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Here we are, reaching the end of Magnum, P. I.. In fact, I was thinking that if Magnum was rebooted for streaming (instead of a network series), it would run only three, maybe four seasons, with eight episodes each. Such is the streaming binge.

House Calls and Life Goes On star Ray Buktenica guest stars in Transitions. Ray has a distinctive surname that has as many syllables as Schwarzenegger.

Magnum confronts Higgins with the claim that he really is Robin Masters. Maybe Orson Welles is Robin Masters but who knows I guess. Also we see Magnum with a cell phone when he's in a helicopter calling Higgins.

Thus we soon reach the end of the Magnum opus.

Aspiring novelist Suzi Merrill, played by the stunning Randi Brooks, has had all her manuscripts rejected by publishers because they're so similar to Robin Masters' works. (I must say that, plagiarised or not, the amount of time and effort taken to write all the manuscripts found in her hotel room must have been enormous. No wonder the lovely darling is so desperate.)

But if there's one thing that Suzi possesses in abundance - apart from beauty - it's perseverance. So, rather than trying to be more original or just giving up writing altogether, she comes up with an elaborate plan: steal Masters' new manuscript, inveigle her way into Robin's Nest, assure herself that Higgins and Masters are one and the same (Thomas' fault for spreading his theory all over the island), and then kill Higgins, leaving her free to pass the manuscript off as her own work. She uses her charms on Luther Gillies and accountant Bruce Kunkle to work towards her goals. Both men should have asked themselves if a woman like her could really be interested in them. But even if they did, who could resist?

I loved this episode. It's a throwback to the fun-packed storylines of the earlier seasons, before excessive seriousness, navel-gazing and emoting took over. Admittedly, Thomas' continual voiceover waffling on about transitions and such doesn't really have any relation to the plot. But considering where we are, I see that the writers are aiming for something meta; they're referring to the imminent end of the series and the moving on of everyone involved.

I have my fingers crossed that the final two episodes will be of a similar class to this one. But, no matter what, the journey has been most excellent and reaching the terminus will be a sad, sad occasion. Magnum Team, I beg of you, with the very final flaps of your wings, soar. Soar.