Day the Past Came Back

"Day the Past Came Back"

Season 1, Episode 15

Air date

February 18, 2019

Written by

Peter M. Lenkov & Eric Guggenheim

Directed by

Bryan Spicer

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Day the Past Came Back is the fifteenth episode of the first season in the 2018 remake of Magnum P.I. which was aired on February 18, 2019.

Plot[]

When Magnum is abducted and forced to assist on a search for the stolen Iraqi gold, the situation takes a painfully personal turn when he discovers the person behind the theft is also responsible for his and his team's imprisonment in Afghanistan.

Summary[]

At the beginning of the episode, Rick, TC, Kumu and Juliet find out that Thomas Magnum's car was abandoned with his uniform in the car and his gun missing. Detective Katsumoto comes to the house and lets them all know they are working on finding Magnum. Katsumoto goes to take a look at Higgins laptop because Magnum uses it all the time.

While TC, Rick, Kumu, Higgins and Katsumoto are still looking for answers of who took Magnum, he is on a boat with his kidnappers in the ocean searching for the Iraqi gold that is somehow still there. Magnum called TC, Rick, Higgins and Noelani and they all came to help him out.

Back at Robin's Nest, Lt. Josie "Mac" MacReynolds breifed Higgins and Magnum on who the guy was on the boat and talks about a connection that involved Magnum's ex Hannah. Latest intel, was 3 months ago on Oahu. Mac tells Higgins and Magnum on how to get in touch with Hannah.

Magnum's ex arrived on the Big Island to make a claim on the mysterious gold, but she disappeared as quickly as she appeared. How Hannah was able to escape off a highway without a trace is anyone's guess, but the story is far from over. Hannah has wanted the gold but was not willing to kill Magnum or Higgins to get it. It was odd that she send armed men after them only to let them go with a warning to back off.

She knew Higgins was dangerous (the only woman to infiltrate Russian police!) She also knew Magnum wouldn't let the matter go, especially since Nuzo was killed over the gold, so there has to be some other reason she didn't take them prisoner or kill them. There could be a larger conspiracy at hand that she's trying to unravel, but it's hard to believe. If there was, wouldn't she have told Magnum? Instead, she didn't give Magnum any solid answers and even shot him in order to escape after she crashed the truck.

Hannah was a former CIA Agent who, as we learned from Magnum's flashbacks, supposedly betrayed Magnum, TC, Rick, and Nuzo when they were captured during the war. It crushed Magnum at the time to see the love of his life take money from the enemy and do nothing to save him and his team, and it doesn't seem that he's over the hurt. TC seems to think he's still in love with Hannah. It could be the reason why Magnum didn't act to take Hannah down after she ambushed him and Higgins. Sure, he was outgunned, but he didn't even try and it had nothing to do with protecting Higgins. She could have taken care of herself.

The only logical reason why Magnum didn't go after Hannah was that he wanted answers. He wanted to know why she betrayed them. He's been haunted by what he saw ever since it happened and he hadn't seen Hannah since that day so it makes sense that he was seeking some kind of closure. Higgins wasn't embarrassed to want to learn more about Magnum's former love. While I appreciate her need to know as a friend, there might have been other reasons.

It was sweet that she cleared the hospital room so she could apologize to Magnum for being mean to him. He was just concerned about Hannah's return and rightfully so. It was bothersome not only because of the effect it was having on Magnum but also because it brought back the wounds they all felt from her betrayal. Now that they know there's a connection between her and Nuzo's death, they are all going to want answers sooner rather than later. They are going to have to tread carefully, though. Hannah is a badass.

Notes[]

When Rick is told where Magnum's Ferrari was picked up he is told it was found "off 72" (referring to Route 72, Kalanianaole Highway near the Robin Masters compound in Waimanalo.) In Hawaii, locally raised people do not use route or exit numbers when talking except when referring to the three interstate freeways H-1, H-2 and H-3.
The police convoy transporting the gold is traveling westbound on H-3 freeway and is attacked exiting the westbound tunnel. When Hannah steals the truck carrying the gold she continues driving westbound, yet the ensuing fight and crash somehow take place just outside the eastbound tunnel exit.
Magnum falls off the van while it is speeding to 100 km/h, and is severely injured, but survives. At such speed, surely he would have been killed.

Deaths

Trivia[]

The first appearance of Hannah (Jordana Brewster) in the show.
Ammie Masterson is introduced as Lieutenant MacReynolds "Mac", Magnum's contact in Naval Intelligence. The character is based on one portrayed by Jeff MacKay in the original series.