Writer:	Reuben Leder
Director:	Roger E. Mosley
Star:	Tom Selleck (Thomas Magnum),  Roger E. Mosley (T.C. Calvin),  John Hillerman (Jonathan Quayle Higgins),  Larry Manetti (Rick Wright)
Guest Star:	Robert Apisa (Joe Soames),  Jeff Weston (Larry),  Rosetta Tarantino (Leah),  Cindy Pickett (Karen Teal),  Alexandra Diamond (Sandy Teal)

After a glimpse at Higgins' past two episodes earlier in 'Holmes Is Where The Heart Is', this episode gives an insight to Magnum's life a year before we first saw him. The story is split between taking place in the (then) present and in 1979, where Magnum has recently resigned from the Navy and become a Private Investigator. Not yet living at Robin's Nest, 1979 Magnum has longer hair, drives a beaten up blue Volkswagen Beetle convertible, works from a room above a Chinese business, and advertises on match-boxes. A nice touch for detail is that he wears the red Hawaiian shirt that he was seen wearing in many early episodes. We also witness the first time that Magnum likes to be called "Private Investigator" (as opposed to "P.I." or "Private Eye", a re-occurring quirk through-out the series – even though the title of the show uses "P.I."!) In 1979, Rick has a moustache, and, although it's not confirmed, can be presumed to be in ownership of bar he ran in the Pilot (he mentions owning a "gin joint"). He also wears the white suit he was seen wearing in the Pilot, and seems to be in the middle of a wannabe-gangster phase (also echoing the Pilot). Magnum has him run his first license plate check, and incorrectly mentions Rick's friend "Ice Cube" – meaning Ice Pick! T.C. doesn't yet own his own flight charter company in 1979 or helicopter, instead working for Ken Enderline Charters, where he is working two shifts to save up enough money to open up his own business. He's convinced (or bribed) into flying Magnum into danger for the first time, and gets his very first bullet fired at him through the helicopter wind-shield (another much re-occurring happening through-out the series). (edit)

Thomas: "It's kind of funny how the years can sometimes creep by on you, two or three at a time, and nothing much changes. You're in a routine, and all that you really get is a little older, until whammo! -- you get a big three hundred and sixty-five that sometimes sets you right on your ear, changes everything. I guess 1979 was that kind of year for me. I resigned from the Navy and I became a private investigator. Of course, that's a big over-simplification. Actually, there was a little more to it than that. There was Karen Teal, for example. The best woman surfer of 1979, and '8, and '7, and '6. Karen was the best. She always won, no matter who she went up against, and I really think it was that way because her love for life brought out the best in her. I know that because a long time ago, Karen Teal brought out the best in me. It seemed like only yesterday." (edit)

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