I love how just before Magnum turns around to take aim, you hear that cold silence before he pulls the trigger. Now thats the mark of a good television episode; not like this reality show garbage with brain dead females and homo males.
@TheRitchardgaleHater ...the last thing that Magnum's buddy said to him before being blown up in Magnum's car, bomb was meant for Magnum and placed by Ivan, was "let's go see the sunrise"
I think there is the question of if we become too well meaning in our intentions. We may let the bad guy go free but is the result? Many killers have been let out of prisons only to kill again, some might question if it is more an execution then a murder. Can we take responsibilty for the murder done by someone else?
To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.
Sometimes you just have to kill the bastard in question.
It is not that hard and morals are for the dead and the fools who have never faced evil. Morals are a nice thing when affordable; but they are mostly for idiots who have only read things and not lived them.
The most and best morals I have seen are delivered via hollow point.
Ivan was off to carry off more KGB assassinations. Magnum's shooting of him was completely justified. This was the greatest ending of a TV show in American history. Period.
I saw this episode when it first aired & had seen the re-runs of it always. Taking into consideration what Ivan put them through in Vietnam & later on, I think it was not really just revenge per-say, but more of stopping a genuine villain & this was his only chance, considering the last time Thomas or anyone had seen him. When Thomas asked Ivan if he had seen the sunrise & Ivan said "yes", that was the justification then & there....
I have seen this episode multiple times and I don't think Thomas had a choice. It was never going to end with Ivan unless he was dead. Ivan was an evil, terrible,despicable individual whom had no redeeming qualities. It was an excellent episode!
I haven't seen this scene since I saw it as a teenager. I remembered it though, and as soon as I saw the Archer episode I had to show my wife. Anyway, for those who feel this wasn't justified, I remember a quote from the Graphic Novel Batman the Dark Knight Returns in which Batman is looking over a crowd of dead people. He says: "I'll count the dead, one by one. I'll add them to the list, Joker. The list of all the people I've murdered by letting you live."
WOW..... I can still remember watching this episode.... I think I was 16 at the time. This was one of the most shocking moments in TV. It took the Magnum character to a whole other level. 1980's TV was kind of cheesy and no one every crossed the line between so called right and wrong, when it reality there are shades of gray we deal with. Thanks for posting, I had forgotten how much I loved that show and all the characters.
Thank God for YouTube! Something I was doing the other day made me think back to this scene on Magnum PI, one of my favorite shows growing up. So I searched on "Magnum did you see the sunrise" and there it was. Hadn't seen this since it originally aired, and never forgot this scene. Every TV show with this same situation prior to Sep 30, 1982, would have ended with the good guy not shooting. Not so on Sep 30th. I can vividly remember calling my dad and asking him "Did you just see that??"
This scene was brillant. I was about 15 watching this, it was not until years later that I watched it again and really understood what it really meant.
It is one of the very few times in tv when the hero my not be acting as a hero should, he is out for revenge.
This scene was BRILLIANT!!. The entire series was wonderful. As far as being "coldblooded"? Save it for the politicians who put thousands of our bravest in Vietnam to die. THAT was coldblooded!!!
This is one of my all time favorite scenes from TV and I have been watching TV for 45+ years. The freeze frame on the muzzle flash...PERFECT way to end the scene, brillian editing!!!
I was a teenager when this series aired. Unlike other tv show action characters of the past, I became very attracted to this show. What made Magnum great to me was what made him real - he was flawed and struggled with some things. Because of this, I really related to him and learned. Maybe it's weird to admit, but Magnum helped get me through some rough years and offered hope and some good lessons. This will always be one of my favorite shows!
His actions were completely justified. A) he was tortured routinely along with TC by Ivan back in a prisoner camp in Vietnam. TC was programmed to be an assassin by Ivan and nearly got away with it. Magnum's friend Mac died in a car bomb intended for Magnum and Magnum felt guilty for bringing Mac into the equation to begin with. Then, there was the notion world leaders would be targeted by Ivan's unsuspecting brainwashed victims along the way. He had to be stopped. It was justified.
I have seen the whole show. And I realised that what Tom did was very moral and right because he fatally wounded Ivan instantly. There for Tom took a dangerous criminal out of circulation. I however would not have had that level of emotional restraint or morality. What would kick off a very long and prolonged journey to something far worse than hell for Ivan is:
One of the great moments and what the Magnum character should have been all along. But for all too much of the series we had to suffer thru the wimpy, light comedy women friendly Magnum. Only in the 1st season and most of the 8th did we get this bad ass real Magnum. Thanks for sharing this video.
