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Magnum, P.I. · 1980

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Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV (Tom Selleck) is an ex-Navy "NIA" (ONI) Lieutenant, and Vietnam Special Ops veteran who resigned his commission at age thirty-three because he never got to be twenty-three. On the beautiful Hawaiian islands, Magnum is a P.I. who enjoys life, his buddies, and who works just hard enough to keep it real.

Released
11 Dec 1980
Runtime
31S min
Rated
TV-PG
Seasons
8
Episodes
156
Writer
Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson
Language
English
Country
United States

Starring: Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley

🏆 Won 2 Primetime Emmys. 11 wins & 32 nominations total

Episodes

156 across 8 seasons
Season 1 18 episodes
  1. E1
    Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii 11 Dec 1980 ★ 7.7

    Magnum's old Navy buddy is dead and the Navy says he was a cocaine smuggler. Magnum sets out to prove his buddy was framed.

    46 min · Director Roger Young · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

  2. E2
    Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii: Part 2 11 Dec 1980 ★ 7.8

    Magnum continues to learn about the framing of his dead Naval pal. He looks for a female drug dealer, an Arab gold buyer and a mobster.

    45 min · Director Roger Young · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

  3. E3
    China Doll 18 Dec 1980

    Magnum is hired to protect "The Soul of Soong," an ancient Chinese vase, until it can be delivered to its owner.

    50 min · Director Donald P. Bellisario · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

  4. E4
    Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too 25 Dec 1980 ★ 7.1

    Five little schoolgirls from Vermont ask Magnum to find their missing teacher.

    50 min · Director Bruce Seth Green · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Babs Greyhosky

  5. E5
    No Need to Know 8 Jan 1981

    Magnum is hired to protect a British Brigadier who is hunted by the IRA.

    48 min · Director Lawrence Doheny · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Frank Lupo

  6. E6
    Skin Deep 15 Jan 1981 ★ 7.4

    Magnum investigates the suicide of a beautiful actress who killed herself with a shotgun.

    50 min · Director Lawrence Doheny · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

  7. E7
    Never Again... Never Again 22 Jan 1981 ★ 7.5

    Magnum helps two elderly Jewish Holocaust survivors who are being pursued by Nazis.

    50 min · Director Robert Loggia · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Babs Greyhosky

  8. E8
    The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii 29 Jan 1981 ★ 6.6

    Magnum is tasked with guarding "Sir Algernon Farnsworth," a wealthy socialite's dog.

    50 min · Director Lawrence Doheny · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Allan Cole

  9. E9
    Missing in Action 5 Feb 1981 ★ 7.2

    Magnum is hired by a new singer at the King Kamehameha Club to find her fiancé who is listed as MIA during the Vietnam War. She not only believes he's still alive, she keeps having visions of him being killed.

    50 min · Director Robert Loggia · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Craig Buck

  10. E10
    Lest We Forget 12 Feb 1981 ★ 8.2

    A man nominated to be a Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court asks Magnum to find a woman he last saw on December 6, 1941.

    50 min · Director Lawrence Doheny · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

  11. E11
    The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club 19 Feb 1981 ★ 7.5

    A Kahuna places a curse on Rick and the King Kamehameha Club. Soon people get sick and die and a TV reporter sensationalizes what is happening and antagonizes Magnum.

    50 min · Director Winrich Kolbe · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Babs Greyhosky

  12. E12
    Thicker Than Blood 26 Feb 1981 ★ 7.7

    TC flies out to a freighter at sea during the night to smuggle a Marine deserter back to the U.S.

    50 min · Director Lawrence Doheny · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

  13. E13
    All Roads Lead to Floyd 12 Mar 1981 ★ 7.3

    Magnum is hired by a woman from Kansas to find her father who she has not seen for ten years.

    60 min · Director Ron Satlof · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Rogers Turrentine

  14. E14
    Adelaide 19 Mar 1981 ★ 7.1

    A woman hires Magnum to protect "Norman," a prized show horse who may be kidnapped.

    50 min · Director Lawrence Doheny · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Robert Hamilton

  15. E15
    Don't Say Goodbye 26 Mar 1981 ★ 7.5

    Agatha Kimball, a wealthy blind woman, is being blackmailed and she hires Magnum to pay the blackmailer.

    49 min · Director Winrich Kolbe · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, T.J. Miles

  16. E16
    The Black Orchid 2 Apr 1981 ★ 7.2

    A rich, bored woman, married to one of the richest men in Hawaii, hires Magnum to act out some of her "games," but then the "games" become reality.

    50 min · Director Ray Austin · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Robert Hamilton

  17. E17
    J. "Digger" Doyle 9 Apr 1981 ★ 8.3

    Thieves are attempting to steal tapes of Robin Masters' new book. Magnum joins forces with security expert J. "Digger" Doyle to prevent the theft.

    50 min · Director Winrich Kolbe · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

  18. E18
    Beauty Knows No Pain 16 Apr 1981 ★ 7.5

    A woman from Bayonne, New Jersey hires Magnum for one day to find her fiancé.

    49 min · Director Ray Austin · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Robert Hamilton

Season 2 21 episodes
  1. E1
    Billy Joe Bob 8 Oct 1981

    Texan Billy Joe Bob Little hires Magnum to find his sister, Carol Ann, who was a nightclub singer before going missing.

