Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) Echoes of the Mind: Part 2 (1984) User Reviews

Dated but good!

[mm-39 · 7/10 · 9 October 2021]

Echoes of the Mind: Part 2 is like the movies Shattered, Fight Club etc with a huge shocking plot twist. Watching it again I saw the ending coming, but back in 84 it was a sucker punch! There is two stories for the conclusion of Echoes of the Mind. Magnum totally reject professional ethics and becomes involved with the client, which destroys the P I's objectivity. Evidence makes the client look guilty, but Magnum biases trap Magnum. Magnum never see the two sisters together, and the big plot twist is a spilt personality! One of the most memorable Magnum endings. Well written, directed, and acted! Echoes of the Mind hits the viewer hard for the first time. 7 stars worth watching.

Major spoilers on one of the best Magnum's ever.

[ileas · 10/10 · 25 April 2019]

So, I saw this when it first came out, I was 6 years old. Normally, Magnum is not this upsetting, otherwise, my Mom would have never let me watch it. She was out of the room when the ending came. I was very upset, and confused, as I didn't understand multiple personalities at the age of 6. So why on earth is it a favorite now? Mostly, because at 41, I understand it. Now, I still hate sad endings, but sometimes, I make an exception. Seeing it at 41, it's powerful. And it makes sense. Just plain siblings would have a hard time coping with being kidnapped, held for ransom, physically and sexually abused, and only one of them coming out alive, but twins, especially identical twins, tend to have a deeper bond. I still really felt bad for Magnum. At the end, when he found out that Diane's sister Derdra had died as a child, and that Diane was actually a prisoner of her own mind, he really tried to help. He tried to convince her she didn't need Derdra to survive. But it doesn't work like that. And Diane knew, even if Derdra left, she'd be back, maybe after years of being away, and then she'd kill Magnum, like she tried to do in the end. The poor woman was just too damaged. Now, I think poor Diane did the only thing she could to save Magnum, which was kill herself. Maybe it would have been better if she had never met Magnum. She would have had to go back to the hospital either way, and she would just be upset at having to be apart from him, not to mention, as ill as she was, she may have had to stay for the rest of her life, but she would want to be with Magnum. Do you see the problem? Anyway, if anyone is confused as to if Diane shot herself, or if it was Derdra that killed her, remember what tipped Magnum off, then watch the scene again, and look at her hands. Diane was right handed, Derdra was left. She shoots herself with her right hand. Diane was in control at that moment. Again, sad but powerful.

All of me

[safenoe · 10/10 · 28 November 2022]

Just a decade before Sharon Stone became a megastar lusted by males in Basic Instinct with Michael Douglas (who at the time was at his peak as a sex symbol after leading roles in Romancing the Stone and Fatal Attraction), she plays two roles in this two-parter of Magnum P. I.. Sharon Stone plays sisters Diane Dupres and Deirdre Dupres. As Diana, Sharon is kind of unrecognizable as the Basic Instinct femme fatale. But as the cynical and saltry Diana, she pretty much resembles the Basic Instinct femme fatale.

But who really is Deirdre? One of the scenes in this episode featured Deirdre serving drinks to Magnum, and the only item missing was an ice pick, and I wonder if this scene served as an inspiration for the famous ice pick scene in Basic Instinct.

The ending was very grim, gruesome and suddenly shocking.