A chill runs down my spine a second before Magnum shoots Ivan. Everything, inlcuding the outdoor noises stops foir that split second. The only sound you hear is the bullet coming out of the chamber. Masterful Ending.
This moment defines what Magnum P.I. is all about. Magnum would normally obey the law but if you notice one piece of critical dialog as to why this was a justifiable killing; it was the very last line he said. "Did you see the sunrise this morning?" Mac, his friend that died from the car bomb meant for Magnum that night, never did see the sunrise he talked about. Becuase Ivan answered "yes" to Magnum's question, he felt he had to kill him to justify what Ivan did to Mac.
It puts me in mind of the "Miami Vice" when Sonny avenges his wife's death.
The same artistic camera close-up on the "Good Guy" whos does the unthinkable. Two different scenes, two different shows. One common theme: justifiable vengance. (Or GOOD triumphing over EVIL, if you prefer...)
@blprom I loved this Magnum ending. I had taped the episode, so I could watch that moment over again. I think it was MUCH more powerful than the equivalent moment on Miami Vice. This is mainly due to what I think was executive interference. They George Lucas'd the moment by showing a gun in the bad guy's hand, forcing Crockett to 'defend himself.' It was probably shot as a straight execution of the guy that murdered his wife and unborn child, but somebody in power flinched.
HERE HERE, I applauade all these wonderful fans of one of the finest T.V.Series of all times, This was just ONE of many of my favorite moments in this, I can never get enough of Tom Selleck acting....Favorite Movie ? High Road To China !!!
it is the best of the defining moment of who magnum is. There truly is evil in the wold and even though some say it was in cold blood, good had to triumph over evil and eliminate the threat. There isn't time for niceties and fairness with a man like Ivan. Thomas was not only justified, he was obligated to take this MFr out.
Thank you for the kind comments. Please reaffirm why Magnum did what he did by watching the whole episode.
There has been debate on if Magnum's actions were justified or cold blooded. To honestly say one answer is the right one depends on the viewer. I guess that is why this is one part of TV history to actually explore that once unseen taboo...can a hero do what's right of common good or can the hero do the deed based on emotions. Kudos to the writers for Magnum.
Magnum stopped a murderous freak who would have killed more people, and he avenged a fallen friend. Like it or not folks: vengeance is human nature. Infallible people only live in the fantasy worlds of people who have never faced such a decision.
I got a chance to show this to my son. Thanks for posting it. This is one of those things that must be seen to truly get the full effect.
I love the scene because it represents what we would all like to do to the evil around us. It is so frustrating sometimes the things you have to let pass not for fear of the bad guy but because you go to jail for doing what anyone would like to do to theses creeps that surround us. In Magnums place.... I would love to think I would do the same.... not sure.
Emmm... Since we don't see Ivan in the scene when the pistol is drawn and fired, how do we know that Ivan wasn't reaching for it or making a threatening move? Maybe Magnum saw a metallic glimmer as Ivan moved his hand...
I'm sure these were plausible stories that Magnum gave 5-0 after the execution, I mean shooting, of Ivan in self-defense.
I remember the discussion amongst my family and friends after this finale. What would you have done? Can you believe...? Amazing moment in TV history! And there was my Dad in the middle of the discussion, the real war veteran, saying, "Damn bastard would have never made it out of the car!"
One of the most pivotal moments in the entire series. Everyone was used to seeing Magnum get the girl, lose the girl, get the bad guy, make the funny pun...but this was the first and only time we saw him acting with "true" personal ill intentions. Great episode.
but why does magnum kill ivan that is the question. Is it revenge for his friend, justice for the scores that ivan will kill or as i belive it because magnum cant bear for anyone to live who witnessed him break under torture in the prison camp. Ivan knows too much about thomas. that is the truth.
The whole comment about "did you see the sunrise this morning?" actually came from Mac as he was feeling nervous (per the episode) and told Magnum that statement right before he died. Magnum started watching sunrises afterwards and captured that emotion of the audience as he killed for revenge and everything else that Ivan represented. Great clip!
I was in high school when this episode aired. I really liked the show. And the acting, it was really some top notch stuff. I figured Magnum would do exactly what Ivan assumed he would do. I was pissed because this evil S.O.B. was going to walk without any penalty for his crimes. When Magnum asks Ivan if he had seen the sunrise, and the sounds of the jungle suddenly went silent, I got an idea that this was something different. Thomas raises his 1911 and pulls the trigger, Hardcore stuff.
