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Season 1

1. Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii (1)
gs: Pamela Susan Shoop (Alice Cook) W.K. Stratton (Ens. Healy) Allen Williams (Dan Cook) Clyde Kusatsu (Medical Examiner) Robert Loggia (Phillippe Trusseau) Fritz Weaver (J. Cooly) Dorit Stevens (Inge) Yuliis Ruval (Greta) Jeff MacKay (Sgt. Ski) Murray Salem (Arab) Eugenia Wright (Snow White) Mel Carter (Sam) Peter Kalua (Kono) Beau Van Den Ecker (Kioki) Fuzzy Moody (Pepe) Branscombe Richmond (Moki) Judge Reinhold (Smn. Wolfe)

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.

b: 11-Dec-1980 w: Donald P. Bellisario and Glen A. Larson d: Roger Young

# NOTE: The show's title during the first two seasons is "Magnum P.I.". The comma was added at the start of the third season. Although Glen A. Larson came up with the original premise of the series, which he developed with Donald P. Bellisario, this is the only episode he wrote. # This is the only time that the complete version of Ian Freebairn-Smith's original theme for the series is heard. A shortened version is played under the credits until The Ugliest Dog In Hawaii. The closing credits have an alternative version of this original theme, which is the only time this version is ever used in the series. # The license plate on the Ferrari is 56E-478, which would change to Robin 1 in subsequent episodes. # The pilot originally aired as a two hour made-for-tv movie which was later edited into two one hour episodes for syndication. # When the series was originally shown in the United Kingdom, the pilot was the most watched episode of the entire series, with 17.6 million viewers on Friday, February 27, 1981 on ITV. # Rick owns a club in town, Rick's Caf้ Americana, in the pilot, but would manage the beachside King Kamehameha Club in subsequent episodes. 2. Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii (2) gs: Pamela Susan Shoop (Alice Cook) W.K. Stratton (Ens. Healy) Allen Williams (Dan Cook) Robert Loggia (Phillippe Trusseau) Fritz Weaver (J. Cooly) Dorit Stevens (Inge) Yuliis Ruval (Greta) Jeff MacKay (Sgt. Ski) Judge Reinhold (Smn. Wolfe) Murray Salem (Arab) Eugenia Wright (Snow White) Mel Carter (Sam the D.J.) Peter Kalua (Kono) Beua Vanden Ecker (Kioki) Fuzzy Moody (Pepe) Fred Ball (Sam Jones) Branscombe Richmond (Moki)

Conclusion of the feature-length / two-part Pilot. 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...

b: 11-Dec-1980 w: Donald P. Bellisario and Glen A. Larson d: Roger Young

# NOTE: A pre-fame Judge Reinhold (best known for co-starring in 'Beverly Hills Cop' (1984) and it's sequels, as well as a number of other big-screen movies) has a small role as Seaman Wolfe (seen Part 2 when show in two-part version). Further to clues about how recently Thomas has been living on the Estate in the first part, there's a clue that Higgins hasn't known Magnum's friends for very long here, when he learns that Rick's real name is Orville. # As well as acting, Robert Loggia (crime baron Phillipe Trusseau), also directs, and went on to direct a couple of episodes of the series. # In the seventh season episode 'Death And Taxes', when Magnum is taunted by a killer about leaving Phillipe Trusseau, a.k.a. "La Bull", in Vietnam, he has several flash-backs to their encounter in this episode. 3. China Doll gs: Susie Elene (Mai Ling) Lee De Broux (Duffy) George Cheung (Choi) Yankee Chang (Han Ling) Lee Woodd (Koko)

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 Soong", until it's buyer arrives in Hawaii to collect it. But unbeknown 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...

b: 18-Dec-1980 w: Donald P. Bellisario d: Donald P. Bellisario

# NOTE: On the opening credits, after Tom Sellecks' starring credit, the credit before John Hillerman is 'Co-starring'. This was changed to the regular 'Also starring' in three episodes time, in 'Skin Deep'. (It was 'Also starring' on the Pilot). With this, the first regular episode, a few elements that were noticeably different in the Pilot take on their familiar appearance for the series: The license plate on the Ferrari is changed to the well-recognised 'Robin 1' (after it's regular-style license number in the Pilot), Most of the interior of the Estate's main house has a different (or at very-least, re-dressed) set used, and Rick now owns the King Kamehameha Club. (It is to be assumed that he has only recently taken ownership of it, though no specific mention of the move from his bar seen in the Pilot is given) # In 1981, this episode won an Edgar Allan Poe Award for 'Best Television Episode'. # (Unconfirmed): Similar to the Pilot, this and all episodes that used Ian Fairbairn-Smith's early theme for the show (up until 'Thicker Than Blood'), had the theme tune replaced with the familiar Mike Post & Pete Carpenter theme for American syndicated re-runs. (As a guess, I'd imagine that they replaced the opening credits with that of the later first season). 4. Thank Heaven for Little Girls, and Big Ones Too gs: Katherine Cannon (Linda Booton) Lauri Hendler (Nancy) Elizabeth Hoy (Lesli) Shannon Brady (Carolyn) Erin Ostrem (Darlene) Pamela Piper (Melissa)

It's the Christmas season, and against his better judgement, 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...

b: 25-Dec-1980 w: Babs Greyhosky d: Bruce Seth Green

# NOTE: The title of this episode can sometimes be found listed broken up as 'Thank Heaven For Little Girls, And Big Ones Too', or 'Thank Heaven For Little Girls... And Big Ones Too'. This episode, originally broadcast on Christmas Day 1980, is set during the festive season, the show's first "Christmas episode". Instead of finishing with the usual (early) theme, the closing credits are accompanied by an orchestral version of 'The Twelve Day Of Christmas'. # This is the first of two Christmas-set episodes of the series, the other being the fourth season's excellent 'Operation: Silent Night'. # The Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) painting seen in this episode is the Three Tahitians (1899). 5. No Need to Know gs: Robin Dearden (Mandy) Ed Grover (William J. Hooker) Richard Johnson (Alistair Ffolkes) Mariko Van Kampen (Suzie) Remi Abellira (Moki) Eugene Hamilton (Agt. Dobey) David O'Malley (Dirk) Richard MacPherson (Jerry) John Allen (Bertie)

Magnum returns from a case to find that Higgins' old Army commander is staying on the Masters Estate, under tight security, until some IRA 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' trail, but the "need to know" basis the Agents insist on operating by only serves to complicate matters for Magnum...

b: 08-Jan-1981 w: Frank Lupo d: Lawrence Doheny

# NOTE: The first episode of the series to be (c) 1981. Richard Johnson returns as Brigadier Ffolkes in the third season episode 'Faith and Begorrah'. 6. Skin Deep gs: Ian McShane (David Norman) Cathie Shirriff (Erin Wolfe) Ron Masak (J.J. Stein) Remi Abellira (Moki) Tom Fujiwara (Dr. Makudo)

When a beautiful model-actress is killed by a shot-gun 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 – a case that Magnum is reluctant to take, but, feeling guilty for not taking it before the girl was killed, he agrees. But as the investigations unfold, it becomes apparent that there is much more to the case than first appears, and the supposedly murdered woman was being hounded by the obsessive former lover... The case reaches it's pinnacle when Magnum, still haunted by nightmares of the Vietnam war in his dreams, finds himself reliving it in much more reality, in a deadly hunt down on a deserted tropical island...

b: 15-Jan-1981 w: Donald P. Bellisario d: Lawrence Doheny

# NOTE: From this episode, the credit before John Hillerman's name on the opening credits is amended to 'Also Starring' (it had previously been 'Co-Starring'). It would remain as this for the rest of the show's run. Ian McShane (David Norman) is best known, especially to British viewers, for playing the title character in the long-running antiques comedy-drama 'Lovejoy' (1986-1994). (Coincidentally, Lovejoy could be said to share a number of similar personality traits to Magnum). McShane, who's numerous other credits include many voice-overs and theatre work, would re-appear in the series, playing another character, in the third season episode 'Black On White'. # When she puts it down, we see that the script that Erin Wolfe is reading at the start of this episode is 'Skin Deep' by Donald P. Bellisario – exactly the same title and writer as of this episode! # This episode is dedicated to Robert Van Der Kar, a cameraman on the series who was sadly killed in a helicopter crash during production. An on-screen caption before the closing credits reads: This episode is dedicated to camera technician ROBERT VAN DER KAR who died during its filming 7. Never Again, Never Again gs: Hanna Hertelendy (Lena Greenberg) Robert Ellenstein (Sol Greenberg) Glenn Cannon (Dr. Bernard Kessler) Earll Kingston (Ruben) Todd Camenson (Karl)

