#og magnum pi

[alien-in-a-box]

I’m hyperfixated on both so I guess it doesn’t really matter 🤷‍♂️

I meant to draw more Harvey’s, but it accidentally turned into a whole page of Tom Selleck, oops 😳

They’re technically the same person though, so it’s okay :^)

[nade2308]

I just happen to have a lot of favorite characters with scars, so I couldn't help myself from making this gifset for day 27.

If course there are also those scars you can't see...

@whumptober

@thethistlegirl

Ao3 link here

[aytelowfobiya]

What the flip was this mess!! What happened 😭

TC before and after he heard Rick was being convicted for murder.

🥺Their chemistry is so subtle but it's there.

And Rick looked so dejected...

Yet why was he making me and the attorney kinda breathless here? 💀

[movietonight]

Gender envy for Thomas Magnum

[faejilly]

I have new kittens (🎉) and a deeply obnoxious cold (🫤😷) so I've been spending a lot of time on a couch petting new babies and watching what the streaming companies call "nostalgia TV" and I think of as pre-copaganda mysteries (Murder She Wrote, Spenser for Hire, Columbo, Magnum PI (OG), etc.) And it is hilarious 1: how often I recognize someone but have no idea why (because 30-40 years ago) but also 2: how many plot complications revolve around figuring out where someone else is because you can't just call their cell phone 😅😂

Kitty Tax:

Tom (bigger) & Tilly (itty bitty) as chosen and named by Things 1 & 2 when we stopped by the rescue we got Jade from just to support their new 'cattic'. We had not brought a carrier or anything! And yet. (They gave us one of theirs, which seems backwards when we were supposed to be asking what they needed, but having someone adopt two of the clowder was clearly more important.) 🤣🩵

[timotey]

Magnum PI (2018) S1

To get it off my chest, in the first season there were two things that really bothered me. First, how much of a mooch-off Thomas was. I would've thought that in today's day and age, that would have been a big no-no. It really bothered me how much he was using his friends. Not that he wasn't always willing to help them in return, because he really was, but! When your friends actually keep telling you again and again how it bothers them that you take them and their generosity for granted, you shouldn't just laugh it off and do it again right away.

The second thing that bothered me was that Higgins was better. at. absolutely. everything. Magnum was a Navy SEAL, for cryin' out loud, yet Higgins out-ran, out-shot, out-fought, out-insert-whatever him at least twice every episode while rubbing his nose in the fact that was a useless idiot. Why was Magnum actually needed in this series? And no, my objection has nothing to do with Higgins being a woman and everything with the hero of the story being portrayed as a bumbling nincompoop who can't wipe his butt without Higgins showing him how. That's just bad writing.

And now to the good stuff. Jay Hernandez. What a man. He was so awesome as Thomas Magnum. Only his instant likability balanced out all the mooching that Magnum was doing. If portrayed by a lesser actor, I'm not sure I would've liked Magnum. But I really believed Jay Hernandez that his Magnum was a good, honest, sweet man.

And also: Rick. In the OG, I didn't like Rick. He always felt sleazy to me. But in the reboot, he's my second favorite character next to Thomas. The way he carries his heart on his sleeve, the way everyone likes him and wants to help him, the way he cares about women in general, the gentleman he is, the way he cares about Magnum! Yeah, lovely.

My favorite side-story? Shammy, the wheelchair bound veteran, and the way Rick and TC connected with him. I wish the series in general explored the fall-outs and consequences of being a veteran more. I mean, they had been POWs for 18 months and it was actually barely mentioned. So to see at least some of that portrayed in Shammy? That was so good!

[dragonnan]

list 8 tv shows for your followers to get to know you ★ i was tagged by @disappearinginq

Psych - My first true obsession since the X-Files went off the air in 2001. My biggest obsessions of the past were all WELL before streaming was a thing which meant you HAD to be in front of the TV when it aired or you simply missed out. For example, I missed the final episode of the OG MacGyver. I didn't get to see it until I bought the complete DVD box set decades later. (special mention of Monk which led me to Psych back in the great days of USA Network)

Sherlock - I was late to the party and didn't start watching until after the last season ended. This is, since 2017, my biggest current obsession. I have a strong attachment to detective shows and can't believe how long it took to finally watch. I love, in particular, the portrayal of the characters by Benedict, Martin, Amanda, Mark, Louise, Rupert, and Una (rip).