    49 min · Director Ray Austin · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jeff Wilhelm

  2. E2
    Dead Man's Channel 15 Oct 1981 ★ 7.6

    A young college student hires Magnum to find her father, an archaeologist. His boat was found adrift in Nehoa Channel, an area that local Hawaiians believe is cursed and non-Hawaiians should not enter.

    49 min · Director Ray Austin · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Diane Frolov

  3. E3
    The Woman on the Beach 22 Oct 1981 ★ 7.5

    Sara Clifford committed suicide in the Summer of 1945 by driving her car off a cliff. Rick meets a woman dressed in white named Sarah in the King Kamehameha Club but when they go for a walk on the beach, the woman disappears.

    49 min · Director Donald P. Bellisario · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Andrew Schneider

  4. E4
    From Moscow to Maui 29 Oct 1981 ★ 7.2

    A defected Russian pilot named Yuri Dolgof hires Magnum to get his fiancée Nina, a member of the Soviet track team to defect as well.

    48 min · Director Michael Vejar · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Andrew Schneider

  5. E5
    Memories Are Forever 5 Nov 1981 ★ 8.3

    Magnum thinks he's spotted his one true love Michelle, the woman he married six years earlier during his last tour in Vietnam and thought to have been lost in a bombing raid. As he becomes more and more desperate to find her, he i...

    92 min · Director Ray Austin · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

  6. E6
    Tropical Madness 12 Nov 1981 ★ 7.5

    Jennifer Chapman, a young English rose takes a liking to Higgins. Naturally, Magnum suspects her of being after something.

    49 min · Director Lawrence Doheny · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Robert Hamilton

  7. E7
    Wave Goodbye 19 Nov 1981

    Magnum's friend Kacy, an ex-surfboarding champion, is found dead on the beach and TM investigates to find the murderer.

    49 min · Director Sidney Hayers · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  8. E8
    Mad Buck Gibson 26 Nov 1981 ★ 7.3

    A famous thrill-seeking author arrives at the estate and Magnum is tasked with keeping an eye on him.

    49 min · Director Winrich Kolbe · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Robert Hamilton, Glen A. Larson

  9. E9
    The Taking of Dick McWilliams 3 Dec 1981 ★ 7.0

    Dick McWilliams, an old military buddy of Magnum's has been kidnapped. Dick's Japanese wife Mitsu ask TM to drop the ransom without informing the police or her father, who never approved of the marriage in the first place.

    49 min · Director Winrich Kolbe · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Diane Frolov, Glen A. Larson

  10. E10
    The Sixth Position 17 Dec 1981

    Kendall Chase, a prima ballerina, is staying at the estate as a guest of Robin Masters. Magnum is tasked with being her bodyguard after an incident in New York City.

    48 min · Director Sidney Hayers · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Babs Greyhosky

  11. E11
    Ghost Writer 24 Dec 1981 ★ 7.2

    Virginia Fowler is ghost writing the autobiography of the elusive, wealthy eccentric Harold Farber. She hires Magnum after her apartment is ransacked and her notes and tapes of the book are stolen.

    49 min · Director Ray Austin · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Caroline Elias

  12. E12
    The Jororo Kill 7 Jan 1982 ★ 7.7

    Kate Sullivan, a reporter that Magnum, TC and Rick met in Vietnam, wants Magnum to find a former British MI6 strategist who dropped out of sight to write a book and may be arriving in Hawaii.

    49 min · Director Alan J. Levi · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  13. E13
    Computer Date 14 Jan 1982 ★ 7.6

    Magnum is searching for a spy who's been selling computer information from a large corporation. The president of the company tells him he suspects his wife of having an affair and asks him to follow her. Magnum is distressed to fi...

    49 min · Director Robert C. Thompson · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Babs Greyhosky, Glen A. Larson

  14. E14
    Try to Remember 28 Jan 1982 ★ 8.0

    The Ferrari, with an unconscious and injured Magnum in it, is found at the bottom of a cliff. Magnum is rushed to a hospital but when he regains consciousness is found to have amnesia and cannot remember what happened.

    49 min · Director Michael Vejar · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  15. E15
    Italian Ice 4 Feb 1982 ★ 7.8

    Magnum goes to Sicily at the request of Robin Masters to rescue a friend's daughter who was being held by mobsters. Tom rescues the girl and brings her back to the estate and then trouble occurs.

    49 min · Director Gilbert M. Shilton · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

  16. E16
    One More Summer 11 Feb 1982 ★ 7.1

    Someone is trying to kill professional football quarterback Dorsey Bramlett who was the backup quarterback for Magnum at the U.S. Naval Academy. Bramlett contacts Magnum and asks Tom to be his bodyguard.

    49 min · Director Rod Daniel · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  17. E17
    Texas Lightning 18 Feb 1982 ★ 7.2

    Magnum is hired by Jeannie Lowry as a bodyguard while she plays high-stakes poker on a yacht.

    49 min · Director Michael Vejar · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Robert Hamilton

  18. E18
    Double Jeopardy 25 Feb 1982 ★ 7.4

    Magnum returns from California and finds a Hollywood crew on the estate filming a movie based on a Robin Masters' novel. When the star's double is injured, Magnum is hired as his replacement.

