Magnum, P.I.

For the 2018 remake, see Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series). For the title character, see Thomas Magnum.

Magnum, P.I.
File:Magnum PI logo (1980s).png Series logo (seasons 3–8)
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Donald P. Bellisario Glen A. Larson
Starring	Tom Selleck John Hillerman Roger E. Mosley Larry Manetti
Narrated by	Tom Selleck
Theme music composer	Ian Freebairn-Smith (pilot, early season 1) Mike Post Pete Carpenter
Composer(s)	Ian Freebairn-Smith (pilot, early season 1) Mike Post Pete Carpenter
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	162 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Donald P. Bellisario Glen A. Larson Tom Selleck
Producer(s)	Rick Weaver Tom Greene Andrew Schneider Douglas Weaver
Production location(s)	Oʻahu, Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii Waimanalo Beach, Hawaii
Running time	46—49 minutes
Production company(s)	Belisarius Productions, Inc. Glen A. Larson Productions T.W.S. Productions, Inc. Universal Television
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	December 11, 1980 (1980-12-11) – May 1, 1988 (1988-05-01)
Chronology
Related shows	Magnum P.I. (remake series)
External links
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Magnum, P.I. is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator (P.I.) living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from December 11, 1980, to May 1, 1988, during its first-run broadcast on the American television network CBS. Magnum, P.I. consistently ranked in the top 20 U.S. television programs in the Nielsen ratings during the first five years of its original run, finishing as high as number three for the 1982–83 season. The series entered syndication in 1986 under the title Magnum in order to differentiate reruns from new episodes still airing under the original title on CBS.

A remake series of the same name was ordered to series on May 11, 2018, and premiered on September 24, 2018 on CBS.

Premise

Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV is a private investigator played by Tom Selleck. He lives in the guesthouse of a 200-acre (81 ha) beachfront estate called Robin's Nest, in Hawaii, at the invitation of its owner, Robin Masters. Ostensibly this is quid pro quo for Magnum's services based upon his expertise in security; the pilot and several early episodes suggest Magnum had done Masters a favor of some kind, possibly when Masters hired him for a case. Masters is rarely depicted and is the celebrated author of several dozen lurid novels. His voice, heard only in five episodes, was provided by Orson Welles (one last appearance was provided by a different actor, Red Crandell).

Magnum lives a luxurious life on the estate and operates as a P.I. on cases that suit him. The only thorn in the side of his near-perfect lifestyle is Jonathan Quayle Higgins III, played by John Hillerman. An ex-British Army regimental sergeant major, he is on the surface a stern, by-the-book caretaker of Robin's Nest, whose strict ways often conflict with Magnum's more easygoing methods. He patrols Robin's Nest with his two highly-trained "lads", Dobermans named Zeus and Apollo. Magnum has free use of the guesthouse and the car, a Ferrari 308 GTS Quattrovalvole, but as a humorous aside in various episodes, often has to bargain with Higgins for use of estate amenities such as the tennis courts, wine cellar, and expensive cameras.

The relationship between Magnum and Higgins is initially cool, but as the series progresses, an unspoken respect and fondness of sorts grows between them. Many episodes dedicate more screen time to this "odd couple" pairing after the relationship proved popular with fans. A recurrent theme throughout the last two seasons, starting in the episode "Paper War", involves Magnum's sneaking suspicion that Higgins is actually Masters, since he opens Masters's mail, calls Masters's Ferrari "my car", etc. This suspicion is neither proved nor disproved, although in at least one episode Higgins is shown alone in a room, picking up a ringing phone and talking to Masters, indicating they are different people.

Aside from Higgins, Magnum's two main companions on the islands are Theodore "T.C." Calvin (Roger E. Mosley), who runs a one-person local helicopter charter and tour van service, "Island Hoppers", and often finds himself persuaded by Magnum to fly him during various cases, and Orville Wilbur Richard "Rick" Wright (Larry Manetti), who refuses to use his Wright brothers-esque given name of Orville and owns a local bar. In the pilot episode, this was "Rick's Cafe Americain", inspired by Casablanca, with Rick appearing in suitable 1930s attire. After completing the pilot, though, executives felt that audiences would be unable to fully connect with this element. Instead, Rick moved to running the plush, beachside King Kamehameha Club, which has exclusive membership and Higgins on the board of directors. Magnum often strolls around the club, using its facilities and running up an ever-unpaid tab, further fueling the Magnum-Higgins feud. T.C. and Rick are both former Marines from VMO-2 with whom Magnum, a former member of the United States Navy SEALs and Naval Intelligence officer, served in the Vietnam War. The series was one of the first to deal with Vietnam veterans as "human beings" and not as shell-shocked killers, and was praised by many ex-servicemen groups for doing so. Magnum often dupes or bribes T.C. and Rick into aiding him on his cases, much to their frustration. T.C., whose assistance often involves the use of his helicopter, often tells Magnum, "gas money. All I need is gas money", referring to the high cost of the helicopter's fuel.

Magnum comes and goes as he pleases, works only when he wants, and has almost unlimited use of the Ferrari and many other luxuries of the estate. He keeps a mini-refrigerator with a seemingly endless supply of beer ("altbier"), wears his father's treasured Rolex GMT Master wristwatch, and is surrounded by countless beautiful women, who are often victims of crime, his clients, or otherwise connected to the cases he solves.

Other characteristics specific to Magnum are his thick moustache, baseball caps (usually a Detroit Tigers or VMO-2 cap), a rubber chicken, and a variety of colorful Aloha shirts. Nearly every episode is narrated, in voice-over, by Magnum at various points. At the end of the seventh season, Magnum was to be killed off, to end the series. Following an outcry from fans who demanded a more satisfactory conclusion, an eighth season was produced to bring Magnum "back to life" and round off the series.

Cast

Main cast

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The cast of Magnum, P.I. (left-to-right), Larry Manetti as Rick, Tom Selleck as Magnum, Roger E. Mosley as T.C., and John Hillerman as Higgins

• Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum
• Roger E. Mosley as Theodore "T.C." Calvin
• Larry Manetti as Orville "Rick" Wright
• John Hillerman as Jonathan Higgins

Recurring characters

• Lieutenant Yoshi Tanaka: A homicide-division police lieutenant with the Honolulu police department (Kwan Hi Lim), he has a slight Lieutenant Columbo-like enigmatic quality, characterized by his casual dress and ironic sense of humor. He is also, like Magnum, a Detroit Tigers fan. He appeares in Seasons 2–8.
• Agatha Chumley: Higgins's stereotypically English ladyfriend (Gillian Dobb), who seems to have a crush on Higgins. Her first appearance was in the episode "Black on White". She appeared in Seasons 3–8.
• Colonel "Buck" Greene: A Marine Corps aviator and intelligence officer (Lance LeGault), who is often Magnum's nemesis in seasons 2–8. LeGault also played John W. Newton, aka "Delta One", in episode 9 of season 1, "Missing in Action".
• Carol Baldwin: An assistant district attorney (Patty McCormack in season 1, followed by Kathleen Lloyd in seasons 3–8); before playing Carol Baldwin, Lloyd guest starred in the episode "Almost Home" (season 3, episode 11) as Bridget Archer.
• Lieutenant "Mac" MacReynolds: A doughnut-munching Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) lieutenant (Jeff MacKay), killed by a car bomb planted by "Ivan", a Russian KGB officer. Mac returns as a ghost for four episodes ("Mac's Back", "Limbo", "Infinity and Jelly Doughnuts" and "Pleasure Principle") and later as a lookalike character. In the pilot, MacKay portrayed "Ski", a guard at the entrance gate of Pearl Harbor. He appeared in Seasons 1–3 and 7–8.
• Jim Bonnick: A con man and an ex-Navy pilot who was released on a medical discharge (Jeff MacKay); he is Mac Reynolds's lookalike. In at least one episode ("Mac's Back"), MacKay appeared in both roles. He appeared in Seasons 5–8.
• Francis "Icepick" Hofstetler: An American loan shark and major underworld figure from Chicago, and a quasi-father figure to Rick Wright (Walter Chotzen and later Elisha Cook Jr.).
• Dr. Ibold, M.D. "Doc Ibold": A minor character (Glenn Cannon) who appeared in episodes when the script called for a physician. First referred to as "Script Writer #1", he was known for prescribing opiates for any and all ailments. He appeared in Seasons 2–8. Cannon also played Dr. Bernard Kessler in Episode 1.7, "Never Again...Never Again".
• Michelle Hue: The love of Magnum's life (Marta DuBois); she and Magnum married in Vietnam but the devoutly Catholic Michelle had the marriage annulled after her first husband, a North Vietnamese general who was presumed dead, resurfaced. Magnum had believed that Michelle was killed during the 1975 evacuation of Saigon. She appeared in Seasons 2–8.
• Lily Catherine Hue: Daughter to Magnum and Michelle Hue (Kristen Carreira). Michelle entrusts Lily to Magnum's care but doesn't reveal that she is his daughter. Although she was raised as the daughter of General Hue, Lily Catherine learned Magnum-related things from Michelle, such as "Detroit Tigers" and "Rick, T.C., Thomas". By "Resolutions" (May 1988), General Hue's enemies had killed Hue, Michelle, and Michelle's second husband, Edward Durant. Lily Catherine was presumed dead and was reunited with Magnum, who returned to his career as a Naval Intelligence officer to protect her. She appears in seasons 7-8.
• Lieutenant (later Lieutenant Commander) Maggie Poole: The successor of the deceased Mac Reynolds (Jean Bruce Scott), she dislikes her superior, Marine Corps Colonel Greene. She appeared in Seasons 3–8.
• Luther H. Gillis: A mock film noir St. Louis private eye with a Boston accent (Eugene Roche), whose deception, dissembling, and disturbing capacity for violence Magnum almost always underestimates or overlooks. Gillis provided the narration in the five episodes in which he appeared in Seasons 4–8.
• Lieutenant Nolan Page: A hard-nosed, no-nonsense Honolulu Police Department lieutenant with a New York accent (Joe Santos), he assists Magnum on several cases.He appeared in Seasons 7-8
• Moki: The bartender of the King Kamehameha Club in Season 1; later replaced by Keoki, he appeared in Seasons 1–2.
• Keoki: The bartender/server of the King Kamehameha Club starting in season 2. He is arrested in season 4 by Lt. Tanaka for robbing the club in the episode "I Witness". He appeared in seasons 2–4.
• Bryant Calvin, T.C.'s son in seasons 7 and 8, played by Shavar Ross.

Setting

The guesthouse in Magnum, P.I., a boathouse during the mid-2000s

Robin's Nest () is the fictional beach front estate on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, which serves as the residence of the main characters. In the series, it is owned by renowned novelist Robin Masters, who employs Jonathan Higgins as the estate's caretaker and Thomas Magnum as its security expert. Higgins resides in the estate's main house while Magnum occupies the guest house.

In reality, the 3-acre (1.2 ha) beachfront property was on Oahu's east shore at 41-505 Hawaii Route 72, near Waimanalo Beach, Hawaii (). Called "Pahonu" ("turtle enclosure" in Hawaiian), it was also known as "The Anderson Estate" after its longtime owner, politician Eve G. Anderson. The grounds were used for hundreds of years to raise green sea turtles for the Hawaiian royal family and include a 500-by-50-foot stone wall that surrounds the former turtle-raising pond. Since 1978, the turtle pond has been on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hawaii. A residential estate since the early 1930s, comprising an 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m²) main house, a boathouse (which in the series appears as the guesthouse Magnum occupies), a gatehouse, and private tennis court.