When Saul and Lena, an ageing couple who run a local shop, abruptly make plans to leave town, suspicious Magnum and Rick, who are friends with the couple, investigate – only to arrive at the pair's home to see Saul whisked away in an ambulance after suffering a heart attack. Yet when they check at the hospital, he's not there. It becomes apparent that Saul has been kidnapped, and as Magnum houses Lena at Robin's Nest while looking for her missing husband, she explains that they are Holocaust survivors, who are being hunted by neo Nazis. But there's a twist that Magnum doesn't foresee...

b: 22-Jan-1981 w: Babs Greyhosky s: Jim Carlson & Terrence McDonnell d: Robert Loggia 8. The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii gs: Michael V. Gazzo (Victor DiGiorgio) Shawn Hoskins (Sharon Carnes) Paul Gale (Steve Caldwell) Kathleen Nolan (Gloria Marston) Michael Nader (Mitch Caldwell)

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, ageing gangster Victor DiGiorgio, has need to get him back. Magnum and an animal regulations officer are soon on the run with Algie from the would-be dognappers - and the fact that the officer seems to be scared of dogs doesn't exactly make matters any easier - but just why does DiGiorgio want the mutt back so badly?...

b: 29-Jan-1981 w: Allan Cole & Chris Bunch & Frank Lupo d: Lawrence Doheny

NOTE: The familiar Magnum P.I. theme is heard for the first time in this episode, on the closing credits as well as variations on the it in incidental music during the story. Written by Mike Post & Pete Carpenter, who have recorded numerous other classic themes, such as 'The Rockford Files' and 'The A-Team', this theme would soon become the series' main theme, replacing the original one by Ian Freebairn-Smith that is used on the very early episodes. # The seemingly never-ending "looped" edit of the new theme used on this occasion was only used on one other episode, on the closing credits of 'Don't Say Goodbye' later in the season. On the closing credits, mixed in with various shots from the story, are a couple of out-takes from the episode, with Tom Selleck and John Hillerman ending up in laughter (visual only, the theme tune plays over them). It's a pity that this practice wasn't continued with in other episodes. 9. Missing in Action gs: Rebecca Holden (Laura Frasier) Francisco Lagueruela (Eric Tobin) Lance LeGault (John W. Newton) Jeff MacKay (Mac MacReynolds)

A new singer at the King Kamehameha Club who claims to have E.S.P. hires Magnum to find her childhood friend-come-fianc้e Eric, a Marine who has been listed as Missing In Action since 1972, whom now she has started getting psychic visions of. As he investigates, Thomas discovers that Eric was a member of the top-secret 'Delta Section', and is refusing to come in from the cold until he exposes the division's activities to the press – but is being pursued by a Delta operative who is determined to bring Eric in and keep him quiet, at any cost...

b: 05-Feb-1981 w: Craig Buck and Ken Pettus s: Craig Buck d: Robert Loggia

NOTE: Jeff MacKay appears for the first time in this episode as the much re-occurring Lieutenant "Mac" MacReynolds, a US Naval Officer that Magnum always manages to con information out of. (MacKay had previously been seen in the Pilot, as a different though somewhat similar character, Lieutenant Ski). # (Note: it was never really confirmed whether "Mac" was really MacReynolds' first name, or just a nick-name deriving from his surname.) This episode contains not one, but two faces familiar from hit 1980s US series. Rebecca Holden (Laura Frasier) went on to play technician & computer whiz April Curtis in the second season of 'Knight Rider'. She plays a singer in this episode – since the 1990s, she has mostly cut down on her acting appearances to concentrate on her singing career. # Lance LeGault (Agent Newton), has numerous guest credits to his name (including several memorable guest roles on one of Bellisario's other big hits, 'Airwolf', with two episodes alongside Jeff MacKay), but is best recognised for playing Colonel Roderick Decker, hell-bent on recapturing 'The A-Team' (seasons 2-4, plus a cameo in season 5). LeGault went on to have the re-occuring role of Colonel "Buck" Greene in 'Magnum p.i.', first seen in the second season's feature-length / two-part 'Memories Are Forever'. # Higgins is seen performing hypnosis for the first time; He would also be seen doing it in several later episodes (including the second season's 'Try To Remember' and the fifth season's 'Ms. Jones'). # At one point at the end of a scene during this episode, T.C. looks and talks directly to the camera, the first of numerous times one of the characters does so during the series (bar Magnum himself, who has been doing it ever since the Pilot). 10. Lest We Forget gs: June Lockhart (Diane Westmore Pauley (1981)) Anne Lockhart (Diane Westmore (1941)) Miguel Ferrer (Bobby Wickes (1941)) Scatman Crothers (Tickler) Jose Ferrer (Judge Robert Caine (1981))

Magnum is hired by a Supreme Court nominee to find the woman he married forty years ago, in 1941, on the eve of the raid on Pearl Harbour. He was a young Navy Ensign, she was a prostitute, and after their marriage they subsequently became separated in the bombings, with the Judge presuming her dead - until recently, after he has started receiving blackmail threats relating to an incident forty years ago... Magnum's investigations into the case are helped by the fact that Higgins wants a favour, and is being overly nice and co-operative in return...

b: 12-Feb-1981 w: Donald P. Bellisario d: Lawrence Doheny

NOTE: In an intriguing piece of casting, both June Lockhart and Jose Ferrer, who were both stars of the black & white "golden age" of movies, play characters in the present day, and their actor off-spring – June's daughter Anne Lockhart, and Jose's son Miguel Ferrer, play the same characters in 1941. # (A similar method is used in the fifth season episode 'Let Me Hear The Music', where Dennis Weaver and his son Rustin play the same character, present day and 45 years previously.) Scatman Crothers (piano player Tickler), as well as being a music performer, also has countless classic movie credits to his name, including 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' (1975), and 'The Shining' (1980); and also provided a number of voices for cartoon characters. For many readers of a similar age of yours truly, he'll probably be most identified with providing the voice 'Hong Kong Phooey', star of Hanna Barbera's cult 1970s cartoon series. # This episode is dated by a cheque that Judge Caine writes Magnum, dated January 29 1981 (about 2 weeks before this episode was originally broadcast). # The closing credits contain the credit: We gratefully acknowledge the U.S. Department of Interior for their cooperation during the filming of this episode. 11. The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club gs: Gretchen Corbett (Christine Richards) Lew Ayres (Sidney Dollinger) Manu Tupou (Charlie Kalo) Elizabeth Smith (Mrs. Macao)

Rick is organising 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 a places a "curse" on the club and all who use it. Magnum and others are sceptical, but the native locals take such curses very seriously, and it seems there may be something in it when one of the competition competitors suddenly collapses and dies; then, amongst other incidents, fire breaks out in the kitchen; and when Rick falls ill. Thomas investigates to try and find if there is a more logical explanation behind the events, but his enquiries aren't helped by a hounding news reporter, who sees the series of strange incidents as a chance for a big news story...

b: 19-Feb-1981 w: Babs Greyhosky d: Winrich Kolbe

# NOTE: This is the last episode where Ian Freebairn-Smith's original theme for the series is used. From the next episode, Mike Post & Pete Carpenter's familiar theme, used on the end credits and in in-episode incidental music since 'The Ugliest Dog In Hawaii', takes it's place on the opening creidts. This is also the last episode to feature Remi Abellira as Moki, an early, re-occurring worker at the King Kamehameha Club. # Gretchen Corbett (news reporter Christine Richards) played the regular character of attorney Beth Davenport in seasons 1-4 of 'The Rockford Files'. Tom Selleck had previously appeared in several fifth and sixth season episodes of that series as rival P.I. Lance White; and, with Rockford ranking alongside with Magnum as one of TV's all-time most popular Private Investigators, Corbett is the first of several familiar Rockford Files faces to guest star in Magnum P.I. (including Noah Beery Jr. in just two episodes time, in 'All Roads Lead To Floyd'). (Corbett plays another character in the fourth season episode 'The Look'. # Rick, frustrated with the sudden spate of trouble at the King Kamehameha Club, mentions the club, Rick's Caf้ Americana, that he was seen owning of in the Pilot; the first of only a couple of times that it is ever mentioned. He even mentions Sam the D.J.; and while it's not made overly clear, it seems that the club went bust. 12. Thicker than Blood gs: Vincent Caristi (Joey) Chip Lucia (Coast Guard Lieutenant) Andre Philippe (Renard) Jeff MacKay (Mac MacReynolds)

T.C. makes a late-night flight to land on a tanker, but on the journey back he is cornered arrested by the Coast Guard for transporting drugs. Magnum and Rick are certain of their friend's innocence, but are bemused when he intends to accept the charges and refuses their help. Magnum investigates, to find that T.C. trip to the tanker was to collect and bring home a man who once saved T.C.'s life in Vietnam, a deserter who is now a supposedly reformed drug addict, who was calling in an old debt to be flown back in to U.S. territory...