    49 min

  19. E19
    The Last Page 4 Mar 1982 ★ 7.5

    A Vietnam veteran from Seattle hires Magnum to find his girlfriend who came to Hawaii and then disappeared.

    49 min · Director Alan J. Levi · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Andrew Schneider

  20. E20
    The Elmo Ziller Story 25 Mar 1982

    Someone is trying to murder Elmo Ziller, Higgins' illegitimate half-brother from Texas. Elmo has brought his rodeo to Hawaii and Magnum is asked to protect him.

    49 min · Director Michael Vejar · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Robert Hamilton

  21. E21
    Three Minus Two 1 Apr 1982

    Jan Kona and her two partners operate a very successful fashion company. When one of the partners is murdered, Jan asks Magnum to protect her.

    60 min · Director Sidney Hayers · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Robert Van Scoyk

Season 3 22 episodes
  1. E1
    Did You See the Sunrise? 30 Sep 1982 ★ 9.0

    Magnum, TC and Nuzo had escaped from a North Vietnamese POW camp during the Vietnam War. Nuzo returns to Hawaii and tells TC that the brutal Russian Colonel who was at the camp has returned to the U.S. and is going to kill him.

    93 min · Director Ray Austin · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

  2. E2
    Ki'is Don't Lie 7 Oct 1982

    The Poison God's Ki'i, a wooden Polynesian God image, was found in a cave in Hawaii. Unless it is returned to the cave, anyone who comes in contact with it will die.

    48 min · Director Lawrence Doheny · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Bob Shayne

  3. E3
    The Eighth Part of the Village 14 Oct 1982

    Higgins sends Magnum to the docks to pick up a crate of books but instead of books, he finds a young Japanese woman in the crate.

    48 min · Director James Frawley · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, George Geiger

  4. E4
    Past Tense 21 Oct 1982 ★ 7.7

    TC's helicopter is skyjacked and he is forced to land in a local prison and help a prisoner escape.

    48 min · Director Michael O'Herlihy · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  5. E5
    Black on White 28 Oct 1982 ★ 8.0

    Higgins is quarantined in the guest house with Magnum because TM may have been exposed to a deadly African virus. Or, is it something else?

    48 min · Director Alan J. Levi · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

  6. E6
    Flashback 4 Nov 1982

    Magnum wakes up one morning and finds he is back in 1936 and must solve a murder.

    48 min · Director Ivan Dixon · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Lance Madrid III

  7. E7
    Foiled Again 11 Nov 1982

    Higgins is in a fencing match against a man he has hated for years.

    48 min · Director Michael Vejar · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Tom Greene

  8. E8
    Mr. White Death 18 Nov 1982 ★ 7.7

    A professional wrestler from the mainland asks Magnum to find his son.

    48 min · Director Jeffrey Hayden · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  9. E9
    Mixed Doubles 2 Dec 1982

    Magnum is tasked with protecting a young tennis pro who is being threatened.

    48 min · Director Burt Kennedy · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Rob Gilmer

  10. E10
    Almost Home 9 Dec 1982 ★ 7.6

    Magnum helps a cocktail waitress from Cleveland who wants to place her father's remains on the battleship Arizona in Pearl Harbor.

    48 min · Director Ivan Dixon · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Alan Cassidy

  11. E11
    Heal Thyself 16 Dec 1982

    A doctor that Magnum knew in Vietnam when she was an Army nurse is accused of murdering three patients in a Hawaiian hospital.

    48 min · Director Leo Penn · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Rob Gilmer

  12. E12
    Of Sound Mind 6 Jan 1983 ★ 8.2

    Magnum inherits $50 million from a former client who died in a plane crash.

    48 min · Director Michael Vejar · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Andrew Schneider

  13. E13
    The Arrow That Is Not Aimed 27 Jan 1983

    A Japanese Samurai warrior brings an antique plate to Hawaii that Robin Masters had purchased. The Samurai is attacked, the plate is stolen and Robin wants TM to recover it.

    60 min · Director James Frawley · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, J. Miyoko Hensley

  14. E14
    Basket Case 3 Feb 1983 ★ 7.6

    TC and Magnum are each coaching a youth basketball team and a young girl joins TM's team.

    48 min · Director Ivan Dixon · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Julie Friedgen

  15. E15
    Birdman of Budapest 10 Feb 1983 ★ 7.6

    Robin Masters' high school English teacher is staying at the estate while she writes a book about birds.

    48 min · Director Michael Vejar · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Louis F. Vipperman

  16. E16
    I Do? 17 Feb 1983

    Magnum marries the niece of the company president in order to catch a thief.

    48 min · Director Ivan Dixon · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Rob Gilmer

  17. E17
    Forty Years from Sand Island 24 Feb 1983

    Two Japanese-Americans who were interned on Sand Island in January 1942 witness two soldiers beating a fellow Japanese internee to death. This incident causes repercussions today.

    48 min · Director Michael Vejar · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Rogers Turrentine

  18. E18
    Legacy from a Friend 10 Mar 1983 ★ 7.7

    The body of Magnum's friend, an experienced lifeguard, is found on a beach after an apparent drowning but TM does not believe he drowned.

