Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) Ms. Jones (1985) User Reviews

Ms Jones (and guest starring Marcia Wolf)

[safenoe · 7/10 · 21 December 2022]

Not a bad episode, and I kind of wonder if it inspired Sneakers in a way, with the espionage and double dealing. Anyway, Ms. Jones is an entertaining fifth season episode of Magnum, P. I.. I must admit, I didn't watch Magnum when it first screened all the way back in the 80s, but I'm enjoying watching it now, nearly 40 years later! Goodness, it's hard to believe Magnum, P. I. was on ages ago, but it's timeless for sure.

Sam Anderson plays Ray Jones. Lance LeGault plays Colonel Buck Greene. Kwan Hi Lim plays Lieutenant Yoshi Tanaka and the beautiful Marcia Wolf plays Lieutenant Karen Summers, USN.

The Devil Ms Jones

[feindlicheubernahme · 9/10 · 14 December 2023]

Actually, this time, although Ms Jones starts off by torturing Magnum in exactly the same way she has in two previous episodes, she turns out to be quite the angel. And it was brilliant.

The plot is so simple that, for once, I'll bother to recount it. Madeline's (sort of) husband, Ray, has once again chosen to call her to say he's left her at the precise moment she's about to hand Thomas the information he's queued for hours to get. (I find this gag funnier every time they do it, for Thomas' reaction.) She hires Thomas to find him and we get into a world of AI, military espionage... and strippers!

I only write reviews for episodes I particularly like or dislike, and I've written reviews for the past two because I hated them. So I'm really happy that this has turned out to be one I love. I hate criticising this show. Some random thoughts:

Cute, sweet (well, mostly) Madeline is actually a ninja warrior. And a supercomputer.

Little Allison's mother should probably keep her locked up for the safety of men everywhere.

Does Colonel Greene tour modelling agencies to recruit his female lieutenants?

Sam Anderson definitely got better looking as he aged.

Caligula was comfortably beating even that Viking in the competition to be the scrawniest, campest male stripper ever seen. It's a real shame that the toxic masculinity of the fighting men destroyed his dream.

I'm devastated to see that this was Madeline's last appearance.