Sammo

18th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Wave Goodbye - S2-E7

Plot hole: For two patrol officers (one of them being kinda green) in Honolulu, Kelly and Jordan sure seem to have the weight of the entire State on their shoulders; they also investigate extensively the murder case, and they, until a month before, "worked drugs in that area", which was a piece of jungle around Maui. It's like the department for this episode and this episode only has no detectives, and a couple of random beat cops are covering the archipelago with highly specialized duties.

Sammo

16th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

From Moscow to Maui - S2-E4

Plot hole: Magnum and Rick manage to switch Yuri with Fillipovitch through sheer magic; they base their infiltration on a little boat barely big enough to contain the two of them, with no room for them to hide the uncooperative Russian, plus we see most of their movements including them climbing up. It's simply a 'shocking reveal', but it's not setup in any believable way.

Sammo

16th May 2020

Plot of Fear (1976)

Plot hole: For the murder on the highway to happen, the killer (who is not a mastermind, but someone who has a daily job and who never killed before) had to sabotage the car of the victim in such a clever way that he'd stop at a specific point and time (so, predicting also he'd escape out of town and do it through a certain route, which he had no way to predict), and that he'd react to the mechanical problem waving at passing cars walking in the middle (literally in the middle, not the side, or the emergency lane; perfectly in the middle of it) of a highway, where he can drive his semi into him - all while the fog is incredibly thick. Needless to say, it is all a bit too convenient.

Sammo

16th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

The Woman on the Beach - S2-E3

Plot hole: The episode has a small bit of supernatural hints, but the foundation of it is rooted in reality and acted by a living and not magical person. With that in mind, confirmed moments when the 'ghost' is Lisa in the flesh make no sense at all; her disappearance at the beginning is a Batman-like feat she shouldn't be able to execute. Not to mention that she is at the right place and time when Magnum visits the old abandoned estate; unless she just camps there 24/7, she had no way to know when Magnum (who visits 2 days after, not even right after the fact) would investigate.

Sammo

15th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Dead Man's Channel - S2-E2

Plot hole: Magnum asks Mac to "put together a list of ships that went down in that channel in the last 200 years." He gets the list, and it turns out of the ship of interest, amongst the many, is the Eldora, "a Spanish galleon used to carry the plunder back from Spain's numerous conquests." That sounds like something quite more ancient than 200 years, however it can be said that galleons were still in use in the early XVIII century. However, when Professor Martinez hears the news, she says that it supports her theory of early contacts between native Hawaiians and Conquistadores, which would put it centuries off range again. It also begs the question; why would the US Navy intelligence know of that galleon (but without any location or additional info) but the scholar at the university who is studying and publishing a book on that very subject is totally oblivious about it? Even Higgins heard about it.

Sammo

14th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

The Black Orchid - S1-E16

Plot hole: After the farcical scene with Rick and TC playing Asian goons, Magnum says in his trademark voiceover; "I know what you're thinking. After the phony beach attack, I should have said goodbye", etc. But the staged attack was in a back alley, in the streets. There are a couple of deleted scenes that pop by in the teaser and never made it to the actual episode, plus an actual beach attack happening later, so it's hard to say what Magnum was referring to, but in the episode as shown, makes no sense. (00:12:50)

Sammo

13th May 2020

Saint Seiya (1986)

Taose! Ankoku Phoenix gundan - S1-E8

Plot hole: Andromeda is wearing his full armor (he's the only one doing that) at the end of the episode. The armor includes the chain that is used three times just in this episode alone to detect the bad guys, and that does it without need for explicit orders to do so, but with no explanation he's not detecting the enemy behind the tree. (00:22:10)

Sammo

13th May 2020

Saint Seiya (1986)

Taose! Ankoku Phoenix gundan - S1-E8

Plot hole: An important plot point establishes that Cloths can't be repaired except by embarking in the kind of quest Shiryu starts in the next episode. but Andromeda had her pauldron shattered before the chase, but it's perfectly whole in this one.

Sammo

13th May 2020

Saint Seiya (1986)

Fenikkusu! Jigoku o mita senshi - S1-E6

Plot hole: Shiryu tells Seiya that he had a feeling that someone was watching them from the shadows "ever since our fight ended." That makes no sense, since he was comatose (and he says himself that Shunrei had to tell him what happened). In the manga, he says that he had this feeling since the tournament began, which makes much more sense (plus Phoenix does not show up at that specific time being detected by the Andromeda chain). (00:03:35)

Sammo

13th May 2020

Saint Seiya (1986)

Kiseki no fukkatsu! Yuyo no cosmo - S1-E5

Plot hole: Miho is watching the match at home, and it is day - the kids in the previous episode also entered the Dome when it was afternoon, and a clock at their place when they watched the first of Seiya's fights showed it was 4 pm. Yet she takes a taxi for the arena when it's dark outside.