Was this by the way the first in a long line of sneering blond villains who smoke? Nobody get’s away with that! Some people smoke after sex, eurotrash villains get their gratification from taunting American heroes (“I vill mock American values, but vait, I shjall do it vhile sjmoking a zjigarette that I vill hold insouciantly between my vingers”). Nobody taunts Americans for their fair play while holding a cigarette insouciantly between his fingers. Not on Magnums watch.
@rudigero Magnum,TC,& another friend were POW's in Vietnam. Col. Ivan ran the camp and held them in tiger cages and tortured them very badly. The friend use to like to watch the sunrise and one day Ivan shot him in cold blood. His last words were something about watching the sunrise and I think he asked Magnum did he see it that morning. That's why Magnum asked Ivan did he see the sunrise.
@DarkCelticPrince Thanks. I was young when the series originally aired so I never got the dark undercurrent of the series. I don't remember these episodes. In my memory Magnum was all about Selleck having fun in the sun with his nice car. Since I've been watching re-runs I understand that scenes like this are unexpected, but not completely out of character.
@rudigero Your welcome! yeah I was in grade school myself when this was on but I remember when Magnum was on, it was the only time we were allowed to eat dinner in the den in front of the TV because everyone in the family loved this show. The show is still one of the best in the history of TV to me, I just hope Hollywood doesn't try and make into a movie.
@rudigero Right before Mack got blown up in Magnum's Ferrari, he said something like: "hey Thomas,let's have a few drinks go see the sunrise...." then BOOM, dead, well not verbatim, but that's the gist of things....
ditto's to everyone's comments. I hadn't seen this scene since the episode originally aired. I still remembered the words. It was epic for its time. I need to buy the DVD set. For those who don't know why he asked him if he'd seen the sunrise that morning, you will just have to watch the episode. It was great as was Tom Selleck.
This was a great scene, especially in the series early seasons. I loved Magnum PI. Remember though this series premiered at the end of the 1970's and ended in the spring of 1988. Television went through great changes through this era and this show is a great example of how it changed throughout the years. This originally was a replacement for Hawaii Five-O. It started as regular show about a private investigator living in the islands. But by the series end, it had morphed into an ensemble drama.
In reality, we don't know for sure that TM actually shot Ivan, since the scene ended with the freeze. I'd like to think he did but I'm not sure if Selleck has ever really said one way or another.
Best... ending....EVER for a TV show, no question! I'll never forget how shocked I was when this first aired. Nobody saw it coming!
Willysmb44 1 month ago
@Willysmb44 Tom Selleck is a pure patriot. Ivan was Soviet Scum. .45 ACP to forehead. Dead as door nails.
thomascapitalmgt 3 weeks ago
September 30,1982. This Magnum PI Season 3 episode premiered the same night as NBC's Cheers.
arhuxtable 1 month ago
What season was this in?
jeffersonsteelflex99 1 month ago
@jeffersonsteelflex99 Season 3
vccstudents 1 month ago
@vccstudents Thanks
jeffersonsteelflex99 1 month ago
Right in the face!
kalmarin0 2 months ago
Thumbs up if you saw Magnum first, and then laughed your head off at Archer.
jimbopumbapigsticks 2 months ago 9
BOOYAKASHA!!
haeskai 2 months ago
1:08 is when he says it
TheKVHILL 2 months ago
I was 10 years old. I still think about this scene once in awhile. Great show. Great ending.
D0NKY 3 months ago 2
Tom Selleck is Great American and Fine Actor
thomascapitalmgt 3 months ago 4
Tom Seleck is so good in in this scene. The way he looks away, and then looks at Ivan...and then the BANG. So good.
sagman68 3 months ago
Fuck Regis
forestgreen98 3 months ago
@forestgreen98 I'd rather do Kelly. Just sayin'
sagman68 3 months ago
the only racist communist russian :D
sweenkingandwow2 4 months ago
"Would you just pick an accent and stick with it?"
yeoldetoaste 4 months ago 2
BOOYAKASHA!!!!!!!!!!!
blacknwhite543 4 months ago 2
Five people didn't see the sunrise this morning.
gss2131 4 months ago
did you see regis this morning?
closedmouth 4 months ago 4
I genuinely did'nt know that terms of emrampagement was referencing this.
JONNOG88 4 months ago 3
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JONNOG88 4 months ago
Looks like Ivan was in the...DANJA ZONE!!!
aseriousman91 4 months ago 4
greatest ending ever
2c1496 4 months ago 2
thumbs up if you're here because of archer
adawk20 5 months ago 7
I love how just before Magnum turns around to take aim, you hear that cold silence before he pulls the trigger. Now thats the mark of a good television episode; not like this reality show garbage with brain dead females and homo males.