Owned in January 2014 by Cox Communications heiress Barbara Cox Anthony, it was placed on the market with Sotheby's for $15.75 million and sold for $8.7 million in March 2015. In April 2018, the estate was demolished by its new owner former President Barack Obama.

Many of the indoor scenes of Magnum, P.I. were filmed on the old Hawaii Five-O soundstage, as the network did not wish for its Hawaiian production facilities to go to waste after Hawaii Five-O ended its run.

Through the years, fans of the show have noted commonalities in the settings of time and space (the so-called fictional TV universe) between Magnum, P.I. and Hawaii Five-O. For example, in Season 1, Episode 5, "Thank Heavens for Little Girls, and Big Ones Too", Higgins calls Five-O to report a theft. In Season 1, Episode 6, "Skin Deep", Magnum gets on the radio pretending he's with the police and asks: "Billy, this is McGarrett of Five-O. Is David Norman armed?" The producers of Magnum, P.I. unsuccessfully attempted to convince Jack Lord to make a cameo.

In a 2013 episode of the Hawaii Five-0 remake, the characters "sing" the Magnum, P.I. theme song while discussing which person most resembled the characters on that program. The purported connection between the programs appears to be preserved in the remakes, as explained by their creators in TV Guide, where plans for a crossover were announced as well as acknowledgment of the coexistence of Magnum with Hawaii Five-0 in the same TV universe. A Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I. crossover event aired on CBS in January 2020, with the Hawaii Five-0 episode "Ihea 'oe i ka wa a ka ua e loku ana?" (Hawaiian for "Where were you when the rain was pouring?") followed by the Magnum P.I. episode "Desperate Measures".

Theme music

The original theme music for the opening credits of the pilot episode was a mid-tempo jazzy piece by Ian Freebairn-Smith. This music was also used for the next nine regular episodes.

Beginning in Episode 12, it was replaced by a more up tempo theme typical of 1980s action series by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter with guitar by Larry Carlton. This theme had been used during the show and over the closing credits from Episode 8. A longer version of this second theme ("Theme from Magnum P.I.", 3:25 in duration) credited to Post was released as a single by Elektra Records in 1982 and featured on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that same year, peaking at No. 25 on May 8, 1982. This version also appeared on Post's 1982 album Television Theme Songs.

Vehicles

Cars

Robin Masters' cars (with license plate)

• "ROBIN 1"
  • 1979 Ferrari 308 GTS - season 1
  • 1981 Ferrari 308 GTSi - seasons 2–6
  • 1984 Ferrari 308 GTS QuattroValvole - seasons 7–8

(all these cars were red/Rosso Corsa)

• "ROBIN 2"
  • 1980 Audi 5000 - seasons 1–4 (×2, with one blown up in s01e05)
  • 1985 Audi 5000 - seasons 5–8
  • 1974 Jaguar XJ (seen only in s04e618)

(all these sedans were in various shades of dark grey)

• "ROBIN 3"
  • 1980 GMC Jimmy Sierra (full size C/K-series) — season 1–3
  • 1983 GMC S15 Jimmy (mid-size S-series) — seasons 4–6
  • 1984 Jeep Cherokee (XJ Model) — seasons 7–8

(all these SUVs were in shades of brown, with red stripe on the C/K & large yellow stripe on the S15)

• "Robin 23"
  • 1981 Ferrari 308 GTSi in dark green/Verde Pino – seen only in the episode "Summer School" (s06e13). This car was provided by Robin Masters for his visiting nephew, 'R.J.'.
• "56E-478"; regular/non-vanity license plate
  • 1978 Ferrari 308 GTS (seen in the pilot, and all episodes' opening credits)

Others

• Island Hoppers (TC's) van — Volkswagen Type 2 (T3)
• Rick's convertible — Mercedes-Benz R107 and C107. Col. Buck Green referred to it as a 450SL when Rick went missing, but he was also seen in 380 SL (s02e06) and a 560 SL (s07e17). Rick also drove at least one Corvette, a 1978 C3, in which Thomas and Rick drive side-by-side on a two-lane byway (s01e01). Rick drove the Mercedes from the middle of Season 2 through to the end of the series.
• Rick's Datsun 280ZX. Rick drove this car when the series started until the middle of season 2, after which he drove the Mercedes.
• Magnum's Beetle — 1966 Volkswagen Beetle convertible. In 1979, having just opened up his private investigator business, Magnum drove a battered blue Volkswagen Beetle convertible, with a rusted driver's side door.
• Magnum's Jaguar — 1969 Jaguar E-Type. Magnum drove a red Jaguar XKE convertible, in very poor condition, in the episode "Blind Justice" (s05e07) after Higgins cut him off from using the Ferrari.
• The Bentley — 1937 Bentley 3.5 Litre Drophead Coupe (Gurney Nutting body). When Magnum and Higgins visit England in the Season 6 opener, when Robin Masters had just bought a new estate, "Robin's Keep", Magnum drives the old Bentley, the only car included with the estate. The car was previously driven by James Bond in the unofficial 1983 movie Never Say Never Again.

Aircraft

• Island Hoppers (TC's) helicopter — MD Helicopters MD 500 (various models)
• Ken Enderlin Charters — N9267F is a Hughes Model 369HS built in 1975, Construction Number (C/N) 1150778S, in the episodes "Dream a Little Dream" and "Missing Melody".

Development and production

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Publicity photo 1980

Development of Magnum, P.I. was originally slated at ABC, which aired other Glen A. Larson series The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977–1979) and Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979). In January 1979, ABC cancelled both series, and development on Magnum, P.I. Larson then took the series over to CBS.

Selleck's contract commitment to the Magnum, P.I. series famously cost him the role of Indiana Jones in the first Indiana Jones film, Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), which went to Harrison Ford. Selleck was unable to take the part of Jones as Magnum was due to start filming in March 1980. Owing to the 1980 AFTRA/Screen Actors Guild strike, production of Magnum was delayed until December 1980, which would have allowed Selleck to play Jones.

In the 1986–87 season 7 of Magnum, P.I., Selleck was brought in as a producer and the program was moved from its Thursday night slot on CBS to Wednesday, which increased its slumping ratings from competing with The Cosby Show (1984–1992) on NBC.

Episodes

Main article: List of Magnum, P.I. episodes

Magnum, P.I. is an American action drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator in Hawaii. The series ran on CBS, which broadcast 162 first-run episodes over eight seasons, from December 11, 1980, to May 8, 1988.

Series overview

File:Magnum P.I. Cast.jpg

The Cast of Magnum, P.I.:
(left-to-right) Larry Manetti as Orville "Rick" Wright, Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, Roger E. Mosley as T.C. and John Hillerman as Jonathan Quayle Higgins III.

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	18	December 11, 1980 (1980-12-11)	April 16, 1981 (1981-04-16)
	2	22	October 8, 1981 (1981-10-08)	April 1, 1982 (1982-04-01)
	3	23	September 30, 1982 (1982-09-30)	April 28, 1983 (1983-04-28)
	4	21	September 29, 1983 (1983-09-29)	May 3, 1984 (1984-05-03)
	5	22	September 27, 1984 (1984-09-27)	April 4, 1985 (1985-04-04)
	6	21	September 26, 1985 (1985-09-26)	April 10, 1986 (1986-04-10)
	7	22	October 1, 1986 (1986-10-01)	April 15, 1987 (1987-04-15)
	8	13	October 7, 1987 (1987-10-07)	May 1, 1988 (1988-05-01)

Episodes

Season 1: 1980–1981

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1/2	1/2	"Please Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii"	Roger Young	Donald P. Bellisario and Glen A. Larson	December 11, 1980 (1980-12-11)
In the pilot episode, Magnum accidentally uncovers a drug operation in the islands when picking up an old Navy friend of his at the airport and helps his friend's sister uncover the truth about a conspiracy involving the NIA and Southeast-Asian drug dealers. Magnum makes a casual reference to predecessor series Hawaii Five-O after his pursuers drive over a cliffside. When his friend winds up dead, Magnum must find his killers and uncover a smuggling ring that leads him to people from his past during the Vietnam War.
3	3	"China Doll"	Donald P. Bellisario	Donald P. Bellisario	December 18, 1980 (1980-12-18)
Magnum is hired by a Chinese woman to protect her very valuable vase and finds himself chased by a special martial-arts practicing hitman.
4	4	"Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too"	Bruce Seth Green	Babs Greyhosky	December 25, 1980 (1980-12-25)
When Magnum is hired by a group of young girls to find their teacher, he runs into a plot involving kidnapping and art theft.
5	5	"No Need to Know"	Lawrence Doheny	Frank Lupo	January 8, 1981 (1981-01-08)
Higgins plays host to an British military General and Magnum is asked by the government to protect the man from the IRA.
6	6	"Skin Deep"	Lawrence Doheny	Donald P. Bellisario	January 15, 1981 (1981-01-15)
An actress's suicide leads Magnum to investigate and he uncovers foul play.
7	7	"Never Again...Never Again"	Robert Loggia	Teleplay: Babs Greyhosky Story: Jim Carlson & Terrence McDonnell	January 22, 1981 (1981-01-22)
When a Jewish friend of Magnum's disappears, Magnum helps his wife to locate the man and uncovers a Nazi plot.
8	8	"The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii"	Lawrence Doheny	Allan Cole & Chris Bunch and Frank Lupo	January 29, 1981 (1981-01-29)
Magnum helps protect a dog from being kidnapped by gangsters. Note: First episode to feature the Mike Post and Pete Carpenter "Magnum P.I." theme music. It can be heard throughout the episode and over the closing credits from this episode onwards but it is not yet used over the opening credits.
9	9	"Missing in Action"	Robert Loggia	Teleplay: Craig Buck and Ken Pettus Story: Craig Buck	February 5, 1981 (1981-02-05)
A singer at the club has premonitions of her long lost boyfriend and Magnum helps to track him down, only to find that he's involved in a secret naval military special forces outfit, Delta Force.
10	10	"Lest We Forget"	Lawrence Doheny	Donald P. Bellisario	February 12, 1981 (1981-02-12)
A Supreme Court judge hires Magnum to locate his ex-prostitute wife who has been missing since the Pearl Harbor Attacks forty years earlier.
11	11	"The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club"	Winrich Kolbe	Babs Greyhosky	February 19, 1981 (1981-02-19)
Magnum investigates when a kahuna places a curse on the King Kamehameha Club.
12	12	"Thicker Than Blood"	Lawrence Doheny	Donald P. Bellisario	February 26, 1981 (1981-02-26)
When T.C. is arrested smuggling a man into the islands, Magnum and Rick must uncover T.C.'s real motives and discovers a plot by drug smugglers Note: First episode to open with the Mike Post and Pete Carpenter theme music.
13	13	"All Roads Lead to Floyd"	Ron Satlof	Teleplay: Rogers Turrentine and Babs Greyhosky Story: Rogers Turrentine	March 12, 1981 (1981-03-12)
Magnum is hired by a woman from the mid-west to find her father, a con-man on the run.
14	14	"Adelaide"	Lawrence Doheny	Robert Hamilton	March 19, 1981 (1981-03-19)
Magnum is hired by a jockey to protect her prize-winning horse.
15	15	"Don't Say Goodbye"	Winrich Kolbe	Teleplay: T.J. Miles and Babs Greyhosky Story: T.J. Miles	March 26, 1981 (1981-03-26)
Magnum is hired by a blind friend to negotiate with a blackmailer and discovers a plot to murder his friend. Notes: Mercedes McCambridge previously starred with Tom Selleck as "Ma Sackett" in the television movie The Sacketts. Ted Danson also later appeared with Selleck in the films Three Men and a Baby and Three Men and a Little Lady.
16	16	"The Black Orchid"	Ray Austin	Robert Hamilton	April 2, 1981 (1981-04-02)
Magnum is hired to participate in a rich woman's theatrical fantasy game, as long as Rick and TC, but things become complicated when her disapproving husband gets involved and the game turns deadly.
17	17	"J. 'Digger' Doyle"	Winrich Kolbe	Donald P. Bellisario	April 9, 1981 (1981-04-09)
Because of threat to his life Robin hires a girl to check the security at the estate. She meets Magnum, and, pretending to be a big fan of Robin's, manages to penetrate the estate. The agency locks down Robin's Nest and enlists the help of Magnum, Rick and TC to prevent a hit on Robin. Higgins is kidnapped in the process, but Magnum and 'Digger' Doyle manage to save him. Magnum later discovers that the plot to kill Robin emanates from within the security agency. Note: This was the pilot for an unmade series.
18	18	"Beauty Knows No Pain"	Ray Austin	Robert Hamilton	April 16, 1981 (1981-04-16)
During the middle of a case, Magnum enters the Hawaiian Iron Man competition with the help of his friends and a trainer.

