Those tasty philosophical morsels...

[Diamond Head]

Just finished watching "Limbo," and it all of a sudden occurred to me that the one thing I've always appreciated about the show are those little philosophical tidbits sprinkled throughout the various episodes, sometimes in the voice-overs and sometimes in the dialogue. In "Limbo," Magnum says (in the same language) to both TC and Michelle how some places allow him to step back, reassess a difficult situation, and bring things into the proper focus. This just strikes me as extraordinarily good advice (at least for me).

What I'd like to ask everyone here is this: is there a particular piece of Magnum wisdom that has resonated with you over the years?

[erock308]

Well for me it used to be:

"I woke up one day, age 33, and realized I'd never been 23."

I lived it up for a few years :{)

Now since I have turned 40 it's been:

"It's not that were old, were just not young anymore."

I just noticed that I have slowed down a little bit, I especially notice during a game of Paintball with a group of twenty-somethings ;{)

[ConchRepublican]

LIMBO is one of those special episodes . . . it carries so much meaning, and so many gems, I have watched it countless times.

And yes, there are lessons I've learned there which helped me make, and come through, some of the most difficult decisions and time in my life. It sounds silly, but it's true. "I love you, more than anyone I've ever known, and I'm letting you go" and John Denver's "Looking for Space" so perfectly capture trying to find some kind of peace in life's challenges and pain that it puts a knot in my chest every time.

I still think the show should have gone out on that note. I like having the next half season, but in my opinion, it was a more perfect ending for Thomas Magnum, Knight Errant.

[Seaver41]

Just finished watching "Limbo," and it all of a sudden occurred to me that the one thing I've always appreciated about the show are those little philosophical tidbits sprinkled throughout the various episodes, sometimes in the voice-overs and sometimes in the dialogue. In "Limbo," Magnum says (in the same language) to both TC and Michelle how some places allow him to step back, reassess a difficult situation, and bring things into the proper focus. This just strikes me as extraordinarily good advice (at least for me).

What I'd like to ask everyone here is this: is there a particular piece of Magnum wisdom that has resonated with you over the years?

the lack of them in the final episode is a big reason why it disappointed me.

[J.J. Walters]

What I'd like to ask everyone here is this: is there a particular piece of Magnum wisdom that has resonated with you over the years?

Great topic Diamond Head! It's certainly a show highlight for me, too.

"It matters. It matters, because sometimes you get to a point where easy rationalizations don't cut it anymore. There's gotta be a place where you stop and examine your life, and if it isn't right then maybe you just gotta say no, and no more, or stop looking in the mirror." - Thomas Magnum

or

"Fate has a nasty way of popping up and waggling it's long, bony finger under your nose. Sometimes it's a squeaker at 70 miles an hour. Sometimes it's a plane you missed that never makes it back from the Bermuda Triangle. But whatever it is, you always get the message: It's time to stop taking your good luck for granted." - Thomas Magnum (Narration)

[Steve]

LIMBO is one of those special episodes . . . it carries so much meaning, and so many gems, I have watched it countless times.

And yes, there are lessons I've learned there which helped me make, and come through, some of the most difficult decisions and time in my life. It sounds silly, but it's true. "I love you, more than anyone I've ever known, and I'm letting you go" and John Denver's "Looking for Space" so perfectly capture trying to find some kind of peace in life's challenges and pain that it puts a knot in my chest every time.

I still think the show should have gone out on that note. I like having the next half season, but in my opinion, it was a more perfect ending for Thomas Magnum, Knight Errant.

Absolutely, that scene is one of the most powerful I have seen in any television series. What an actor Tom Selleck is to pull that scene off with those words and the slightest of cringes. If I ever find out I have one year to live two things I will do is to go back to Oahu, go up on that ridge and just meditate on life (the other is to ride my motorcycle thru the painted dessert and monument valley)