Season 2, Episode 20: The Last Page

 

For season #2, episode #20, "The Last Page", Magnum is hired by a fellow Vietnam vet to find his missing girlfriend.

The Set Up: Magnum goes to meet a fellow Vietnam vet(whom he doesn't know) at a cemetery. This guy, Taylor, was paying respects to a friend who died in front of him stepping on a mine in Vietnam back in 1971. Unrelated to that, Taylor says he was dating this girl back on the mainland and she came to Hawaii three weeks ago, but he has not heard back from her. He wants Magnum to find her so that he can get an answer as to whether their relationship is truly over.



Seems simple enough, another missing persons case. This leads Magnum to track her down through a friend who worked at a strip club. Magnum finds out she is dating a new-to-town crime boss. When he gets too close, Magnum gets his arm nearly broken and told to stay away. He soon finds out, though, that this girl doesn't even know Taylor.



It appears as though Magnum has been lied to, again, by his client. Apparently, Taylor was trying to get close to this crime boss as he was a drug runner in Vietnam who placed mines to protect his stash. And, you guessed it, his mine was the one that killed Taylor's friend in Vietnam. Magnum tries to track Taylor down at his deceased friend's widow's house(played by Joanna Kerns). 



He eventually catches up with him at the crime boss's private island. Magnum is too late, though, as Taylor blows up the man and himself with another mine. The end of the show features Joanna Kerns and Magnum at the cemetery by Taylor's new grave. Joanna says "When will this war end?". Magnum replies "I don't know"...



Side Note: We find out that Magnum's Vietnam code name was "White Knight"...oy

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