Magnum P.I.: The Complete Seventh Season
by Gilbert M. Shilton, Robert Totten, Ray Danton, Georg Stanford Brown, John C. Flinn III
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Actor: Tom SelleckDirector: Georg Stanford Brown, Gilbert M. Shilton, John C. Flinn III, Ray Danton, Robert Totten
Brand: Magnum
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1042 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
Product features:
- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- Box set; Color; Dolby; DVD; Full Screen; Subtitled; NTSC
DVD Reviews of Magnum P.I.: The Complete Seventh Season
DVD Review: OH MY GOD!
Summary: 5 Stars
It's about time Universal had released this 1986-87 Season of this detective drama starring Tom Selleck as a beach-bum style private investigator living in Oahu, Hawaii that ran on CBS from 1980-1988 that consistently ranked in the top 20 US Television programs during the first 5 years of Magnum's 8-year run, according to the Nielsen ratings.
Additionally, the often indebted Magnum lived & resided in the guest house of a posh 200-acre beach-front estate known as Robin's Nest in Hawaii at the invitation of its owner(Robin Masters)which was the celebrated, but-never-seen author of several dozen lurid novels.
Ostensibly this is quid pro quo for Magnum's services based upon Magnum's claimed expertise in security; which the pilot episode "Don't Eat The Snow In Hawaii" suggests Magnum also did Robin Masters a favor of some kind.
Robin's Nest was guarded by 2 highly trained Doberman Pinschers named Zeus & Apollo and other aspects of the estate were managed by the often exasperated Englishman Jonathan Quayle Higgins III(John Hillerman) whom was an ex-British Army Sgt. Major with whom often as humorous aside during various episodes of the series.
Magnum also had to barter for the use of estate amenities other than the guest house & the Ferrari 308 GTS, the tennis courts, wine cellar, expensive cameras, etc.
During the early seasons of MAGNUM, PI; the voice of Robin Masters heard only a few times was voiced by Orson Welles which therefore led to a recurrent theme throughout the last 2 seasons of this show involving Magnum suspecting Higgins to be the actual Robin Masters leaving the possibility to be contradictory to numerous references throughout the series' run that made it clear they were 2 different people, especially in the "Paper War" episode when Magnum gets stuck in an elevator with Higgins in a building that was about to be demolished.
In spite of this, Higgins' dual identity remained an open question until the series finale episode "Resolutions" when Higgins first admits that he is Robin Masters, but then later suggests what he had confessed to Magnum about Robin Masters was a lie.
Magnum seemingly lived a dream lifestyle since he would come & go as he pleased, worked only when he wanted to, had the almost unlimited use of the Ferrari as well many other Robin Masters' luxuries.
Magnum also kept a mini-fridge with a seemingly endless supply of beer, wore his fathers treasured Rolex GMT Master wristwatch, was seemingly surrounded by countless beautiful women whom were often clients or victims of Magnum's in the cases he solved & enjoyed adventures with his old Navy buddies T.C.(Roger Mosley)and Rick "Orville" Wright(Larry Mannetti)that he served in Vietnam with who had a love/hate relationship with Magnum.
As a matter of fact at the end of this 1986-87 Season; Magnum was supposedly killed off & Magnum's 7th Season was supposed to be the end of this series, but there was an outcry from fans and an 8th Season was produced to bring Magnum 'back to life' and to round the series off as Magnum's final season, despite the fact that Tom Selleck seemed to already be getting tired and running out of steam by the time this season was underway along with the fact that the last 3 seasons seemed to have gotten more & more serious & less hilarious, including this 1986-1987 Season since Magnum wasn't doing his swims on the beach anymore on his leisure-time like he did a lot in the first 3 seasons and was playing more & more sports for his pasttime instead, especially baseball and basketball with T.C. and Rick.
