Never Again... Never Again is a Holocaust episode. A Jewish couple is looking to escape while Magnum investigates the couples disappearance. There is a plot twist here I never saw coming. A memorable episode where Magnum is the master of details. A good detective episode.
11 Reviews
Twisty episode
DVD_Connoisseur30 September 2018
"Never Again..." is a pedestrian episode of "Magnum P.I." It's by no means a bad episode, but it's far from the best.
There are some decent moments and Thomas Magnum again breaks the 4th wall by looking directly at the viewer. There's a twisty plot to engage the viewer, too.
7 out of 10.
There are some decent moments and Thomas Magnum again breaks the 4th wall by looking directly at the viewer. There's a twisty plot to engage the viewer, too.
7 out of 10.
Shocked by the negative reviews
mike-kita27 April 2020
Short and sweet - I loved this episode! Sure there was a hole here and there, not perfect by any means, but I did not see the twist coming.
I found myself thinking that someone should use this episode to make a feature length film. Now that this episode is just shy of 40 years old, I don't think anyone will say, "Hey, that's just like that old Magnum, P.I. Episode!"
I also think this would have to take place around the same time period as this Magnum episode though, because you'd have to believe there were still Holocaust survivors as well as Nazi's still alive.
It would allow for better character development, including the relationship with Rick/Magnum/Saul & Leena among other things.
I would be curious to know the vintage of those who are ranking this 1 and 2 stars. In 1980 WWII was not "a lifetime" ago and I think that lends a different perspective than if this was run in contemporary times.
Different strokes for different folks I guess, as the old saying goes. I loved it, though.
I found myself thinking that someone should use this episode to make a feature length film. Now that this episode is just shy of 40 years old, I don't think anyone will say, "Hey, that's just like that old Magnum, P.I. Episode!"
I also think this would have to take place around the same time period as this Magnum episode though, because you'd have to believe there were still Holocaust survivors as well as Nazi's still alive.
It would allow for better character development, including the relationship with Rick/Magnum/Saul & Leena among other things.
I would be curious to know the vintage of those who are ranking this 1 and 2 stars. In 1980 WWII was not "a lifetime" ago and I think that lends a different perspective than if this was run in contemporary times.
Different strokes for different folks I guess, as the old saying goes. I loved it, though.
Fantastic episode
MrMovieReviewer27 June 2020
Can't understand the moronic negative reviews this was a fantastic episode must watch
Some complaints about the time frame this was the 80s people acting like there'd be no survivors from the holocaust is just ridiculous
It's a great episode some of the reviews are just idiotic
There are no little fish: A Magnum O'Henry for sure
pensman1 May 2014
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Not sure what the other reviewers saw but this was a chance taking episode. Magnum hadn't taken a turn yet to an almost all tongue-in-cheek detective series; and chose to deal with a serious issue here, and yes I will include a huge spoiler. Throughout 80 percent of the episode it appears that Saul and Leena Greenberg are refugees from a WW II concentration camp who have happily relocated to Hawaii and run a small but thriving dry cleaning business. Suddenly they are being stalked by a group intent on kidnapping them. It's the Nazis screams Leena after Saul is taken. Magnum decides to help and brings Higgins and Rick along. Unfortunately for Magnum, he finds too late he is backing the wrong group. Leena and Saul are the Nazis who have been dodging Israelis bent on retuning them to stand trial for war crimes: Bazinga. A very worthy episode for a series trying to find a direction.
Tales of the Unexpected
safenoe27 June 2023
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This is a very controversial and politically incorrect episode. It isn't for the faint hearted, politically correct viewers. This episode, an early one from Magnum, P. I., has a twist that would make M Night. Shyamalan envious big time. So the big reveal is that the Jewish couple (husband and wife) that Magnum and Co are protecting from the evil Third Reichers aren't what they seem. In fact the couple are the Third Reichers and the evil Third Reichers are the hunters.
Now that was a twist for sure, and certainly not Schindler's List or Munich that's for sure.
This episode isn't for everyone but it's controversial.
Now that was a twist for sure, and certainly not Schindler's List or Munich that's for sure.
This episode isn't for everyone but it's controversial.
USA is not Uruguay
herthh30 July 2007
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Here is the scoop: Israeli secret service hunts ex-Nazis. So far so good. But once they found a suspect, why don't they go to FBI and INS? Why this secret hunt, kidnapping, assault with syringes and finally, ahem, a vigilante murder? What if they would be wrong with their suspect? And to what end did they kidnapped the person anyway? USA extradites such people. Really! They would have helped and wrapped up the entire case. So what possible reason could be in this entire kidnapping scheme?
But wait, there is more! Let's just look at the entire character depiction. Rick and Thomas are both hugging and kissing the elderly pair, who was not even mentioned in any prior episode to explain such level of tender love and admiration, and to whom they basically merely deliver their dirty stuff for cleaning. Would you hug and love your laundry man? Is this really plausible?
It is most astonishing about this miserable episode and this pitifully written script, that so many people do not even realize just how many absurdities have been piled up atop of each other in this one. I think it's being called "suspension of disbelieve." Extraordinary, as Higgins could have said.
For me this episode clearly stands out as the "yellow lemon", not belonging, a blunder. It appeared to me that in the 80ties, in the climate created in Hollywood virtually every show just had to have at least one "nazi hunt" episode, and so Magnum was also "blessed" by one. Case made, now we can return to paradise and our favorite Private Investigator.