Fullmetal Alchemist (OG and Brotherhood) - Same, @disappearinginq! My love for this world never ends! Like you there are things I love about both versions. The way Brotherhood developed characters and the wider world (plus the ending) are so so good!! Meanwhile the first series handled certain emotional episodes SO much better!!! I'm sure you know WHICH one in particular. This was also one of the only times I took part in a writing group to help develop the multi-arc vision of a writer who goes by Heathenesque. I didn't write much as most has been created by her but it was so much fun! It still exists on LJ, as well as Mediaminer and The Pit (FFN).

Cowboy Bebop - The first anime anything I ever saw. My brother-in-law had it on VHS back in the day and was watching it at our house. I took an interest and was immediately hooked. I have lost track how many times I've rewatched episodes and there's a reason its considered one of the best anime series created.

Good Omens - WE NEED SEASON 3!!! Entirely quirky and initially feels like just comedy. But my GOSH there is so much depth under the humor and it poses very solid questions about faith and religion as well as friendship, love, what being human means, etc. And that was just the first season. I'm still not emotionally recovered from season 2.

Star Trek - Again, like @disappearinginq I love this show - TOS, TNG, DS9, and Voyager. I even had them on VHS back when cassettes were sexy lol. Star Trek was one of my earliest fandoms and I had such a crush on Spock.

Doctor Who - Thank goodness for streaming cause I watch this on repeat aaaaaall the tiiiime!! I consider it a comfort show and I don't get tired of it no matter how often I rewatch. It may be packed with, often, silly effects (particularly early on) and deeply questionable science. But I also haven't cried harder from the most wrenching scenes and emotion it triggers.

My Foundation - I'm dedicating this last one to the shows that built the tastes I'd have as an adult: MacGyver, Simon & Simon, Hart to Hart, Remington Steele, Scarecrow & Mrs. King, The A-Team, Magnum PI, Airwolf, Blue Thunder, Beauty & the Beast, The Fall Guy, Knight Rider, Moonlighting, as well as Saturday morning cartoons, The Electric Company, and Sesame Street.

Tagging: @sgam76 @theleftpill @mrs-n-uzumaki @mamahanu @villaniouslyawesome @ceruleanmindpalace @copperplatebeech @ariaadagio @aelaer

[bishopsbelova]

You've just reminded me that I'm way behind on LA, I need a catch up. I also haven't watched OG NCIS for a long time, and can't even remember where I was last up to. But I'm currently in a Magnum PI hole right now.

I've been slowly watching LA for months; but then they announced the three show ncisverse crossover and I kind of used that as an excuse to kick my butt in gear to put more of an effort to get caught up.

I most definitely have not watched the OG NCIS since Ziva left - I think since she's left, I've watched like three episodes? Tony's last one, the season 20 premiere bc they crossed over with NCIS Hawaii and the latest episode bc of the three show crossover.

That is exactly why I love TvTime; because it tracks your progress on shows - even if you stop watching it. It's great

[thethistlegirl]

from "maggie and milly and molly and may" by e.e. cummings

[saltynametag]

Silly doodle of an idea I had while watching the Wizard of Oz...

Higgins would be the wizard, of course.

[maleficent088]

I watched the first episode of the original Magnum P.I. and I'll just say...I'm interested...

[nade2308]

OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, I AM NOW SCREECHING.

Lowkey shipping Thomas and Robin since a few months ago and OHMYGOSH THIS POST! It just fuels my shipping. Not to mention the way he said that about Robin's bedroom, like BOY, YOU HAVE BEEN THERE, DON'T DENY IT!

I shall be done with my meltdown now...

The two internal monologues happening in this scene:

Digger: I hope he doesn’t know I’m faking my interest in Robin.

Magnum: I hope she doesn’t know I slept with Robin.

[nade2308]

Parallels

You know that feeling when you find a gif you made back in January from one tv show (how it's December now boggles my mind) and then you take a notice of a scene in another tv show and you are like, hmm, can I put these two in a post together? Yes, I absolutely can and I will.

I'm not staring. Nope.

I'm just gonna leave this post here and go drink a glass of water to cool down 🥵

[aytelowfobiya]

Guys I need help. 😭

Basically, I'm doing an art project on Decorative Realism (very naturalistic object with meaningful designs in the background) and Magnum Pi (1980) just so HAPPENS to be my subject matter.

PLEASE, if anyone remembers anything (like sunrises, beaches, jungles) that symbolizes or captures the essence of Magnum PI, even quotes, comment or send them my way.

Edit: I have been saved. Y'all are amazing. Kudos ❤️ on your souls!

[readingwriter92]

the whole ass fucking moment where i literally have like two lines of really good dialogue for a story and i honestly cannot tell if its original or if it was for a fic

[nade2308]

Thank you, I will be crying if anyone needs me

Magnum P.I. (1980) S04E01 "Home From The Sea"