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Morgan, P.I.

Episode Number: 49    Season Num: 3    First Aired: Wednesday January 10, 1996    Prod Code: C352
Buy The Book is robbed, but Ellen and Paige see the robber leaving. They go to a line-up to choose the guy. Paige picks the guy with the best hiney. It turns out to be Detective Matt Liston, and Paige falls in love. Meanwhile, Ellen tries to arrange a neighborhood watch and learns that many of the stores were robbed and all bought security systems from the same person afterward. Det. Liston stops by Ellen’s and asks her help in a sting operation. She gets all wired and then the guy comes in, but the mic begins slipping. So, Ellen gets herself into all sorts of positions, trying to get the mic in the proper place. Det. Liston becomes busy with Paige, so when the security guy decides to leave, Spence runs out and tackles him.

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Writer: Dava Savel
Director: Robby Benson
Star: Maggie Wheeler (Anita [ episodes 1-11, 61, 63 ]),  David Anthony Higgins (Joe Farrell [ seasons 2-5, recurring previously ]),  Ellen DeGeneres (Ellen Morgan),  Holly Fulger (Holly [ episodes 1-11, 61, 63 ]),  Arye Gross (Adam Green [ episodes 1-40, 61, 63 ]),  Jeremy Piven (Spence Kovak (1995-1998)),  Clea Lewis (Audrey Penney [ seasons 3-5, recurring previously ]),  Joely Fisher (Paige Clark [ seasons 2-5 ])
Guest Star: Ron Canada (Det. Sutterman),  Dan Gauthier (Detective Matt Liston),  Erik Menyuk (Jim Hogan)

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Quotes

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Paige: (While raiding Ellen's medicine cabinet) She's got to have makeup in here somewhere. (Pulls out a bottle) Calamine lotion. (Pauses) It's kind of my color! (edit)
Audrey: I don't believe we've met. Audrey Penny.
Ron Palillo: (Playing himself) Ron. Palillo. Hello, Audrey Penny.
Audrey: Do you believe in destiny, Ron Pallio?
Ron Palillo: You know, if you had asked me that a few minutes ago, I would have said: "No". Now I'm not so sure.
Audrey: (Laughs her high pitched annoying laugh).
Ron Palillo: (Snorts his classic Arnold Horshack laugh from "Welcome Back Kotter"). (edit)
Note: this episode aired during the O.J. Simpson trial.
Ellen: (Whilst viewing the back side of a person in a lineup of potential thieves) If the butt don't fit, you must acquit. (edit)

Trivia

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This is the third episode in which a robbery happens in the series. The first being "The Mugging", the second being "Guns N' Ellen." (edit)

Allusions

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This episode title is a reference to the show, "Magnum P.I.", which ran from 1980 to 1988. (edit)
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