OCCORAT 5 months ago 2
Need more guys like Thomas.
rrig698 5 months ago in playlist Tv shows
omg, I didn't even get the Archer reference. Also, I forgot what a kick ass show Magnum PI was.
crodgers100 5 months ago
#TeamLiveBadass
brohan914 5 months ago 4
Why did he asked him if he saw the sunrise that mornin?
TheRitchardgaleHater 5 months ago
@TheRitchardgaleHater because everyone should get to enjoy one last sunrise before they die :P
seahawksphan 5 months ago
@seahawksphan Ahh, so if he would have said no, Magnum wouldn't have shot him?
TheRitchardgaleHater 5 months ago
@TheRitchardgaleHater nah hed prolly still blow him away lol "no"......"well too bad!" pow!!
seahawksphan 4 months ago
@seahawksphan Haha, lol
TheRitchardgaleHater 4 months ago
@TheRitchardgaleHater ...the last thing that Magnum's buddy said to him before being blown up in Magnum's car, bomb was meant for Magnum and placed by Ivan, was "let's go see the sunrise"
200markob 5 months ago
I like how Ivan drifts between a russian and south african accent.
bigworld3001 5 months ago
Hahahaha thumbs up for Terms of Enrampagement!!!!
Duffman032 5 months ago
casablumpkin
chrisl17 5 months ago
such a good scence. no yelling, no crazy stuff, just stright up thinking action!
GWHH76 5 months ago
EPIC, this put Tom Selleck on the map. Thomas Magnum lived every mans dream life.
woodhousethebutler 5 months ago
i get chills everytime i watch that ending,so great.
duffydog12 6 months ago
Did you see Regis this morning?
ssonicdeafmonkey 6 months ago 3
This is the best one they ever did, not for the kiddies though.
monkeyboy4746 6 months ago
...has just been revoked!!
zprodigy 6 months ago
I think there is the question of if we become too well meaning in our intentions. We may let the bad guy go free but is the result? Many killers have been let out of prisons only to kill again, some might question if it is more an execution then a murder. Can we take responsibilty for the murder done by someone else?
schizoidboy 6 months ago
To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.
Sometimes you just have to kill the bastard in question.
It is not that hard and morals are for the dead and the fools who have never faced evil. Morals are a nice thing when affordable; but they are mostly for idiots who have only read things and not lived them.
The most and best morals I have seen are delivered via hollow point.
darkpassengers 6 months ago
"Did you see Regis this morning?"
KirbyOnCronic 6 months ago
Ivan was off to carry off more KGB assassinations. Magnum's shooting of him was completely justified. This was the greatest ending of a TV show in American history. Period.
fact2752 6 months ago
Thumbs up if you saw Archer first, then this, and went "Ohhhh... that's what they were referencing."
EvanRoseman 6 months ago 59
I had you for THREE MONTHS!? what does that even mean...the sick
nonohino 7 months ago
@nonohino Ivan was a Russian integrator working with the Vet-Cong and Magnum was his prisoner.
leadarrows 6 months ago
@leadarrows Suddenly this makes more sense, thanks!
nonohino 6 months ago
@nonohino ... He, the guy Ivan, was in charge of the POW camp that Magnum and his buddies were in during the Vietnam War.
200markob 5 months ago
One of Selleck's finest dramatic moments. Thanks.
Zacatown 7 months ago
I saw this episode when it first aired & had seen the re-runs of it always. Taking into consideration what Ivan put them through in Vietnam & later on, I think it was not really just revenge per-say, but more of stopping a genuine villain & this was his only chance, considering the last time Thomas or anyone had seen him. When Thomas asked Ivan if he had seen the sunrise & Ivan said "yes", that was the justification then & there....
mrspringheeledjack1 7 months ago
Justice was served here ... period.
Ronbo710 7 months ago 2
I have seen this episode multiple times and I don't think Thomas had a choice. It was never going to end with Ivan unless he was dead. Ivan was an evil, terrible,despicable individual whom had no redeeming qualities. It was an excellent episode!
2Catangel 7 months ago
Boom Headshot!
