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I hate that most of the documentary/informational/scientific,etc stuff I can tolerate watching is mostly on the channels in the Discovery network, because that pop-up bug advertising Discovery+ - on every effing segment of a program - is driving me totally bonkers. Because of its placement, it almost always pops up when english translations/closed captioning of the person speaking are provided or something very interesting is occurring on screen. So frustrating.

I'm as skeptical about UFOs [true aliens from another world UFOs, that is] as I am about ghosts, etc. Its not that I don't want to believe, but its most likely going to take a personal up-close experience to truly change my mind and outlook on the whole phenomena.

I know this thread is more about the ghosts/hauntings definition of 'paranormal', but I didn't see an "outer space/UFOs" thread to put this is in......... Watching UFOs Declassified LIVE, and its interesting in the sense that its live and I like seeing people get excited about non-definitive subjects that are open to interpretation and debate, but...... 5 commercial breaks in the first hour (63 minutes) alone, when they supposedly have so much evidence to share and discussion with experts to get to. Ugh.

Watched the 'O.M.G.; Caught on Camera' episode of P;CoC last night - or at least one of them. Screw all the ghosts/poltergeists, aliens, and sounds/screams they usually cover - that shit was scary! Getting hit by a car while sitting in a restaurant, one plane hitting another in mid-air while trying to skydive, a boat speeding at you and running over your boat while your fishing, a tree falling directly on the chair you were just sitting in & barely got out of the way in time, or skiing off the side of a fairly steep cliff and walking away pretty much unscathed. F* those real life threatening events, give me the haunted locations and all the other paranormal scares every day! lol

This is new, to me. Last I knew, the status of returning cast members was still up in the air. Articles made it sound like only a select few were coming back and would be mostly new characters (at the time I read about it coming back on the streaming service). I'm still iffy on it, honestly. Not sure I'm really looking forward to it, seeing as how it seems that EM and writers are same as the last few seasons.

I've never liked reality shows much, just because the premise behind the idea is so false. How can anything be called "reality" when its not reality. I don't know about anyone else, but I don't have camera crews following me around all the time and documenting my every non-private waking moment. I wouldn't want that kind of intrusive attention, personally, and I don't want to watch that kind of thing. It seems like they had a Magnum/MacGyver crossover planned for this past season, prior to the pandemic - going by stuff/potential episode titles I saw months ago - but Covid and social distancing mandates ruined those plans. And now with MacGyver getting axed, it'll never happen. *mutters profanities* I don't have empirical evidence to back this up, but I believe that we're seeing streaming services making networks more and more obsolete - at least in terms of scripted content. Why bother to plan on watching or recording a show at such and such a time on such and such a day when you can watch it anytime you want after it becomes available on that network's streaming service, or Amazon/Netflix/Hulu/YouTube/etc? Streaming options have to be killing the 'live' ratings for a lot of these scripted shows on CBS/NBC/ABC/FOX.

Regarding P;CoC (like always), do you ever see a clip and think "wow, that's creepy!" believing what you saw might have been a real paranormal event, but then you see something that immediately makes you go "... wait a minute ....."? One of the most recently aired new episodes (on Trvl) - airing now, ahead the newest one in about 45 minutes - the first clip set includes a supposed shadow figure caught standing then moving on the floor above the video takers at the abandoned care home. It seems quite authentic at first, but then they show a zoomed in view and it seems to catch a light shine off the "shadow figure"s footwear as its moving. Is it possible the light was caught glinting off the railing?, yeah, but its weird how it isn't seen until, or any other time before or after, the figure seems to step back a bit before moving out of view. Clips like this prove to me that (at least some of) the 'experts' only see what they want. I am not a person who can easily pick out visible things in clips or TV shows or movies. So if I can notice something like that, just about anyone can. Yet, all the commentary is about how its such a spooky supernatural event and not even a hint of a debunking or questioning opinion. I also wonder if some people call in to question the validity of the clips to be reviewed, and they are edited out of the show. Like Cano hasn't been one of the commenters on either of the first two sets of clips [the care home & the UFO only visible through the piece of glass].