    48 min · Director Stuart Margolin · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Robert Hamilton

  19. E19
    Two Birds of a Feather 17 Mar 1983 ★ 7.2

    A single engine light aircraft being flown from California to Hawaii crashes into the tidal pool at the estate. Turns out the pilot is a man from Magnum's war days.

    48 min · Director Virgil W. Vogel · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

  20. E20
    ...By Its Cover 31 Mar 1983 ★ 7.6

    Magnum meets an old Naval Academy buddy and ends up delivering marijuana.

    48 min · Director Michael Vejar · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Rogers Turrentine

  21. E21
    The Big Blow 7 Apr 1983 ★ 8.2

    A hurricane is hitting Hawaii on the night of Robin Masters' spring equinox party.

    48 min · Director Alan J. Levi · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  22. E22
    Faith and Begorrah 28 Apr 1983

    Higgins' half brother, an Irish Catholic priest from Northern Ireland, arrives in Hawaii to confront a British officer who he claims stole an ancient artifact from his church.

    48 min · Director Virgil W. Vogel · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

Season 4 21 episodes
  1. E1
    Home from the Sea 29 Sep 1983 ★ 8.6

    It is July 4th and Magnum is off the coast on his surf ski when a speed boat shoots past him throwing TM into the water and the surf ski drifts away.

    47 min · Director Harvey S. Laidman · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

  2. E2
    Luther Gillis: File #521 6 Oct 1983 ★ 7.8

    Luther Gillis is a private investigator from St. Louis who was hired by the father of a 16-year-old runaway girl to find her. At the same time, Magnum was hired by the girl's mother to find her. Can they work together?

    48 min · Director Virgil W. Vogel · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  3. E3
    Smaller Than Life 13 Oct 1983

    Rick's old friend Waldo Norris is caught trying to break into a guarded building. Waldo claims he is working for an insurance company and is investigating the loss of a valuable figurine.

    48 min · Director Alan J. Levi · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, J. Rickley Dumm

  4. E4
    Distant Relative 20 Oct 1983 ★ 7.8

    Rick's 22-year-old sister Wendy arrives in Hawaii. Rick still believes that she is a young, innocent girl and asks Magnum to entertain her while Rick works at the club.

    48 min · Director Virgil W. Vogel · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Nick Thiel

  5. E5
    Limited Engagement 3 Nov 1983

    Investigating a series of convenience store robberies, Magnum also comes across a couple of elderly ladies, who live in a broken-down house with other elderly people who are being harassed by a no-good slum lord.

    60 min · Director Harvey S. Laidman · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Richard Yalem, Jay Huguely

  6. E6
    Letter to a Duchess 10 Nov 1983

    Higgins meets an English duchess who he was enamored with over the years.

    48 min · Director Bernard L. Kowalski · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Robert Hamilton

  7. E7
    Squeeze Play 17 Nov 1983 ★ 7.7

    Robin Masters' bets Buzz, a "girlie magazine" publisher, that the King Kamehameha Club softball team can beat Buzz's team.

    48 min · Director Harry Falk · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  8. E8
    A Sense of Debt 1 Dec 1983

    Magnum is in Detroit and TC is using the Ferrari. While driving the car, TC has an accident and injures a bare knuckles fighter and he has to take his place in the ring.

    48 min · Director Ivan Dixon · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jay Huguely

  9. E9
    The Look 8 Dec 1983 ★ 7.7

    Holly Fox was a DJ in Vietnam admired by all the servicemen including Magnum, TC and Rick. While listening to the radio one day, Magnum hears a voice that he believes is Holly Fox.

    48 min · Director Harry Falk · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Louis F. Vipperman

  10. E10
    Operation: Silent Night 15 Dec 1983 ★ 8.3

    It's Christmas time and TC is flying Magnum (dressed as Santa Claus), Rick and Higgins to three different islands. En route, TC is forced to make an emergency landing on an island that the Navy uses for gunnery practice.

    48 min · Director Michael Vejar · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Chris Abbott

  11. E11
    Jororo Farewell 5 Jan 1984 ★ 7.0

    The Jororo Islands youth baseball team is in Hawaii to play TC'S All-Stars. The Jororo center fielder is 12-year-old Prince Danny who is a target of Jororian dissidents.

    48 min · Director Ivan Dixon · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  12. E12
    The Case of the Red Faced Thespian 19 Jan 1984 ★ 7.9

    The "Great Gatsby Gala," with everyone dressed in 1920s costumes, is being held at the estate and Magnum is responsible for security.

    48 min · Director Ivan Dixon · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Robert Hamilton

  13. E13
    No More Mr. Nice Guy 26 Jan 1984

    Assistant District Attorney Carol Baldwin was removed as prosecutor of a major criminal case and then fired. She enlists Magnum's help in finding evidence against the man she was prosecuting.

    48 min · Director Michael Vejar · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Rob Gilmer

  14. E14
    Rembrandt's Girl 2 Feb 1984

    A woman whose father was just released from prison approaches Magnum asking him to follow her father to ensure he does not commit a crime. Thomas ends up trapped in a bank vault with the woman.

    60 min · Director James Frawley · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Chris Abbott

  15. E15
    Paradise Blues 9 Feb 1984 ★ 7.1

    Alexis, a famed singer that Magnum and TC knew in Vietnam, comes to Hawaii and asks Thomas to find a man who owes her $18,000.

