Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I. (1980) TV

8 Seasons Ended Action & Adventure Crime Drama Mystery

Network: CBS

A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.

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Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii (1) 1
Dec 11, 1980 45m

When Thomas's childhood friend and Naval comrade Dan Cook turns up dead, Thomas is adamant that the official cause of death, a burst bag of smuggled cocaine, is bogus, and enlists the aid of Dan's sister Alice in taking on the Navy to uncover the true nature of the top-secret assignment Dan was working on before his death.

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Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii (2) 2
Dec 11, 1980 44m

Magnum and Alice continue in their quest to find out the truth behind Lt. Dan Cook's death, and find themselves uncovering a case of gold smuggling, and a criminal mastermind whom Magnum and Dan once knew in Vietnam. But in trying to find out what really did happen to his deceased friend, Magnum puts his own life on the line as someone tries to stop him from investigating, using any means necessary...

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China Doll 3
Dec 18, 1980 47m

Magnum is hired by a beautiful Chinese antiques dealer that he's making a play for to protect a precious ancient vase—The Soul of Sung—until its buyer arrives in Hawaii to collect it. But unbeknownst to him, the priceless ornament is wanted by a Tong gang from the girl's home country, and a deadly martial arts assassin who can kill in the blink of an eye is hot on the trail.

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Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too 4
Dec 25, 1980 45m

It's the Christmas season, and against his better judgment, Magnum agrees to being hired by five young schoolgirls to find their teacher, who has seemingly gone missing after falling in love. While he's working on the case, Magnum manages to convince Higgins to let the young girls stay on the Masters estate, but he's unaware that he's being deceived in a scam over a valuable painting recently purchased by Robin Masters.

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No Need to Know 5
Jan 8, 1981 45m

Magnum returns from a case to find that Higgins' old Army commander is staying on the Masters estate, under tight security, until some I.R.A. members he helped capture are tried. Two secret intelligence agents hire Magnum to protect the brigadier and foil assassins out to kill him before the terrorists' trial, but the “need to know” basis the agents insist on operating by only serves to complicate matters for Magnum.

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Skin Deep 6
Jan 15, 1981 45m

When a beautiful model-actress is killed by a shotgun blast in a scenario closely resembling a scene from the script of an upcoming film, it is seemingly suicide. Magnum is hired by her former producer and lover to investigate any other men that she may have been seeing before her death.

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Never Again... Never Again 7
Jan 22, 1981 45m

When Saul and Lena, an aging couple who run a local shop, abruptly make plans to leave town, suspicious Magnum and Rick, who are friends with the couple, investigate.

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The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii 8
Jan 29, 1981 45m

Higgins volunteers Magnum's services to guard a wealthy socialite's quarantined dog after the attempted dognapping of the canine. Sir Algernon Farnsworth soon finds himself to be the most wanted dog in Hawaii when his former owner, aging gangster Victor DiGiorgio, needs to get him back.

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Missing in Action 9
Feb 5, 1981 45m

Although Eric Tobin was reported missing in action over eight years ago, his fiancee, Laura Fraser, endowed with ESP, doesn't believe it. Magnum befriends her and, in finding out the truth about Tobin, discovers that he was a highly trained and effective government agent working under the control of a man known only as Delta One.

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Lest We Forget 10
Feb 12, 1981 45m

Magnum is hired by a Supreme Court nominee to find the woman he married on the eve of the raid on Pearl Harbor.

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The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club 11
Feb 19, 1981 45m

Rick is organizing a surf-ski competition to be held at the King Kamehameha Club (much to the disapproval of co-committee member Higgins) when a Kahuna appears and places a "curse" on the club and all who use it.

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Thicker than Blood 12
Feb 26, 1981 45m

T.C. makes a late-night flight to land on a tanker, but on the journey back he is cornered and arrested by the Coast Guard for transporting drugs. Magnum and Rick are certain of their friend's innocence, but are shocked when he intends to accept the charges and refuses their help.

