#magnum pi non hitters

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My Magnum, P.I. Non-Hitters List (Ongoing)

Season 2, Episode 7, “Tropical Madness”

Just a weird vibe from writing Higgins to crush on a much younger woman out of nowhere. It’s just a me problem I think, it felt skeevy coming from Higgins when that wasn’t the vibe I personally got from him. It threw me off track. And most of the episode is just Thomas and Higgins fighting back and forth about who is more attractive to women and how unappealing Higgins should be to younger women. Thomas has a twinge of jealousy in his pursuit to uncover the woman being suspicious and it was very frustrating watching him never say the right thing. We know Thomas is a himbo and he doesn’t always say what he should right off the bat, making things look worse for himself.

Higgins punching Thomas was a treat, though! We never see that from him again as far as I’m aware and it’s funny. He did that after all their bickering culminated in upsetting Jennifer Chapman while she was shooting skeets with Higs.

Season 3, Episode 6, “Black on White”

I went over my feelings about this episode in a post. Essentially I found the pacing to be off and the social commentary to be misplaced at times when it came to discussing the British in Kenya. MPI can be introspective frequently, but it really depends on the writers and it was the early ‘80s.

The twist was insane??? I don’t say this to mean bad or good, the ridiculous reveal was actually hilariously unexpected and I laughed. It was just so batty?! It was trying to make a good point and I appreciate that, but it was just so weird. Only in the ‘80s, man.

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I didn’t necessarily consider this episode to be weird enough to end up on my Non-Hitters List, but a lot of people tend to think Season 1, Episode 8 “The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii” to be uneventful and corny at worst. Not much happens all things considered—Thomas helps a marine biology student, who is afraid of dogs but took a job dog sitting for cash, escape mobsters trying to kidnap an ugly dog. There’s a drawn out chase scene in the latter half of the episode, but it has its goofy fun moments!

Much like “Tropical Madness” and “Black on White”, this episode follows up a series of rather serious plots with hard hitting stuff, so if anything it’s meant to be more goofy and fun. A dinosaur of a mobster, who yells all of his lines, who wants to kidnap a dog? Thomas and a college student afraid of dogs getting chased by hired thugs through a weed farm and banana trees? If you need a laugh, honestly I had a riot watching this old ass mobster yell every single line. I kid you not, he had no idea how to be quiet. We also get treated to Rick in disguise as a pool cleaner for Robin’s Nest, and arguing with the thugs about whether Robin Masters even has a pool.

My Magnum, P.I. Non-Hitters List (Ongoing)

Season 2, Episode 7, “Tropical Madness”

Just a weird vibe from writing Higgins to crush on a much younger woman out of nowhere. It’s just a me problem I think, it felt skeevy coming from Higgins when that wasn’t the vibe I personally got from him. It threw me off track. And most of the episode is just Thomas and Higgins fighting back and forth about who is more attractive to women and how unappealing Higgins should be to younger women. Thomas has a twinge of jealousy in his pursuit to uncover the woman being suspicious and it was very frustrating watching him never say the right thing. We know Thomas is a himbo and he doesn’t always say what he should right off the bat, making things look worse for himself.

Higgins punching Thomas was a treat, though! We never see that from him again as far as I’m aware and it’s funny. He did that after all their bickering culminated in upsetting Jennifer Chapman while she was shooting skeets with Higs.

Season 3, Episode 6, “Black on White”

I went over my feelings about this episode in a post. Essentially I found the pacing to be off and the social commentary to be misplaced at times when it came to discussing the British in Kenya. MPI can be introspective frequently, but it really depends on the writers and it was the early ‘80s.

The twist was insane??? I don’t say this to mean bad or good, the ridiculous reveal was actually hilariously unexpected and I laughed. It was just so batty?! It was trying to make a good point and I appreciate that, but it was just so weird. Only in the ‘80s, man.