Season Five Question

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Miss Q · #1 Post by **Miss Q** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:25 am

Hi Gang,

I just wantch Complusion (5.13) and I have a question on perception of a scene I am hoping you can help me with...

When TM staying at Carols house for the night as she is scared. She Walks back into the kitchen and TM walks in as well...

They talk about a few things and then the dialogue goes something like this...

Carol: You remind me of my father
TM: I do?
Carol: yes, shinning armour syndrome
TM: night blindness. Ya know there is only 1 cure. Sleep
Carol: you sure?
TM: yes (nodding)
Carol: yeah, ok

Am I reading this wrong or is there HUGE subtext going on here???

Come on all you Carol and TM fans, please chime in....

VM02 · #2 Post by **VM02** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:42 pm

It has always seemed to me that there has always been a "tension" in the Magnum/Carol relationship. Carol is "interested" in TM -man to woman- while TM is only interested in her as a friend. I had this sort of relationship once upon a time, but I digress. It sort of echoes the Agatha/Higgins thing, but in this case TM is aware of it, while Higgins is either unaware or chooses to ignore it completely.

In this case I think the answer to the question you pose is yes.

However, if you are asking if there is an off screen encounter implied by this exchange in this particular episode, I think the answer is no.

My opinion obviously. I don't recall anything overt during the series.

Miss Q · #3 Post by **Miss Q** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:09 pm

offscreen.... never even went there. No I dont see that either. TS said he made the mistake of getting involved 'at work' once and he would never do it again....

Steve · #4 Post by **Steve** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 2:55 pm

That scene is a good example of WWTMD (what would Thomas Magnum Do) as many of us men out here would have had the reverse conversation and coming up with an excuse to leave before the morning. TM was a very honorable and chivalrous gentleman with a capital G..........

#5 Post by **ConchRepublican** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:08 pm

I always did see TM as almost a Knight Errant, so I'm not surprised he doesn't take advantage (maybe that's not the correct term) of Carol in that spot. Not that TM didn't get his share, it's just that he didn't mis-represent his intentions or feelings for a little nooky.

Did anyone else however, find Carol's comparing Tom to her dad a little odd as a way to show him she's interested in a little lovin'? Comparison's to Dad usually aren't a way to get the fire's burning, if ya know what I mean.

MPS · #6 Post by **MPS** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:11 pm

Maybe the writers threw that in because women are said to marry (or be attacted to) men like their fathers. It was a way to let the viewer know, for sure, that Carol had a thing for Magnum.

Assuming that Carol was interested in TM, bringing up her dad was, as Conch said, the wrong thing to say.

#7 Post by **Doc Ibold** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:34 am

Thats almost as bad as a woman you're attracted to saying that you remind them of their brother.

(Shudder)