Season 2: 1981–1982

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
19	1	"Billy Joe Bob"	Ray Austin	Jeff Wilhelm	October 8, 1981 (1981-10-08)
Billy Joe Bob (James Whitmore Jr.), a hotheaded Texan, engages Magnum's services when his sister, Carol Ann, goes missing. Magnum has his hands full trying to keep Billy Joe from beating up every local who gets in his way and trying to find Carol Ann, who has gotten in over her head with the wrong crowd.
20	2	"Dead Man's Channel"	Ray Austin	Diane Frolov	October 15, 1981 (1981-10-15)
After her archaeologist father's boat is found deserted at sea in the Nihoa Channel, a marine biology student hires Magnum to find out what happened to him. The local natives warn Magnum to stay away from the "cursed" channel, but he's determined to find out what happened to the missing man. Note: Roger E. Mosley as T.C. does not appear in this episode.
21	3	"The Woman on the Beach"	Donald P. Bellisario	Andrew Schneider	October 22, 1981 (1981-10-22)
Rick falls in love with a beautiful woman he met on the beach. The woman, however, turns out to have been murdered forty years prior. Magnum must investigate the case and prove that Rick isn't seeing a ghost, while tracking down the woman's killer.
22	4	"From Moscow to Maui"	Mike Vejar	Andrew Schneider	October 29, 1981 (1981-10-29)
A year after escaping from Moscow in a MiG-30 fighter jet, a Soviet defector hires Magnum to help his girlfriend defect from an Olympic track team visiting Hawaii. She is under close watch of undercover KGB agents, and Magnum, T.C. and Rick, with assistance from Higgins, must carry out their plan with military precision to free her.
23/24	5/6	"Memories Are Forever"	Ray Austin	Donald P. Bellisario	November 5, 1981 (1981-11-05)
While working on a routine case, Magnum believes he has spotted Michelle, the woman he married while he was serving in the Vietnam War and who he thought had been killed in a bombing raid. T.C. and Rick are suspicious of the sighting but Magnum begins a thorough search of the area to find her. However, his search for Michelle places him in uncomfortable political territory. Magnum's desperate search for Michelle faces being forced to a halt after he has been called up for active Navy duty and ordered to testify in Washington. Magnum suspects that it's just a political smokescreen to try to get him off Michelle's trail. Magnum is briefly reunited with Michelle, who is married to Vietnamese General Hue, who is involved in delicate negotiations regarding returning remains of M.I.A.s and P.O.W.s from Vietnam. But Michelle is suspected of being a traitor agent and is in great danger.
25	7	"Tropical Madness"	Lawrence Doheny	Robert Hamilton	November 12, 1981 (1981-11-12)
Magnum is surprised when a beautiful woman from England spurns his advances - much to the amusement of T.C. and Rick - preferring Higgins. Magnum is certain the woman is feigning interest in Higgins to somehow use him for an ulterior motive and plans to uncover the truth. Higgins sees his doubts as jealousy and the relationship between the two men is pushed towards the breaking point.
26	8	"Wave Goodbye"	Sidney Hayers	Reuben Leder	November 19, 1981 (1981-11-19)
An ex-surfing champion and friend of Magnum's turns up dead on the beach and Magnum investigates. The prime suspects are a local drug pusher and a Vietnam vet, but Magnum believes someone else may be involved.
27	9	"Mad Buck Gibson"	Winrich Kolbe	Robert Hamilton	November 26, 1981 (1981-11-26)
Magnum is asked by the ex-wife of the adventure-seeking author Mad Buck Gibson to keep him out of harm's way until she collects the alimony he owes her. But, this task proves to be difficult as Magnum learns that Mad Buck is harboring a secret that could be the reason for his self-destructive behavior.
28	10	"The Taking of Dick McWilliams"	Winrich Kolbe	Diane Frolov	December 3, 1981 (1981-12-03)
The Japanese wife of an old Navy buddy comes to Magnum for help when her husband is kidnapped and held for ransom. She asks Magnum to handle the ransom drop without telling her father, who never approved of the marriage in the first place. However, the deeper Magnum gets into the case, the more suspicious he becomes of the circumstances.
29	11	"The Sixth Position"	Sidney Hayers	Babs Greyhosky	December 17, 1981 (1981-12-17)
As a favor to Robin Masters, Magnum finds himself acting as bodyguard to a famous ballerina after she's had several attempts made on her life, and T.C.'s previously undeclared love of ballet comes in handy, with him more than willing to help Magnum out on a case for once. Meanwhile, Rick accepts a job on Magnum's behalf to investigate a woman's husband, but Magnum becomes suspicious that the timing of the job is rather too coincidental and comes to suspect that he's been hired for another reason.
30	12	"Ghost Writer"	Ray Austin	Caroline Elias	December 24, 1981 (1981-12-24)
Magnum is hired by an attractive "ghost writer" who is writing a biography of eccentric millionaire Harold Farber - whom she has never met in person, communicating only via phone - when all her notes on Farber are stolen, in an attempt to stop the book ever being written. Meanwhile, T.C. has landed himself a highly lucrative, but shady, piloting job delivering chemicals to a high-rise, but the building he is making the deliveries to turns out to be at the center of the mystery.
31	13	"The Jororo Kill"	Alan J. Levi	Donald P. Bellisario, Andrew Schneider and Reuben Leder	January 7, 1982 (1982-01-07)
When Kate Sullivan, a journalist, and an old friend of Thomas, Rick, and T.C. from the Vietnam days, arrives in Hawaii and asks for Magnum's help in tracking down an international assassin, Magnum learns that the target is a Prime Minister visiting from a small island republic. However, Magnum becomes suspicious of Kate's determination to get the story up close and personal. Guest Star Tyne Daly
32	14	"Computer Date"	Robert C. Thompson	Babs Greyhosky	January 14, 1982 (1982-01-14)
While Magnum works on a case of computer espionage, the president of the company asks him to also investigate his wife, who he believes is having an affair. After Magnum begins his investigation, his loyalties are tested when he sees that she is indeed having an affair... with Rick!
33	15	"Try to Remember"	Mike Vejar	Andrew Schneider and Reuben Leder	January 28, 1982 (1982-01-28)
After waking up from a car crash while on a case, Magnum suffers from amnesia, having not been able to account for several missing hours. When the person his client hired him to find winds up dead, Magnum becomes a suspect and must prove his innocence and find the real killer.
34	16	"Italian Ice"	Gilbert M. Shilton	Donald P. Bellisario	February 4, 1982 (1982-02-04)
Robin asks Magnum to fly to Sicily to rescue a beautiful young woman who is in the clutches of dangerous mobsters. The woman develops an immediate crush of Magnum, which puts his new relationship in jeopardy. Later, when the mobsters turn up on the island, trouble kicks into high gear. Guest Star Mimi Rogers
35	17	"One More Summer"	Rod Daniel	Reuben Leder	February 11, 1982 (1982-02-11)
When an old Naval Academy friend and teammate, Dorsey Bramlett, now a professional quarterback, is nearly murdered, he asks Magnum to go undercover at his football team's training camp to protect him. Magnum's job is made all the more difficult by the strenuous workouts he must endure in training camp! guest star Pat Morita
36	18	"Texas Lightning"	Mike Vejar	Robert Hamilton	February 18, 1982 (1982-02-18)
Card shark Jeannie Lowry (a.k.a. "Texas Lightning") hires Magnum as her bodyguard at a high-stakes poker game aboard a luxurious yacht. But Magnum learns the poker game is just a facade and Jeannie is hiding something about her true intentions. Magnum and Jeannie are forced to make a hasty escape from the yacht and become stranded on a deserted island, later presumed dead.
37	19	"Double Jeopardy"	Robert Totten	Reuben Leder and Babs Greyhosky	February 25, 1982 (1982-02-25)
Robin's Nest is used as the location for a film starring Olivia Ross and her husband Jack Martin. Magnum is less-than-enthusiastic about being hired as Jack's stunt double and takes the job only because of his admiration for Olivia. But, when Jack is critically injured during a key scene in which Olivia shoots Jack with a prop gun - and the gun turns out to be loaded with real bullets - Magnum investigates the mysterious circumstances.
38	20	"The Last Page"	Alan J. Levi	Andrew Schneider	March 4, 1982 (1982-03-04)
A Vietnam veteran, whom Magnum distantly knows from a mission they both served on during the war, hires him to supposedly find his missing girlfriend. Unbeknownst to Magnum, the man actually has an ulterior motive and is using him to track down an old adversary with whom he has an old score to settle.
39	21	"The Elmo Ziller Story"	Mike Vejar	Robert Hamilton	March 25, 1982 (1982-03-25)
Magnum meets Higgins' illegitimate half-brother, a swaggering Texan named Elmo Ziller (also played by John Hillerman in a dual role), who was supposedly murdered. Now, Ziller's daughter asks Magnum to protect her father from ruthless killers, while Ziller asks Magnum to prove that his wife is trying to murder him. Meanwhile, Magnum can't help thinking that Higgins and Elmo are one and the same.
40	22	"Three Minus Two"	Sidney Hayers	Robert Van Scoyk	April 1, 1982 (1982-04-01)
A beautiful leading fashion designer hires Magnum to protect her when one of her two partners in their designer clothing company is murdered, and she suspects that the other partner may have been behind it. But the assignment proves tricky as several people had a strong enough motive for the murder, and someone is planning a revenge killing. Guest star Jill St. John

