This episode starts out as your typical Magnum. The administrivial mess of his own, chaotic making (with the requisite donnybrook in the queue at some nameless government office), The traditional repartee between Thomas and Higgins, the unexpected guest at Robin's Nest - fearful of her own safety - and the chaos of her unannounced celebrity arrival. All warm, comfortable Magnum fodder. There's even a car chase of sorts.
But two-thirds of the way through the story takes hard left into the tragedy of age-onset dementia.
The way that Magnum, Higgins and his Aunt realise, accommodate manage and, eventually embrace this is what makes this episode, amongst almost all others so special. There was quite a lump in one's throat, come time for the roll of the credits.
Quality Magnum.
But two-thirds of the way through the story takes hard left into the tragedy of age-onset dementia.
The way that Magnum, Higgins and his Aunt realise, accommodate manage and, eventually embrace this is what makes this episode, amongst almost all others so special. There was quite a lump in one's throat, come time for the roll of the credits.
Quality Magnum.