b: 26-Feb-1981 w: Donald P. Bellisario d: Lawrence Doheny

NOTE: Starting this episode, different opening credits are used, using Mike Post & Pete Carpenter's familiar theme tune (already heard on the closing credits for the previous few episodes) on the opening credits. This theme would be used, in several versions, for the rest of the show's run. 13. All Roads Lead to Floyd gs: Anne Bloom (Cindy Lewellyn) Red West (Bull Radney) Andy Romano (Clarence Burnside) Noah Beery (Floyd Lewellen) Seth Sakai (Yoshio Mizamura)

Magnum is hired by a bubbly young woman to find her father, who disappeared over ten years ago, not to be heard from since until she recently received a postcard from him sent from Hawaii. But her father is involved in some rather shady business, and Magnum isn't the only one looking for him...

b: 12-Mar-1981 w: Rogers Turrentine and Babs Greyhosky s: Rogers Turrentine d: Ron Satlof

NOTE: Noah Beery played Jim Rockford's father, truck driver Joseph "Rocky" Rockford, in 'The Rockford Files' (bar the Pilot, a.k.a. 'Backlash Of The Hunter', where the character was played by a different actor). His appearance in this episode makes him the second actor for that series to appear in 'Magnum P.I.', following hot on the heels of Gretchen Corbett, who had appeared just two episodes before, in 'The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club'. 14. Adelaide gs: Christine Belford (Adelaide Malone) Cameron Mitchell (Charles Cathcart) Don Lamond (William McDonald #1) Allan Kucin (William McDonald #2) Gray Gleason (Tony)

A perky woman hires Magnum to protect 'Norman', who is facing kidnap unless she pays a ransom; but the case has some unexpected turns when Thomas finds that her uncle is an old Vietnam comrade who is against him being hired, and that Norman is none other than a prized race-horse...

b: 19-Mar-1981 w: Robert Hamilton d: Lawrence Doheny 15. Don't Say Goodbye gs: Andrea Marcovicci (Amy Crane) Ted Danson (Stewart Crane) Mercedes McCambridge (Agatha Kimball) Wally Landford (Fat Jack) Kanani Choy (Eunice)

Having once been hired by wealthy, blind Agatha Kimball to find her missing grand-daughter Amy, Magnum's services are once again called upon by his elderly friend after she has been contacted by a black-mailer claiming to have some important information about Amy. She instructs Magnum to pay the man and get rid of whatever the information about Amy is without investigating further, but when Agatha is nearly killed in a series of suspicious accidents, and when the black-mailer is shot dead during the delivery of the ransom, Thomas decides he must ignore instructions and investigate just what trouble his elderly friend and her grand-daughter are in...

b: 26-Mar-1981 w: T.J. Miles and Babs Greyhosky s: T.J. Miles d: Winrich Kolbe

# NOTE: The official onscreen title of this episode is "Don't Say Goodbye" although it is sometimes listed in episode guides as "Don't Say Goodbye Boys". This episode marks the first time that Ted Danson and Tom Selleck worked together. They would team up again in 1987 for the blockbuster "Three Men And A Baby" and its 1990 sequel "Three Men And A Little Lady". 16. The Black Orchid gs: John Ireland (Wyndom Jackson) Judith Chapman (Louise DeBolt/Jackson) Kathryn Leigh Scott (Christie DeBolt) Robert F. Hoy (Bart) Robert Apisa (Kimo) Rich Johnson (Leon) Ray Austin (Philippe)

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 loses and finish the arrangement. But he is just informing the girl that he is calling a halt to his participation, when they are attacked by real thugs, and soon after the girl is poisoned. With the woman still caught up in her world of fantasy, Magnum must thrust himself back into reality to find out just what is really going on...

b: 02-Apr-1981 w: Robert Hamilton d: Ray Austin

NOTE: Episode director Ray Austin has a small part in this story. # He also plays another small character in the fifth season episode 'Ms. Jones', another episode which he directs. (As partially mentioned by the Channel 5 announcer when this episode was shown on 11/7/2002), when the series ceased production in 1988, Tom Selleck, Larry Manetti, and two other business partners took ownership of a restaurant in Honolulu called "The Black Orchid" – whether it was named after this episode or not is unknown (though Manetti has hinted that it may well have been). # Kathryn Leigh Scott starred with Tom Selleck in the pilot episodes for the two series "Boston and Kilbride" and "The Gypsy Warriors." 17. J. "Digger" Doyle gs: Erin Gray (Joy "Digger" Doyle) Stewart Moss (David Clark) Jacqueline Ray (Lisa) Orson Welles (Robin Masters (voice)) Rick Marlow (Rene) Philip Bancel (Charles) Diane Crowley (Mrs. Blaisdell) Sherly Kaahea (Luana)

Magnum tries to impress a beautiful "fan" of Robin's that he befriends, by showing her the Robin Masters estate, only to learn that she is actually a top security expect hired by Robin to test the estate's security. The security company she works for has been hired after Robin's life is threatened if he publishes his latest manuscript; and with him heading for one of three possible locations to collect some dictation tapes, she asks Magnum's co-operation in seeing that the estate is on top security in case it is the destination he's heading for. With the additional aid of T.C. and Rick, Robin's Nest is soon turned into a heavily guarded fortress, but there are parties out trying to see that Robin never makes it to his destination...

b: 09-Apr-1981 w: Donald P. Bellisario d: Winrich Kolbe

# NOTE: This episode was a pilot for an undeveloped series starring Erin Gray as J. "Digger" Doyle. This is the only episode in which Orson Welles takes an onscreen credit for providing the voice of Robin Masters. # Jacqueline Ray, who played Lisa, was married to Tom Selleck from 1970 to 1982, and is the mother of his son Kevin. # This is the most notable of several episodes that contradicts the theory that Robin Masters may be none other than Higgins himself. # The aircraft used by Robin Masters is a Lockheed 1329-25 JETSTAR II, which was first produced in the late 1950s by the famed Lockheed Skunk Works under the direction of Kelly Johnson. It's become one of the most popular private commercial aircraft in history for trans-oceanic transportation. The registry number N5527L no longer belongs to that aircraft -- it was changed to N777AY. 18. Beauty Knows No Pain gs: Marcia Wallace (Babs Terranova) Curtis Credel (Agt. Slim) Jim Weston (Roger) Louise Fitch (Wanda Burton) Walt Davis (Chuck) Darby Hinton (Buddy Moran)

Thomas is hired by Barbara Terranova, a financially broke woman who can only afford his services for one day, to find her missing fianc้ Roger. But the case has several tangles in store when Magnum finds there are others searching for Roger too; And matters are complicated even further when T.C., desperate for some much-needed publicity for Island Hoppers, collars him into competing in the upcoming swim-run-bike Ironman triathlon. Fitness trainer Barbara trains him for the event in exchange for his extended help in locating her fianc้...

b: 16-Apr-1981 pc: 5633 w: Robert Hamilton d: Ray Austin

# NOTE: Putting a face to the voice: As well as various "live action" comedy roles over the years, Marcia Wallace (Barbara) provides the voice of school teacher Mrs. Edna Krabappel in 'The Simpsons' (1989- ). The Honolulu Ironman triathlon race is a genuine, real-life event, although the traditional order of the event is swimming, cycling, running - not swimming, running, then cycling as in this episode. # Magnum tells Barbara that he has never been married – this would be proven otherwise the next season, in the feature-length / two-part 'Memories Are Forever'. (Obviously the writers / producers hadn't come up with the concept yet, but none-the-less it could merely be explained away as Magnum not wanting to talk about it). # The voice of the news-reader heard in the final scene is that of Jeff MacKay, who plays the re-occuring Lieutenant "Mac" MacReynolds. # Useless episode trivia: Magnum's entry number in the Triathalon contest is 62. Season 2

19. Billy Joe Bob
gs: James Whitmore Jr. (Billy Joe Bob Little) Seth Sakai (Hito Sun) Marla Pennington (Carol Ann Little) Jimmy Borges (Sgt. Leong) Patrick Bishop (Keoki) Danny Kamekona (Sgt. Akama) Sam Peters Jr () Deborah Hedquist (Judy) Lehann Roberts () Patrick Nakata () Bob Apisa (Harland)

It's the Wild West all over again when a hot-headed young Texan hires Magnum to find his sister.