Season 3: 1982–1983

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
41/42	1/2	"Did You See the Sunrise?"	Ray Austin	Donald P. Bellisario	September 30, 1982 (1982-09-30)
Magnum, T.C., and an ex-army buddy named Nuzo (played by James Whitmore, Jr.) try to track down Ivan (played by Bo Svenson), a Russian who held them captive during the Vietnam War and won't stop until he kills them all. Lieutenant "Mac" MacReynolds, claiming that he has been fired from the Navy, starts hanging around Magnum. In reality, Mac wasn't fired but is working under Buck Green's orders to find Ivan and prevent Magnum from killing him. After a night out at a bar, Mac is killed by a car bomb when he gets into Magnum's Ferrari ahead of Magnum. Magnum vows revenge. Magnum discovers that Nuzo, who is actually Ivan's operative, has hypnotized T.C. and convinced him to kill a visiting Japanese dignitary. Magnum stops T.C. in time, but due to political immunity Ivan is set free, his next target perhaps being the president. With Rick's help, Magnum captures Ivan, who taunts Magnum and tells him that he can't do anything to stop him. At the end of the episode, Magnum asks Ivan, "Did you see the sunrise?", echoing a wish Mac had expressed with his last words. Ivan replies "yes", and a gunshot is heard but the action unseen off-camera.
43	3	"Ki'i's Don't Lie"	Lawrence Doheny	Philip DeGuere and Bob Shayne	October 7, 1982 (1982-10-07)
In a crossover with Simon & Simon, Magnum is assisted by the Simon brothers in finding a stolen Hawaiian artifact that's supposedly cursed. This episode was broadcast immediately before the Simon & Simon concluding second part. In the original broadcast version, Higgins joins Simon & Simon in pursuing the woman who tricked him, with Magnum himself only appearing at the beginning and end. But a second conclusion was also shot for repeat and syndication purposes (the fleeing villain is caught), allowing the Magnum P.I. episode to be wrapped up so that it may be later rerun as a "stand alone" episode. Guest stars Jameson Parker Gerald McRaney Morgan Fairchild
44	4	"The Eighth Part of the Village"	James Frawley	George Geiger	October 14, 1982 (1982-10-14)
After narrowly avoiding being shot during a case, a fortune cookie convinces Magnum that it's time to repay his friends and associates, leading him to collect a crate of books from the docks for Higgins, only to find that it contains the daughter of a war comrade of Higgins who's searching for her American fiancee and seeking to escape her cruel father.
45	5	"Past Tense"	Michael O'Herlihy	Reuben Leder	October 21, 1982 (1982-10-21)
There's terror in the sky when two bad guys posing as tourists hijack T.C.'s helicopter and force him to fly to a nearby prison where a breakout is taking place.
46	6	"Black on White"	Alan J. Levi	Donald P. Bellisario	October 28, 1982 (1982-10-28)
Magnum manufactures a fake quarantine in effort to keep an eye on and protect Higgins from Kenyans taking revenge for a 1950s massacre by killing members of Higgins' old army regiment.
47	7	"Flashback"	Ivan Dixon	Lance Madrid III	November 4, 1982 (1982-11-04)
Magnum dreams he's in 1936 - populated with versions of his friends - where he's working for a young woman whose father, a union leader, has been accused of the murder of a construction magnate. Note: Lance Madrid III is a pseudonym for Robert Hamilton.
48	8	"Foiled Again"	Mike Vejar	Tom Greene	November 11, 1982 (1982-11-11)
Magnum struggles to prove Higgins' innocence after he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his old boarding school nemesis, William Troubshaw.
49	9	"Mr. White Death"	Jeff Haden	Reuben Leder	November 18, 1982 (1982-11-18)
An aging, former professional wrestling champion asks Magnum to find his long-lost son, but elements of his story do not ring true. Guest star Ernest Borgnine
50	10	"Mixed Doubles"	Burt Kennedy	Reuben Leder and Rob Gilmer	December 2, 1982 (1982-12-02)
Practicing to take part in an upcoming pro-am tennis tournament, Magnum is assigned by Robin Masters to protect a spoiled young tennis star who is receiving death threats. Thomas finds his patience tested by the girl's bratty behavior, but is pleased that the tournament sees him reunited with an old flame - who is the girl's main competitor, and thus the prime suspect.
51	11	"Almost Home"	Ivan Dixon	Alan Cassidy and Rob Gilmer	December 9, 1982 (1982-12-09)
When a feisty cocktail waitress is denied permission to scatter her late father's ashes at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor due to a court martial ruling that he was AWOL, she turns to Magnum to prove her father was indeed present during the infamous Japanese raid.
52	12	"Heal Thyself"	Leo Penn	Rob Gilmer	December 16, 1982 (1982-12-16)
When a doctor who was a nurse during Magnum's days in Vietnam is accused of poisoning patients, he tries to clear her name, but is puzzled by her and her husband's rebuffing his offer of assistance and irritated by an aggressive reporter. Guest Star Marcia Strassman, Edward Winter
53	13	"Of Sound Mind"	Mike Vejar	Andrew Schneider	January 6, 1983 (1983-01-06)
Magnum is stunned when Wilson MacLeish, an eccentric millionaire whom he worked for, is killed in a plane explosion and leaves him nearly his entire fortune - which includes a videotape suggesting he expected to be murdered by a relative looking to get his money. Guest star Elaine Joyce
54	14	"The Arrow That Is Not Aimed"	James Frawley	Steven Hensley and J. Miyoko Hensley	January 27, 1983 (1983-01-27)
Higgins sends Magnum to collect a valuable Kenzan porcelain plate, newly purchased by Robin Masters, from the airport, but the artifact, which was entrusted to the care of a samurai warrior named Tozan while in transport from Japan, has been stolen by a ninja. Magnum teams with the samurai, but they must work fast, as the samurai code of honor dictates Tozan must commit Seppuku if the precious plate isn't retrieved.
55	15	"Basket Case"	Ivan Dixon	Julie Friedgen	February 3, 1983 (1983-02-03)
T.C. and Magnum train their respective junior basketball teams for an upcoming game. T.C.'s team seems to have the advantage until Magnum meets a spunky young teenager with a great game and persuades her to join his team. Magnum and Higgins take a shine to the girl, but discover that her foster parents are criminals who are using her as a pawn in running their con games.
56	16	"Birdman of Budapest"	Mike Vejar	Louis F. Vipperman	February 10, 1983 (1983-02-10)
Magnum helps a woman looking to interview a reclusive bird expert, unaware she's actually a KGB assassin out to kill the man for his involvement in the 1956 Hungarian revolt. Meanwhile, he has troubles collecting his fee from a man whose beautiful employee is tough enough to shoot out the Ferrari's windshield to keep Thomas at a distance from her boss.
57	17	"I Do?"	Ivan Dixon	Rob Gilmer	February 17, 1983 (1983-02-17)
To smoke out the thief in a large family-owned business, Magnum feigns marriage to the CEO's niece, who drives a mean limousine and can't quite make up her mind how she feels about men, marriage, and Magnum.
58	18	"Forty Years from Sand Island"	Mike Vejar	Rogers Turrentine, Rob Gilmer and Reuben Leder	February 24, 1983 (1983-02-24)
As part of the research for an upcoming Robin Masters novel, Higgins contacts a witness in the 1942 murder of a WWII Japanese internment camp inmate by a civilian guard and soon after is badly injured in an accident when the Ferrari's brakes fail. When the mechanic confirms that someone has tampered with the car, Magnum sets out to find who wants to stop Higgins's research and uncovers blackmail and shady politics at the center of the case.
59	19	"Legacy from a Friend"	Stuart Margolin	Robert Hamilton	March 10, 1983 (1983-03-10)
When his lifeguard friend Marcus Phillips is found dead on the beach the day after he's seen sporting an expensive new car he can't afford, Magnum suspects foul play. A young woman with an ambition to rise in the ranks of the police department joins him in the investigation, and they uncover secrets at the center of Marcus' life which led to his death.
60	20	"Two Birds of a Feather"	Virgil W. Vogel	Donald P. Bellisario	March 17, 1983 (1983-03-17)
Magnum investigates the crash of a small plane in the Estate's tidal pool and discovers it wasn't an accident and that the pilot he vaguely recognizes helped save him in the Vietnam War.
61	21	"...By Its Cover"	Mike Vejar	Rogers Turrentine, Donald P. Bellisario and Rob Gilmer	March 31, 1983 (1983-03-31)
A friend of Magnum's from his Navy days, "Hot" Rod Crysler, is being blackmailed by a corrupt narcotics officer into delivering marijuana, and when Magnum stumbles onto this, he seeks to clear his friend's name.
62	22	"The Big Blow"	Alan J. Levi	Reuben Leder	April 7, 1983 (1983-04-07)
A hurricane battering the islands isn't enough to stop Robin Masters' spring equinox party, a lavish event attended by a close circle of friends, but the arrival of a pregnant young woman and two ex-cons intent on grand larceny does. Further complicating matters is Robin's assertion that one of his guests is plotting to kill him that evening. Guest stars James Doohan Barry Van Dyke
63	23	"Faith and Begorrah"	Virgil W. Vogel	Donald P. Bellisario	April 28, 1983 (1983-04-28)
Magnum needs some luck o' the Irish when he's hired to determine if a man's wife is cheating, and during the investigation meets Higgins's half-brother, Fr. Paddy McGuinness (also played by John Hillerman in a dual role), an Irish priest who believes that a relic (containing the ashes of burnt croziers) was stolen during a search for I.R.A. weapons.