    48 min · Director Bernard L. Kowalski · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Chris Abbott

  16. E16
    The Return of Luther Gillis 16 Feb 1984 ★ 7.2

    Luther, and his secretary Blanche, come to Hawaii where Gillis is being given an award for his book.

    48 min · Director John Llewellyn Moxey · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  17. E17
    Let the Punishment Fit the Crime 23 Feb 1984 ★ 7.3

    A woman from the mainland hires Magnum to find her brother who apparently joined a cult.

    48 min · Director Bernard L. Kowalski · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Robert Hamilton

  18. E18
    Holmes Is Where the Heart Is 8 Mar 1984

    Higgins is writing his memoirs about a former Sandhurst classmate who now thinks he is Sherlock Holmes.

    48 min · Director John Llewellyn Moxey · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Judy Burns

  19. E19
    On Face Value 15 Mar 1984 ★ 7.9

    While getting mixed up in a car chase with a couple of fencing suspects, Magnum is responsible for injuring an innocent bystander and brings her from the hospital to Robin's Nest.

    48 min · Director Harvey S. Laidman · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Nick Thiel

  20. E20
    Dream a Little Dream 29 Mar 1984 ★ 7.3

    Magnum takes on the case of an old friend who's a pro surfer with an ex-husband trying to kidnap their daughter.

    48 min · Director Roger E. Mosley · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  21. E21
    I Witness 3 May 1984 ★ 8.0

    Higgins, Rick, TC and others are in the King Kamehameha Club when three burglars with guns demand money.

    48 min · Director John Llewellyn Moxey · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Chris Abbott

Season 5 21 episodes
  1. E1
    Echoes of the Mind: Part 1 27 Sep 1984 ★ 8.0

    Higgins is getting married and Magnum is hired by Diane Dupres who believes people are attempting to harm her.

    47 min · Director Georg Stanford Brown · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

  2. E2
    Echoes of the Mind: Part 2 4 Oct 1984

    Deirdre Dupres, Diane's twin sister, arrives and tells Magnum the truth about Diane.

    48 min · Director Georg Stanford Brown · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

  3. E3
    Mac's Back 11 Oct 1984 ★ 7.8

    Magnum is despondent over his loss of his wife Michelle, his father, Mac McReynolds and now Diane Dupres. While driving in Honolulu the next day, he sees a man who could be an identical twin for Mac McReynolds.

    48 min · Director Alan J. Levi · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

  4. E4
    The Legacy of Garwood Huddle 18 Oct 1984

    Garwood Huddle, an infamous 1940s bank robber, escapes from a Hawaiian prison and asks Magnum to help locate his grandson who has been kidnapped.

    48 min · Director Vincent McEveety · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Richard Yalem

  5. E5
    Under World 25 Oct 1984 ★ 8.0

    TC is returning from Molokai when he encounters engine problems and crashes into the water just before landing.

    48 min · Director Ivan Dixon · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  6. E6
    Fragments 1 Nov 1984 ★ 7.4

    A psychic hires Magnum to investigate her murder.

    48 min · Director David Hemmings · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Nick Thiel

  7. E7
    Blind Justice 8 Nov 1984 ★ 7.8

    Carol Baldwin, the assistant district attorney, hires Magnum to investigate a man who allegedly murdered his wife.

    48 min · Director Russ Mayberry · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Chris Abbott

  8. E8
    Murder 101 15 Nov 1984

    Magnum is teaching a class in private investigation at a local college and the class decides to find the missing fiancé of one of the students.

    48 min · Director Ivan Dixon · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Rogers Turrentine

  9. E9
    Tran Quoc Jones 29 Nov 1984 ★ 7.6

    A 10-year-old Amerasian boy, who is in the country illegally, asks Magnum to help him find his father.

    48 min · Director Russ Mayberry · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Chris Abbott

  10. E10
    Luther Gillis: File #001 6 Dec 1984

    Robin Masters asks Magnum to track down an embezzler working in a local bank. Meanwhile, Higgins is being blackmailed and since Magnum is busy, he recruits Luther Gillis to help him find the blackmailer.

    48 min · Director Ivan Dixon · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  11. E12
    Little Games 3 Jan 1985 ★ 8.2

    A Robin Masters' sponsored jewelry design competition is being held at the estate with over $170 million worth of jewelry on display and the insurance company sends Krista Villeroch to check on the estate's security.

    48 min · Director Arthur Allan Seidelman · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Deborah Pratt

  12. E13
    Professor Jonathan Higgins 10 Jan 1985

    Higgins' cousin Sally arrives in Hawaii to get married and Higgins has a big surprise. Meanwhile, Magnum is helping Agatha recover $10,000 from a bankrupt investment.

    48 min · Director Peter Medak · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jay Huguely

  13. E14
    Compulsion 24 Jan 1985 ★ 7.7

    Someone is harassing Assistant District Attorney Carol Baldwin and Magnum agrees to help her. Higgins is facing a reunion with his old Sandhurst classmates.

    48 min · Director David Hemmings · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Chris Abbott

  14. E15
    All for One: Part 1 31 Jan 1985

    Magnum, TC, Rick and Higgins volunteer to go to Cambodia to rescue two Americans.

