Other mistake: Magnum is shown in Captain Greene's office in uniform. He is wearing a US Navy Parachuteist Badge, his SEAL trident, and has the rank of Lieutenant. In the show intro section, he is always shown wearing just the trident, and has the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Was he demoted? (00:03:15)
Magnum P.I. (2018)
1 other mistake in season 2
Directed by: Justin Lin
Starring: Jay Hernandez, Zachary Knighton, Perdita Weeks, Nadine Nicole
Dark Skies - S5-E8
Character mistake: Higgins and TC are investigating a drug smuggler camp in Maui. TC sees a box of cigarettes and says the people in the camp must be Latino because the cigarette box is in Spanish. Wrong. The box says Cigarillos, which are small, short cigars. If the box was in Spanish it would say Cigarrillos, which is cigarettes in Spanish.
Thomas Magnum: Let me explain something to you about following leads...
Juliett Higgins: Oh, you're gonna mansplain something? How wonderful for me.
Thomas Magnum: No, I'm gonna P.I.-splain something to you! (00:24:35)
Trivia: The original TC, Roger E. Mosley, shows up in 2 episodes in the series. The first is S1-E18 - A Kiss Before Dying and the other is in S3-E5 The Day Danger Walked In.