Magnum P.I. (2018) - General Discussion - Page 17 - Magnum P.I. (2018)

I'll preface this by providing the synopsis for the season finale:

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“Bloodline” – Magnum and Higgins work a stalking case involving a man with a past in espionage. Also, Ethan asks Higgins to join him on an extended trip for Doctors Without Borders just as Magnum starts to open up to other possibilities, on the third season finale of MAGNUM P.I., Friday, May 7 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

So, we go from the end of 3.15;  Ethan - "I don't see the same person I have been in love with, so I need to get away from you - for half a year - to figure out if I can trust you and want a future with you.  I'll send you a couple of tear-stained postcards, maybe."

To 3.16;  Ethan - "(Prove you love me and) come with me to Kenya for 6 months!"

This s**t is straight out of soap opera territory.  Let me repeat, a f*ing soap opera.  I got better things to do with an hour of my life than watch that kinda crap, PTB.

As for the rest of 3.15, holy hell what a boat load of undeserved umbrage over nothing - save for Shammy, his angst was deserved and believable. 

Magnum freaks over the fact that his uncle and mom "cheated" on his deceased father 20 years after his death.  Like, really dude?   And the 'taking dance lessons to surprise wife' ending to the investigation was children's hour stuff.  Can't let beloved uncle see the 'dark' side of his job.

Ethan had the exact opposite reaction to the news that the woman he's dating and in love with was a former MI6 agent, to how I'd have taken said news.  Instead of being a mopey drama queen about it, I'd be a like a kid on Christmas day, "That is awesome!".   So she tells you she was former MI6, but you wonder if there's other stuff she's not telling you or if you can trust her.  Is he expecting some kind of answer like "Oh, well now I'm a devout Satanic worshipper and for fun on the weekends, Thomas and I sacrifice live animals to the Lord of the Underworld."??

The case kind of reminded me of Criminal Minds, with the whole "not good with/unattractive to women" reason for murder (the past one, that is).  And with the way the 'accidental' death of the woman who had just died was filmed [& CGI'd], either dad was holding on super tight forcing her to use all her strength and weight to pull away, or it wasn't accidental.  She went from standing in the middle of a decent-width path - for that type of place - to flying over the side.   That's LOL-worthy super bad editing by the production team.

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