Author Topic: Magnum PI is on Amazon Prime (Read 2739 times)

Ben · « **on:** July 12, 2019, 08:30:01 PM »

I recall a few people here a while back were looking for streaming options for Magnum PI (the original). I see that it just hit Amazon Prime, FYI.

just Warren · « **Reply #1 on:** July 12, 2019, 09:01:20 PM »

Ice-pick made a call.

K Frame · « **Reply #2 on:** July 12, 2019, 11:44:06 PM »

YES!

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charby · « **Reply #3 on:** July 13, 2019, 01:22:15 AM »

Higgins!!!!!!!!

Fly320s · « **Reply #4 on:** July 13, 2019, 05:36:50 AM »

Quote from: charby on July 13, 2019, 01:22:15 AM

Higgins!!!!!!!!

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You can tell he is a true Texan: He has a cannon and a rifle on his front lawn. If he just trades the British flag for a Gonzales flag, the image would be complete.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #5 on:** July 15, 2019, 11:14:40 PM »

I've never watched it before, but I'm about halfway through the first season (on Tubi). Does it get any better in the second season? A lot of programs hit their stride in season 2 or 3.

Big Hairy Bee · « **Reply #6 on:** July 16, 2019, 01:56:08 AM »

Huge fan here. The first season is uneven. The next three seasons are amazing.

K Frame · « **Reply #7 on:** July 16, 2019, 07:53:42 AM »

Season 3, episodes 1 and 2 -- Did you See the Sunrise -- are, to me, two of the best episodes ever put on TV out of any dramatic series.

Season 1, as noted, is kind of spotty.

Season 2 gets running with some really good episodes, but season 3 is by far the best.

There are a couple of episodes that are Higgins-centric that are also VERY good.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #8 on:** July 16, 2019, 02:43:36 PM »

Good info. Will keep watching.

Big Hairy Bee · « **Reply #9 on:** July 17, 2019, 01:19:54 AM »

Quote from: Mike Irwin on July 16, 2019, 07:53:42 AM

Season 3, episodes 1 and 2 -- Did you See the Sunrise -- are, to me, two of the best episodes ever put on TV out of any dramatic series.

I remember the collective jaw drops at the conclusion of that episode.

K Frame · « **Reply #10 on:** July 17, 2019, 07:41:54 AM »

Watched the first 3 episodes of season 1 last night. I never saw the first two as I didn't start watching it until later in the first season. Not great, but I fondly remember when I was 15 really loving it.

And you know what? I still like it.

TommyGunn · « **Reply #11 on:** July 17, 2019, 11:23:04 AM »

Quote from: Big Hairy Bee on July 17, 2019, 01:19:54 AM

I remember the collective jaw drops at the conclusion of that episode.

That was a great episode. I recall the freeze-frame quite well.

zxcvbob · « **Reply #12 on:** July 17, 2019, 07:22:59 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOJVhIPyNCg&feature=youtu.be&t=197

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #13 on:** May 19, 2020, 04:42:10 PM »

Turns out my wife took an acting class from "Maggie Poole," at Illinois State.

grampster · « **Reply #14 on:** May 19, 2020, 06:57:02 PM »

We just got Prime this month. Noticed Magnum and we've watched the first couple episodes in season 1. We used to watch it all the time when it was on TV back in the day.

Angel Eyes · « **Reply #15 on:** May 19, 2020, 09:09:13 PM »

(spoiler alert for anyone who hasn't yet seen an episode that first aired in 1982):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxJuJmHaESU

230RN · « **Reply #16 on:** May 20, 2020, 06:50:26 AM »

I remember being shocked and confused as hell at that ending. Wait. What? Magnum doing that?

And there was no more after the commercials. Wait. What? Holy cow.

K Frame · « **Reply #17 on:** May 20, 2020, 07:25:35 AM »

That two parter is on many critics lists of the greatest TV episodes.

It's when the show took a different direction and got a bit darker. And a lot better. Not quite as campy.

zxcvbob · « **Reply #18 on:** May 20, 2020, 09:53:29 AM »

Quote from: Angel Eyes on May 19, 2020, 09:09:13 PM

(spoiler alert for anyone who hasn't yet seen an episode that first aired in 1982):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxJuJmHaESU

Why did Archer change the line to "Regis"? To make sure it stayed a parody and not plagarism? Or was it just being goofball?

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #19 on:** May 20, 2020, 10:29:55 AM »

Quote from: Mike Irwin on May 20, 2020, 07:25:35 AM

That two parter is on many critics lists of the greatest TV episodes.

It's when the show took a different direction and got a bit darker. And a lot better. Not quite as campy.

Well, not right away. Right after that, there's a fairly campy episode about an idol that starts fires, and makes cars stop running. Then the episode where Magnum wakes up in the 1930s. Makes me think they were really fighting for survival in that season.

Jim147 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 20, 2020, 11:42:13 AM »

What season had the ninja and the samurai?

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #21 on:** May 23, 2020, 01:41:52 AM »

In episode 46, Magnum and Higgins are "quarantined" in the guest house.

K Frame · « **Reply #22 on:** May 23, 2020, 08:04:25 AM »

That one was a good one, too. Harkens back to Higgins being involved in crimes against humanity as a soldier in Kenya.

Boomhauer · « **Reply #23 on:** May 23, 2020, 08:26:16 AM »

Quote from: zxcvbob on May 20, 2020, 09:53:29 AM

Why did Archer change the line to "Regis"? To make sure it stayed a parody and not plagarism? Or was it just being goofball?

Because the old lady he was friends with at the cancer treatment facility watched Regis every morning

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #24 on:** May 24, 2020, 02:37:08 PM »

Quote from: Boomhauer on May 23, 2020, 08:26:16 AM

Because the old lady he was friends with at the cancer treatment facility watched Regis every morning

I've never watched Archer, but I still thought the Regis reference was funny.

Quote from: Mike Irwin on May 23, 2020, 08:04:25 AM

That one was a good one, too. Harkens back to Higgins being involved in crimes against humanity as a soldier in Kenya.

That a was a good episode, and I read somewhere it got really good ratings at the time. I didn't think the Ian McShane-as-Mau-Mau-zealot thing worked quite as well as the similar concept in the Firefly episode Bushwhacked. On the other hand, Firefly didn't have Ian McShane, so I guess they're even.

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Author Topic: Magnum PI is on Amazon Prime (Read 2739 times)