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"Ki'is Don't Lie" is the second episode of the third season of Magnum, P.I. which originally aired on October 7, 1982.

Plot[]

The Poison God's Ki'i, a wooden Polynesian God image, was found in a cave in Hawaii. Unless it is returned to the cave, anyone who comes in contact with it will die.

Synopsis[]

Magnum mingles with high society when he provides security at a charity auction of valuable antiques. Meanwhile, mainland detective brothers A.J. and Rick Simon are hired to track down a stolen - and supposedly cursed - Hawaiian artifact.

Cast[]

Main[]

Guest[]

  • Jameson Parker as A.J. Simon
  • Gerald McRaney as Rick Simon
  • Morgan Fairchild as Catherine Hailey / Alex Houston
  • Liam Sullivan as Harold Sands
  • Branscombe Richmond as Gerald Akoa
  • Gillian Dobb as Mabel
  • Michael Cowell as Pedicab Driver
  • Ron Wood as Attendant
  • Leonard Scanlan as Dennis

Trivia[]

  • Morgan Fairchild made her guest appearance in this episode, then she's with Tom Selleck in the 1979 television movie The Concrete Cowboys.
  • There are two different endings to this episode, one wherein the character of Catherine escapes which paves the way for the continuation on Simon & Simon (crossover series) episode, Emeralds are not a girl's best friend. And the other wherein Catherine is caught.
  • The Ferrari is back in this episode, despite being blown up in the prior episode. No explanation is given for this.

Quotes[]

T.C.: Mention what? What did Orville do?
Magnum: Oh, it's something that happened in Saigon, but I promised Rick I would never mention it again....What was that snake lady's name again?
Rick: That's not fair Thomas! That's really not fair!
T.C.: What's not fair?
Rick: It's personal.
Magnum: It's funny, you know. It's kinda like what happened to you (T.C.) that time in Madame Woo's...With that sword-swallower from the Lotus festival?!
T.C.: Ahh...(startled look)

Higgins: Magnum! The look on your face is even more vacuous than usual. You've failed havn't you?
  Season 3 (1980)
Did You See the Sunrise?Ki'is Don't LieThe Eighth Part of the VillagePast TenseBlack on WhiteFlashbackFoiled AgainMr. White DeathMixed DoublesAlmost HomeHeal ThyselfOf Sound MindThe Arrow That Is Not AimedBasket CaseBirdman of BudapestI Do?Forty Years from Sand IslandLegacy from a FriendTwo Birds of a Feather...By Its CoverThe Big BlowFaith and Begorrah
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