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Magnum, P.I. · Season 7, Episode 8

“Paper War” quotes from Magnum, P.I.

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“Paper War” · Season 7, Episode 8

In this episode: Thomas Magnum (3), Jonathan Higgins (3)

[While trapped in an elevator together, Magnum accuses Higgins of being Robin Masters]

No no no, you're laughing, because you're trapped. You have never laughed like this. Now admit it. You've spent all these years pretending to be Robin's employee because you didn't want anybody to know that you write cheap pulp novels.

And who, may I ask, is the man we know and address as Robin Masters?

I don't know, some little guy with a voice like Orson Wells and a body like Truman Capote, that you hired to pose as Robin. And it was very interesting casting. You weren't satisfied with de nom de plume, you developed this whole persona, to create the kind of playboy you envisioned writing cheap pulp, so 'you' could devote yourself to serious writing.

[Magnum shoots the lock off a hatch on the elevator roof]

Why didn't you do that before now?

Because I didn't want to waste a bullet. If it is Nahli playing the games, we may need it. [He climbs up and looks through the hatch]

Magnum, are you certain it was a Mr. Bill Nahli you were to meet here?

[sees a rat on top of the elevator] A rat!

I didn't ask for your opinion of his character. Just tell me if you're sure that's who you were to meet; Nahli, N-A-H-L-I?

Yes, and I just saw an R-A-T that could eat Rhode Island.

Is there anybody you haven't known, or anything you haven't done?

You're calling me a liar again.

I'm calling you an exaggerator. Your memoirs read like a bad novel. Not that it's bad writing. No, it's kind of exciting ... very imaginative, very professional; not like that cheap pulp that Robin writes.

How dare you!

I was just quoting you. You're the one that's always saying that Robin's writing is cheap.

I never said cheap! It's just not serious writing. That's the only real difference between the memoirs and the novels.

"The" memoirs? "The" novels?

I was using the article the to compare the works rather than the writers.

Sure. Just how much writing have you done, Higgins?

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