b: 08-Oct-1981 pc: 6412 w: Jeff Wilhelm d: Ray Austin

# NOTE: This was one of two episodes that U.K. broadcaster Channel 5 skipped during their run (which was the basis for the majority of this episode guide), the other casualty being the seventh season's 'Out Of Sync', deaming the episodes "unsutable for broadcast in the show's day-time slot" (quite why they couldn't show the episodes as a night time filler, as they do with many other shows, is anyone's guess!). More episode details will be added if/when I get hold of a copy. Patrick Bishop makes his first appearance as Keoki, a re-occuring worker at the King Kamehameha Club (who sometimes appeared un-credited). He is seen occasionally until the closing fourth season episode, 'I Witness'. # James Whitmore Jr. (Billy Joe Bob Little, and who would also play Nuzo in the third season's feature-length 'Did You See The Sunrise?') and Tom Selleck made two unsold pilot films together prior to Magnum, p.i.: 'Gypsy Warriors' in 1978 and 'oston and Kilbride' in 1979. They also appeared together, with Larry Manetti (Rick), in 'The Rockford Files' sixth season episode 'Nice Guys Finish Dead' (1979). 20. Dead Man's Channel gs: Wendy Girard (Marion Hammond) Jeff MacKay (Mac MacReynolds) Ina Balin (Prof. Martinez) Mamaluna (Tehani) Curtis Malia (Keone)

After her archaeologist father's boat is found deserted at sea in the Nehoa Channel, a young marine biologist student hires Magnum to find out what happened to him. Ancient superstitions say that the channel is "cursed", and local natives warn Magnum to stay away, but he is determined to get to the bottom of what happened to the missing man, and so, with aid of Rick's yaught, they go hunting for both sunken treasure, and whoever was behind the girl's father's disappearance...

b: 15-Oct-1981 pc: 6413 w: Diane Frolov d: Ray Austin

NOTE: Roger E. Mosley (T.C.) does not appear in this episode. # It's the first episode of the series where one of the show's four stars is absent for the entire story. Of the four stars, Mosley would turn out to miss the most episodes, being absent from four stories in total. Rick's occasionally seen yacht, 'The King Kamehameha II', is seen for the first time in this episode. 21. The Woman on the Beach gs: Judith Chapman (Sara Clifford) Jack Hogan (Josef) Kenneth Mars (Henry Ellison) Rebecca Clemons (Librarian)

One night, Rick, feeling down after learning that a girl he was serious about is getting married, meets an attractive young woman called Sara, a beautiful woman dressed in a white vale. As the pair befriend each other, she tells him that she is being terrorised by a man named Henry Ellison, after she didn't return his feelings of love. But during a walk on the beach with the girl, she suddenly disappears, seemingly into thin air. Rick insists that Thomas look in to it, and they learn that Sara died 35 years ago, after supposedly committing suicide, though there was rumour that suggested she was murdered; and sightings of her ghost are occasionally reported. Magnum digs into both the past and present to find if there is logical explanation and if someone is impersonating Sara, or if it really was something more ethereal that Rick encountered..

b: 22-Oct-1981 pc: 6425 w: Andrew Schneider d: Donald P. Bellisario

# NOTE: This episode is sometimes billed as just 'Woman On The Beach', but the proper, on-screen title is 'The Woman On The Beach'. In a shot of the Ferrari parked outside the King Kamehameha Club, a sign on the wall states that the club was established in 1905 (the first time we've got a good look at such a sign; this stock footage shot would be used in several later episodes). # The first episode where we see that Thomas enjoys a good cigar – he smokes two during the course of this episode. # The name of the book Lisa Page is writing is called 'The Woman On The Beach', the same title as this episode. # This is the first episode to acknowledge the possible existence of ghosts within the context of the series – this would be touched upon several more times, notably in the fifth season episode 'Mac's Back' and the sixth season's 'Rapture', and of course, at the start of the final season, Magnum himself seemingly is a ghost! # Short as it is, the cast list for this episode is complete. 22. From Moscow to Maui gs: Jeff Pomerantz (Yuri Dolgof) Allan Rich (Kallugin) Jan-Ivan Dorin (Tarasov) Susan Heldfond (Nina Marcova) Marianne Muellerleile (Olga)

A year after escaping from Moscow in a Mig-30 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 K.G.B. agents, and Magnum, T.C., and Rick, with assistance from Higgins, must carry out their plan with Military precision to free her...

b: 29-Oct-1981 w: Andrew Schneider d: Mike Vejar

NOTE: The closing credits contain the credit: We gratefully acknowledge The cooperation of the HAWAII AIR NATIONAL GUARD # During the filming of this epsode. This episode is the first to indicate that Magnum was a Navy SEAL, the Navy's special warfare group, widely regarded as the toughest military school. At the time that this episode was made and broadcast (1981), Navy SEALs were widely unknown to the general public, with Magnum quite possibly being the first ex-Seal portrayed on television (or movies, for that matter). By the late 80s / 1990s, it had become a trend with many films and television series concerning ex-SEAL characters. # The dock where the action takes place at climax of this story would be used later in the show's run as the home of Island Hoppers, T.C.'s helicopter flight company. 23. Memories Are Forever (1) gs: Marta DuBois (Michelle Hue) Soon-Teck Oh (Nguyen Hue) Jeff MacKay (Mac MacReynolds) Lance LeGault (Buck Greene) Clyde Kusatsu (Col. Ki) Paul Burke (Adm. Kitchner) Brian Fong (Tan-Soo)

While working on a routine divorce case, Thomas catches a brief glimpse of a woman on a passing boat that he is certain is Michelle, the girl he married during the Vietnam war seven years ago, and whom he previously believed to have been killed shortly afterwards in a bombing raid. All he has of the brisk sighting is some blurred photos he managed to take, and T.C. and Rick, whilst not completely convinced, help as he scours the local area looking for her. But there are several parties that intend to see that Thomas is unable to make contact with Michelle, and the search sees them stumbling into dangerous political territory.

b: 05-Nov-1981 w: Donald P. Bellisario d: Ray Austin

# NOTE: This story was originally broadcast as a feature-length adventure, but, as with most feature-length episodes in US TV, also exists in two-part version, the format in which it is more commonly repeated. In this episode, it appears that Rick has started smoking again (we see him smoking twice in Part I). A couple of episodes previously, in 'The Woman On The Beach', was saw him smoking while under stress, commenting that he'd given up but he'd just started again. # We get two close-up shots of Magnum's driving license during this episode. It reads (with a photo in the top right corner): STATE OF HAWAII DRIVER'S LICENSE 546 10 8740 (social security number) (signature) Magnum Thom Sull 11435 18th Ave Honolulu HI 46816 0 2 3 3RN 6-04. BI M N 1/05/46 It's not clear whether the date (1/05/46), is his birthday or not. If it is, there is contradicting dates given in several later episodes. (Also, if it is, it's actually on the same date as your's truly, though I was born some 32 years later!) # The two-part version of this episode breaks as Colonel Ki follows Michelle from the Church – the picture freezes and the caption 'To Be Continued' is shown before the 'Executive Producer Donald P. Bellisario' credit. Both credits are presented centre screen instead of the standard bottom left. The closing credits of part one are over a shot of Magnum and Michelle hiding under the restaurant table in Vietnam during the bombing. (Different music to the regular theme tune is used on the end of this story). # The closing credits mis-spell one of the character's names, as "Col. Ky's Driver" – Ki, as confirmed on the opening Guest Stars credits, is spelt with an "I", not a "Y. # Strangely, some versions of the two-part version of this story have the opening credits from the sixth season (second version, used from 'The Kona Winds') in place of the original second season opening. 24. Memories Are Forever (2) gs: Marta DuBois (Michelle Hue) Soon-Teck Oh (Nguyen Hue) Jeff MacKay (Mac MacReynolds) Lance LeGault (Buck Greene) Clyde Kusatsu (Col. Ki) Paul Burke (Adm. Kitchner) Brian Fong (Tan-Soo)

In the conclusion of this feature-length / two-part story, 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. Thomas suspects that is just a political smoke-screen to try and get him off Michelle's trail. Briefly re-united with Michelle, who is married to Vietnamese General Hue, who is involved in delicate negotiations regarding the 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...

b: 05-Nov-1981 w: Donald P. Bellisario d: Ray Austin

# NOTE: The two part version of this story has the has the Guest Star credits over-layed onto the story at the beginning of Part I – notable is that they appear bottom centre screen, not the usual bottom left. The still behind the closing credits on this part of the story, is of Thomas and Michelle, present day, as they get to spend the night together. The same closing music as on the first part is used. # As with Part I, some versions of the two-part version of this story have the opening credits from a much later season in place of the original second season opening. 25. Tropical Madness gs: Devon Ericson (Jenny Chapman) Roy Dotrice (Brice Harcourt) Jake Ho'Opai (Sumo)

