In a quick nod to the original series, Magnum (Jay Hernandez) is watching Stalag 17, one of the original Magnum’s (Tom Selleck) favorite movies. The homages to the original continue throughout the series, but the episode quickly takes a serious turn for Higgins (Perdita Weeks). Day of the Viper was written by Gene Hong and…
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Magnum P.I. (2019) – Nowhere to Hide, and Winner Takes All
Magnum (Jay Hernandez) is training for the Iron Man competition but gets involved in a case involving a missing Russian fugitive, something that will put Higgins (Perdita Weeks) and Kumu (Amy Hill) in trouble. Written by Joe Gazzam from a story he developed with Peter M. Lenkov, Nowhere to Hide first aired on 14 January,…
Magnum P.I. (2018) – The Ties That Bind, and Bad Day to Be a Hero
Thomas (Jay Hernandez) takes a case involving a kidnapped girl, she’s been returned, but she’s not the same person anymore, and her parents want the person who took her captured. At the same time, we learn a little more about what happened when Magnum and his friends were held by the Taliban when they were…
Magnum P.I. (2018) – The Cat Who Cried Wolf, and Die He Said
Magnum (Jay Hernandez) takes a case to help find a young girl’s missing cat, Mittens, and he also gets an iconic shirt from Higgins (Perdita Weeks) in The Cat Who Cried Wolf. Written by Neil Tolkin, this episode first debuted on 5 November, 2018. Cecilia (Stella Edwards) is missing her cat and Magnum takes the…
Magnum P.I. (2018) – Sudden Death, and Death is Only Temporary
Magnum (Jay Hernandez) helps T.C. (Stephen Hill) and one of his football little leaguers in Sudden Death. It first aired on 22 October, 2018, and was written by David Fury, and features Cyndi Lauper as a local lawyer, Vanessa Nero. Young Makoa (Zio Junk) looks for help from T.C. and Magnum when his father, Honi…
Magnum P.I. (2018) – The Woman Who Never Died, and Six Paintings, One Frame
The third episode in the series introduces a new regular to the series, one that was created for the show, Kumu (Amy Hill). She is the estate’s cultural curator. And it introduces a re-imagined character from the original series, Luther Gillis played here by Ken Jeong. We also get a new HPD officer who becomes…
Magnum P.I. (2018) – I Saw the Sun Rise, and From the Head Down
Jay Hernandez took over the iconic role of private investigator Thomas Sullivan Magnum from Tom Selleck with the launch of the revitalized and updated series, Magnum P.I. Running for five seasons, it launched on 24 September, 2018 with the episode I Saw the Sun Rise. Written by Peter M. Lenkov and Eric Guggenheim the new…
Magnum P.I. – The Complete Series
After five seasons, the reimagined Magnum P.I. series has come to an end. Like I said a number of times, it wasn’t the original, it was its own thing, but tried to include nods, and tried to honor the 1980s original, but it was fun. Jay Hernandez made a great Thomas Magnum, and while some…
The Expanse (2015) – Remember the Cant, and CQB
Things are escalating on Ceres, even as Mars and Earth seem to be working to avoid a conflict. Remember the Cant was written by Robin Veith and first aired on 16 December, 2015. Holden (Steven Strait), Naomi (Dominque Tipper), Alex (Cas Anvar), Amos (Wes Chatham) and Shed (Paulo Costanzo) are being held aboard the Mars…
The Expanse (2015) – Dulcinea, and The Big Empty
I loved the moment when I discovered James S.A. Corey’s The Expanse series of novels. There’s space opera in it, but so much of the worlds they created are grounded in reality, and they all rely on hard science. So when the television series came along, I was super excited. But I kept waiting before…
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