Talk:Robin Masters

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This article was nominated for deletion on February 17, 2006. The result of the discussion was KEEP.

"His identity was kept secret from Thomas"? Have you seen the pilot?! It was kept from the audience; the pilot makes it pretty clear, not only does Magnum know him, they’re pretty good buddies (contrary to the stupidity in later shows, obviously the product of writers who didn't read the show bible). Trekphiler 01:55, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

I think that you are correct, but it sort of became a running joke in the series, the same way Magnum would never pay T.C. or Rick back for favors done . . . mainly a device used for humor’s sake. At any rate, expecting 100% consistency in a show with an eight-year run is expecting a bit much, but early on, it is clear that Magnum knows Robin Masters quite well. Arundhati Bakshi 05:00, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I have read that they had intended to finally show Orsen Wells at the end of the series, but he died before that could happen. In the last two seasons they started dropping hints that Higgins was the actual writer of the Robin Master’s novels. The series never tried to actually claim that Higgins was Robin, merely that either Robin fronted for Higgins, or that Higgins was Robin’s ghostwriter.

When Thomas would say, to Higgins, “are you Robin Masters” that is just a short way of saying “are you that actual writer of the Robin Master’s novels” Robin Masters was world famous in the series, and there was no question as to his identity, nor the fact that Higgins worked for him. Robin all but fired Higgins in the first season (in scenes that only the audience saw, and that would make no sense if Robin actually worked for Higgins)

By the end of the series, it was getting pretty clear that Higgins did much, if not all, of the writing. The correct question is:

What was the nature of the partnership between Robin and Higgins? —MJBurrage 17:48, 19 April 2006 (UTC)