Magnum is the only show I (currently) watch on CBS, with MacGyver cancelled. And just what is needed, yet another "reality" [/scoff] TV show.

Sorry to hear the cancellation news for all the fans. Hadn't started watching the show yet, but was going to binge at some point -- still likely will, just sad to know it will end much sooner than might have wanted. I've learned to not like a show too hardcore - or at least certain parts about it - or its sure to get cancelled, and at the worst possible time (IE, a very interesting storyline or plots/subplots occurring).

He could have appeared again in late season 1 - don't recall - but he did make an appearance late last season (S2) when Magnum was still all about making the pouty jabs at TC for 'stealing' Higgins from him [the fake marriage to prevent her being sent back to the UK]. Pretty sure it was the beginning of the episode, anywhere in the 2.17 to 2.19 range.

I wonder - since even Dr Noelani was rarely seen this past season, & they might be phasing her out (due to wanting to cut all H5-O ties) - if they'll have the coroner/medical examiner on NCIS Hawai'i be the new go-to medical expert person for Magnum & Higgins, as well as other characters from the newest NCIS franchise spin-off.

The 10-episode-season-covering-1-case concept intrigues yet terrifies me at the same time. Part of me wonders if there won't actually be 2 (or more) sub-cases that turns into one big case overall. Especially if they return a large cast of behavioral analysts like they had in the last few seasons of the original run, how could they (even just somewhat) believably space out 10 episodes to cover an individual case - if the case is similar to the first 15 seasons? Messer and the writers had enough trouble keeping stories tight and problem-free when they were dealing with 1 case per episode, but now spreading one case out over 10 episodes?! Yikes.

Just saw a mention that the Magnum season finale had a dip in the ratings. Can't say I'm too seriously surprised by that, considering the downturned trend in episode quality after the H5-0 crossover last season.

Good point. Yeah, so is he paying her way then? Is she paying her own way (when she can't even barely keep Robin's Nest running, financially)?? Is DWB saying "Sure, bring her along, cause we just got lots of extra money to burn on unexpectedly invited SOs, round-trip tickets and all!"???

Forgot to add last night, somehow, but Jin added nothing to this episode. Literally nothing. Other than the gags about the memes, which were not humorous in the slightest. And for a finale. Enough Jin, PTB. Just enough already. If I didn't have 3 seasons and 56 episodes invested in this series, I'd likely have decided to not tune back in when season 4 starts up in the fall. This show just isn't what it was in the first 1.5 seasons, up to and through the H50 crossover. Not even close.

I kept my expectations very low going in to this finale, and they still couldn't meet them. We're gonna have to put up with yet another full season of the soapy trope 'WT/WT', when we know very damned well that they WILL whenever the writers/PTB decide to stop dragging their damned feet with the ultra tiring "slow burn", the overworked version of writing techniques as to how to develop a romance in TV shows, and make the Miggy canon. I'd make a prediction that Magnum will have a LI or PLI of his own when Higgins returns at the start of next season - following a 6-month time skip, which may or may not see Higgins & Ethan engaged - but that's extremely low hanging fruit. Even lower hanging fruit would be guessing that Higgins comes back alone (maybe even before the 6 months elapse), having broken things off for good with Ethan, and Magnum will be with someone & she'll pine for Magnum for however many episodes, after a while Kumu will pull a Rick+TC+Shammy move by saying Higgins should "go after him" when the relationship he's in turns a bit rocky. Wash, rinse, repeat. "Dad" was a great former spy, linguistics-wise. Didn't even have the slightest hint of a Russian accent after having defected years ago, even when talking to the actual Russians. Oh, and that "quid pro quo" from the Russian RSV contact was the easiest setup for a future story/plotline as could be, Show. I mean, cmon.

Or that Magnum went way out of his way to come up with a ruse to 'trick' immigration from not deporting her.

Thanks.

Thinking about starting Brokenwood Mysteries, but am I going to have to put up with a lot of PLI relationship angst and/or UST between main characters? Kinda getting overly tired of the only trope to be found in about every show ever.

