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'''Magnum:''' So you're going to kill me if I don't help you find your son?\\
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* FalseFlagOperation: The kidnapping is made to look like the work of another gang who blame the Yakuza for the theft of their drug stash. This was all arranged by TheStarscream of the Yakuza,
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* FalseFlagOperation: The kidnapping is made to look like the work of another a Korean gang who blame the Yakuza for the theft of their drug stash. This was all arranged by TheStarscream of the Yakuza, so the two sides can decimate each other in a gang war and he can take over.
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* IncurableCoughOfDeath: The first symptom of the poison.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Magnum gets smacked around after being caught sneaking into the Korean mafia's AbandonedWarehouse where he thought Shima's son might be being held. Zia rescues him
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Magnum gets smacked around after being caught sneaking into the Korean mafia's AbandonedWarehouse where he thought Shima's son might be being held. Zia rescues him
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* ShipTease: Rick is concerned by how hard Higgins is taking the threat to Magnum's life. For the record, she's talking about ''waging a one-woman war on the Yakuza'':
-->'''Rick:''' Are you okay?\\
'''Higgins:''' Truthfully, not really. I mean I'm holding it together. But thinking about losing Thomas is making me...\\
'''Rick:''' Scared.\\
'''Higgins:''' And angry. [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther I think about life without him.]] [[CrusadingWidow And then I think what I'd do to whoever took him away.]]\\
'''Rick:''' I know how you feel. Trust me, we all do... . But what we need to do right now, is be on our "A" game - for Thomas.
-->'''Rick:''' Are you okay?\\
'''Higgins:''' Truthfully, not really. I mean I'm holding it together. But thinking about losing Thomas is making me...\\
'''Rick:''' Scared.\\
'''Higgins:''' And angry. [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther I think about life without him.]] [[CrusadingWidow And then I think what I'd do to whoever took him away.]]\\
'''Rick:''' I know how you feel. Trust me, we all do... . But what we need to do right now, is be on our "A" game - for Thomas.
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* SpottingTheThread:
** Zia's story - that she impressed Shima by shooting a cop, allowing him to escape a police raid - seems a little too convenient for Magnum, who correctly guesses that she's an undercover cop. She also gave herself away by saving him from the Koreans.
** He guesses that the Koreans weren't involved with the kidnapping when he sees the car they allegedly used is dusty and plainly hasn't moved in weeks. This suggests that TheStarscream who supplied that information was lying, and therefore involved.
** Zia's story - that she impressed Shima by shooting a cop, allowing him to escape a police raid - seems a little too convenient for Magnum, who correctly guesses that she's an undercover cop. She also gave herself away by saving him from the Koreans.
** He guesses that the Koreans weren't involved with the kidnapping when he sees the car they allegedly used is dusty and plainly hasn't moved in weeks. This suggests that TheStarscream who supplied that information was lying, and therefore involved.
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* WhamLine: Higgins and Rick find the poison supplier, who provides them with a drug to buy Magnum time but reveals that he doesn't have the antidote. That's kept in another facility, which Shima never bothered to visit.
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'''Magnum:''' So you're going to kill me if I don't help you find your son?\\
'''Shima:''' The sushi you ate was laced with a deadly poison. You have eight hours to live. However, if you find my son, I'll give you the antidote. So no, I'm not going to kill you, Mr. Magnum. I killed you five minutes ago.
Yakuza boss Osi Shima hires Magnum to find his kidnapped son. When Magnum refuses, the boss adds a little extra incentive; the antidote to the poison Magnum just ingested.
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* FalseFlagOperation: The kidnapping is made to look like the work of another gang who blame the Yakuza for the theft of their drug stash. This was all arranged by TheStarscream of the Yakuza,
* GuileHero: When Magnum is told he'll be working without his usual partners (to prevent him sneakily getting the cure elsewhere), he correctly guesses his phone will be confiscated. So he pulls it out under the table and and dials Higgins, who quickly guesses what's going on and records the conversation. This allows the gang to search for a cure while Magnum solves the case.
* PoisonAndCureGambit: Initially thinking his client is the owner of a suchi restaurant, Magnum is happy to accept a free sample. He's ''less'' happy when he learns that the sushi he ate was poisoned to force him to work the case. He's less happy still when Higgins learns that Shima didn't bother getting the antidote after all, intending all along to leave Mangum to die.
* ShoutOut: To ''Film/DeadManWalking''.
* SurpriseInspectionRuse: Jin of all people thinks of a way to get more information; he barges into the sushi restaurant posing as a health inspector and plants a bug. Then T.C. arrives looking for Magnum, prompting the owner to call Shima for instructions. This allows Higgins to get Shima's number and hack his phone to get the contact information for his poison provider.
* TitleDrop: When it's revealed that Shima has no antidote, Magnum describes himself as a "dead man walking."
* UndercoverCopReveal: Magnum correctly guesses that Zia Min, the Yakuza "babysitter" shadowing him on the case, is an undercover cop.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Knowing that Shima has no antidote and never intended to save him, Magnum chooses to spend what may be his last hours preventing a gang war that will kill innocent people.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Zia protects her cover by getting Magnum to shoot her in the arm.
'''Shima:''' The sushi you ate was laced with a deadly poison. You have eight hours to live. However, if you find my son, I'll give you the antidote. So no, I'm not going to kill you, Mr. Magnum. I killed you five minutes ago.
Yakuza boss Osi Shima hires Magnum to find his kidnapped son. When Magnum refuses, the boss adds a little extra incentive; the antidote to the poison Magnum just ingested.
!!Tropes:
* FalseFlagOperation: The kidnapping is made to look like the work of another gang who blame the Yakuza for the theft of their drug stash. This was all arranged by TheStarscream of the Yakuza,
* GuileHero: When Magnum is told he'll be working without his usual partners (to prevent him sneakily getting the cure elsewhere), he correctly guesses his phone will be confiscated. So he pulls it out under the table and and dials Higgins, who quickly guesses what's going on and records the conversation. This allows the gang to search for a cure while Magnum solves the case.
* PoisonAndCureGambit: Initially thinking his client is the owner of a suchi restaurant, Magnum is happy to accept a free sample. He's ''less'' happy when he learns that the sushi he ate was poisoned to force him to work the case. He's less happy still when Higgins learns that Shima didn't bother getting the antidote after all, intending all along to leave Mangum to die.
* ShoutOut: To ''Film/DeadManWalking''.
* SurpriseInspectionRuse: Jin of all people thinks of a way to get more information; he barges into the sushi restaurant posing as a health inspector and plants a bug. Then T.C. arrives looking for Magnum, prompting the owner to call Shima for instructions. This allows Higgins to get Shima's number and hack his phone to get the contact information for his poison provider.
* TitleDrop: When it's revealed that Shima has no antidote, Magnum describes himself as a "dead man walking."
* UndercoverCopReveal: Magnum correctly guesses that Zia Min, the Yakuza "babysitter" shadowing him on the case, is an undercover cop.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Knowing that Shima has no antidote and never intended to save him, Magnum chooses to spend what may be his last hours preventing a gang war that will kill innocent people.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Zia protects her cover by getting Magnum to shoot her in the arm.