I love Magnum PI got the first 2 seasons and planning on buying the rest
Timmyboy505 7 months ago
Because of this ending, this is my all-time favorite episode of Magnum P.I. ever.
mightyrontor 7 months ago 4
I think that magnum did what he was supposed to bye killing Ivan. I watched the whole episode and I think that Ivan deserved to die.
bdcbenjie 7 months ago 3
Rampageeeeeeee
psychocloud 7 months ago 4
BOOYAKASHA!
kodaab1 7 months ago
did you see regis this morning?
squareben 8 months ago 43
RAAAAAAAAAMPAAAAAAAAGE
hawaiianrobot 8 months ago
Booyakasha!!!!!
blacknwhite543 8 months ago
Great ending!
lionelraoul 8 months ago
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Fuckin awesome
strongman17 8 months ago
magnum p.u.
orange9280 8 months ago
@orange9280 lol mad magazine cover
bclmax 8 months ago
BOOYAKASHA
simonize12 8 months ago 4
In my heart of hearts this is how I hope Senor Bin Laden went out.
Quadropheniac15 9 months ago
Daaannngggeeerrr Zooonnneee!
Barrettcore 9 months ago 2
This show was my favorite ..the bantering between Magnum and Higgins is priceless...this ending was superb
2c1496 9 months ago
I remember the night it aired. The price for killing Mac. Greatest ending to a prime time TV show ever.
jmad71 9 months ago
Shouldn't have littered.
pmsyyz 9 months ago
"...God DAMMIT, Archer!"
GrimaceGrunson 9 months ago
BOOYAKUSHA!!!
wesnile 9 months ago 7
5 people didn't see Regis this morning.
velony 9 months ago 16
RAMPAAAAAAAAAAAAGE!
mj9collins 10 months ago 3
Burt Reynolds and Tom Selleck look alike
Aphasia17 10 months ago
RAMPAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!
thyholyKENDO 10 months ago 5
Cry havoc and let slip the hogs of war.
lburbo23 10 months ago 9
@lburbo23 Whatever farm animal of war, Lana shutup!
gammmon 9 months ago 6
@hellofaname Team LiveBadAss?
SpreckleFloss 10 months ago 2
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This scene is parodied in Archer Season 2 episode 9 "placebo effect". Masterfully done in both the new show and the old.
withersgs 10 months ago 2
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withersgs 10 months ago
Delaney… did you see Regis this morning?
bonndiablo 10 months ago 15
"Little kids get cancer!"
GStatus190 10 months ago 8
@GStatus190 Aww, they do.
123generic 10 months ago 3
@123generic You didn't think something was wrong when you saw that your Tetraphenol pills were chewable?
victorrain 8 months ago
Or alternatively:
Now that's how you get ants.
TheVidyaValley 10 months ago 3
Poor fool, he was clearly in the... *sniggers* DAYNJAH ZONE
TheVidyaValley 10 months ago 7
I haven't seen this scene since I saw it as a teenager. I remembered it though, and as soon as I saw the Archer episode I had to show my wife. Anyway, for those who feel this wasn't justified, I remember a quote from the Graphic Novel Batman the Dark Knight Returns in which Batman is looking over a crowd of dead people. He says: "I'll count the dead, one by one. I'll add them to the list, Joker. The list of all the people I've murdered by letting you live."
Rikalonius 10 months ago 4
Love both Magnum PI and Archer...so very happy they did this...
NotEnoughBroccolis 10 months ago 2
Holy shit I didn't even realize Archer was doing this until now
sircantaloupe 10 months ago 2
Did you see Regis this morning
shawnprather 10 months ago 3
Right...in...the...FACE!
Napa1m79 10 months ago 3
@Napa1m79
I swear to god, I could watch this for like a million times.
hellofaname 9 months ago
@hellofaname I swear to God we have, every Friday for the past three months.
victorrain 8 months ago
Booyahkasha!
banana1971 10 months ago 3
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pazuuzuuuu 10 months ago
@banana1971 "booyahkasha booyahkasha!"
pazuuzuuuu 10 months ago 2
Ivan, did you see Regis this morning?
MoneyballinBeane 10 months ago 12
You got any snacks?
BillGotBanned 10 months ago 4
@BillGotBanned Delaney! Let's go for a walk...or roll or whatever.
victorrain 8 months ago 5
You made the right decision, Magnum.
TheMysteriousH1 10 months ago
Terms of Enrampagement
SpreckleFloss 10 months ago 168
@SpreckleFloss
Working Title!
hellofaname 10 months ago
@SpreckleFloss Obviously a working title...
masonal 6 months ago 2
@masonal glad to see you're still on Team Live Badass
SpreckleFloss 5 months ago
enrampagement
foghelmut 10 months ago 6
ARCHER!!!!!!
ambelgra 10 months ago 170
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@ambelgra I just saw Archer do this, and I could not stop laughing. For me, it was the best part of an awesome episode.