Magnum is surprised when a beautiful English woman spurns his advances - much to the amusement of T.C. and Rick - instead preferring Higgins. Thomas is certain that the woman is feigning interest in Higgins only to somehow use him, and plans to uncover the truth, but Higgins sees his doubts as sheer jealousy, and the ever volatile relationship between the two is pushed towards breaking point. Matters aren't helped when Magnum is attacked by a sumo wrestler and a dwarf and, understandably, no-one believes him...

b: 12-Nov-1981 w: Robert Hamilton d: Lawrence Doheny 26. Wave Goodbye gs: W.K. Stratton (Off. Kelly) John Calvin (Gary) Wings Hauser (Nick Frangakis) Vic Morrow (Sgt. Jordan) Diane Crowley (Kacy) Patrick Bishop (Keoki)

When an ex-surfing champion, who was a friend of Magnum, Rick, and T.C.'s, is found dead on the beach, Magnum becomes concerned that the Police are not treating the case importantly enough and investigates the suspicious death for himself. During the course of his investigations, a local small-time drug supplier and an emotionally disturbed Vietnam veteran both stand out as prime suspects, but Thomas suspects that the culprit is someone else...

b: 19-Nov-1981 w: Reuben Leder d: Sidney Hayers 27. Mad Buck Gibson gs: Darren McGavin (Mad Buck Gibson) Vera Miles (Joan Gibson) Wally Landford (Jim) Jo Pruden (Dr. Jewell)

The former wife of infamous adventure author and thrill-seeker "Mad Buck" Gibson, hires Magnum to protect her ex-husband, who, despite being in later life, continues to live his life to the full as a hell-raiser. With Buck to stay as a guest of Robin Master's on the Estate, she wants Thomas to keep him out of danger until she has collected the back alimony money he owes, but he may not be around to pay it if he keeps on with his dangerous antics – something which is proven when Buck makes his entrance onto the scene in a dare-devil parachute stunt - injuring Higgins in the process! Thomas has his work cut out for him trying to ensure that the ageing adventure-seeker, determined not to let age get the better of him, doesn't come to any harm with his wild adventures, but as he does so, he discovers that the man is harbouring a worrying secret, and is seemingly set on a course of self destruction...

b: 26-Nov-1981 w: Robert Hamilton d: Winrich Kolbe

# NOTE: This is the first of just a couple of episodes of the series where there aren't any real "bad guys" – Magnum has his time filled here trying to keep dare-devil Mad Buck out of danger. Although not credited on-screen (she doesn't have any dialogue), Higgins' friend at the croquet match (seen briefly before Mad Buck accidentally comes parachuting down on him) is played by Gillian Dobb. After a brief appearance as a desk clerk in 'The Elmo Ziller Story' later this season, and as another friend of Higgins' in the third season episode 'Ki'I's Don't Lie', Dobb would go on to play the much re-occurring Agatha, first seen in the third season episode 'Black On White'. (Higgins does actually refer to Dobb's character in this episode by name, but with the backing score and descending chaos, it is inaudible.) # T.C. briefly mentions Mad Buck Gibson in the sixth season episode 'The Treasure of Kalaniopu'u'. 28. The Taking of Dick McWilliams gs: Irene Yah-Ling Sun (Mitsue McWilliams) John Fujioka (Nishimoto) Guy Stockwell (Dick McWilliams)

Magnum is hired by an old friend's Japanese wife when her now wealthy husband is kidnapped and held for $500,000 ransom. She wants Thomas to deliver the ransom without her strict father, who has never approved of the marriage, finding out. But the further he gets involved, Thomas more and more comes to suspect that not all about the kidnapping is as it seems...

b: 03-Dec-1981 w: Diane Frolov d: Winrich Kolbe

NOTE: The series had previously had several nods towards 'Hawaii Five-0', but this episode contains a direct reference. After tracing a list of owners from possible cars that the kidnapper escaped in, T.C. comments "...The First one [on the list] was a cop from Five-0. Figured he probably wasn't our man." Rick asks "What was his name?", to which T.C. replies "McGarrett". (McGarrett, of course, was the head of Five-0) 29. The Sixth Position gs: Andrea Marcovicci (Kendall Chase) Corinne Camacho (Elaine Selmire) Jeff MacKay (Mac MacReynolds) Signe Hasso (Lucia Prince) Doug Barden (Barnett) Bob Fimiani (Agt. Kelsey) Devon Guard (Martina Orsatti)

As a favour to Robin Masters, Thomas finds himself acting as body-guard to a famous ballerina, part of a visiting troupe, after she has had several attempts made on her life. The dancer's stuboness sees sparks flying between the pair as Magnum tries to protect her - and T.C.'s previously undeclared love of ballet comes in useful, with him more than willing to help Thomas out on the case for once. Meanwhile, Rick accepts a job on Magnum's behalf, to investigate a woman's husband, but Thomas becomes suspicious that the timing of the job is rather too coincidentally and comes to suspect that he's been hired for another reason; and the whole situation sees him uncovering a case of international intrigue...

b: 17-Dec-1981 w: Babs Greyhosky d: Sidney Hayers

# NOTE: T.C.'s love for ballet is mentioned for the first time; It would also be mentioned in several later episodes. Much of this story seems to be reworked from (or at least, is remarkably similar to) the third season 'Starsky & Hutch' episode 'A Body Worth Guarding' (1978), in which the Detective duo of that series are assigned to protect a visiting Russian ballerina, with whom Hutch (David Soul) initially develops a fiery relationship with but gradually begins to fall for, much as Magnum does in this story. And by coincidence or otherwise, Special Guest Star Signe Hasso also plays the ballet trainer in that story – a virtually same role that she plays in this episode. 30. Ghost Writer gs: Patch Mackenzie (Virginia Fowler) Elisha Cook Jr. (Harold W. Farber) Alan Fudge (Emerson White) Louise Fitch (Mrs. Ballard) Jon Lormer (Barker)

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 obvious attempt to stop the book ever being written. As they investigate, they find themselves in the middle of a highly mysterious situation. 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 centre of the mystery...

b: 24-Dec-1981 w: Caroline Elias d: Ray Austin

# NOTE: Elisha Cook, Jr (credited here as just Elisha Cook), who plays eccentric millionaire Harold Farber in this episode, went on to play the re-occouring character of Ice Pick later in the series. Note the Universal stock "computer" sound effect in the computer room. 31. The Jororo Kill gs: Tyne Daly (Kate Sullivan) Jeff MacKay (Mac MacReynolds) Burr deBenning (Russler) Christopher Morley (David Banister) Edward Fernandez (Santos)

Magnum is caught in the crossfire of international politics and terrorism when a determined news correspondent that himself, T.C. and Rick met in Vietnam, arrives in Honolulu, asking his help in tracking down a master-of-disguise international assassin who is targeting a visiting Prime Minister of a small island republic. But as they try to locate the killer before the assassination attempt is made, Thomas begins to question the exact motives behind the reporter's extreme determination to get the story...

b: 07-Jan-1982 w: Donald P. Bellisario & Andrew Schneider & Reuben Leder s: Alan Sutterfield and Donald P. Bellisario & Andrew Schneider & Reuben Leder d: Alan J. Levi

# NOTE: The dubbed female voice of David Banister sounds much like that of Devon Ericson, who appeared Tropical Madness. This episode has ties to Jororo Farewell, with the mention of the events that take place in this story, and the return of Russler. # Listen for Mac's quite accurate impersonation of Magnum! 32. Computer Date gs: Charles Aidman (James Randolph) Nancy DeCarl (Claudia Randolph) Jeff MacKay (Mac MacReynolds) Edward Bell (J. Weston Reese) Wayne Ward (Dixon) Olga Marr (Lady Ashley) Douglas Mossman (Kaapa)

While working for a large corporation to investigate a case of computer espionage, Magnum is hired by one of the company's presidents to check out his wife, whom he suspects is having an affair. But Thomas finds himself in a compromising position of split loyalties when it turns out that the man that the woman is seeing is none other than Rick. Meanwhile, Higgins is expecting a visit from his once fianc้e, and enlists Thomas' help in getting in shape before her arrival...

b: 14-Jan-1982 w: Babs Greyhosky d: Robert Thompson

NOTE: Nancy DeCarl, who plays Claudia Randolph, is Larry Manetti's wife. 33. Try to Remember gs: Mark Withers (Dave Gilbert) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Nancy Lee Grahn (Wendy Gilbert) Glenn Cannon (Dr. Ibold) Francesca Dodge (Juanita Keole)

Thomas awakes from a bad car accident in which he drove the Ferrari over a cliff on his way home from dinner with his clients, for whom he was searching for a missing young woman; the accident leaves him with amnesia, and as he struggles to remember the events that lead up to the crash, he becomes the prime suspect when the girl he was looking for is found murdered, and one of his baseball caps is found at the scene of the crime.