Season 4: 1983–1984

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
64	1	"Home from the Sea"	Harvey S. Laidman	Donald P. Bellisario	September 29, 1983 (1983-09-29)
Magnum's tradition of spending the Fourth of July alone at sea turns to a life-and-death battle when his surf ski capsizes due to a reckless boater and a strong current takes him further and further from land. Forced to tread water for hours in shark-infested waters, Thomas uses his memories of his mom and dad to keep himself alive while Higgins, T.C., and Rick begin a frantic search for him.
65	2	"Luther Gillis: File #521"	Virgil W. Vogel	Reuben Leder	October 6, 1983 (1983-10-06)
When Magnum and old school private eye Luther H. Gillis encounter each other in a seedy hotel room with a dead drug dealer as they separately investigate the whereabouts of Nancy Perkins, a St. Louis runaway, they decide to team up to find the missing girl after the police burst into the room and arrest them on suspicion of murder.
66	3	"Smaller Than Life"	Alan J. Levi	J. Rickley Dumm	October 13, 1983 (1983-10-13)
Trouble comes in all shapes and sizes when childhood friend Waldo Norris asks Rick to help him investigate an insurance claim for a priceless figurine. Rick then discovers that his friend isn't quite all he seems, but the truth of Waldo's identity may put an even higher price on finding the missing piece.
67	4	"Distant Relative"	Virgil W. Vogel	Nick Thiel	October 20, 1983 (1983-10-20)
Magnum reluctantly agrees to chaperone Rick's prim and proper 22-year-old sister and then finds himself trying to keep up with a wild hellion. The girl goes missing after dragging Magnum to a low-life nightclub, but things take an even more bizarre twist when the police find her murdered in an alley.
68	5	"Limited Engagement"	Harvey S. Laidman	Richard Yalem and Jay Huguely	November 3, 1983 (1983-11-03)
A strange series of convenience store robberies introduces Magnum to the LaSalle sisters, two elderly women who are about to be evicted from their run-down boarding house. While still pursuing the perpetrator of the robberies, Magnum and Higgins take it upon themselves to organize a charity bingo game for the little old ladies.
69	6	"Letter to a Duchess"	Bernard L. Kowalski	Robert Hamilton	November 10, 1983 (1983-11-10)
While Magnum prepares for an annual surf-ski race, Higgins has his hands full hiding the beautiful Lady Wilkerson from two shady pursuers. Smitten by the maiden in distress, Higgins sends her a letter expressing his feelings, but she mistakenly thinks the amorous words are from Magnum. It quickly becomes a case of romance on the run when the duchess is kidnapped and the two "Romeos" must spring into action to save her.
70	7	"Squeeze Play"	Harry Falk	Reuben Leder	November 17, 1983 (1983-11-17)
A not-so-friendly bet between Robin Masters and ruthless magazine publisher Buzz Benoit could leave Magnum and Higgins on the street unless they can beat Benoit's team in a high-stakes softball game. Magnum thinks their chances of beating Benoit's beautiful magazine models is pretty high, until he learns that Buzz has brought in professionals to play.
71	8	"A Sense of Debt"	Ivan Dixon	Jay Huguely	December 1, 1983 (1983-12-01)
After he runs into - literally - Vietnam veteran and professional boxer Leon Platt, T.C. steps into the ring in order to win a boxing prize that will save the man and his daughter from destitution. Higgins summons Magnum back from a job in Detroit to help before T.C.'s sense of guilt knocks him out for good. Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker appear as themselves. Guest star Shannen Doherty
72	9	"The Look"	Harry Falk	Louis F. Vipperman	December 8, 1983 (1983-12-08)
A familiar voice on the radio leads Magnum to Holly Hudson, a popular Saigon disc jockey. Magnum discovers that Holly's been the recent victim of some very vocal death threats, but she's more concerned about the whereabouts of her missing fiance.
73	10	"Operation: Silent Night"	Mike Vejar	Chris Abbott and Reuben Leder	December 15, 1983 (1983-12-15)
Christmas Eve holds some unusual surprises when Magnum, T.C., Rick and Higgins find themselves stranded on a deserted island that the Navy uses for gunnery practice. As a Navy ship looking to do a little artillery work looms on the horizon, will the night end with peace and happiness for all?
74	11	"Jororo Farewell"	Ivan Dixon	Reuben Leder	January 5, 1984 (1984-01-05)
The Little League International Goodwill Tournament becomes a site of terror for the young Crown Prince of Jororo, who plays center field for the visiting team. Magnum befriends the young boy and puts his own life on the line when he finds out there is a royal assassination plot in play.
75	12	"The Case of the Red-Faced Thespian"	Ivan Dixon	Robert Hamilton	January 19, 1984 (1984-01-19)
It's murder most foul when Higgins is struck on the head with a stray croquet ball right before a lavish Great Gatsby-themed costume ball is scheduled to be held at Robin's Nest. As Magnum rushes to keep things under control, some priceless jewels go missing, and an addled Higgins finds himself the prime suspect in the murder of one of the guests.
76	13	"No More Mr. Nice Guy"	Mike Vejar	Nick Thiel	January 26, 1984 (1984-01-26)
Magnum is forced to forgo his much-anticipated trip to the Army-Navy football game and a reunion with his 1967 championship teammates when Rick, T.C. and Higgins guilt him into remaining in Hawaii and helping Carol save her career by nabbing one of the largest drug distributors in the islands.
77	14	"Rembrandt's Girl"	James Frawley	Chris Abbott	February 2, 1984 (1984-02-02)
A woman (Carol Burnett) whose father was just released from prison asks Magnum for help in ensuring he doesn't commit further crimes.
78	15	"Paradise Blues"	Bernard L. Kowalski	Chris Abbott	February 9, 1984 (1984-02-09)
Love is truly blind when T.C. drags Magnum to a meeting with a gorgeous jazz singer, Alexis Carter, whom T.C. fell in love with years ago in Vietnam. Magnum warns that trouble follows Alexis wherever she goes, and sure enough, she reveals she's on the run from dangerous Detroit drug dealers.
79	16	"The Return of Luther Gillis"	John Llewellyn Moxey	Reuben Leder	February 16, 1984 (1984-02-16)
St. Louis gumshoe Luther H. Gillis returns to Hawaii, accompanied by his secretary Blanche, to attend the annual Private Investigators convention, where Luther has been informed he will receive an award. But while Luther and Magnum attend the convention, Higgins and Blanche are kidnapped from the Estate, and the two P.I.'s find themselves having to join forces once again. Note: This was a pilot for a Luther Gillis spinoff; the series didn't sell, but this wasn't the last episode he appeared in.
80	17	"Let the Punishment Fit the Crime"	Bernard L. Kowalski	Robert Hamilton	February 23, 1984 (1984-02-23)
While Higgins is preparing to direct a selection of pieces from Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado, to be staged at the Estate, Magnum is hired by an attractive young woman to find her missing brother, whom she claims has disappeared after joining a religious cult. The girl has musical experience and agrees to help out with rehearsals of Higgins' production while Magnum looks for her missing brother.
81	18	"Holmes Is Where the Heart Is"	John Llewellyn Moxey	Judy Burns and Jay Huguely	March 8, 1984 (1984-03-08)
As he continues his memoirs, Higgins recalls the spring of 1976 when a friend from Sandhurst, David Worth, arrives in Oahu to attend the funeral of a mutual friend. Insisting that his name is Sherlock Holmes, and that Higgins is Watson, David firmly believes that their friend was murdered by none other than Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes' arch-nemesis.
82	19	"On Face Value"	Harry S. Laidman	Nick Thiel	March 15, 1984 (1984-03-15)
A high-speed car chase between Magnum and some black-market operatives spins wildly out of control when a young woman gets caught in the crossfire. But when he continues to have run-ins with the devious thugs, he begins to wonder if this "innocent victim" might be more than she seems.
83	20	"Dream a Little Dream"	Roger E. Mosley	Reuben Leder	March 29, 1984 (1984-03-29)
It's a case of deja vu when Magnum is reunited with an attractive woman who was his first client five years earlier. She calls for his help once more with concerns that she and her young daughter are being threatened by some surfer punks right before a North Shore surfing competition.
84	21	"I Witness"	John Llewellyn Moxey	Reuben Leder and Chris Abbott	May 3, 1984 (1984-05-03)
When the King Kamehameha Club is robbed by thieves wearing animal masks, the three principal eyewitnesses have different stories about what happened and how their heroic skills saved the day from complete disaster. Now Magnum must go by instinct to figure out what is fact and what is fiction before the armed thugs strike again.

Season 5: 1984–1985

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
85	1	"Echoes of the Mind: Part 1"	Georg Stanford Brown	Donald P. Bellisario	September 27, 1984 (1984-09-27)
A young woman named Diane Dupres (Sharon Stone) claims she is being stalked by her twin sister, Deirdre, and hires Magnum to investigate. Magnum breaks his number one rule and becomes romantically involved with a female client. Diane begins to show signs of paranoid delusions when she calls Thomas in a panic claiming to have shot a man at her residence although Magnum and Higgins can find no obvious signs of an attack. Magnum stays at her residence out of concern for her well being, and the episode ends with Magnum taking a shower and Diane (or is it Deirdre?) stepping in to join him.
86	2	"Echoes of the Mind: Part 2"	Georg Stanford Brown	Donald P. Bellisario	October 4, 1984 (1984-10-04)
The morning after Thomas's sleepover it becomes apparent that Diane has multiple personalities when "Deirdre" emerges and disparages Diane as weak and naive, while describing herself as strong and sexy. In the end, Diane becomes too distraught to live and commits suicide.
87	3	"Mac's Back"	Alan J. Levi	Donald P. Bellisario	October 11, 1984 (1984-10-11)
Following the death of Diane, Magnum becomes depressed thinking about those in his life who have died or been taken from him, including his father, his wife, and his friend Lieutenant "Mac" MacReynolds (who was killed in "Did You See the Sunrise?: Part 1"). After a period of mourning, Magnum drives to Honolulu, where he sees a uniformed sailor bearing a strong resemblance to "Mac". Magnum rushes back to Robin's nest to tell his friends, and they think Magnum has gone off the deep end. Magnum combs Honolulu and Pearl Harbor before he finds that "Mac" is another Naval officer trying to get some Marine Corps pilots off the hook for illegal gambling. The "new Mac" makes an appearance at Robin's nest to prove he isn't a figment of Magnum's imagination.
88	4	"The Legacy of Garwood Huddle"	Vincent McEveety	Richard Yalem	October 18, 1984 (1984-10-18)
Garwood Huddle (Pat Hingle), an old friend of Higgins, turns up at the estate after escaping from prison. Garwood was a notorious bank robber in the 1940s recruited by Higgins during World War II to steal Nazi intelligence from a bank in Mexico City. He has escaped from prison to rescue his kidnapped grandson. Magnum agrees to help recover the child, and a report on a local TV station showing discrepancies between statements by the toddler's mother and stepfather gives Magnum the clue he needs to solve the crime and find Garwood III.
89	5	"Under World"	Ivan Dixon	Reuben Leder	October 25, 1984 (1984-10-25)
T.C. finds himself in troubled waters when he agrees to make some curious inter-island deliveries, but before he can make the drop-off, his helicopter plunges into the sea.
90	6	"Fragments"	David Hemmings	Teleplay: Nick Thiel and Donald P. Bellisario Story: Nick Thiel and David Chomsky	November 1, 1984 (1984-11-01)
A psychic hires Magnum to save her from the future she's seen for herself - being murdered! Meanwhile, Magnum also finds danger in trying to get paid by a client, and Higgins organizes a benefit variety show. Note: This is the last episode to be written or co-written by Donald P. Bellisario, although he shares story credit on the season six premiere "Deja Vu".
91	7	"Blind Justice"	Russ Mayberry	Chris Abbott	November 8, 1984 (1984-11-08)
Magnum wrestles with his conscience when he discovers evidence proving both that a man on trial for murdering his wife is innocent, but that got away with a different murder and contributed to his wife's death. Meanwhile, Higgins, tired of Magnum's slackness around the Estate, takes use of the Ferrari away from him.
92	8	"Murder 101"	Ivan Dixon	Rogers Turrentine	November 15, 1984 (1984-11-15)
At the urging of the students in the private investigation class that Magnum is teaching at a local college, he takes on the investigation into the disappearance of a student's fiancee as the class' field work.
93	9	"Tran Quoc Jones"	Russ Mayberry	Chris Abbott	November 29, 1984 (1984-11-29)
Magnum finds himself surprisingly attached to his young client, a small Vietnamese boy who lost his mother and whose only hope in the world is to find his missing G.I. father.
94	10	"Luther Gillis: File #001"	Ivan Dixon	Reuben Leder	December 6, 1984 (1984-12-06)
Robin and Higgins simultaneously ask Magnum to do some investigative work, so Thomas calls on St. Louis-based gumshoe Luther Gillis (Eugene Roche) to nail the man who's blackmailing Higgins, while Thomas goes undercover to investigate embezzlement in a bank owned by Robin's friend.
95	11	"Kiss of the Sabre"	John Patterson	Jay Huguely	December 13, 1984 (1984-12-13)
Betty Windom (Cassie Yates), a writer friend of Robin stays at the Estate and soon involves herself in Magnum's insurance investigation of a hit-and-run, leading to her incorporation of Magnum and the case into her story.
96	12	"Little Games"	Reuben Leder	Deborah Pratt	January 3, 1985 (1985-01-03)
Hoping to make up for crashing the Estate's security system, Magnum has Mac fix it and challenges Ms. Krista Villaroch (Jenny Agutter), a beautiful insurance security specialist, to certify it's acceptable for the Estate to host a jewelry competition.
97	13	"Professor Jonathan Higgins"	Peter Medak	Jay Huguely	January 10, 1985 (1985-01-10)
After Agatha and her friends are swindled out of $10,000 by a shady investment company, she hires Magnum to track down the crooks and retrieve their money. Meanwhile, Higgins's distant cousin arrives from England to marry the heir of a local socialite and turns out to be a punk rocker in need of a drastic makeover before she can be accepted into society.
98	14	"Compulsion"	David Hemmings	Chris Abbott	January 24, 1985 (1985-01-24)
Appearances can be deceiving when Magnum tries to convince Carol that she's not seeing signs pointing to the next case as being her last, and Higgins finds himself in a rough spot when his former Sandhurst comrades believe he's the owner of Robin's estate!
99	15	"All for One: Part 1"	Mike Vejar	Reuben Leder	January 31, 1985 (1985-01-31)
Tyler McKinney, an old commando acquaintance, asks Magnum, Rick, and T.C. to help him rescue a buddy who is held prisoner after being captured in Chong Ker, Cambodia by Vietnamese soldiers.
100	16	"All for One: Part 2"	Mike Vejar	Reuben Leder	February 7, 1985 (1985-02-07)
Magnum, Tyler and Higgins are held prisoner by the Vietnamese major that has a reign of terror over Chong Ker. As Rick recovers from his wounds, T.C. works with a local he's befriended trying to repair an old helicopter for their escape, but it becomes apparent that Tyler has been deceitful about the true nature of the mission.
101	17	"The-Love-For-Sale-Boat"	Ray Austin	J. Miyoko Hensley and Steven Hensley	February 14, 1985 (1985-02-14)
Jim "Mac" Bonnick is back, and he takes Rick for a ride by "selling" him a luxury boat and three beautiful geishas. But some angry yakuza businessmen and the boat's actual owners aren't exactly pleased with the deal.
102	18	"Let Me Hear the Music"	David Hemmings	Jay Huguely	February 21, 1985 (1985-02-21)
Magnum is hired by country musician Lacy Fletcher (Dennis Weaver) to unearth five songs written over 25 years ago by legendary country singer George Lee Jessup shortly before his death, and it seems that Lacy is not the only person searching for the songs.
103	19	"Ms Jones"	Ray Austin	Phil Combest	March 7, 1985 (1985-03-07)
A reluctant Magnum is hired by Madeline Jones (Margie Impert), as referred as the "Hall of Records" clerk who often aggravates him with excessive red tape, to help her find her husband, Ray (Sam Anderson), an expert computer programmer who has disappeared after completing work on a valuable new artificial intelligence formula.
104	20	"The Man from Marseilles"	John Llewellyn Moxey	Reuben Leder	March 14, 1985 (1985-03-14)
A famous, internationally-known French detective (Paul Verdier) - the real-life model for a series of best-selling novels by Robin Masters - who is staying at the Estate, asks Magnum's help in locating a missing heir he's trying to track down.
105	21	"Torah, Torah, Torah"	Leo Penn	Martin Sage and Sybil Alderman	March 28, 1985 (1985-03-28)
When Magnum picks up a rabbi friend of Higgins' at the airport they're ambushed, a valuable Torah is stolen, and the investigation of the theft leads Magnum to a gang of smugglers.
106	22	"A Pretty Good Dancing Chicken"	Bernard L. Kowalski	Jay Huguely and Joe Gores	April 4, 1985 (1985-04-04)
Magnum's behind bars when he goes undercover as a convict in order to seek clues about the disappearance of Carol's 17-year-old niece.