    48 min · Director Michael Vejar · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  15. E16
    All for One: Part 2 7 Feb 1985

    Magnum and Higgins are captured along with Tyler. Rick and TC rescue Magnum and the others, and a gun fight ensues. Freedom wins and everyone returns home.

    48 min · Director Michael Vejar · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  16. E17
    The Love-for-Sale Boat 14 Feb 1985 ★ 7.6

    Mac sells Rick an expensive boat crewed by three beautiful Japanese women.

    48 min · Director Ray Austin · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, J. Miyoko Hensley

  17. E18
    Let Me Hear the Music 21 Feb 1985 ★ 7.5

    Magnum is hired by a country and western singer who is looking for five songs written by his friend 30-years-ago.

    48 min · Director David Hemmings · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jay Huguely

  18. E19
    Ms. Jones 7 Mar 1985

    Ms. Jones, the records clerk that Magnum always encounters, asks TM to find her missing husband.

    48 min · Director Ray Austin · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Phil Combest

  19. E20
    The Man from Marseilles 14 Mar 1985

    World famous French detective Jean Claude Fornier arrives in Hawaii and asks Magnum to help him find a missing heir.

    48 min · Director John Llewellyn Moxey · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Reuben Leder, Glen A. Larson

  20. E21
    Torah, Torah, Torah 28 Mar 1985 ★ 7.6

    A Torah is stolen from a rabbi who is Higgins' friend and Magnum volunteers to help recover it.

    48 min · Director Leo Penn · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Martin Sage

  21. E22
    A Pretty Good Dancing Chicken 4 Apr 1985

    Assistant District Attorney Carol Baldwin's 17-year-old cousin is missing and Carol asks Magnum to help find her.

    48 min · Director Bernard L. Kowalski · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Joe Gores

Season 6 20 episodes
  1. E1
    Deja Vu 26 Sep 1985

    Magnum and Higgins go to England to prepare Robin Masters' latest purchase, a castle, for a party. While there, Magnum looks up an old friend only to learn he is dead.

    90 min · Director Russ Mayberry · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Chris Abbott

  2. E2
    Old Acquaintance 3 Oct 1985

    Magnum is reunited with a former high school friend and they try to recover a kidnapped dolphin.

    48 min · Director Ivan Dixon · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jill Donner

  3. E3
    The Kona Winds 10 Oct 1985 ★ 7.7

    Magnum rescues a woman who attempted suicide and then strives to protect her from her husband.

    48 min · Director Jerry Jameson · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Chris Abbott

  4. E4
    The Hotel Dick 17 Oct 1985 ★ 7.4

    When he takes a job as a hotel detective, Magnum's attempts at catching a cat burglar preying upon guests are complicated by his relationship with a hooker who keeps getting him into trouble with both criminals and his boss.

    48 min · Director Douglas Heyes · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  5. E5
    Round and Around 24 Oct 1985

    TC's friend is killed during a store robbery and Magnum and TC set out to find the killers.

    48 min · Director Reuben Leder · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  6. E6
    Going Home 31 Oct 1985 ★ 8.1

    Magnum goes home to Virginia to attend his grandfather's funeral. And when a family heirloom goes missing he accuses his step father of stealing it to save his business.

    48 min · Director Harry Harris · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Chris Abbott

  7. E7
    Paniolo 7 Nov 1985

    Magnum is hired by a cattle rancher on the big island of Hawaii to catch cattle rustlers.

    48 min · Director Russ Mayberry · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jay Huguely

  8. E8
    The Treasure of Kalaniopu'u 14 Nov 1985

    Robin Masters' publisher buries a chest containing $1 million on Oahu and a contest is held to find it. Magnum is tasked with protecting the woman who has the clues to the chest's whereabouts.

    48 min · Director Ivan Dixon · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  9. E9
    Blood and Honor 5 Dec 1985 ★ 8.0

    Magnum is recalled to active duty by a Navy admiral and tasked with finding a spy.

    48 min · Director Michael Vejar · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Phil Combest

  10. E10
    Rapture 12 Dec 1985 ★ 7.4

    While diving with TC, Magnum sees a young boy without diving gear who gestures Magnum to follow him.

    48 min · Director Russ Mayberry · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Bruce Cervi

  11. E11
    I Never Wanted to Go to France, Anyway 2 Jan 1986

    Higgins' friend brings his carnival to Hawaii and Magnum is asked to find the murderer of one of the trapeze performers.

    48 min · Director Arthur Allan Seidelman · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  12. E12
    Summer School 9 Jan 1986 ★ 7.4

    Robin Masters' nephew "RJ" has been sent to the estate so Higgins can educate and teach the young man discipline.

    48 min · Director Russ Mayberry · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Bruce Cervi

  13. E13
    Mad Dogs and Englishmen 23 Jan 1986 ★ 7.8

    Robin Masters has fired Higgins and Magnum is awaiting the arrival of his replacement.

    48 min · Director Virgil W. Vogel · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jay Huguely

  14. E14
    All Thieves on Deck 30 Jan 1986

    Magnum, TC and Rick are aboard a cruise ship guarding a wooden Hawaiian family God statue belonging to Robin Masters.

