the first and only time. In Season Seven, he will pen a screenplay for "Missing Melody" (7.11).

2 After a glimpse at Higgins' past two episodes earlier in "Holmes Is Where the Heart Is" (4.18), this episode gives an insight to Magnum's life a year before we first saw him in 1980. The story is split between current events in 1984 and 1979. Magnum drives a convertable Bug, Rick wears a white jacket and black bow-tie, and talks like Humphrey Bogart, T.C. doesn't have his own chopper yet, but flies birds for a company called Ken Enderlin Charters.

3 During the "North Shore Surf-Out" awards ceremony, two legendary Hawaiian surfing pioneers are seen - Rell Sunn (the "Queen of Makaha") and Randy Rarick [pic]. Neither has any dialog and both are uncredited. (Noted by Tuan Vu and Sam)

4 Haleiwa (on the North Shore) is used as a filming location.

5 Magnum says he grew up wanting to hit like Detroit Tigers star Hank Greenberg (not Al Kaline).

6 We learn that Michelle "died" the same day Magnum evacuated from 'Nam - April 30th, 1975.

7 The blue and white chopper that T.C. flew for Ken Enderlin Charters is a Hughes 500-C, registered with the number N9267F. It is registered to Heli Logistics Inc. (Honolulu). It is a 1975 model, Serial # 1150778S. (Noted by N1095A)

8 Thomas Wolfe's last novel You Can't Go Home Again (1940), and Detroit Tigers star Hank Greenberg, are referenced by Magnum. Greenberg was one of Magnum's idols growing up.

9 Magnum's three Tours of Duty in Vietnam are mentioned again, this time by Higgins.

10 Two stock cover songs from Universal's fault can be heard: "Good Lovin'" by The Rascals and "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" by The Tempations. "Surfer Girl" by The Beach Boys was heard in the original broadcast, and early syndication packages, at the beginning of the episode, but was taken off the DVD version (and later syndication packages) and replaced with incidental music, presumably because of licensing issues.

11 Magnum visits the "Hall of Records" again, but Ms. Jones is not seen.

12 In 1944, Higgins organized a surfing competition (using discarded airplane wings) off the Moroccan coast to boast the morale of his unit. Higgins finished 6th behind Corky Bostwick, Binky Farmbush ... [cut off]. Claimed it was one of the most memorable moments of his life, because he was able to tempt death without actually killing anyone.

Quotes

1
Magnum: It's kind of funny how the years can sometimes creep by on you, two or three at a time, and nothing much changes. You're in a routine, and all that you really get is a little older, until whammo! -- you get a big three hundred and sixty-five that sometimes sets you right on your ear, changes everything. I guess 1979 was that kind of year for me. I resigned from the Navy and I became a private investigator. Of course, that's a big oversimplification. Actually, there was a little more to it than that. There was Karen Teal, for example. The best woman surfer of 1979, and '8, and '7, and '6. Karen was the best. She always won, no matter who she went up against, and I really think it was that way because her love for life brought out the best in her. I know that because a long time ago, Karen Teal brought out the best in me. It seemed like only yesterday. (Narration)

2
Magnum: Maybe Thomas Wolfe was right. Maybe you can't go home again....but it sure is hell worth the try. (Narration)

Flubs

1 T.C. wears different headsets in the same chopper scene!

2 At 32:51 into the episode, Magnum fires a shot at Joe Soames (Robert Apisa) then immediately cocks the hammer of his gun. It's not necessary to cock the hammer after you fire a shot with a .45 ACP. It automatically cocks it for you. (Noted by bbert73)

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