Pleasure Principle (8.2)

[Spagnum]

Something I noticed that may (or may not!) have influenced events a few years later...

Magnum is trying to write Robin's book Die, And Die Again, and reads, "The desert storm engulfed us, dissecting our spirits with sabres of sand and chilling wind. And through the storm thundered the thousand sabres of Abdul Bend." And then, "The desert storm had us pinned down, and our spirits were low."

Each time, he says "desert storm" very deliberately and dramatically. This wouldn't have influenced the naming of Operation Desert Storm, would it? This episode aired on 10/14/1987, and Desert Storm commenced on 1/17/1991, of course preceded by Desert Shield on 8/7/1990. I wonder if the planners responsible for naming these operations were Magnum fans...

[Treadwell]

In-story, I took the repetition of Conga as Higgins having gotten a cassette single of it after having danced to it at the club. After that first time, every time we hear it is when he's driving the Ferrari.

Agreed about the candles, production would've soaked them in lighter fluid or something to move things along.

I also noticed that about the lads. I imagine the trainer would retire a dog every once in a while and put a trainee replacement to work. There were three Peteys in The Little Rascals, and... how many Benjis and Lassies?

[No need to know!]

I have for some weeks now rewatched the last two seasons. I am more of a fan of the first three seasons but really like how the characters mature in the later seasons. The seventh season had a little bit darker tone and i like how they excluded the main theme at the end of the episodes later in the season. Almost like a build up for Limbo.
After watching a string of great more serious episodes ending with Infinity and jelly donuts this episode feels like fresh air in a way. For me it almost feels like the show made a comeback here, and it´s sad to know that we only got 11 more episodes.
It´s a such joyous episode. The more i think of it i think this episode would have been a great way to end the entire series. Never really enjoyed the ending in Resolutions.

This episode really reminded me why i love Magnum P.I so much.

If i could change the score for this episode i would give it a perfect score.

[ENSHealy]

EPISODE: 8.2 Pleasure Principle

Famous guest stars: 1 Gregory Sierra*

Hawaiian shirts: 5









Tigers Cap: 1

Island Hopper shirts:
Shirtless Magnum:
OMG:
Higgins Organizations:
Higgins musings: .5 Half-point because Thomas cuts him off so quick
Negotiations:
Gun Play:
Bullet wounds:
Body Count (by Magnum):
Little Voice:
I know what you’re thinking:
When I write HTBAWCPI:
Investigator corrections:
4th wall breaks:
Magnumometer: 7.5
Magnumometer Moments:


*Do we count the presence of Miami Sound Machine and Gregory Sierra as part of the Miami Vice effect? I was surprised to find that Mr. Sierra only did 4 episodes of Miami Vice. Of course, his 4 episodes were the first four episodes of the series, so that’s probably why he was so associated with that show in my mind. In my mind, he was an almost iconic Miami Vice player. But it has been 40 years….

I though the gold chains on the therapist were an odd choice.

Thomas sports some very weird shorts in this one. They seem like typical 80s shorts, except for the very odd waistband. I don’t recall ever seeing this specific waistband in the 80s. Did I miss it?

On the other hand, the reversal of Higgins and Thomas’s “sartorial habits” is one of the best things about this episode. I just wish Thomas would have gone with shorts when he went to the khakis, instead of the long pants. But I guess Higgy Baby does sport those long pants a lot as well.

Stunt driver for Higgins


Stage ceiling in the shot







I think I’ve mentioned this elsewhere, but I wish they’d gotten Thomas some better glasses, without flat lenses that reflect the light so blatantly. It makes it obvious they are fakes, and not real readers. I know the cost would have been higher, but really, how much higher in the context of the show’s budget? It is so distracting.

Speaking of budgets, I’d love to know the cost differential between paying for the original Miami Sound Machine song for the DVDs/syndication, versus not paying for the Rolling Stones Satisfaction in Did You See The Sunrise. Were the budgets bigger or the songs cheaper for the later seasons (Mama, Tonight Tonight Tonight, etc.)? Of course the whole question is based on the premises that the original broadcast used the original Rolling Stones Satisfaction, but unless the right VHS turns up, I guess we’ll never know (along with that gunshot in Never Again, Never Again).

I thought this was a great episode right up until the wedding scene. Again, I know, “suspension of disbelief”, but she falls in love with a patient who is a convicted con-man, and then just takes his word for it when he says she has cured him? One hopes they at least kept separate bank accounts.

[Pahonu]

EPISODE: 8.2 Pleasure Principle

Famous guest stars: 1 Gregory Sierra*

Hawaiian shirts: 5









Tigers Cap: 1

Island Hopper shirts:
Shirtless Magnum:
OMG:
Higgins Organizations:
Higgins musings: .5 Half-point because Thomas cuts him off so quick
Negotiations:
Gun Play:
Bullet wounds:
Body Count (by Magnum):
Little Voice:
I know what you’re thinking:
When I write HTBAWCPI:
Investigator corrections:
4th wall breaks:
Magnumometer: 7.5
Magnumometer Moments:


*Do we count the presence of Miami Sound Machine and Gregory Sierra as part of the Miami Vice effect? I was surprised to find that Mr. Sierra only did 4 episodes of Miami Vice. Of course, his 4 episodes were the first four episodes of the series, so that’s probably why he was so associated with that show in my mind. In my mind, he was an almost iconic Miami Vice player. But it has been 40 years….

I though the gold chains on the therapist were an odd choice.

Thomas sports some very weird shorts in this one. They seem like typical 80s shorts, except for the very odd waistband. I don’t recall ever seeing this specific waistband in the 80s. Did I miss it?

On the other hand, the reversal of Higgins and Thomas’s “sartorial habits” is one of the best things about this episode. I just wish Thomas would have gone with shorts when he went to the khakis, instead of the long pants. But I guess Higgy Baby does sport those long pants a lot as well.

Stunt driver for Higgins


Stage ceiling in the shot







I think I’ve mentioned this elsewhere, but I wish they’d gotten Thomas some better glasses, without flat lenses that reflect the light so blatantly. It makes it obvious they are fakes, and not real readers. I know the cost would have been higher, but really, how much higher in the context of the show’s budget? It is so distracting.

Speaking of budgets, I’d love to know the cost differential between paying for the original Miami Sound Machine song for the DVDs/syndication, versus not paying for the Rolling Stones Satisfaction in Did You See The Sunrise. Were the budgets bigger or the songs cheaper for the later seasons (Mama, Tonight Tonight Tonight, etc.)? Of course the whole question is based on the premises that the original broadcast used the original Rolling Stones Satisfaction, but unless the right VHS turns up, I guess we’ll never know (along with that gunshot in Never Again, Never Again).

I thought this was a great episode right up until the wedding scene. Again, I know, “suspension of disbelief”, but she falls in love with a patient who is a convicted con-man, and then just takes his word for it when he says she has cured him? One hopes they at least kept separate bank accounts.

In regards to the waistband on TM’s shorts, I believe he wears a similar pair in some other episodes, but not many and definitely in later episodes. I know that’s not much help, but I also took notice of the unique waistband shorts many years ago. I feel like one of them had Carol in it, but that’s just a guess.

[Aloha Friday]

The shorts are in Innocence, A Broad as well. They are ugly...Polo, I believe.