APS221 10 months ago 2
There`s nothing better that giving some dirty son of a bitch exactly what he deserves
showalter4042 10 months ago 4
sure there is mother and daughter at the same time. Hah hah, that or a celtics victory
swastikausa 10 months ago
WOW..... I can still remember watching this episode.... I think I was 16 at the time. This was one of the most shocking moments in TV. It took the Magnum character to a whole other level. 1980's TV was kind of cheesy and no one every crossed the line between so called right and wrong, when it reality there are shades of gray we deal with. Thanks for posting, I had forgotten how much I loved that show and all the characters.
ZombieResponse 10 months ago
I think that I would have said "no" to seeing the sunrise.
Lewspade 10 months ago
MAGNUM RULES!!!!
jrgand1 10 months ago
Thank God for YouTube! Something I was doing the other day made me think back to this scene on Magnum PI, one of my favorite shows growing up. So I searched on "Magnum did you see the sunrise" and there it was. Hadn't seen this since it originally aired, and never forgot this scene. Every TV show with this same situation prior to Sep 30, 1982, would have ended with the good guy not shooting. Not so on Sep 30th. I can vividly remember calling my dad and asking him "Did you just see that??"
okedoke1234 10 months ago
This scene was brillant. I was about 15 watching this, it was not until years later that I watched it again and really understood what it really meant.
It is one of the very few times in tv when the hero my not be acting as a hero should, he is out for revenge.
shumirules1 11 months ago
This scene was BRILLIANT!!. The entire series was wonderful. As far as being "coldblooded"? Save it for the politicians who put thousands of our bravest in Vietnam to die. THAT was coldblooded!!!
Ronbo710 11 months ago
This is one of my all time favorite scenes from TV and I have been watching TV for 45+ years. The freeze frame on the muzzle flash...PERFECT way to end the scene, brillian editing!!!
rickysavesparagain 11 months ago
I was a teenager when this series aired. Unlike other tv show action characters of the past, I became very attracted to this show. What made Magnum great to me was what made him real - he was flawed and struggled with some things. Because of this, I really related to him and learned. Maybe it's weird to admit, but Magnum helped get me through some rough years and offered hope and some good lessons. This will always be one of my favorite shows!
branromine1 11 months ago
His actions were completely justified. A) he was tortured routinely along with TC by Ivan back in a prisoner camp in Vietnam. TC was programmed to be an assassin by Ivan and nearly got away with it. Magnum's friend Mac died in a car bomb intended for Magnum and Magnum felt guilty for bringing Mac into the equation to begin with. Then, there was the notion world leaders would be targeted by Ivan's unsuspecting brainwashed victims along the way. He had to be stopped. It was justified.
tsrla 1 year ago 3
There ere other great Magnum scenes, but this one is the cake taker!
AceTheBathound 1 year ago
I have seen the whole show. And I realised that what Tom did was very moral and right because he fatally wounded Ivan instantly. There for Tom took a dangerous criminal out of circulation. I however would not have had that level of emotional restraint or morality. What would kick off a very long and prolonged journey to something far worse than hell for Ivan is:
Is it safe?
JeremyKonstenius 1 year ago 2
'Gunsmoke'...staring James Arness
mckinley5 1 year ago
One of the great moments and what the Magnum character should have been all along. But for all too much of the series we had to suffer thru the wimpy, light comedy women friendly Magnum. Only in the 1st season and most of the 8th did we get this bad ass real Magnum. Thanks for sharing this video.
johnnyjets 1 year ago
A chill runs down my spine a second before Magnum shoots Ivan. Everything, inlcuding the outdoor noises stops foir that split second. The only sound you hear is the bullet coming out of the chamber. Masterful Ending.
AG5551 1 year ago
This moment defines what Magnum P.I. is all about. Magnum would normally obey the law but if you notice one piece of critical dialog as to why this was a justifiable killing; it was the very last line he said. "Did you see the sunrise this morning?" Mac, his friend that died from the car bomb meant for Magnum that night, never did see the sunrise he talked about. Becuase Ivan answered "yes" to Magnum's question, he felt he had to kill him to justify what Ivan did to Mac.
AG5551 1 year ago
One of the most powerful moments in TV, I agree.
It puts me in mind of the "Miami Vice" when Sonny avenges his wife's death.