Season 6: 1985–1986

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
107/108	1/2	"Déjà Vu"	Russ Mayberry	Teleplay: Chris Abbott-Fish Story: Donald P. Bellisario and Chris Abbott-Fish	September 26, 1985 (1985-09-26)
While Magnum and Higgins are in London setting up Robin Masters' new estate, Magnum looks into a war buddy's death, and Higgins wonders if he should visit his father. Magnum helps Penelope (Francesca Annis) to continue to investigate Geoffrey's death and learns of Higgins' reluctance to visit his father (also played by John Hillerman in a dual role). Guest star Peter Davison.
109	3	"Old Acquaintance"	Ivan Dixon	Jill Donner	October 3, 1985 (1985-10-03)
An old friend from his high school days needs Magnum's help to track down a stolen dolphin.
110	4	"The Kona Winds"	Jerry Jameson	Chris Abbott-Fish	October 10, 1985 (1985-10-10)
As a Kona storm front bears down on Hawaii, Magnum rescues a woman who fears for her life after witnessing her husband murder his partner. Meanwhile, Higgins tries to defend the Robin's Nest against nature's wrath.
111	5	"The Hotel Dick"	Douglas Heyes	Reuben Leder	October 17, 1985 (1985-10-17)
An eavesdropping prostitute (Candy Clark) and a cat burglar make trouble for hotel-detective Magnum decides to get a 'real job' and takes on the challenge of being as the house detective for a hotel, but finds his boss all too Higgins-like and is tasked with apprehending an elusive thief before an upcoming jewelry convention to be held at the hotel.
112	6	"Round and Around"	Reuben Leder	Reuben Leder	October 24, 1985 (1985-10-24)
Ron Pennington, a friend of T.C. and Magnum, is shot dead when interrupting an armed grocery store hold-up, and they discover his son is linked to the murder.
113	7	"Going Home"	Harry Harris	Chris Abbott-Fish and Gene Donalds	October 31, 1985 (1985-10-31)
After thirteen years away, Magnum returns to Tidewater, Virginia to attend the funeral of his grandfather, Everett, and reopens a long-running family feud when he suspects his stepfather of stealing and selling a missing family heirloom — a letter from Abraham Lincoln. Note: John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley and Larry Manetti do not appear in this episode.
114	8	"Paniolo"	Russ Mayberry	Jay Huguely	November 7, 1985 (1985-11-07)
A supposed wealthy teenage ranch owner hires Magnum to stop a dangerous group of cattle rustlers on Hawaii's big island, but Magnum finds that his employer isn't quite all he seems and that the neighboring ranch owner implicated of being behind the cattle theft is a business partner of Robin Masters.
115	9	"The Treasure of Kalaniopu'u"	Ivan Dixon	Reuben Leder	November 14, 1985 (1985-11-14)
Magnum and a group of his treasure hunting friends are held at gunpoint on a cliff top with the one million dollar prize that was the hidden object of a treasure hunt competition, organized to help promote Robin Masters' new novel by using clues from it.
116	10	"Blood and Honor"	Mike Vejar	Phil Combest	December 5, 1985 (1985-12-05)
Magnum is called back to service by Admiral Hawkes, who has reason to suspect that there is a security leak at his base that is leaking coded information, and Magnum's prime suspect is the fiancée of Hawkes' son.
117	11	"Rapture"	Russ Mayberry	Bruce Cervi	December 12, 1985 (1985-12-12)
As he and T.C. deep sea scuba dive, Magnum sees a young boy who appears out of nowhere with no breathing apparatus and signals him to follow. Determined to prove that the boy was real, he learns that his vision matches the description of a young boy killed five years earlier in an explosion at sea.
118	12	"I Never Wanted to Go to France, Anyway"	Arthur Allan Seidelman	Reuben Leder	January 2, 1986 (1986-01-02)
An old comrade of Higgins' brings his traveling carnival to Hawaii. But when one of the performers is fatally stabbed, Higgins asks Magnum to investigate. Working undercover as a carnival 'roustabout', aided by Rick, Magnum learns that even before the killing, the carnival had been experiencing a string of 'accidents', and must pin-point exactly who is trying to force the show out of business.
119	13	"Summer School"	Russ Mayberry	Bruce Cervi	January 9, 1986 (1986-01-09)
After being expelled from a number of expensive schools, R.J., Robin's rich, careless, teenage nephew, arrives at the estate to be reformed and educated by Higgins. R.J., however, has other ideas and decides to impersonate Magnum after being impressed by his adventures.
120	14	"Mad Dogs and Englishmen"	Virgil W. Vogel	Jay Huguely	January 23, 1986 (1986-01-23)
Magnum investigates why Higgins has left the estate in disgrace, refusing to believe he's embezzled from Robin Masters, and is more than a little taken aback by his replacement, a rather dizzy actress.
121	15	"All Thieves on Deck"	Jerry Jameson	Reuben Leder	January 30, 1986 (1986-01-30)
With an attempt already having been made to steal it from the estate, Magnum is to spend a week aboard a luxury cruise ship guarding an Amakua, a valuable wooden Hawaiian statuette recently purchased by Robin Masters, to be displayed on the liner while en route to the Hilo Museum.
122	16	"This Island Isn't Big Enough"	Leo Penn	Reuben Leder and Chris Abbott	February 13, 1986 (1986-02-13)
When Rick's boat returns from a cruise deserted, Magnum searches for the answers to what has happened to his friend and the passengers on board, all now presumed dead.
123	17	"Way of the Stalking Horse"	John Llewellyn Moxey	Bruce Cervi	February 20, 1986 (1986-02-20)
Magnum unwittingly leads a hitman — who hired him under the pretense of looking for his father — to his victim.
124	18	"Find Me a Rainbow"	Rick Weaver	Jill Donner	March 13, 1986 (1986-03-13)
Lydia McCarthy, a wealthy young woman, hires Magnum to find her family's former chauffeur, claiming that he stole some jewelry from her, but she's really after her son. Much to Higgins' dismay, a group of underprivileged boys on a camp program stays at the Robin's Nest.
125	19	"Who Is Don Luis Higgins?..., ...and Why Is He Doing These Terrible Things to Me?"	John Llewellyn Moxey	Jay Huguely	March 20, 1986 (1986-03-20)
Another of Higgins' half-brothers arrives (also played by John Hillerman in a dual role), this one the last in the royal line of Costa Del Rosa and who ends up suspect in the plot to assassinate the country's president at chess tournament. Note: Roger E. Mosley as T.C. does not appear in this episode.
126	20	"A Little Bit of Luck, A Little Bit of Grief"	Ray Austin	Reuben Leder	April 3, 1986 (1986-04-03)
Magnum and T.C. end up in jail after trying to save T.C.'s underprivileged kids' club from a greedy land developer. Rick returns from a trip to the mainland with one million dollars in lottery winnings and a new fiancée.
127	21	"Photo Play"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Bruce Cervi	April 10, 1986 (1986-04-10)
Photographer Sally Faraday (Cassie Yates), looking to hire Magnum, meets him in undesirable circumstances when she smashes into the front of the Ferrari while being pursued in a car chase by two men.

