![]() Higgins: How fiendishly deceptive of you Magnum. They will be referenced again in " Birdman of Budapest" (3.16) & " By Its Cover" (3.21).ġ4 The revolver Carlton uses at the end is a target variant of the Colt SSA, The Bisley. ![]() He will play it again in " I Do?" (3.17), " Rembrandt's Girl" (4.14) and " Autumn Warrior" (7.13).ġ2 Magnum is seen reading Agatha Christie's The Seven Dials Mystery in paperback.ġ3 The mysterious Hungarian acrobats are mentioned for the second time. ![]() He was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for best dramatic series for his work on the sixth season of The Sopranos.ġ1 Magnum plays his saxophone for the first time. producer) Andrew Schneider will go on to produce and write for Northern Exposure and The Sopranos, among others. The band also features locals Mark Munekata on guitar, Cary James on drums and Lorene on bass.ġ0 Episode screenwriter (and former Magnum P.I. The band playing at the ball is East West North South (a Band With Direction), led by Hawaiian keyboardist Don Eads. ![]() This is one of the few times that we see or hear his full name.ħ Instead of the familiar theme song, a swinging Big Band-style jazz piece is played over the closing credits.Ĩ Donnelly Rhodes ( Wilson MacLeish) and Roscoe Lee Browne ( Carlton) were both main cast members on the landmark 1970's ABC sitcom Soap.ĩ The masquerade ball scene was filmed at Saint Andrew's Cathedral in downtown Honolulu (South Beretania Street at Alakea/Queen Emma Streets). (Noted by Reg)Ħ During the reading of his will, Wilson MacLeish addresses Magnum by his full name, Thomas Sullivan Magnum. This car also made an appearance in Season One's " J. Murder, She Wrote episode " Test of Wills" features many similarities to the plot of this episode (multi-millionaire fakes death and will, wealthy family squabbling over the inheritance, etc.).ĥ Wilson MacLeish's car in the opening scene is an extremely rare, pre-1962 Rolls-Royce Phantom V! The bodywork is by James Young rather than the standard factory bodywork. In a shot just before he falls down the stairs, you can briefly see the candles to the left of the picture. It is taken from the scene where Magnum is in bed and the lights go out, and he gets up to investigate. The Walker Estate was previously seen in Season One's " The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club" (1.11) and will later be used in Season Four's " Smaller than Life" (4.3).ģ The opening trailer features a shot of Magnum in the dark with some candles, which is not used in the actual episode. The estate was used for both indoor and outdoor filming. arrives as a French King, Rick (who always seems to draw the short straw) is T.C.'s French Queen, and Higgins is dressed up as, no surprise, King Henry VIII! This is one of the funniest episodes in the series!Ģ Most of this episode was shot at the historic Walker Estate in Nuuanu Pali. Magnum (complete with leg in plaster from a fall) clanks about in a knight's full suit of armor, T.C. Magnum is stunned when Wilson MacLeish, an eccentric millionaire whom he worked for, is killed in a plane explosion and leaves him nearly his entire fortune - which includes a videotape suggesting he expected to be murdered by a relative looking to get his money.ġ This rather offbeat, surreal, humorous episode is also memorable for the costumes the characters wear to a charity masquerade ball at Magnum's newly-inherited estate. Roscoe Lee Browne (Carlton), Donnelly Rhodes (Wilson MacLeish), James Murtaugh (Simon MacLeish), Elaine Joyce (Marina Pepesco), Michael Delano (Tony Silvano)
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