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Magnum, P.I. :: A.A.P.I. (07x05)

Episode Information

Title:

A.A.P.I.

Episode #:

07x05

Original Airdate:

Wednesday October 22nd, 1986

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Episode Crew
Director:	Russ Mayberry
Writer:	Reuben Leder

Episode Summary

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Magnum is set to receive an award at a convention collecting private detectives when one of them, Jean Fornier, drops dead of poison. Magnum hunts for Fornier's murderer, with help from some of the other detectives, and eventually uncovers the gang of drug smugglers Fornier was hunting.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Annie Potts	played	Tracy Spencer	Recurring (second appearance)
•Clyde Kusatsu	played	Gordon Katsumoto	Recurring (9th appearance)
•Elisha Cook, Jr.	played	Wilmer (as Elisha Cook)	Recurring (7th appearance)
•Eugene Roche	played	Luther Gillis	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Glenn Cannon	played	Dr. Ibold	Recurring (10th appearance)
•Kathleen Lloyd (1)	played	Carol Baldwin	Recurring (12th appearance)
•Krash Kealoha	played	Security Guard	Recurring (first appearance)
•Kwan Hi Lim	played	Yoshi Tanaka	Recurring (20th appearance)
•Paul Verdier	played	Jean Claude Fornier	Recurring (second appearance)
•Joe Ashour	played	"Kojak"
•Ken Spina	played	"Columbo"
•Ray Ritzke	played	"Mike Stone"
•Stephanie Blackmore	played	Angel
•Stephen J. Cannell	played	Ray Lemon

Cultural References

Elisha Cook's character "Wilmer" is undoubtedly a nod to one of his more famous roles, Wilmer Cook in 1941's The Maltese Falcon. Cook turned in a sinister performance as Kaspar Gutman's henchman in this film.

Annie Potts's character Tracy Spencer is a nod to Spencer Tracy, arguably one of the finest actors ever to practice the craft. Tracy lived from 1900 to 1967; between 1930 and his death he acted in nearly 80 films.

Joe Ashour plays a detective clearly meant to be Theo Kojak, the bald, lollipop-sucking NYPD Lieutenant from Kojak (1973)

Ray Ritzke's character suggests Detective Lieutenant Mike Stone from The Streets of San Francisco.

Ken Spina's character is an homage (or a send-up, if you like) to Peter Falk's character Lieutenant Frank Columbo, star of Columbo, whose rumpled trenchcoat and self-deprecating mannerisms concealed a genius for puzzling out the identities of murderers.

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