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All Roads Lead to Floyd 13
Mar 12, 1981 45m

A bubbly young woman hires Magnum to find her father who, after being missing for over ten years, had sent her a postcard from Hawaii. But her father is involved in some rather shady business, and Magnum isn't the only one looking for him.

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Adelaide 14
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Adelaide
Mar 19, 1981 45m

A woman hires Magnum to protect Norman, who is facing kidnap unless she pays a ransom; but the case has some unexpected twists.

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Don't Say Goodbye 15
Mar 26, 1981 45m

Having once been hired by wealthy, blind Agatha Kimball to find her missing granddaughter, Amy, Magnum's services are once again called upon by his elderly friend after she has been contacted by a blackmailer claiming to have some important information about Amy.

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The Black Orchid 16
Apr 2, 1981 45m

Magnum has been hired by a woman to act out some of her rich, bored sister's fantasy dramas, concocted from 1930s Dashiell Hammett films. Although growing to enjoy the world of fantasy, Magnum has a hard time keeping up with the eccentric woman, and when he finds out that her husband is a wealthy, infamously jealous and bad-tempered business man, he decides to cut his losses and end the arrangement.

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J. "Digger" Doyle 17
Apr 9, 1981 50m

Magnum tries to impress a beautiful 'fan' of Robin's by showing her the Robin Masters estate, only to learn that she is actually a top security expert hired by Robin to test the estate's security.

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Beauty Knows No Pain 18
Apr 16, 1981 49m

Magnum is hired by Barbara Terranova, a financially broke woman who can only afford his services for one day, to find her missing fiancé Roger. But the case has several tangles in store when Magnum finds there are others searching for Roger, too.

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🎙️ SYSK Episodes

#071613
How Building Implosions Work "There's a riveting Magnum PI episode where Magnum and Higgins are in, not only in a building that's about to be demolished, trapped in an elevator" — Josh Josh recalls a tense episode where the main characters were trapped in an elevator in a building about to be demolished.
Jul 16, 2013
#021913
How Surfing Works "That's the club that Magnum hangs out at is named the King Kamehameha Club" — Josh Josh referenced the King Kamehameha Club from Magnum P.I. while discussing the Hawaiian chief King Kamehameha.
Feb 19, 2013
#061412
Whatever happened to acid rain? "But he kind of transcends the 80s, really, if you ask me" — Chuck Referenced while discussing iconic things from the 1980s alongside other cultural elements.
Jun 14, 2012
#031011
Is it legal to sterilize addicts? "Aaron Cooper, who made us some super cool Magnum PI t-shirts with our images on them" — Josh They're thanking a listener who created custom t-shirts featuring their faces on Magnum P.I. themed shirts.
Mar 10, 2011
#030111
Were U.S. citizens in Japanese internment camps? "Do you ever see the season three episode of Magnum PI called 40 years from Sand Island?" — Josh Josh references a specific Magnum P.I. episode about a Japanese internment camp murder mystery.
Mar 1, 2011
#112510
How Dreadlocks Work "And actually, there's a Magnum PI episode that puts Jonathan Higgins in the middle of a Mao Mao uprising really in the 50s." — Josh Josh references an episode that depicted Higgins during a Mao Mao uprising as relevant to discussing the possible origins of dreadlock terminology.
Nov 25, 2010
#111110
How Rehab Works "he would name him Thomas Magnum Dorlech" — Josh Josh's friend wanted to name his son after the main character Thomas Magnum from this TV series.
Nov 11, 2010
#062410
Can quicksand kill you? "Magnum PI, you want to talk about this one?" — Josh Josh brings up a specific episode of the detective series that featured a quicksand scene.
Jun 24, 2010

Cast

Tom Selleck
Tom Selleck
Thomas Magnum
John Hillerman
John Hillerman
Jonathan Higgins
Roger E. Mosley
Roger E. Mosley
Terry 'TC' Calvin
Larry Manetti
Larry Manetti
Rick Wright

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