3.19 LEGACY FROM A FRIEND
Famous guest stars: 2 Annie Potts, Sinjin Smith
Hawaiian shirts: 2
Tigers Cap: 1
Island Hopper shirts:
Shirtless: 2
OMG/Extraordinarys:
Higgins Organizations: 1 Aloha Architectural Society
Higgins musings: 1
Negotiations: 1
Body Count:
Bullet wounds:
Little Voice: 2
I know what you’re thinking: 3
When I write HTBAWCPI: 1
Investigator corrections:
4th wall breaks:
Magnumometer: 16
Magnumometer Moments:
https://vimeo.com/381731628
Potential magnumania usernames: It’s Not Oliver
Can’t say I’m particularly enamored of this episode. I’m in the group with those who found Annie Potts more annoying than charming, and Sinjin Smith literally drives off after only 4 minutes and is never seen again, so it’s hard to care about his character. Ms. Chase can’t quite pull off "haughty”, and she needs some instruction in how to fake smoking a cigarette. And for some reason, I just can’t buy the two henchwomen, perhaps it’s their pants, which although period authentic, are just ridiculous. Add in a byzantine plot that is almost impenetrable, and it makes for a less than stellar episode.
Even in the biggest Magnum dogs, however, there are always just enough character interactions between the main players to get you through the rough spots, and this episode is no different.
Not sure this rises to flub level, but when looking at the parking stub, Tracy says it is from Rose’s Discount Warehouse, but the sign on the building says Rose’s Cut Rate Warehouse. More to the point, Rose is handing out parking stubs at his warehouse?
Very odd unexplained occurrence: why is Thomas playing with a crossbow?
Is this a stage light in the guest house?
J.J. Walters wrote:Carol the Dabbler wrote:OK, guys, I think I have this plot straight in my head, but please check me out here.
Mrs. Chase just wanted a fling with Marcus, but he got serious about her and figured she'd love him if he was rich, so he started hawking hot goods for Rose. She took him out in her boat to break up with him in private, but he flew off the handle. One way or another (she claims she was defending herself), he ended up drowning. Rose figured this out and blackmailed her. Magnum knew too much, so Rose was going to bump him off, but Tracy the metermaid saved him and cracked the whole case wide open, possibly winning herself a spot on the police force.
Right? Or what?
That's pretty much about it, Carol. A typical case for Magnum, don't you think.
As another magnummaniac pointed out, the blackmailing started over the affair, and Rose is now just continuing it with murder in the mix.
And last but not least, what is the legacy from the friend? Seems like the original title of A Darker Side of Paradise was a better fit, as I am having a hard time picking out what exactly the legacy was supposed to be?