In addition, this 1986-87 Season clearly indicated that MAGNUM was obviously no longer in its honeymoon phase of the show anymore either on top of that, despite the fact that MAGNUM, P.I. outlasted most other private detective shows, including its rival show MATT HOUSTON with Lee Horsley & Pamela Hensley which I think was a better detective show since Magnum(Tom Selleck) was always broke & indebted to people and Houston(Lee Horsley)never was since Houston was a filthy-rich playboy that lived high on the hog in a ritzy mansion in L.A. who was a lot more fortunate, a lot tougher, a lot huskier, a lot more organized than Magnum ever was, plus Houston only did detective work on the side as a hobby, unlike Magnum who lived on a shoe-string budget which kind of made MATT HOUSTON like a rich-mans MAGNUM, but Horsley used to get teased a lot by people asking him if he was trying to copy Tom Selleck during MATT HOUSTONs whole 3-year run on ABC since Lee Horsley and Tom Selleck obviously had a slight resemblence.
In addition to that, MATT HOUSTON was probably inspired by MAGNUM since MATT HOUSTON didn't even come out until MAGNUM, P.I. was in its 3rd Season on CBS since MATT HOUSTON didn't make its debut on ABC until Sunday September 26, 1982 which was 2 years after MAGNUM made its debut on CBS for the first time on Thursday December 11, 1980.
This is also the season when Joe Santos known for his role as Rockford's often exasperated cop buddy(Sgt. Dennis Becker)from the LAPD on THE ROCKFORD FILES, joins the cast as Magnum's new cop buddy(Lt. Page)and when Shavar Ross known for his role as Arnold's best buddy(Dudley)on DIFFERENT STROKES joins the cast as T.C.'s estranged distant son(Bryant).
It was also interesting seeing guest stars like
-Angela Lansbury co-starring as novelist Jessica Fletcher from MURDER SHE WROTE in the crossover episode "The Novel Connection".
-The famous & popular Frank Sinatra in the "Laura" episode
-Kenneth Tigar in the "Death & Taxes" episode before his co-starring days on DALLAS, DYNASTY, and DAYS OF OUR LIVES
-James Luisi in the "Forty" episode after his co-starring days as Jim Rockford's hard-nosed nemesis(Lt. Doug Chapman)on THE ROCKFORD FILES and before his co-starring days on DAYS OF OUR LIVES & ANOTHER WORLD
-Steven Keats in the "Laura" episode before his co-starring days on ALL MY CHILDREN
-Jared Martin in "The Novel Connection" episode after his co-starring days on DALLAS
-Joan McMurtry in the "Laura" episode before her co-starring days as Rick & AJ Simon's foxy cop buddy(Lt. Abigail Marsh)in the last 2 seasons of SIMON & SIMON
The only thing I don't like about this 1986-1987 Season of MAGNUM, P.I. DVD is they didn't provide a summary index with each episodes original air-date on this DVD unlike the first 3 season DVD box sets of MAGNUM did, which made them easier to work with and made it more interesting along with the fact that this DVD box set didn't even provide the episodes original air-dates on the package by the listing of each episode either, unlike Warner Bros. did for all the WONDER WOMAN and DUKES OF HAZZARD DVD box sets.
On the other hand, it's nice being able to watch all these episodes complete & uncut without all those deleted scenes & additional commercial interruptions in between that we used to get when MAGNUM was on WGN, USA, and A&E to allot more time for commercials.
So now that Universal has all 8 seasons of MAGNUM released out on DVD, I'm hoping it will inspire Warner Bros. or Paramount to finally release the last 2 seasons of MATT HOUSTON out on DVD soon since MATT HOUSTON was also a very popular detective drama like MAGNUM, THE ROCKFORD FILES, SIMON & SIMON, and MANNIX all were.
Description of Magnum P.I.: The Complete Seventh Season
Magnum is back and better than ever in all 21 action-packed episodes of Magnum P.I.: The Complete Seventh Season! Tom Selleck returns as TV's most charming Primetime Emmy® Award-winning detective, heating up the exotic streets of Hawaii with his hot red Ferrari and top-notch investigative skills. Along for the ride are everyone's favorite characters - Higgins, TC and Rick - as well as Jessica Fletcher from Murder, She Wrote in a special crossover episode. From exploring a secret island to chasing kidnappers and surviving his fortieth birthday, you won't want to miss a minute of the excitement in this fantastic 5-disc set!Bestsellers in DVD
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