I don't doubt there are a very select few couples who do have that dynamic, and if it works for them then great. But in regards to the Miggy version of such a relationship, its really not an equal give & take. Higgins is predominantly the giver of pointed barbs and scornful snark, and Magnum the taker of said vitriol. Maybe we're supposed to read into it that Magnum secretly gets off on that kind of treatment of his person by Higgins, but I can't think of too many people who would be able to take it on a constant daily basis - myself included.

I used to not care if Miggy was going to be a thing or not - not like my opinion would change anything, anywho - but I have accepted its a given, just a matter of time. However, now I feel like I don't want it to happen because of this. I said this before, but belittling someone with every chance given does not translate to UST, its just mean and spiteful. And we all know Higgins isn't going to stop doing that, even after and just because they get together. From Magnum's POV, who would want to put up with that s**t - all the time - from a romantic partner?

I'll preface this by providing the synopsis for the season finale: So, we go from the end of 3.15; Ethan - "I don't see the same person I have been in love with, so I need to get away from you - for half a year - to figure out if I can trust you and want a future with you. I'll send you a couple of tear-stained postcards, maybe." To 3.16; Ethan - "(Prove you love me and) come with me to Kenya for 6 months!" This s**t is straight out of soap opera territory. Let me repeat, a f*ing soap opera. I got better things to do with an hour of my life than watch that kinda crap, PTB. As for the rest of 3.15, holy hell what a boat load of undeserved umbrage over nothing - save for Shammy, his angst was deserved and believable. Magnum freaks over the fact that his uncle and mom "cheated" on his deceased father 20 years after his death. Like, really dude? And the 'taking dance lessons to surprise wife' ending to the investigation was children's hour stuff. Can't let beloved uncle see the 'dark' side of his job. Ethan had the exact opposite reaction to the news that the woman he's dating and in love with was a former MI6 agent, to how I'd have taken said news. Instead of being a mopey drama queen about it, I'd be a like a kid on Christmas day, "That is awesome!". So she tells you she was former MI6, but you wonder if there's other stuff she's not telling you or if you can trust her. Is he expecting some kind of answer like "Oh, well now I'm a devout Satanic worshipper and for fun on the weekends, Thomas and I sacrifice live animals to the Lord of the Underworld."?? The case kind of reminded me of Criminal Minds, with the whole "not good with/unattractive to women" reason for murder (the past one, that is). And with the way the 'accidental' death of the woman who had just died was filmed [& CGI'd], either dad was holding on super tight forcing her to use all her strength and weight to pull away, or it wasn't accidental. She went from standing in the middle of a decent-width path - for that type of place - to flying over the side. That's LOL-worthy super bad editing by the production team.

That's probably it. Weird how its being sued over such, but Magnum's previous rights holders didn't do so as well. They are both remakes, or 're-imaginings'. So if the reason for cancellation truly is over that lawsuit, it all comes down to money and greed [on the original's rights owners end]. Sad commentary of things in this day and age.

I have no idea why or over what, but I guess the show is being sued and that's why CBS made the decision to cancel it (was reported elsewhere over a week ago, but couldn't bring up the link provided). I am bummed its done, too, but moreso because my wishful "endgame" canon pairing is the same as the new showrunner's, IE MacRiley, and [of course] they had plans to make it happen next season. But CBS must be fairly happy, cause they can now slot NCIS: Hawaii in where MacGyver was and can then easily have Magnum/NCIS: Hawaii crossovers, should they want to.

I agree that the re-branding does suck, at least in mistaking it for being recent or not, but in this case I [likely] never would have known that Brian Cano was on that show, or that show even had existed. I can now watch BC comment on ghost/spirit/poltergeist clips (on P;CoC) and not think he does a good job at sounding like he knows what he's talking about, when in fact, he does know a bit about it. I should look into the rest of the 'experts', see what practical experience they had previously. Moran (guy who always wears a hat, and has the bit of hair under his lip) was someone that Zaffis talked to when researching a property they were investigating, in NJ. And only 600 times? I think you might be underselling it. Between SCI and Trvl, seems more like its 1000 times every few hours.