    48 min · Director Jerry Jameson · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  15. E15
    This Island Isn't Big Enough.... 13 Feb 1986

    Rick is sailing a yacht with four male passengers when the boat is attacked by gunmen.

    48 min · Director Leo Penn · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Chris Abbott

  16. E16
    Way of the Stalking Horse 20 Feb 1986

    An insurance salesman from the Mainland hires Magnum to find his father who he has not seen in over 20 years.

    48 min · Director John Llewellyn Moxey · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Bruce Cervi

  17. E17
    Find Me a Rainbow 13 Mar 1986

    Magnum is hired by a rich young woman who wants him to find a former family chauffeur who stole a string of pearls, or that is what she says.

    48 min · Director Rick Weaver · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jill Donner

  18. E18
    Who Is Don Luis Higgins... and Why Is He Doing These Terrible Things to Me? 20 Mar 1986

    Higgins' life is turned upside down when a man claiming to be his half brother shows up at a Hawaiian Islands chess tournament.

    48 min · Director John Llewellyn Moxey · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jay Huguely

  19. E19
    A Little Bit of Luck... a Little Bit of Grief 3 Apr 1986

    Rick wins one million dollars on a game show and falls in love with a beautiful blond. Magnum and T.C. try to save the Little League team's clubhouse.

    48 min · Director Ray Austin · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  20. E20
    Photo Play 10 Apr 1986

    A woman who is writing a book about road signs hires Magnum because someone is following her and attempting to steal something but she does not know what it is.

    48 min · Director Burt Brinckerhoff · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Bruce Cervi

Season 7 20 episodes
  1. E1
    L.A. 1 Oct 1986 ★ 8.1

    Magnum is in Los Angeles serving a writ when he meets a woman who is later murdered. Magnum sets out to find the killer and possibly finds his soulmate.

    89 min · Director Alan J. Levi · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Chris Abbott

  2. E2
    One Picture Is Worth 8 Oct 1986 ★ 8.0

    A deaf woman witnesses a bank robbery where four people are murdered. Magnum agrees to act as her bodyguard after the murderer is released on bail.

    60 min · Director Ray Austin · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, James L. Novack

  3. E3
    Straight and Narrow 15 Oct 1986 ★ 7.3

    Lesley, the prostitute Magnum met while working as a hotel detective, is back and she asks Thomas for help in finding her sister.

    48 min · Director Harry Harris · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  4. E4
    A.A.P.I. 22 Oct 1986 ★ 8.0

    Magnum is being awarded the Local PI Of The Year Award when the presenter, French detective Jean Claude Fornier, collapses and dies. Thomas, aided by several other PIs, sets out to find the murderer.

    47 min · Director Russ Mayberry · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Reuben Leder

  5. E5
    Death and Taxes 29 Oct 1986 ★ 8.7

    A psycho killer calls Magnum and gives him clues to the next victim.

    48 min · Director Alan J. Levi · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Bruce Cervi

  6. E6
    Little Girl Who 5 Nov 1986

    Michelle, Magnum's wife, is back and she asks Thomas to take care of her daughter.

    48 min · Director Ray Austin · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Deborah Pratt

  7. E7
    Paper War 12 Nov 1986 ★ 8.5

    Magnum and Higgins engage in an all out prank war leading to Magnum finally accusing Higgins of being Robin Masters.

    48 min · Director Tony Wharmby · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jay Huguely

  8. E8
    Novel Connection 19 Nov 1986 ★ 7.6

    Jessica Fletcher helps Magnum investigate an attempt on the life of Higgins and several guests.

    48 min · Director Harry Harris · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jay Huguely

  9. E9
    Kapu 26 Nov 1986 ★ 7.5

    Magnum saves the life of a native Hawaiian girl who witnesses a hit. Wounded in the getaway, Magnum is nursed back to health on the forbidden island of Kapu.

    48 min · Director Ivan Dixon · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Deborah Dean Davis

  10. E10
    Missing Melody 3 Dec 1986 ★ 7.7

    T.C. faces his worst nightmare when his daughter is kidnapped.

    47 min · Director Harvey S. Laidman · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Roger E. Mosley

  11. E11
    Death of the Flowers 10 Dec 1986 ★ 7.8

    Magnum helps Carol investigate whether her mentor, Judge Hannibal Kearns, is in trouble. Rick plans a birthday party for Icepick.

    60 min · Director Jerry Jameson · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Mary Ann Kasica

  12. E12
    Autumn Warrior 17 Dec 1986

    Higgins takes three boys from a juvenile jail on a survivalist weekend on a deserted island.

    48 min · Director Tony Wharmby · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jay Huguely

  13. E13
    Murder by Night 14 Jan 1987 ★ 7.9

    1940's Magnum investigates the murder of a newspaper publisher in a classic whodunit mystery.

    48 min · Director Russ Mayberry · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Robert Hamilton

  14. E14
    On the Fly 21 Jan 1987

    Magnum's attempts to secure a pilot's license in order to land a job in Oklahoma are put on hold when T.C. is shot, and it turns out that the bullet was meant for Magnum.

