S2.E17

Texas Lightning

Episode aired Jan 1, 1984
Not Rated
49m

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Magnum is hired by Jeannie Lowry as a bodyguard while she plays high-stakes poker on a yacht.Magnum is hired by Jeannie Lowry as a bodyguard while she plays high-stakes poker on a yacht.Magnum is hired by Jeannie Lowry as a bodyguard while she plays high-stakes poker on a yacht.

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7.2/10

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10Becky145

James Bond?

A well crafted storyline for TV. It is like a 007 movie. Not a copy just the premise of spies and situations. One of the Best Magnum PI's I've seen. Not corny like some of them.

1carolekc

Don't watch if you're a bird lover!!!!

I love this show dearly and finally in 2021 got the dvds but still watch on TV...I love Julie Sommars and the entire episode EXCEPT for one early scene(not giving away any information about episode)...they show a guy taking out a real pigeon and throwing it up in the air and a man then shooting it!!!!!!!!!! They don't show the pigeons getting hit and knowing how animal friendly this show is, know that no pigeons were killed...but I forgot about the idiot shooter and when I saw the pigeon just loved it then saw the man with the gun and I literally yelled and shut the sound off...I looked away for a few minutes...I'm really surprised the producers and Tom Selleck allowed this scene...

8DVD_Connoisseur

The stakes are high for Magnum on this ocean bound adventure

The "Texas Lightning" of the title is a beautiful high stakes card player, Jeannie 'JL' Lowry (played by Julie Sommars). She hires Magnum for protection during a big poker game aboard a luxury yacht.

Jack Hogan is the bad guy, Thompson. You can tell he's a baddie as he's shooting live birds from his super-yacht. And he hangs out with at least a couple of assassins.

A decent caper, Sommars is a delight and the story moves at a brisk pace.

8 out of 10. Good escapist fun.

Goofs
TC could have easily outrun the Bell 206 JetRanger chasing him. TC's MD/Hughes 500D can achieve a top speed of 175 mph (faster than many fixed wing aircraft) and the Bell 206 tops out at 138.07 mph.

Quotes
Magnum: [narrates] Life on the islands has an irresistible rhythm: days merging together like waves on the beach. That's why I never understood why people get excited over artificial events. For example, a birthday should be a private time, with maybe a run on the beach to celebrate, not the big, embarrassing fuss a person's friends always make over it. I should know, because it was my birthday, and I knew Rick and T.C. would be planning something special. What I didn't know was that the day would be one of the biggest disasters of my life.