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A Vietnamese boy living on the streets goes to see Magnum and wants him to find his American father who served in Vietnam. Magnum is asked by Mac to help with a sting he's planning on some extortionists putting the squeeze on some small business owners. He agrees to help if Mac helps him find the boy's father. Magnum also learns that a woman whom he was suppose to meet was killed. What he doesn't know is that the woman was with the boy before she was killed and placed something in his bag. A politician, Masters is endorsing, wants to help the boy. Magnum and the others are suspicious of his motives.

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    • Author: Zugar
    In the end of this episode, Tran Quoc chose to go back to the streets which is very sad. TC said he was going to try and see if he has any other family out there. So why not have a follow up episode where in they do find his family and they try to find him. But he gets himself in trouble. So Magnum and TC have to save him then reunite him with his family. It should be noted that Roland Harrah who played Tran Quoc would also appear in two episodes of another Bellisario show Airwolf. Who knows if they brought him back would it have an affect on his life, in other words would he still have died? As I said it's so sad. Who knows maybe he can Magnum's daughter would have made a cute couple.
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    • Author: Ericaz
    This episode is quite involving. A young Vietnamese of mixed blood, Tran Quoc Jones, has managed to get himself to Hawaii supposedly in search of his GI father. Living on the streets of Hawaii as a seller of souvenirs and such, he accidentally witnesses a murder. The murdered woman had managed to slip something into Tran's bag beforehand. The murdered woman was the one who had contacted Magnum to hire him but when he arrives at the appointment she is not there and he ends up befriending Tran totally unaware of his connection to the murdered client. The plot itself is quite strong and has one of the more believable endings of any episode of any TV show; there is no happy resolution. It is too bad the actor portraying Tran, Roland Harrah III, died quite young (21).
  • Episode cast overview, first billed only:
    Tom Selleck Tom Selleck - Magnum
    John Hillerman John Hillerman - Higgins
    Roger E. Mosley Roger E. Mosley - Theodore 'TC' Calvin
    Larry Manetti Larry Manetti - Orville 'Rick' Wright
    Rick Lenz Rick Lenz - Richard Hasley
    Terry Kiser Terry Kiser - Dennis Redfield
    Deborah Pratt Deborah Pratt - Gloria
    Jeff MacKay Jeff MacKay - Jim 'Mac' Bonnick
    Robert Tessier Robert Tessier - Murderer
    Roland Harrah III Roland Harrah III - Tran Quoc Jones
    Kwan Hi Lim Kwan Hi Lim - Lieutenant Yoshi Tanaka
    George Groves George Groves - Jones (as George Groves Jr.)
    Robbie Dernehl Robbie Dernehl - Honey Lester
    Carmella Barut Carmella Barut - Carmella
    Glenn Pinho Glenn Pinho - Dan
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