![]() ![]() Then all were surprised when CBS said they were renewing the show. There was some very clever wiggle-room left for Magnum NOT to be dead because they wanted the door open for Magnum TV-movies or features if the right script and timing ever came along. And all the loose ends in "Limbo" were tied up. In mine, Magnum physically died for a few moments, but was saved by another Vietnam buddy who was a medic (we learn that's where TC was going in the chopper as we hear "Looking for Space" by John Denver). Called "A Stitch In Time" (long before DS9 was even a phrase). 18 hours later I had my "comeback" script done. Shortly after watching the original airing of "Limbo", I was inspired to write a follow-up spec script. Just like how Roger Moore was supposed to be the original Bond but couldn't because of The Saint, and how Pierce Brosnan was originally going to be Moore's replacement, but couldn't get permission from the Remmington Steel folks, paving the way for Timothy Dalton. It used to be that the networks "owned" the actor such that they could prevent them from working on other projects. As I understand it, most television stars these days have standard clauses written into their contracts which allow any sort of project so long as it's on hiatus. Remember that Tom Selleck was originally cast as Indiana Jones, but couldn't get the network to budge when it came to giving him some leeway in his contract. they were normal, real-world episodes just like before. So while the fans who says Magnum was shot dead at the end of season 7 are right, they are wrong to say that the 8th season takes palce in heaven or whatever. However, they later decided to bring the cash cow show back for a truncated 8th season (about half the normal amount of episodes, if I recall correctly).Įven though it was fairly clear in the 7th season finale that Magnum died and went into the white light, they just retconned that away by starting the 8th season in the hospital, and jabbering on about how he "really thought he was dead there!" As such, they decided to kill of Magnum and make it a real hum-dinger of an episode. The end of the 7th season was initially intended as the series finale. ![]()
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