But wait, there is more! Let's just look at the entire character depiction. Rick and Thomas are both hugging and kissing the elderly pair, who was not even mentioned in any prior episode to explain such level of tender love and admiration, and to whom they basically merely deliver their dirty stuff for cleaning. Would you hug and love your laundry man? Is this really plausible?
It is most astonishing about this miserable episode and this pitifully written script, that so many people do not even realize just how many absurdities have been piled up atop of each other in this one. I think it's being called "suspension of disbelieve." Extraordinary, as Higgins could have said.
For me this episode clearly stands out as the "yellow lemon", not belonging, a blunder. It appeared to me that in the 80ties, in the climate created in Hollywood virtually every show just had to have at least one "nazi hunt" episode, and so Magnum was also "blessed" by one. Case made, now we can return to paradise and our favorite Private Investigator.
The scripts improve, I hope.....
tatz3200012 December 2007
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I should be a sucker for any of these episodes....I live in and love the state of Hawaii, I know the islands so well I can often pick out where the actual location is in this series or in my favorite, "Hawaii Five-0", I love film noir/forties private eye films, and so on.....but this episode is just ghastly.
The danger/plot revolves around the question of who's a Nazi & who's Jewish.....why it matters soooo much more than 30 years after Nuremberg is given short shrift, and why there are Jews and Nazis chasing each other around Hawaii, of all places, (a state that is about 3% Jewish)adds to the oddity. The acting is laughable, with the Saul character played sooo broadly that it is difficult not to laugh at times. There are attempts at humor, with a sushi delivery--"your wish for fish", but the episode has very little humor or credible drama.
Others will comment on the oddity of the premise....why Robin Masters needs BOTH Magnum and Higgins to "secure" a house to which he almost never comes, how the Magnum character survives since he rarely gets paid for his "cases", why Magnum is allowed to run up all sorts of miles on the boss's Ferrari, and more. This series hit the air just as "Hawaii Five-0" was dying, so the market was probably hot for another Hawaii based series.
The series has enough fans more enthusiastic than I to inspire me to advise skipping this episode and watching later ones....they will be better. The narration is a venerable and sonderful film noir device, and it gives better episodes than this a nice feel...
Too, the location filming is beautiful, especially to those of us, probably almost all of us, who love Hawaii, its perfect climate & its unrivaled natural beauty of beaches and mountains. But later/other episodes will display the breathtaking scenery along with a strong storyline....skip this one and watch those.
The danger/plot revolves around the question of who's a Nazi & who's Jewish.....why it matters soooo much more than 30 years after Nuremberg is given short shrift, and why there are Jews and Nazis chasing each other around Hawaii, of all places, (a state that is about 3% Jewish)adds to the oddity. The acting is laughable, with the Saul character played sooo broadly that it is difficult not to laugh at times. There are attempts at humor, with a sushi delivery--"your wish for fish", but the episode has very little humor or credible drama.
Others will comment on the oddity of the premise....why Robin Masters needs BOTH Magnum and Higgins to "secure" a house to which he almost never comes, how the Magnum character survives since he rarely gets paid for his "cases", why Magnum is allowed to run up all sorts of miles on the boss's Ferrari, and more. This series hit the air just as "Hawaii Five-0" was dying, so the market was probably hot for another Hawaii based series.
The series has enough fans more enthusiastic than I to inspire me to advise skipping this episode and watching later ones....they will be better. The narration is a venerable and sonderful film noir device, and it gives better episodes than this a nice feel...
Too, the location filming is beautiful, especially to those of us, probably almost all of us, who love Hawaii, its perfect climate & its unrivaled natural beauty of beaches and mountains. But later/other episodes will display the breathtaking scenery along with a strong storyline....skip this one and watch those.
Skip this weakest episode
polite-456929 June 2019
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Skip this, the weakest episode of Season 1 (or watch at 2x speed if you "need" to see every episode).
The strangely contrived plot includes Magnum, Rick, and TC all fawning over an acerbic old couple as if they are their beloved grandparents).
Magnum, etc. somehow decide to intervene in some random competition between supposed "Nazis" and "Israelis" without having any real background information and without involving the federal government. Magnum adds some syrupy phony "moralizing" that is far out of context. Weak.
The strangely contrived plot includes Magnum, Rick, and TC all fawning over an acerbic old couple as if they are their beloved grandparents).
Magnum, etc. somehow decide to intervene in some random competition between supposed "Nazis" and "Israelis" without having any real background information and without involving the federal government. Magnum adds some syrupy phony "moralizing" that is far out of context. Weak.
How on earth was this series so popular?
gb9016 December 2022
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This is the first time I've seen any of the first series of magnum all these decades after it's initial broadcast and I can't for the life of me understand how it became so popular: it's so cheesy, preposterous and simplistic!
Anyway having just watchrd this 7th episode of the first series, with his Nazis masquerading as Jews, I have a question - does the evil twisted nazi crone surrender to Magnum at the end or, as I suspect due to terrible editing for a day time showing, does she slit her own throat?
I rather suspect that she commits suicide rather than timely submit especially as have a loving husband has bit the dust?
Anyway having just watchrd this 7th episode of the first series, with his Nazis masquerading as Jews, I have a question - does the evil twisted nazi crone surrender to Magnum at the end or, as I suspect due to terrible editing for a day time showing, does she slit her own throat?
I rather suspect that she commits suicide rather than timely submit especially as have a loving husband has bit the dust?
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