b: 28-Jan-1982 w: Andrew Schneider & Reuben Leder d: Mike Vejar

NOTE: In this episode, the name of Thomas's mother is Martha (which is also the name of Tom Selleck's mother), but in later episodes, Thomas's mother is called Katherine. 34. Italian Ice gs: Ann Dusenberry (Katrina Tremaine) Jean Claudio (Marchesi DeComo) Mimi Rogers (Margo Perina)

After Magnum daringly rescues a beautiful young woman - the daughter of a friend of Robin's - from a mobster's villa in Sicily, the girl comes to stay on the Masters Estate. As a result of the rescue, the girl quickly develops a crush on Thomas, and her presence puts strain on his relationship with his new girlfriend, and at the same time, curious things begin to happen. Thomas assumes that the Italian mobsters whom the girl was in the clutches of, are behind the questionable occurrences – unaware that T.C. is innocently giving them tourist flights around the island – but the trouble is actually coming from another source...

b: 04-Feb-1982 w: Donald P. Bellisario d: Gilbert M. Shilton

NOTE: Following on from a comment of Magnum's about tourists flying past to try and spot stars sun-bathing nude (supposedly) on the Estate, when asked where Thomas is, Higgins quips that "he's probably doing a Burt Reynolds impersonation for the tourists"! This could be taken as an in-joke, as Tom Selleck on occasion has been dubbed "TV's Burt Reynolds", due to the similar looks, persona, etc. # The similarity between Selleck/Magnum and Burt Reynolds is played upon to greater extent in the seventh season's feature-length / two-part 'L.A.' (Part 2 in two-part version). This episode marks a first, and a rarity: it contains both Thomas and T.C. looking directly into the camera at different points during the course of this story (Occasionally, one of the characters will do so; two within the same episode is quite rare) # Tom Selleck and Mimi Rogers (Margo) starred opposite each other in the TV movie 'Divorce Wars: A Love Story' later the same year, and were also known to be dating for a while. # The plot of this episode was later re-worked for an episode of one of Donald P. Bellisario's other hits, 'Airwolf', in the second season episode 'The Truth About Holly' (1984). In that story, after Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent) and Dominic (Ernest Borgnine) rescue Dom's niece from a mobster's fortress in Mexico, strange occurrences start happening, particularly around Hawke's blossoming romance with Caitlin (Jean-Bruce Scott). They assume the mobster they snatched the girl from to be behind the trouble - but is he? Whilst being tweaked for the premise of that series, the overall plot is virtually the same as it is in this episode. 35. One More Summer gs: David Wilson (Dorsey Bramlett) Pat Morita (Jack Metro) Paul Tinder (Delbert Nolton) Louise Sorel (Eleanor Greeley) Dick Butkus (Clarence) Bill Edwards (Coach Bell) Gus Rethwisch (Clyde Sromosky) Robert Cain (Dr. Harvey) Kimber Hinkson (April Ann Metro) Jerry Schmeer (Walt Chambers)

After the attempted murder of a former Naval Academy buddy, care-free quarterback Dorsey Bramlett, Thomas agrees to join the professional American Football team that Bramlett is now on in training, in order to be close at hand and protect his pal should another attempt be made on his life. The would-be killer is determined and persistent, but that's nothing compared to the strenuous poundings Thomas has to endure during training...

b: 11-Feb-1982 w: Reuben Leder s: Del Reisman and Reuben Leder d: Rod Daniel

NOTE: You can find some pictures of the show on my web site. http://www.homestead.com/jerryschmeer/MagnumPI.html 36. Texas Lightning gs: Julie Sommars (Jeannie Lowry) Jack Hogan (Matt Thompson) Tony Brubaker (Eric) Todd Camenson (Ted) Seth Sakai (Chan)

It is Thomas' birthday, and he is hired by expert card player Jeanie Lowry, nick-named 'Texas Lightning' to act as her body-guard at a high stakes poker game on-board a luxurious yacht the coming night. Thomas is at first reluctant to take a body-guard job, but the large cash fee offered soon persuades him. But during the card game, Jeanie slips away and breaks into shady yacht owner Thompsons' safe. The break in is discovered and Thompson is ready to kill both Thomas and her, but they manage to escape and wind up stranded on a small island. Magnum and Jeanie are presumed dead, but Higgins, T.C. and Rick refuse to believe it and set out to search for them – but Thompson looks set to find them first. Worse still, all along, Jeanie is far from being what she claims to be...

b: 18-Feb-1982 w: Robert Hamilton d: Mike Vejar

NOTE: This episode contains some of the series' best helicopter work, and no doubt is exactly the sort of work that went towards inspiring Donald P. Bellisario's air-borne hit 'Airwolf' a couple of years later. 37. Double Jeopardy gs: Dana Wynter (Olivia Ross) Kathleen Nolan (Myrt Callahan) Larry Pennell (Jack Martin) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Barry Nelson (William B. Knox)

Magnum returns from a case out of Honolulu, to find that the Masters Estate is being used by a film team to shoot a new movie, based on one of Robin's books. What's more, he is employed to be the stunt double for one of the film's stars, Jack Martin - something which Thomas is highly unenthusiastic about, until he learns that Martin's wife Olivia Ross, of whom Thomas has always greatly admired, is also starring in the film, and relishes the opportunity to get close to her. But things take a dramatic turn when, during filming of a key scene, Olivia shoots Jack with a prop gun, but the bullets turn out to be real instead of blanks, leaving Jack in critical condition. With his idol Olivia the prime suspect in trying to kill her husband, Magnum investigates the "accidental" shooting to find just how the bullets came to be changed, and by whom...

b: 25-Feb-1982 w: Reuben Leder & Babs Greyhosky s: William Taub and Reuben Leder & Babs Greyhosky d: Robert Totten

# NOTE: 'The Sushi Brothers' – two Oriental martial arts experts who beat stunt-man Magnum up in fight scenes of the movie being made – are prominent in the story, even though they don't have any actual lines of dialogue, but strangely, only one of them is credited. The date seen on the clapper-board during filming of the movie, is 1-6-82. Surprisingly, this date isn't all that near the original airdate, something which would be quite consistent in other episodes. # [Sort-of-slight-spoiler] – This case ranks as one of Magnum's most mislead judgements about someone. 38. The Last Page gs: Robert F. Lyons (Taylor Hurst) Joanna Kerns (Mary Kanfer) James Edgcomb (Ed Kanfer) Kam Fong (Kam Chung) Sonia Nilsen (Linda) Tom Fujiwara (Hiramoto) Linda Watson (Celeste Cole) West Hogan (Donny Kanfer) Dave Kimura (Yo Yo)

A Vietnam veteran, whom Thomas distantly knows from a mission they both served on during the war, hires him to supposedly find his missing girlfriend. But unbeknown to Thomas, 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 over the death of an Army buddy...

b: 04-Mar-1982 w: Andrew Schneider d: Alan J. Levi 39. The Elmo Ziller Story gs: Robin Dearden (Lexie Ziller) John Dennis Johnston (Gary) Med Flory (Bud) Barbara Rhoades (Marcella Ziller) Glenn Cannon (Dr. Ibold) Gillian Dobb (Sylvia)

Thomas is certain that Higgins is pulling some kind of prank when he supposedly meets Higgins' illegitimate half-brother Elmo Ziller, a guitar-plucking, 10-gallon-hat wearing Texan rodeo owner. Elmo was rumoured to have been killed in Texas recently, but with him seemingly still alive, his daughter hires Magnum to protect what is supposedly Elmo from the killers while his rodeo show is in Honolulu. Even though he is persuaded to take the case, Thomas is still certain that Higgins and Elmo are one and the same...

b: 18-Mar-1982 w: Robert Hamilton d: Mike Vejar

NOTE: John Hillerman (Higgins) doubles as Higgins' estranged half-brother "Bronco Elmo" Ziller (or is it Higgins posing as Elmo?). # Elmo's Texan accent was'nt very hard for Hillerman to do - Much to the surprise of many fans when they find out, Hillerman was actually born in Denison, Texas, and attended The University of Texas at Austin. Gillian Dobb, who has a small role in this episode as hotel desk-lady Sylvia, would go on to play the re-occurring character of Agatha Chumley from the third season, first seen in the episode 'Black On White'. # Rick and T.C. memorably have to dress up as clowns in this story (a shot of Rick as a clown, dodging a raging bull, was used on the 3rd, 4th and 5th season opening credits). # Higgins impersonates Elmo in a scene in the fifth season episode 'Luther Gillis: File #001'. Elmo is also mentioned in the third season episode 'Faith and Begorrah', when we meet another of Higgins' illegitimate brothers, Father Paddy McGuiness. We also get to met yet another of Higgins' estranged half-brothers, Don Luis Mongueo, in the sixth season episode 'Who is Don Luis Higgins... ...and Why is He Doing These Terrible Things to Me?'. 40. Three Minus Two gs: Beverly Garland (Florence Russell) Denny Miller (Ox) Jill St. John (Jan Kona) Robert Harker (Bart Lindsey) Wayne Ward (Wayne Lochman) Don Lamond (Alan Russell)