Season 7: 1986–1987

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
128/129	1/2	"L.A."	Alan J. Levi	Chris Abbott	October 1, 1986 (1986-10-01)
Magnum heads to the "City of Angels" to deliver lawsuit papers to a small film company on behalf of Robin Masters, and during the trip befriends a stand-up comedian. But when he finds her murdered in his hotel room, he investigates to find who is behind the killing. When he goes to deliver the subpoena to the film company, he strikes up a relationship with the attractive young attorney Cynthia Farrell (Dana Delany), and the pair work together to find the murderers. Meanwhile, back in Hawaii, one of the players on T.C.'s baseball team is mixed up with some small-time car thieves, and witnesses his friends being shot dead after stealing a car. Magnum and Cynthia became ever closer to each other as they investigate Marti's murder. Their search leads them to a drug trafficker, but their snooping around sees them almost killed. Back in Hawaii, T.C., with help from Rick and Higgins, continues to search for the missing Kenny (Alfonso Ribeiro), and get him out of the trouble he is in.
130	3	"One Picture Is Worth"	Ray Austin	James L. Novak	October 8, 1986 (1986-10-08)
A gifted deaf painter is the only eyewitness to a bank robbery in which four people were killed. Carol persuades Magnum to secure the young woman at Robin's Nest and act as her bodyguard when her life is endangered after identifying one of the perpetrators in a police lineup.
131	4	"Straight and Narrow"	Harry Harris	Reuben Leder	October 15, 1986 (1986-10-15)
Magnum's luck takes a tumble when he injures his ankle while training for an upcoming charity sports event, and if his foot doesn't heal in time, his place will be taken for the race. But his luck looks set to fall even more when he finds that prostitute Leslie Emery (Candy Clark), who he met when he was working as a hotel detective, has now given up working as a call girl and has recently taken a job as a waitress at the King Kamehameha Club, and wants to hire him to help her find her missing sister. Although she is well-meaning, Leslie has proven to cause nothing but problems for Magnum, and sure enough, in next to no time they are up to their necks in chaos, as they uncover that Leslie's missing sister is involved with powerful political figures.
132	5	"A.A.P.I."	Russ Mayberry	Reuben Leder	October 22, 1986 (1986-10-22)
At the 14th Annual Convention of Private Investigators, Magnum is to receive the 'Local P.I. of the Year' award, but the event is brought to a halt when Jean Claude Fornier, the famous French detective, suddenly drops dead while giving a speech, after being poisoned. Magnum is "helped" by several fellow crime-busting acquaintances as he seeks the murderer, and becomes entangled with a gang of drug smugglers.
133	6	"Death and Taxes"	Alan J. Levi	Bruce Cervi	October 29, 1986 (1986-10-29)
While the others are away, Magnum begins the hated task of filling out his tax forms for an audit but is interrupted by a phone call from a serial killer with a nursery rhyme for him. The man then hints that he knew about Philippe (from "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii"). When a prostitute and former client of Magnum's is found dead, Magnum ties together the murder with the nursery rhyme. After several more phone calls and another murder, Magnum confronts and kills the murderer, who turns out to be Milton Collins (Kenneth Tigar), a former client. Magnum concludes that Collins "died with all the secrets", as Magnum never found out how Collins knew about Philippe. The episode features, for the first time in the series, a song from popular culture: "Mama", by Genesis.
134	7	"Little Girl Who"	Ray Austin	Deborah Pratt	November 5, 1986 (1986-11-05)
Magnum's ex-wife Michelle (Marta DuBois) (from "Memories Are Forever"). leaves her five-year-old daughter Lily to be safeguarded by Thomas, as she escapes Vietnamese assassins out to kill her and her husband, General Hue. As Thomas watches over the child, he begins to wonder why Michelle has suddenly left Lily with him and if Lily is his own daughter, and once again sets about trying to track down his elusive former wife.
135	8	"Paper War"	Tony Wharmby	Jay Huguely	November 12, 1986 (1986-11-12)
When Higgins unwittingly causes Magnum to wipe an expensive computer game loaned from T.C., and Thomas accidentally erases a chunk of Higgins' memoirs stored on the computer, a feud breaks out between the pair. Magnum is trying to break a major, crooked gambling ring that is operating on the islands, but it is none too easy while in the middle of the falling out with Higgins, which starts out with each trying to out-do the other with "eye for an eye" practical jokes, and quickly develops into a particularly bitter battle of wills.
136	9	"Novel Connection"	Harry Harris	Jay Huguely	November 19, 1986 (1986-11-19)
In a crossover with Murder, She Wrote, Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury), on vacation in Hawaii, offers to help Magnum, who has been accused of killing a hitman with an unknown target, and continues in his corner when another murder occurs. Jessica Walter and Dorothy Loudon guest star. Continued in the Murder, She Wrote episode "Magnum on Ice."
137	10	"Kapu"	Ivan Dixon	Deborah Dean Davis	November 26, 1986 (1986-11-26)
When Magnum is on a case, he saves a Hawaiian native girl after she witnesses a murder. When he is shot himself, Magnum is taken to a forbidden native island and must solve the loose ends and get back to civilization.
138	11	"Missing Melody"	Harvey S. Laidman	Roger E. Mosley and Cal Wilson	December 3, 1986 (1986-12-03)
T.C.'s children, Melody and Bryant (Martina Stringer) and (Shavar Ross), come to visit him in Hawaii, but at the airport Melody goes missing. It transpires that the young girl has been kidnapped and is being held for $300,000 ransom. Magnum, Rick, and Higgins help in the rush to either raise the ransom money in time, or deduce and find whoever snatched Melody. The kidnapping puts a strain on T.C.'s relationship with his son Bryant, as well as his ex-wife Tina (Fay Hauser), who quickly comes to Hawaii with her new boyfriend (Albert Popwell) as soon as she hears of the kidnapping of her daughter.
139	12	"Death of the Flowers"	Jerry Jameson	Maryann Kasica and Michael Scheff	December 10, 1986 (1986-12-10)
While Rick is planning a surprise birthday bash at the King Kamehameha Club for Icepick (Elisha Cook), Carol asks Magnum to observe a court case she is presenting before Judge Kearns, who drops the case on a simple technicality. She considers the Judge to be her mentor, but is concerned that of late he has been acting uncharacteristically, and suspects him of taking bribes to dismiss cases. She asks Thomas to help her hopefully disprove her worries. But the investigation turns up evidence that implicates Icepick, who in turn faces having to implicate the woman he was in love with decades earlier. Carol, Rick and Icepick must all face up to the weaknesses and mortality of their mentors.
140	13	"Autumn Warrior"	Tony Wharmby	Jay Huguely	December 17, 1986 (1986-12-17)
Higgins goes on a survivalist trip on an island with a small group of young offenders as part of a program aimed at improving their self-esteem. But he has to call upon his survival skills much more than expected when a planned escape by the boys doesn't go as intended and sees the leader of the trip shot dead, leaving Higgins being hunted down on the island by the three young convicts. Back on the Estate, Magnum, with Rick and T.C., plans to take advantage of Higgins' absence by holding a big party, but the get-together seems ill-fated from the start.
141	14	"Murder by Night"	Russ Mayberry	Robert Hamilton	January 14, 1987 (1987-01-14)
1940s San Francisco: Private Investigator Thomas S. Magnum investigates the murder of newspaper tycoon William T. Maxfield. The case involves characters who also bear strong resemblances to the "modern day" T.C., Higgins and Rick.
142	15	"On the Fly"	Bernard L. Kowalski	Jay Huguely	January 21, 1987 (1987-01-21)
T.C. is giving Thomas helicopter flying lessons when he is shot. With T.C. hospitalized, Mac appears on the scene, "volunteering" his services in running Island Hoppers. But it seems that the assailants were actually gunning for Magnum, after a week previously, somebody impersonated him when trying to blackmail a Mexican Mafia King. With Magnum marked as a dead man as a result of the mistaken identity, confusion and chaos reigns, and as per usual, Mac just happens to be in the middle of it all.
143	16	"Solo Flight"	John C. Flinn III	Jay Huguely	February 4, 1987 (1987-02-04)
During a hike in the mountains to clear his head, Magnum becomes trapped under the wreckage of an old airplane and must stay alive until help arrives.
144	17	"Forty"	Russ Mayberry	Bruce Cervi	February 11, 1987 (1987-02-11)
Magnum's 40th birthday begins with the loss of his lucky two-dollar bill during a night on the town on Hotel Street. He then finds himself in love with a beautiful TV news reporter Linda Lee Ellison (Patrice Martinez), who turns out to be involved with a case Magnum is working on.
145	18	"Laura"	Alan J. Levi	Chris Abbott	February 25, 1987 (1987-02-25)
Magnum is hired by a retired NYPD Det. Sgt. named Michael Doheny (Frank Sinatra in his last credited screen performance) to find the killers in an unsolved Bronx homicide, who are now living in Honolulu. It turns out that the little girl that was raped and murdered by the men Doheny was after, was in fact Doheny's granddaughter, Laura. Magnum helps the detective find the killers and bring them to justice, with the help of Rick and Lt. Paige. The episode featured the Genesis song, "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" during the famous Hotel Street scene.
146	19	"Out of Sync"	Joan Darling	Jay Huguely	March 11, 1987 (1987-03-11)
Cynthia Farrell (Dana Delany) comes to Hawaii to see Magnum, and to see if the two can recapture the magic of their relationship in L.A., but when Magnum is hired by an adult film star, he spends more time looking after his case than he does Cynthia.
147	20	"The Aunt Who Came to Dinner"	Russ Mayberry	Chris Abbott	March 18, 1987 (1987-03-18)
Magnum's beloved aunt, New York playwright Phoebe Sullivan (Barbara Rush), visits with the intent of producing a play in Hawaii. When he finds that someone is trying to kill her, Magnum must do everything in his power to protect his aunt.
148	21	"The People vs. Orville Wright"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Bruce Cervi	April 1, 1987 (1987-04-01)
Rick insists that Magnum search for Icepick when he suddenly vanishes, seemingly pulling a disappearing act to avoid some information that could land him in very hot water. But when Rick is arrested for allegedly killing a hitman that was contracted to murder Icepick, Thomas finds himself in the midst of an even more tangled investigation, especially when Rick doesn't deny any of the charges and gives a full confession.
149	22	"Limbo"	Jackie Cooper	Teleplay: Jay Huguely, Bruce Cervi and Chris Abbott-Fish Story: Tom Selleck and Chas. Floyd Johnson	April 15, 1987 (1987-04-15)
In what was originally meant to be the final episode of the series, Magnum is critically wounded in a dockside warehouse firefight and ends up in a coma. He "wakes up" in Limbo with Mac but refuses to believe that he is dead, insisting that he is only dreaming, even though no one but Mac can hear or see him. Magnum finally accepts that he is dead, and says his goodbyes. Throughout the episode, John Denver's song "Looking for Space" plays in its entirety and ends as Magnum walks off into the clouds.