The same artistic camera close-up on the "Good Guy" whos does the unthinkable. Two different scenes, two different shows. One common theme: justifiable vengance. (Or GOOD triumphing over EVIL, if you prefer...)
blprom 1 year ago
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@blprom I loved this Magnum ending. I had taped the episode, so I could watch that moment over again. I think it was MUCH more powerful than the equivalent moment on Miami Vice. This is mainly due to what I think was executive interference. They George Lucas'd the moment by showing a gun in the bad guy's hand, forcing Crockett to 'defend himself.' It was probably shot as a straight execution of the guy that murdered his wife and unborn child, but somebody in power flinched.
pjamese3 1 year ago
HERE HERE, I applauade all these wonderful fans of one of the finest T.V.Series of all times, This was just ONE of many of my favorite moments in this, I can never get enough of Tom Selleck acting....Favorite Movie ? High Road To China !!!
mesquiteguy1221 1 year ago
it is the best of the defining moment of who magnum is. There truly is evil in the wold and even though some say it was in cold blood, good had to triumph over evil and eliminate the threat. There isn't time for niceties and fairness with a man like Ivan. Thomas was not only justified, he was obligated to take this MFr out.
jfoxmedic 1 year ago 2
there is a miami vice scene so similar to this where crockett kills a guy sitting down (hackman) and both scenes are powerful....
davedropd1 1 year ago
Thank you for the kind comments. Please reaffirm why Magnum did what he did by watching the whole episode.
There has been debate on if Magnum's actions were justified or cold blooded. To honestly say one answer is the right one depends on the viewer. I guess that is why this is one part of TV history to actually explore that once unseen taboo...can a hero do what's right of common good or can the hero do the deed based on emotions. Kudos to the writers for Magnum.
dustyaries 1 year ago 15
@dustyaries could be both.
tranurse 6 months ago
@dustyaries
Magnum stopped a murderous freak who would have killed more people, and he avenged a fallen friend. Like it or not folks: vengeance is human nature. Infallible people only live in the fantasy worlds of people who have never faced such a decision.
darkpassengers 6 months ago
I got a chance to show this to my son. Thanks for posting it. This is one of those things that must be seen to truly get the full effect.
I love the scene because it represents what we would all like to do to the evil around us. It is so frustrating sometimes the things you have to let pass not for fear of the bad guy but because you go to jail for doing what anyone would like to do to theses creeps that surround us. In Magnums place.... I would love to think I would do the same.... not sure.
leadarrows 1 year ago
That is one of the greatest scenes I have ever watched on television.
KeithLindsay1 1 year ago
Emmm... Give me a break
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jagerfaust2009 1 year ago
Emmm... Since we don't see Ivan in the scene when the pistol is drawn and fired, how do we know that Ivan wasn't reaching for it or making a threatening move? Maybe Magnum saw a metallic glimmer as Ivan moved his hand...
I'm sure these were plausible stories that Magnum gave 5-0 after the execution, I mean shooting, of Ivan in self-defense.
chiriquiTV 1 year ago 2
yeah i would have killed that sob..you dont push a man like magnum,mate
stephenm6100 1 year ago
Greatest episode in the whole series and the only time he ever kills somebody in cold blood.
Harvey238 1 year ago
@Harvey238 I don't see it as cold blood
rfranklinw1 1 year ago
I remember the discussion amongst my family and friends after this finale. What would you have done? Can you believe...? Amazing moment in TV history! And there was my Dad in the middle of the discussion, the real war veteran, saying, "Damn bastard would have never made it out of the car!"
drdave007A 1 year ago
how the makers of it do it? i mean this is out of Magnum as we know utterly.
Ahmedabdelreheem 1 year ago
One of the most pivotal moments in the entire series. Everyone was used to seeing Magnum get the girl, lose the girl, get the bad guy, make the funny pun...but this was the first and only time we saw him acting with "true" personal ill intentions. Great episode.
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sel36 1 year ago
but why does magnum kill ivan that is the question. Is it revenge for his friend, justice for the scores that ivan will kill or as i belive it because magnum cant bear for anyone to live who witnessed him break under torture in the prison camp. Ivan knows too much about thomas. that is the truth.
swastikausa 1 year ago
@swastikausa
The whole comment about "did you see the sunrise this morning?" actually came from Mac as he was feeling nervous (per the episode) and told Magnum that statement right before he died. Magnum started watching sunrises afterwards and captured that emotion of the audience as he killed for revenge and everything else that Ivan represented. Great clip!
croaqer 1 year ago
@swastikausa probably all of the above
tranurse 1 year ago
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hogfart1971 1 year ago
Ivan won't see it set. LOL
hogfart1971 1 year ago
Ivan?