A beautiful leading fashion designer hires Thomas 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...

b: 01-Apr-1982 w: Robert Van Scoyk d: Sidney Hayers

# NOTE: Special guest star Jill St. John is probably best recognised for being a 'Bond girl' appearing as Tiffany Case in the 1971 James Bond film 'Diamonds Are Forever', with Sean Connery in the role of 007. Despite being the last episode shown in the season, this is seemingly one of the first produced for it, evident by a number of shots (Magnum holding the girl as she scuba dives; Magnum almost dropping the expensive camera as Higgins hands it to him; T.C. holding the camera and smiling as he directs the models; and of a car exploding) that have been used on the opening credits throughout the second season. Season 3

41. Did You See the Sunrise? (1)
gs: Bo Svenson (Col. Ivan) James Whitmore Jr. (Bill Nuzo) Jeff MacKay (Mac MacReynolds) Jean Bruce Scott (Maggie Poole) Lance LeGault (Buck Greene) Paul Burke (Vice Adm. Hawkes) Marianne Bunch (Julie Barbara)

First part of what was originally shown as a feature-length story. Nuzo, an old war comrade of T.C. and Magnum's, suddenly arrives in Hawaii, and finds T.C. to warn him that Colonel Ivan, a sadistic Russian agent who once held them captive and tortured them in a P.O.W. camp in Vietnam, is after them. At first, T.C. puts his old buddy's fears down to delayed stress, but it gradually begins to seem that there might be some truth in his claims. Meanwhile, Lt. MacReynolds resigns from the Navy, and Magnum lets him stay with him for a few days, but a fatal accident meant for Thomas - as yet unaware of Nuzo's warnings - adds ground to the fears that maybe Ivan is on the trail after all...

b: 30-Sep-1982 w: Donald P. Bellisario d: Ray Austin

# NOTE: This story's offical, on-screen title is 'Did You See The Sunrise?', but it may occasionally be found listed as 'Reunion' (possibly the story's working (filming) title). Lance LeGault's character, Colonel Buck Greene, has his surname mis-spelt as Green in the on-screen credits of this story. The same mistake occurs on the fifth season episode 'Ms. Jones'. # [SPOILER] Lieutenant "Mac" MacReynolds (Jeff MacKay) is killed off in this story (though it's not quite the last we see of him in the series...) The reason of the re-occurring character being written out may partly be due to the fact that 'Tales Of The Gold Monkey', another Donald P. Bellisario series in which MacKay co-starred as Corky, being production at this time. # The Ferrari is wrecked in this story (it is destroyed in the explosion that kills Mac). However, by the next story, 'Ki'i's Don't Lie', it is back (or at least there's an identical one in it's place), and with no given explanation – one can only assume that as Robin Masters is so rich, he could simply afford to by another one! (Similar had previously happened with the destruction of the Audi (Robin-2) in the first season episode 'No Need To Know'). # T.C.'s home is seen for the first time in this episode. # Unlike the second season's feature-length / two-part 'Memories Are Forever', which was shown in it's proper "official" two-part version, Channel 5 (the basis for this episode guide) broadcast this story in a 'home made' two-part version – i.e. Cutting up the feature-length version into two parts themselves. Therefore, no notes as to the specifics of the "official" two part version (episode breaks, different closing credits, etc.) are available here (as yet). # In 1983, this episode was nominated for an Emmy award for 'Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Series'. (It was also nominated for 'Outstanding Drama Series', and Tom Selleck as 'Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series'. He finally won the award the following year.) # In the scene where Mac is with Magnum and his date in a kitchy Hawaiian restaurant, one of the patrons, sitting in front of and slightly to the right on screen of Jeff MacKay is played by his Jeff's mom. 42. Did You See the Sunrise? (2) gs: Bo Svenson (Col. Ivan) James Whitmore Jr. (Bill Nuzo) Jeff MacKay (Mac MacReynolds) Jean Bruce Scott (Maggie Poole) Lance LeGault (Buck Greene) Paul Burke (Vice Adm. Hawkes) Marianne Bunch (Julie Barbara)

Conclusion of this feature-length / two-part story. As Magnum, T.C. and Nuzo plan to get to Ivan before he kills them, the Navy – inparticular Colonel Greene and Admiral Hawkes – have their own concerns in the situation and questions regarding Mac's death. But things are not as previously thought about Nuzo, and not only is T.C.'s life in great danger, but many other people's too as a result, in part of an assassination plot of a Japanese prince...

b: 30-Sep-1982 w: Donald P. Bellisario d: Ray Austin

# NOTE: This episode introduces the re-occurring character of Lieutenant Maggie Poole, played by Jean Bruce Scott (credited both parts, but not seen until Part II), who, a couple of years later, would go on to appear most recognised role as Caitlin O'Shannessy in Donald P. Bellisario's other 80s hit, 'Airwolf'. Maggie gives check of Thomas and T.C.'s ranks in 'Nam, with "Lieutenant Thomas Magnum" and "Warrant Officer Theodore Calvin". Also, whilst T.C.'s full name had been mentioned in some of the show's literature, it is the first time it is confirmed on-screen. # Without spoiling the ending for anyone who hasn't seen it, this story has the most unexpected and the most talked about ending in the series. 43. Ki'is Don't Lie gs: Jameson Parker (A.J. Simon) Gerald McRaney (Rick Simon) Morgan Fairchild (Catherine Hailey) Liam Sullivan (Harold Sands) Branscombe Richmond (Gerald Akoa)

For an upcoming charity auction organised by Higgins and an attractive socialite, to be held on the Estate, Robin Masters "donates" Magnum's services, to provide security over the valuable antiques up for auction at the event. Meanwhile, mainland Private Detective brothers A.J. and Rick Simon have been hired to steal back a Ki'i - a stolen Hawaiian artifact - by it's previous owner, who is in rapidly decreasing health and believes that he has been passed on a curse from which he will die, unless the Ki'i is returned to it's intended location of rest within the Hawaiian islands. But the "cursed" Ki'i seems to spell bad luck and trouble for all who come into possession of it...

b: 07-Oct-1982 w: Philip DeGuere, Jr. and Bob Shayne d: Lawrence Doheny

# NOTE: This episode is the first part of a cross-over which concludes with the Simon and Simon episode Emeralds Are Not A Girl's Best Friend. As a result, "Ki'is Don't Lie" exists in two versions. When it first aired, Alex Huston escaped to South Africa with the auction money, and Thomas and the Simon brothers went after her. In subsequent airings, Alex Huston was caught at the end of the story, which allowed it to be shown in syndication as a stand alone episode. The original version is very rare, as it's not usually seen in syndication. The original crossover ending of this episode has been released on a bonus DVD in the First Season DVD set, along with the corresponding "Simon and Simon" episode. 44. The Eighth Part of the Village gs: Kim Miyori (Asani) Marilyn Tokuda (Asani Osawa) Rick Hill (Lee Chambers) Danny Kamekona (Sato Osawa) Dick Durock (Jansen) Don Gibb (Harms) Alfred Dennis ()

After narrowly avoiding being shot during a case, a fortune cookie has convinced Thomas that it's time to repay his friends and associates. As a favour to Higgins in one such payback, he heads to collect a crate of books from the docks, only to find that the crate contains a Japanese stowaway, and promptly upon the discovery he his is attacked by two goons. The stowaway woman is the daughter of an old war comrade of Higgins, who claims to have hidden in the crate to escape from her father in Japan, whom she claims is nowadays a cruel man. Although finding it hard to believe that his old acquaintance has now turned so cruel, Higgins feels obliged to help the girl, who is searching for her American fianc้e. Magnum however, is more sceptical, but investigates for himself in case Higgins is becoming entangled in some sort of trap...

b: 14-Oct-1982 w: George Geiger d: James Frawley

NOTE: The fortune cookie that has convinced Thomas to repay debts says: "A man of good fortune repays his reward". 45. Past Tense gs: James Wainwright (Morgan Lyden) Drew Snyder (Jack Curry) Pat Studsill (Floyd Brice) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Frank Atienza (Warden Gilmer) Phil Sunada (Officer Keoli) Clay Wai (Ernie Cobb) Jim Reynolds (Eugene Goorwitz) Walter Chotzen (Ice Pick)