Sammo

12th May 2020

Saint Seiya (1986)

Cygnus! Hyogen no senshi - S1-E3

Plot hole: The tide of the fight turns when Hyoga revealed that he was never affected by Hydra's poison because nothing can break the defenses of his Cloth. But the claws DO make huge holes, that are then nowhere to be seen by the end of the episode, and yet, a plot point from later in the series, Cloths do not have self repairing abilities - not at that time of the series at least.

Sammo

12th May 2020

Saint Seiya (1986)

Cygnus! Hyogen no senshi - S1-E3

Plot hole: Saori Kido's presentation does not make a lick of sense. Assuming it happens through some odd holographic mechanism never seen before or after, it's day 3 of the tournament, so it appears extravagant that only then she'd start telling the audience what the Galaxian Wars are. Second.it's day 3 of the tournament.and the third match. That means that they have been packing a stadium with dozens of thousands of people, who come over for ONE match that lasts a few minutes. That's a real stretch, to say the least. There's also a minor but kinda funny matter; the way the cameras are shown pointing, the whole world is tuned into an uninterrupted upskirt shot of Saori Kido delivering her solemn speech.

Sammo

8th May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Thicker Than Blood - S1-E12

Plot hole: The villains need to smuggle a bunch of drugs in the island. Their brilliant plan is; bring along a junkie who is wanted by the Navy but happens to have a friend who flies a chopper, trust that this guy will risk his life for the junkie to go get him at night and smuggle him in the country, and load the guy's heli with drugs while he's on the ship to fetch the junkie. Then, as he's flying the helicopter full of drugs, rat him out to the coast guard so they arrest him, ruining him so his chopper gets on auction, and they can buy the chopper back, with its load of drugs. There's just so much wrong with this plan already (why do everything so he's caught? The drugs can be retrieved later at night from the super-easy-to-reach compartment), add to that the fact that they even give as send-off to the junkie a giant bag of drugs, worth easily in the 6 figures; if they catch a drug addict with such a load of dope, they are bound to search the chopper - but really, they should have anyway.

Sammo

Plot hole: In 7-1 of KoF98, the protagonist is saved by Chizuru Kagura, and he mentions "I didn't know who she was, but I knew that I'll be fighting her in the future." The protagonist met Chizuru in KoF96 and 97 already and interacted with her multiple times.

Sammo

Plot hole: The KoF97 story mode starts with a double flub; Serina announces that the opening matchups for KoF96 have been announced (wrong year), and in the background there are big screens showing, amongst the other characters, also Ash Crimson, a character that won't enter the saga until 2003.

Sammo

3rd May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

No Need to Know - S1-E5

Plot hole: Towards the beginning of the episode a peculiar arrangement is presented; Magnum has to share the guest house with two stewardesses, Mandy and Suzie. The night of the party, they both go for a swim. Mandy is involved in a shooting, and following scenes include her resting at the guest house. Suzie is never heard from since. She does not have a place to sleep; it is made clear that the main house has not been arranged yet for that purpose, the Brigadier and his escort have to leave first. She is not there in the morning. She just vanishes.

Sammo

3rd May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

2nd May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

China Doll - S1-E3

Plot hole: Choi is a single guy with no help from anyone else no superpowers (just a rather deadly fist), always shown on foot and yet he is able to follow Magnum always. He has to ask for directions at the beginning of the episode (with the store being about 3 doors away) so he's not omniscient, but somehow he is able to show up wherever Magnum goes, including where he just drove his super fast Ferrari, or when he's getting free helicopter rides.No explanation is attempted or hinted.

Sammo

1st May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

China Doll - S1-E3

Plot hole: Choi spends less than a minute inside the antique store. Magnum and Mai Ling left another minute earlier, tops - you could see Choi making his way to the store in the same street shot when M&M were leaving. And yet, TC's chopper is already passing over Choi's heads when he asks where the girl and her precious belonging are. Of course it makes no sense especially considering that TC had landed on a beach spot, tied down the rotor, argued with Magnum...it'd take minutes to take off, and Magnum and Mai Ling were in no rush at all, not making a run for it. (00:13:00 - 00:14:45)

Sammo

1st May 2020

Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii - S1-E1

Plot hole: The clock at customs signals it is 9:05 AM when Lt. Dan Cook arrives at Hickam. Magnum narrowly misses him. Then he goes back home...and it is night. There is no reason why Magnum would have spent the whole day out of the house, especially never checking on his fraternal buddy he was supposed to chaperone to begin with.

Sammo

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