Yes?
Did you see your head turn into a fine red mist?
kathyf123 1 year ago
great scene only complaint is bo svensons accent. He sound smore like the swede he is
swastikausa 1 year ago
Epic scene!!
drumtum 1 year ago 3
I was in high school when this episode aired. I really liked the show. And the acting, it was really some top notch stuff. I figured Magnum would do exactly what Ivan assumed he would do. I was pissed because this evil S.O.B. was going to walk without any penalty for his crimes. When Magnum asks Ivan if he had seen the sunrise, and the sounds of the jungle suddenly went silent, I got an idea that this was something different. Thomas raises his 1911 and pulls the trigger, Hardcore stuff.
robeebv1 1 year ago
This was actually the best episode. I remember as a kid.
He just blew "Ivan"'s head off right there even though "Ivan" was unarmed and walking away. Great episode.
Thanks for the upload.
vassephardi 1 year ago
I loved this show as a teenager. Just added the whole series to my Netflix Queue to watch again.
johnny69mac 1 year ago
Wow, I remember when this first aired on TV. This was a HUGE deal. When this scene came on, you could hear a pin drop in our living room.
sickphil71 1 year ago
Was this by the way the first in a long line of sneering blond villains who smoke? Nobody get’s away with that! Some people smoke after sex, eurotrash villains get their gratification from taunting American heroes (“I vill mock American values, but vait, I shjall do it vhile sjmoking a zjigarette that I vill hold insouciantly between my vingers”). Nobody taunts Americans for their fair play while holding a cigarette insouciantly between his fingers. Not on Magnums watch.
rudigero 1 year ago
What did Magnum mean by "...Ivan, Did you seen the Sunrise?"
rudigero 1 year ago
@rudigero Magnum,TC,& another friend were POW's in Vietnam. Col. Ivan ran the camp and held them in tiger cages and tortured them very badly. The friend use to like to watch the sunrise and one day Ivan shot him in cold blood. His last words were something about watching the sunrise and I think he asked Magnum did he see it that morning. That's why Magnum asked Ivan did he see the sunrise.
DarkCelticPrince 1 year ago
@DarkCelticPrince Thanks. I was young when the series originally aired so I never got the dark undercurrent of the series. I don't remember these episodes. In my memory Magnum was all about Selleck having fun in the sun with his nice car. Since I've been watching re-runs I understand that scenes like this are unexpected, but not completely out of character.
rudigero 1 year ago
@rudigero Your welcome! yeah I was in grade school myself when this was on but I remember when Magnum was on, it was the only time we were allowed to eat dinner in the den in front of the TV because everyone in the family loved this show. The show is still one of the best in the history of TV to me, I just hope Hollywood doesn't try and make into a movie.
DarkCelticPrince 1 year ago
@rudigero Right before Mack got blown up in Magnum's Ferrari, he said something like: "hey Thomas,let's have a few drinks go see the sunrise...." then BOOM, dead, well not verbatim, but that's the gist of things....
harleyhollywood 1 year ago
ditto's to everyone's comments. I hadn't seen this scene since the episode originally aired. I still remembered the words. It was epic for its time. I need to buy the DVD set. For those who don't know why he asked him if he'd seen the sunrise that morning, you will just have to watch the episode. It was great as was Tom Selleck.
garywbennett 1 year ago
This was the best Magnum scene ever if not in TV history when you know the whole episode.
Badgerkai 1 year ago
1911 revenge, ftw
rubbercheck72 1 year ago
This was a great scene, especially in the series early seasons. I loved Magnum PI. Remember though this series premiered at the end of the 1970's and ended in the spring of 1988. Television went through great changes through this era and this show is a great example of how it changed throughout the years. This originally was a replacement for Hawaii Five-O. It started as regular show about a private investigator living in the islands. But by the series end, it had morphed into an ensemble drama.
Dolmonate 1 year ago
that seen was EPIC!
GHOSTSHADOW1 1 year ago
Why did he ask him about the sunrise
rhikdavis 1 year ago
@rhikdavis Beacuase before Mac died in the car explosion which Ivan caused Mac said to Magnum and his date " Hey lets go see the sunrise."
mb1968ca 1 year ago
Exceptional show and cast. We won't see anything like this again.
beulahsue 1 year ago
You big tree...
ShaxAMV 1 year ago
In reality, we don't know for sure that TM actually shot Ivan, since the scene ended with the freeze. I'd like to think he did but I'm not sure if Selleck has ever really said one way or another.
DoobieNick 1 year ago 2