Season 8: 1987–1988

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
150	1	"Infinity and Jelly Doughnuts"	John C. Flinn III	Chris Abbott	October 7, 1987 (1987-10-07)
Magnum wakes up from his coma after suffering his near death experience, but is troubled by loose ends and the possibility that one of his shooters is still at large and could possibly kill Michelle and his daughter Lily.
151	2	"Pleasure Principle"	Corey Allen	Jay Huguely	October 14, 1987 (1987-10-14)
Still healing from his near-death ordeal and experiencing Mac's ghost, Magnum is surprised when Higgins hands over his Estate duties to be able to take some time off. In a bizarre twist, Higgins starts living the fast and loose life, wears loud Hawaiian shirts and becomes irresponsible, while Thomas assumes Higgins' stuffy personality and ways, going so far as to wear a suit. Curious about Higgins's sudden change in personality, Thomas investigates and discovers that Higgins is seeing a woman on the sly, and becomes concerned that she is taking Higgins for a ride. This episode features a Miami Sound Machine song, "Conga"
152	3	"Innocence... A Broad"	Harry Harris	Steven A. Miller	October 28, 1987 (1987-10-28)
Robin Masters is sued by a man who tripped at a recent party on the Estate. As Magnum begins to investigate the man, a loud-mouthed businessman who seems to be a professional at making false claims, he unexpectedly pays him to take his perky fiancee along on the case with him. Note: This episode is dedicated to the memory of music composer Pete Carpenter, who died the day after "Pleasure Principle" premiered.
153	4	"Tigers Fan"	Harry Harris	Bruce Cervi	November 4, 1987 (1987-11-04)
When Lt. Tanaka is murdered while participating in a drug deal, it is up to Magnum to find his killer and prove his friend's innocence in the process.
154	5	"Forever in Time"	Jackie Cooper	Kimmer Ringwald	November 11, 1987 (1987-11-11)
Magnum is running an errand to a local museum for Higgins' upcoming pageant for the Anglo-Hawaiian Historical Society, when he catches sight of a woman attending a funeral who, he soon learns, resembles a beautiful Hawaiian princess who tragically died in a fire in 1910. Magnum becomes enamoured with the elusive beauty, and experiences visions of himself, in 1900s naval uniform, with the woman. The mystery grows even more when he receives a package in the mail containing such a naval uniform, and a locket holding photographs of what looks like himself and the princess.
155	6	"The Love That Lies"	Ray Danton	Jeri Taylor	November 18, 1987 (1987-11-18)
Magnum is trying to protect Carol, who is in the middle of a particularly controversial court case, when he is hired by a woman from the mainland to help locate the birth certificate for the child she gave up for adoption 30 years ago. In doing so he becomes embroiled in Carol's personal life, as he discovers a powerful secret about her parents and her true birthright that could shatter her.
156	7	"A Girl Named Sue"	Russ Mayberry	Steven A. Miller	January 13, 1988 (1988-01-13)
Magnum is hired by an attractive woman to find the missing will of her late father, who was recently killed in a suspicious boating accident, which she suspects her brother of being behind, in order to steal the will. Working on the case, Thomas finds that former client Susan Johnson (Carol Burnett) - whom he was once locked in a bank vault with - is now a fellow private investigator, and is working on the same case - for the brother, who suspects his sister as responsible for their father's death. The two P.I.'s are soon locked in a battle of wills as they both race to solve the investigation first, but the pair are forced to put their rather love-hate relationship to one side and team up to solve the case of sibling rivalry.
157	8	"Unfinished Business"	Russ Mayberry	Chris Abbott and Jeri Taylor	January 20, 1988 (1988-01-20)
When Quang Ki (Richard Narita), the man responsible for attempting to kill him and Michelle, is set free under a loophole, Magnum tries to gain information about the whereabouts of Michelle and Lily from Buck, who refuses to help. When Magnum receives a videotape of the murder of Michelle and Lily, he vows revenge and arms himself with a sniper rifle and commando gear. But when he learns that Ki will be exchanged for an American P.O.W. released from Vietnam after more than twenty years in captivity, Magnum reluctantly forgoes killing Ki for the sake of preserving good relations between the U.S. and Vietnam in order to free more P.O.W.s. Like "Death and Taxes" and "Laura", this episode features a Genesis song, "The Brazilian".
158	9	"The Great Hawaiian Adventure Company"	Ray Danton	Jeri Taylor	January 27, 1988 (1988-01-27)
Magnum is trying to get Rick, T.C. and Higgins interested in joining him in a potentially lucrative new tourist business venture. But his friends all have other things on their minds, especially T.C., who puts thoughts of the deal on the back burner when his son Bryant (Shavar Ross) lands in trouble with the police after becoming mixed up with a juvenile biker gang.
159	10	"Legend of the Lost Art"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Jay Huguely	February 10, 1988 (1988-02-10)
Higgins wants Magnum to find the "Lost Art of the Ancients", a priceless ancient scroll from a fallen civilization, that could spell disaster if it should ever fall into the wrong hands. But the search for the long lost artifact is laced with abduction, danger and deceit, as an old flame of Magnum's, a foreign double agent, and a ruthless rival of Higgins' are all out to find the scroll as well, and the dangerous path to unearthing it could ultimately lead to death.
160	11	"Transitions"	Harry Harris	Chris Abbott	February 17, 1988 (1988-02-17)
When Higgins asks his help in finding Robin's latest manuscript after it is stolen, Magnum gets some unexpected help in the case when St. Louis gumshoe Luther H. Gillis (Eugene Roche) arrives unannounced on vacation. They set about trying to work out who is so desperate to get hold of the manuscript that they are willing to resort to attempting to kill Higgins and drugging Zeus and Apollo to get it, in scenes reminiscent of those portrayed in the stolen book.
161/162	12/13	"Resolutions"	Burt Brinckerhoff	Stephen A. Miller and Chris Abbott	May 8, 1988 (1988-05-08)
Magnum ponders his future while paying a visit to his family in Tidewater, Virginia, where he unexpectedly meets his grandfather and considers an offer to be reinstated to the Navy. Thomas returns to Hawaii to ascertain whether former girlfriend Linda Lee Ellison (Patrice Martinez) is being stalked, while Rick prepares for his wedding to Cleo (Phyllis Davis). As Thomas and Linda renew their relationship as he searches for her stalker, he becomes increasingly certain that his daughter Lily may still be alive. As Rick's wedding looms ever closer, Magnum continues his surveillance on Linda to try and catch the psychopathic killer who is stalking her. T.C. faces a reconciliation with his estranged wife. Magnum gets some surprising news about his theory that Higgins is really Robin Masters, when Higgins admits, finally, that he is indeed Robin. However, Higgins later recants that admission at Rick's wedding. Magnum discovers that his former wife and her second husband have died, leaving the fate of his daughter, Lily, in his hands. Magnum decides to re-enlist in the Navy, at the rank of Commander, in order to give Lily a more stable home. The series ends with Magnum, in his Navy dress whites, and Lily leaving Hawaii for another naval base.

References

Crossovers

See also: Simon & Simon § Crossover with Magnum, P.I.; and Murder, She Wrote § Crossover with Magnum, P.I.

• "Ki'is Don't Lie" — Magnum works with the Simon brothers to recover a stolen Hawaiian artifact that's supposedly cursed. The plot concludes on Simon & Simon in the episode "Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend".
• "Novel Connection" — Jessica Fletcher comes to Hawaii when an attempt is made on the lives of Robin's guests. The plot concludes on Murder, She Wrote in the episode "Magnum on Ice".

For re-run and overseas purposes, the first half of these crossovers (the Magnum episode) also had alternate endings filmed, which wrapped the story up in a single episode and so allowed repeat showings as "stand-alone" stories rather than two-part crossovers.

One mooted crossover from later in the series' run was with the CBS vigilantism drama The Equalizer, starring Edward Woodward as the retired spy Robert McCall. According to Equalizer executive producer Coleman Luck, interviewed for a special-feature documentary on The Equalizer, the crossover was proposed by Universal Television and was opposed by the Equalizer production staff.

In 1992, three years after the conclusion of Magnum, a script was written for a potential crossover with Donald P. Bellisario's next show, NBC's Quantum Leap, in which Dr. Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) would "leap" into the body of Thomas Magnum. It is unknown whether any original cast members from Magnum were slated to appear in the episode or how far production had progressed, though test footage does exist of the attempted recreation of Tom Selleck's famous fourth-wall breaking "eyebrow" shot from the opening credits with Bakula in the role.

Home media

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has released all eight seasons of Magnum, P.I. on DVD in Region 1, 2 and 4. On October 1, 2013, Universal released Magnum, P.I. - The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1. The 42-disc set features all 162 episodes of the series as well as bonus features.

On December 12, 2016, in the United Kingdom, the complete series was released in HD on Blu-ray.

In Australia, Madman Entertainment has re-released all eight seasons on DVD from November 18, 2015 - June 20, 2018, followed by "The Complete Series" on October 9, 2019.

DVD name	Ep #	Release dates
		Region 1	Region 2*	Region 4
The Complete First Season*	18	September 7, 2004	September 13, 2004	December 1, 2004 November 18, 2015 (re-release)
The Complete Second Season	22	April 12, 2005	July 4, 2005	September 19, 2005 November 18, 2015 (re-release)
The Complete Third Season*	23	January 31, 2006	January 30, 2006	July 12, 2006 November 18, 2015 (re-release)
The Complete Fourth Season	21	April 4, 2006	June 26, 2006	September 20, 2006 March 9, 2016 (re-release)
The Complete Fifth Season	22	October 10, 2006	February 12, 2007	March 21, 2007 March 9, 2016 (re-release)
The Complete Sixth Season	21	February 27, 2007	May 7, 2007	July 4, 2007 March 9, 2016 (re-release)
The Complete Seventh Season**	22	October 30, 2007	March 31, 2008	June 4, 2008 May 23, 2018 (re-release)
The Complete Eighth Season***	13	March 4, 2008	May 19, 2008	September 3, 2008 June 20, 2018 (re-release)
Seasons One, Two****, Three & Four	84	N/A	November 20, 2006	N/A
The Complete Series	162	October 1, 2013	March 7, 2016	October 9, 2019

• Region 2 release dates refer to the United Kingdom market only.

* Includes the crossover Season 2 episode from Simon & Simon titled "Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend".
** Includes the crossover Season 3 episode from Murder, She Wrote titled "Magnum On Ice".
*** Includes the bonus Season 5 episode from The Rockford Files titled "White on White and Nearly Perfect" featuring Tom Selleck.
****Includes bonus episodes from The A-Team, Season 2 titled "Diamonds 'n' Dust" and Knight Rider, Season 2, titled "Brother's Keeper".

Awards

Selleck won an Emmy in 1984 for his portrayal of the title character. Three years later, co-star John Hillerman also won an Emmy. In 1981, series creators and writers Glen A. Larson and Donald P. Bellisario received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Episode in a TV Series.

Golden Globe Awards

Magnum, P.I. was nominated for multiple Golden Globe Awards:

Year	Category	Nominee(s)	Result
1982	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Tom Selleck	Nominated
	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	John Hillerman	Won
1983	Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama		Nominated
	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Tom Selleck	Nominated
	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	John Hillerman	Nominated
1984	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Tom Selleck	Nominated
1985	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Tom Selleck	Won
	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	John Hillerman	Nominated
1986	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Tom Selleck	Nominated
1987	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Tom Selleck	Nominated
	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	John Hillerman	Nominated
1988	Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama	Tom Selleck	Nominated
	Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	John Hillerman	Nominated

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominee(s)	Episode(s)	Result
1982	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series			Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Tom Selleck		Nominated
	Outstanding Cinematography for a Series	Woody Omens	"Memories are Forever"	Nominated
1983	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series			Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Tom Selleck		Nominated
	Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series		"Did You See The Sunrise?"	Nominated
1984	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series			Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Tom Selleck		Won
	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	John Hillerman		Nominated
1985	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Tom Selleck		Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	John Hillerman		Nominated
1986	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Tom Selleck		Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	John Hillerman		Nominated
1987	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	John Hillerman		Won
1988
	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series	Gwen Verdon	"Infinity and Jelly Doughnuts"	Nominated
	Outstanding Cinematography for a Series	John C. Finn III	"Unfinished Business"	Nominated
	Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series		"Resolution"	Nominated

Other awards

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Work	Result
1982	American Cinema Editors	Best Edited Episode for a Television Series	Michael Berman & Ed Guidotti	"Memories are Forever"	Won
1981	Edgar Award	Best Television Episode	Donald P. Bellisario & Glen A. Larson	"China Doll"	Won
1981	People's Choice Awards	Favorite New TV Dramatic Program			Nominated
1983	Young Artist Award	Best Young Actress, Guest in a Television Series	Dana Hill		Won
		Best Young Actress, Guest in a Television Series	Kim Richards		Nominated
		Best Young Actor, Guest in a Television Series	Chad Sheets		Nominated
1984	Young Artist Award	Best Young Actor – Guest in a Television Series	R. J. Williams		Nominated
2003	TV Land Award	Hippest Fashion Plate – Male	Tom Selleck		Nominated
2005	TV Land Award	Favorite Private Eye	Tom Selleck		Nominated
2009	TV Land Award	Hero Award			Won

Detroit Tigers incident

On September 16, 2017, a group of 45 men dressed as Thomas Magnum were ejected from a Detroit Tigers game for smoking and catcalling women in the park. The story quickly became one of international interest as the group, from nearby Allen Park, Michigan gave dozens of interviews to newspapers, magazines, radio stations, podcasts and more.

Proposed sequels

In October 2013, Selleck said Tom Clancy had planned to write a screenplay for a Magnum, P.I. film in the 1990s, with Universal Pictures interested in producing it. The project remained unmaterialized.

In September 2016, ABC began developing a sequel from Leverage creator John Rogers and producer Eva Longoria centering on Lily "Tommy" Magnum, which never made it to series.

Remake

Main article: Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series)

In October 2017, CBS announced they had issued a pilot commitment for a remake of the series, to be developed by Peter M. Lenkov, who has helped remake other series like Hawaii Five-0 and MacGyver for the network. CBS officially ordered the pilot three months later, along with one for a reboot of another hit 1980s television series for the network, Cagney & Lacey, as well as one for 1990s favorite Murphy Brown. On February 20, 2018, actor Jay Hernandez was cast as Thomas Magnum.

External links

• Magnum, P.I. at IMDb
• Magnum P.I. at epguides.com
• Magnum Mania