Magnum Mania!

One Picture is Worth

Episode ID: 130
Episode Number: 7.3
Air Date: 10/8/1986
Writer: James L. Novak
Director: Ray Austin
Producer: Rick Weaver
Exec Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

Recurring Characters

Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin)

Guest Stars

Stephanie Dunnam (Linda Andrews), Linda Ryan (Art Gallery Owner), Tim Rossovich (Nelson), Roy Jenson (Jack Wilkins), Melanie Phillips (Mrs. Wilkins), Keokeokalae Hughes (Keo)

Plot Outline

Art proves to be a very expressive medium when Magnum protects a deaf painter from the killer who knows she witnessed his last crime.

Rating

8.0 (13 votes) MM Episode Forum Thread & Poll

Notes

1 Magnum's back from his trip to L.A., but there is no mention of the trip, or of Cynthia.

2 Higgins' impersonation of Magnum in this episode, complete with Hawaiian shirt, Detroit Tigers baseball cap and sunglasses, presages "Pleasure Principle" (8.2) where Higgins and Magnum swap personalities. We also see Higgins driving the Ferrari, a rare sight!

3 The Ramsay Gallery in Chinatown is used as a filming location.

4 Higgins knows sign language and has above average painting skills.

5 Magnum refers to Carol as an "Assistant D.A." (not a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney).

6 Further evidence that T.C. is a "closet" Renaissance Man. He has a strong appreciation, and passion, for art and he collects the paintings of Linda Andrews (fictional).

7 Local Hawaiian newscaster Russell Shimooka (KGMB) has a brief appearance as a TV newscaster.

8 Keo, the maid at Robin's Nest, is seen for the first time [pic]. The actress who plays her, Keokeokalae Hughes, previously appeared in "Murder 101" (5.8) as one of Magnum's students.

9 Roger E. Mosley's stunt double (and MPI's stunt coordinator) Bob Minor and Tom Selleck's stunt double (Tom Lupo?) have minor uncredited roles in this episode (in addition to stunt work). Bob Minor appears as a window washer and Tom Lupo(?) is a security guard. In the scene where Magnum jumps over the railing and fire, Selleck's stunt double can easily be spotted in the "straight on" shot. [pic] (Noted by rubber chicken & IslandHopper)

10 The indoor set of the living room of the main house at Robin's Nest has been slightly re-designed, and features a new couch.

11 Tim Rossovich (Nelson) was Tom Selleck's roommate at the University of Southern California. He also played Linebacker in the NFL, most notably for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1968-1971.

12 In 1944 in the Pacific, Higgins spent hours before battles doing water colors. One day a lovely island maiden dragged him into her hut to view her primitive art. He spent several wonderful weeks with her and mastered the technique, but not her talent.

Quotes

1
Magnum: There's something I've noticed over the years about movie bad guys. They're always bad; the henchman, the hitmen, the big bosses. They all have that "one dimensional evil". We don't like to think about the fact that they might have families, or about what their families have to go through because of them. I could see that Jack Wilkins was just that scary enigma and I was counting on the possibility that he would have the same universal household problems we all have. (Narration)

2
T.C. (to Magnum): Does it ever occur to you to just ask for what you want, without any games? Don't you think if it's really important to you I'd probably say yes? *

* Magnum said the exact same words to Carol earlier in the episode!

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