Adelaide (1.14)

[thechickinthemiddle]

Horse person here. This episode was so bad in terms of realism that I can't stand to watch it. Literally everything anyone said or did was wrong, wrong, wrong. Would make a great Rifftrax entry. I was going to make a post about all the flubs but it became too depressing.

It would have taken very little effort or expense to hire one (1) person who knows which end eats hay to give a look-see at the script before shooting began, but I guess they reserved that for issues involving guns and helicopters.

Now I imagine the Rifftrax voices. Some early episodes make surprisingly little sense. (Eric's fate in "Missing in Action" readily comes to mind.)

[K Hale]

Also, what is so funny about ensuring security for a valuable horse? These are the same guys who made a very big deal out of ensuring security for a carved figurine that was worth a fraction of what the horse was said to be worth. What's the joke?

[J.J. Walters]

So watching it again, we do see Norman chase Charles out of the stable. Nowadays, if a scene like this happened, we'd have heard Norman make sounds and see more evidence of a trampling, but neither happens in this case. Magnum indeed just finds Charles on the ground outside the stable looking surprisingly unscathed. No wonder we got so confused!

Also, slightly off-topic, I'm 99% sure Christine Belford got a rhinoplasty after this episode. It would also explain why she started getting roles much different than Adelaide (snooty, rich, absorbed types instead) as the 80s went on.

Sorry dude, she's hot!

[marlboro]

What's the joke?

Well, he thought his client was a human and it turned out to be a horse. It's like a doctor being called for an emergency housecall only to find out his patient is a cow.

[thechickinthemiddle]

So watching it again, we do see Norman chase Charles out of the stable. Nowadays, if a scene like this happened, we'd have heard Norman make sounds and see more evidence of a trampling, but neither happens in this case. Magnum indeed just finds Charles on the ground outside the stable looking surprisingly unscathed. No wonder we got so confused!

Also, slightly off-topic, I'm 99% sure Christine Belford got a rhinoplasty after this episode. It would also explain why she started getting roles much different than Adelaide (snooty, rich, absorbed types instead) as the 80s went on.

Sorry dude, she's hot!

Don't disagree with you there. (Also, darn expired image embeds.)

[#1 Buzzettes Fan]

This is one of my favorites of the silly episodes. Not the best plot but Adelaide is so adorable and sweet. I much prefer her character over those overly dramatic or loudmouth guest stars. Adelaide is somewhat insecure and nervous which makes for a charming chemistry on screen. I love her and the Ghostbusters actress whose name escapes me.

The scene at the KCC was hilarious and it was terrific to see TC using an Elks Lodge napkin as he was trying to compose himself!

[Kevster]

This is one of my favorites of the silly episodes. Not the best plot but Adelaide is so adorable and sweet. I much prefer her character over those overly dramatic or loudmouth guest stars. Adelaide is somewhat insecure and nervous which makes for a charming chemistry on screen. I love her and the Ghostbusters actress whose name escapes me.

The scene at the KCC was hilarious and it was terrific to see TC using an Elks Lodge napkin as he was trying to compose himself!

Annie Potts? She was in MPI...

[KingKC]

This is one of my favorites of the silly episodes. Not the best plot but Adelaide is so adorable and sweet. I much prefer her character over those overly dramatic or loudmouth guest stars. Adelaide is somewhat insecure and nervous which makes for a charming chemistry on screen. I love her and the Ghostbusters actress whose name escapes me.

The scene at the KCC was hilarious and it was terrific to see TC using an Elks Lodge napkin as he was trying to compose himself!

Annie Potts? She was in MPI...

She was a young police officer in Legacy From a Friend (3.19).

[ENSHealy]

1.14 ADELAIDE
Hawaiian shirts: 1 classic jungle bird
Island Hopper shirts: 2 dark blue tanks and light blue t-shirt
Body Count:
Shirtless: 1
Little Voice: 1
I know what you’re thinking: 3
When I write HTBAWCPI:
Investigator corrections: 1
Magnum injuries:
Higgins musings: 1
4th wall breaks:
Negotiations: 1 – 2 weeks of obeying estate rules in exchange for Higgins answering horse insurance questions.
Famous guest stars:
Magnumometer: 11

Although I think that Ms. Belford overplays the "down-home Iowa girl" a bit, I found this to be an enjoyable episode. However I did think the scenes with TC, Rick and Higgins laughing about Thomas guarding a horse were overdone, even if you buy the conceit that his guarding a horse is silly.

A couple other things bothered me:
1. If Charles Cathcart saved Magnum's life in Vietnam, where are the scars from the surgery?
2. Charles Cathcart's makeup was horrible. The brown tinted pancake is so thick he looks like he's casket-ready.


CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS

Magnum: But there must be something wrong with me, because it's always that perfect moment...when a little voice tells me disaster's about to strike.

Magnum: My only problem was the little voice didn't tell me...the disaster had dark brown hair, wore big glasses and called herself--Adelaide Malone.

Magnum: I know what you're thinking. I should've been suspicious. But I was too teed off at Captain Cathcart. He'd hit a real sore spot, and I wasn't thinking straight. For a private investigator, that's a terrible mistake.

Magnum: I know what you're thinking. I was crazy not to have driven that Jeep...right out of there when I had the chance. But T.C. had flown back to Oahu, and I couldn't have gotten a boat or a commercial flight back until the next morning. Besides, you wouldn't walk out on a girl with sensible shoes and a smile like that. Of course you wouldn't.

Magnum: I know what you're thinking. A classic diversion. I was supposed to follow them, then they could come back for Norman. I know that. The trouble is I didn't have a choice.

Higgins: Magnum, I had no idea you took such a good picture. You're really quite photogenic.
Magnum: Higgins, Adelaide will be back any second, so if you don't mind--
Higgins: Actually, with that overly aggressive mustache of yours, you look a bit like Rhett Butler.

[Robin'sNestPodcast]

Does anybody know why Dr. Cathcart has a prosthetic hand? I re-watched and cannot find out why.

[Nifty911]

I really didn't like this episode. Weird is what I would say. She seemed too young LOL It reminded me of one of those shows with a story line where there is some plain Jane who gets a "makeover" and its night and day. I think there was one such episode on the Brady Bunch.

[T.Q.]

Never liked this episode much.

There’s some classic moments though.

Yellow pages:
“Let your fingers do the walking”.

Rick and T.C. are funny.

Never understood everyone mocking protecting a horse.

I did not see a Fourth Wall.

First episode without? (Edit: ENSHealy seems to confirm).

P.S. For a long time I thought Adelaide was Diane Wiest.

[Amian]

Also, what is so funny about ensuring security for a valuable horse? These are the same guys who made a very big deal out of ensuring security for a carved figurine that was worth a fraction of what the horse was said to be worth. What's the joke?

No kidding. That felt too forced, like the writers needed the guys to make Magnum feel put upon. I thought Uncle Charlie did that just fine at the beginning when he tells Magnum how disappointed he is that he became a Private Eye (Magnum right away: "Investigator").

Come on, Rick and T.C. looked like fools in those suits. They have no room to be mocking Magnum for anything.

[Victor DiGorgio]

Christine Belford (Adelaide) would later go on to play the recurring character of Samatha Sanders(Steve's mother) on the hit Beverly Hills 90210. She is one of three familiar faces for us 1990's teens that had a previous role on Magnum.