    47 min · Director Bernard L. Kowalski · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jay Huguely

  15. E15
    Solo Flight 4 Feb 1987

    Magnum goes on a soul-searching trek after a being terminated from a case he couldn't solve. His trip leads him to the top of a mountain where he spotted an old plane crash from WWII, only to be pinned under the fuselage, leg blee...

    48 min · Director John C. Flinn III · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jay Huguely

  16. E16
    Forty 11 Feb 1987

    Magnum's 40th birthday is approaching and he is hired to locate a Chinese gang "shaking down' local merchants.

    47 min · Director Russ Mayberry · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Bruce Cervi

  17. E17
    Laura 25 Feb 1987 ★ 8.8

    Sgt. Michael Doheny (Frank Sinatra), a retired New York cop, learns that his beloved granddaughter was kidnapped and murdered by incredibly vicious sexual predators during his retirement celebration. Sgt. Doheny eventually tracks ...

    48 min · Director Alan J. Levi · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Chris Abbott

  18. E19
    The Aunt Who Came to Dinner 18 Mar 1987

    Magnum's favorite aunt, famous playwright Phoebe Sullivan, comes to Hawaii and asks Thomas to protect her from someone trying to kill her.

    47 min · Director Russ Mayberry · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Chris Abbott

  19. E20
    The People vs. Orville Wright 1 Apr 1987

    Rick confesses and is jailed for the murder of a "hit man."

    46 min · Director Burt Brinckerhoff · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Bruce Cervi

  20. E21
    Limbo 15 Apr 1987 ★ 8.7

    Magnum is shot in a warehouse and is left for dead. He then "sees" but cannot communicate with Higgins, Rick, TC, Carol, Michelle, et al.

    48 min · Director Jackie Cooper · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jay Huguely

Season 8 13 episodes
  1. E1
    Infinity and Jelly Doughnuts 7 Oct 1987 ★ 8.4

    Magnum is in a coma after he was shot in a warehouse and his mother, Higgins, TC, Rick, Carol and a priest are with him hoping he regains consciousness.

    48 min · Director John C. Flinn III · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Chris Abbott

  2. E2
    Pleasure Principle 14 Oct 1987

    In a switch, Higgins becomes irresponsible and acts like Magnum while Magnum acts and dresses like Higgins.

    46 min · Director Corey Allen · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jay Huguely

  3. E3
    Innocence... A Broad 28 Oct 1987 ★ 7.8

    Magnum finds himself with some unwanted but beautiful help in a case involving Robin Masters being named in a lawsuit.

    48 min · Director Harry Harris · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Stephen A. Miller

  4. E4
    Tigers Fan 4 Nov 1987 ★ 8.6

    Lieutenant Tanaka is murdered and Magnum sets out to find his killer.

    46 min · Director Harry Harris · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Bruce Cervi

  5. E5
    Forever in Time 11 Nov 1987 ★ 7.8

    Magnum keeps seeing a woman who looks like a Hawaiian princess who died in 1910.

    48 min · Director Jackie Cooper · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Kimmer Ringwald

  6. E6
    The Love That Lies 18 Nov 1987 ★ 7.4

    Magnum is hired by a woman to find the child she gave up 30 years ago.

    46 min · Director Ray Danton · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jeri Taylor

  7. E7
    A Girl Named Sue 13 Jan 1988

    A woman hires Magnum claiming that her brother killed their father and stole his will. At the same time, the brother hires Susan Johnson, the woman Thomas was locked in a bank vault with and is now a P.I., to investigate his sister.

    48 min · Director Russ Mayberry · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Stephen A. Miller

  8. E8
    Unfinished Business 20 Jan 1988 ★ 8.7

    Quang Ki, the man who shot and almost killed Magnum and wants to kill Michelle and Lily Catherine, is on trial for attempted murder when the case is suddenly dismissed.

    48 min · Director Russ Mayberry · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Chris Abbott

  9. E9
    The Great Hawaiian Adventure Company 27 Jan 1988

    Magnum has developed a great idea for a new business while TC's son is in Hawaii and running with a motorcycle gang and getting jailed.

    48 min · Director Ray Danton · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jeri Taylor

  10. E10
    Legend of the Lost Art 10 Feb 1988 ★ 7.9

    Higgins asks Magnum to find a long-lost artifact, "The Lost Art of the Ancients" before it can fall into the wrong hands.

    48 min · Director Burt Brinckerhoff · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Jay Huguely

  11. E11
    Transitions 17 Feb 1988

    The manuscript of Robin Masters' latest novel is stolen and Higgins enlists Magnum's help in retrieving it. Magnum is assisted by Luther Gillis who arrives on vacation.

    48 min · Director Harry Harris · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Chris Abbott

  12. E12
    Resolutions: Part I 1 May 1988 ★ 8.3

    Magnum returns to Virginia on vacation and reflects on his life, his marriage to Michelle and his experiences. He hastily returns to Hawaii when TV reporter Linda Lee Ellison is attacked.

    45 min · Director Burt Brinckerhoff · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Chris Abbott

  13. E13
    Resolutions: Part II 1 May 1988

    Someone special comes into Magnum's life. Robin Masters' identity is revealed. Magnum resigns his position at Robin's Nest and makes a life change. Rick gets married.

    45 min · Director Burt Brinckerhoff · Writer Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson, Chris Abbott

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