Magnum is out for a morning jog when he is nearly hit by a truck, which moments later is involved in a fatal crash with a car. Meanwhile, T.C. has accidentally made a double booking of Higgins and two tourists, who both want to make flights that morning, and has to compromise by taking all three of them. But the tourist pair turn out to be armed and sky-jack the chopper, and force T.C. to fly to a nearby prison for the daring break-out of an inmate. From there they head to a rendezvous point on a small nearby island, but the damage inflicted on the helicopter during the break-out sees them crash-landing. With the Police short on leads, Thomas and Rick investigate, and the road accident that Thomas was witness to provides a key clue...

b: 21-Oct-1982 w: Reuben Leder d: Michael O'Herlihy

# NOTE: T.C. seems to suggest that he has been flying commercially for seven years. In this episode, the character of Ice-Pick makes the first of many appearances, but is played by a different actor (Walter Chotzen) than would be seen in later episodes (Elisha Cook Jr.). 46. Black on White gs: Ian McShane (ex-Private Edwin Clutterbuck) Lynne Moody (Bibi Kiamani) Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley) Glenn Cannon (Dr. Ibold)

Higgins finds himself quarantined with Thomas in the guest house after Thomas' supposed exposure to 'African Hemorhragic Fever'. Unbeknown to Higgins, the enforced quarantine is actually a ruse organised by Magnum and a one of Higgins' former comrades, to try and protect him from Kenyan Mau Mau warriors who are seeking bloody revenge and one-by-one killing all members of Higgins' old Army regiment who, in the 1950s, were responsible for the destruction of a Mau Mau village...

b: 28-Oct-1982 w: Donald P. Bellisario d: Alan J. Levi

# NOTE: Ian McShane, best recognised as the title character in the UK's long-running antiques comedy-drama 'Lovejoy', makes his second of two appearances in the series. (He'd previously played a different character in the first season episode 'Skin Deep'). This episode has the first of many appearances of Agatha Chumley (Gillian Dobb), a spinster friend Higgins'. (As well as being seen in a different, small role in the second season's 'The Elmo Ziller Story', and a breif, uncredited appearance in 'Mad Buck Gibson' prior to that, she was also seen a couple of episodes previously to this one, in 'Ki'i's Don't Lie', in a role which to the more casual viewer could be easily mistaken for Agatha, but was in fact a different character). # This episode is dated by the hand-held 'Pac-Man' game that Rick brings Magnum to play. # The stereotypical representation of the English and England is once again way off (see the second season's 'Tropical Madness'). The beginning of the episode, set in London – a horse and cart? I don't think so! 47. Flashback gs: Anne Lockhart (Brenda McCutchen / Cassie McCutchen) Robin Strand (the young Drew Danforth) Irene Yah-Ling Sun (Marissa) Lee Patterson (the old Drew Danforth) Rosemary Murphy (Marian Danforth) Michael Hasegawa (Ito) Earll Kingston (Maitre D') Bill Verdier (Dr. Trippett) Harland Reed (Bartender)

Thomas finds himself 45 years in the past, in a dream that seems so real that at first, he is certain that Higgins is pulling some sort of practical joke on him. Trapped in this 1936 Hawaii, he is working on a case for a "dame in trouble" - a young woman who's father, a union leader, has been accused of the murder of a construction magnate. Thomas encounters 1930s versions of Higgins, Rick, and T.C. as he tries to find the evidence needed to clear the girl's father...

b: 04-Nov-1982 w: Lance Madrid III d: Ivan Dixon

# NOTE: Although Donald P. Bellisario didn't actually pen this episode, it is this type of "man from one era placed in another" story that surely helped inspire his later time-travelling hit 'Quantum Leap' (1989-1993). Considering Tom Selleck's conservative beliefs (he reads NATIONAL REVIEW---in fact, Magnum is actually reading William F. Buckley's right-leaning in a final season ep), it's interesting that the storyline of this episode---a Depression-era labor union activist is framed for murder by a wealthy family---was approved. 48. Foiled Again gs: Dana Wynter (Velma Troubshaw) Paxton Whitehead (William Troubshaw) Patricia McCormack (Assistant District Attorney Carol Baldwin) Joshua Bryant (Guy Keeler) Nicholas Hammond (Clarke Troubshaw) Michael Norton-Dennis (School Master) Edward B. Randolph (Falkner) Robert Medeiros III (Young Higgins) Jamie Winpenny (Young (William) Troubshaw)

William Troubshaw, an old adversary of Higgins who had made his life misery at school, married the girl he once loved, and eternally the bane of Higgins' life, has recently moved to the islands with his family, and they two old rivals are scheduled to compete against each other in an upcoming fencing tournament. But during the duel, Troubshaw is suddenly killed in seemingly a freak accident, when Higgins' foil sets off his hit indicator, causing him to be electrocuted. Higgins becomes suspect for murder when his fingerprints are found on the rewired scoring box. Magnum is certain that Higgins couldn't have been responsible for the killing, and sets about finding the real culprit behind the death, but the evidence and motives are stacked up against Higgins, and for some reason, he is refusing to call upon Robin Master's top lawyers and is just going along with the allegations...

b: 11-Nov-1982 w: Tom Greene d: Mike Vejar

NOTE: Assistant D.A. Carol Baldwin, who would become a much re-occurring character in the series, is seen for the first time in this episode, but is played by a different actress, blonde Patricia McCormack, on this occasion. Brunette Kathleen Lloyd would play the character in all future appearances, from the fourth season episode 'Distant Relative'. (Lloyd would first be seen in the series playing another character, in 'Almost Home' in just a couple of episodes time.) Some sources that cover the series seem in doubt if the Carol seen her is the same character as the one Kathleen Lloyd would go on to play. Although her full name is not confirmed on-screen in this episode, more detail cast guides confirm the name, and in the fourth season episode 'No More Mr. Nice Guy', Higgins refers back to Carol's involvement in helping getting him out of jail in this episode – solid confirmation. 49. Mr. White Death gs: Ernest Borgnine (Earl Cepikis) Margaret Impert (Madeline Jones) James Edgcomb (Phil Lewis) Linda Ryan (Cora Gillson) Ric Marlow (Salvatore Marchese) James Grant (Harry Meacham) Farmer Boy Ipo (Big Zongo) Percy Brown, Jr. (Joey) Reri Tava Jobe (Jo)

Magnum, Rick and T.C. are at a wrestling match to try and collect some betting money owed to Rick, when they find themselves in a tight corner up against some heavies, but they are helped out of the tight spot by ageing, cheerful wrestler Earl. When their new acquaintance - a former boxing champion who now wrestles in down-and-out clubs - learns that Magnum is a Private Investigator, he asks him to find him son, whom he was forced to leave many years ago. Higgins finds that he indirectly knows Earl through an old war friend, and the pair strike up a friendship, but as Thomas searches for Earl's estranged son, it begins to seem that elements of Earl's story do not completely add up...

b: 18-Nov-1982 w: Reuben Leder d: Jeff Haden 50. Mixed Doubles gs: Kim Richards (Carrie Reardon) Elaine Giftos (Ginger Leah Grant) Henry Gibson (Ronald Mills) Philip English (Dave Duncan) Claudette Nevins (Phyllis Reardon) Anulka Dziubinska (Zora Korcek) Nels Van Patten (Kenny Phelps)

Practising to take part in an upcoming Pro-Am tennis tournament, Magnum is assigned by Robin Masters to protect a spoilt young champ who is receiving death threats. Thomas finds his patience tested by the girl's bratish behaviour, 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...

b: 02-Dec-1982 w: Reuben Leder & Robert W. Gilmer d: Burt Kennedy

NOTE: In 1984, Kim Richards was nominated for a Young Artist Award as 'Best Young Actress, Guest in a Television Series', for her performance as tennis ace Carrie Reardon in this episode. 51. Almost Home gs: Stephen Elliott (Vic Stout) Beulah Quo (Aiko Tamura) Gilbert Green (Philip Wheeler) Jean Bruce Scott (Maggie Poole) Kathleen Lloyd (Bridget Archer) Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley) Gabriel Aio (Kimo) Charles Faust (Seaman) Ruth Lin (Receptionist)

When a plucky cocktail waitress is denied permission to scatter her late father's ashes at the Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbour, and faces arrest if she tries to do so, Lt. Maggie Poole advises the woman to contact Magnum. Soon, Thomas finds himself investigating a forty-year-old court martial ruling that decided the woman's father was AWOL during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbour...

b: 09-Dec-1982 w: Alan Cassidy and Robert W. Gilmer s: Alan Cassidy d: Ivan Dixon

NOTE: Kathleen Lloyd (Bridget Archer) would go on to play re-occurring D.A. Carol Baldwin (a character first seen three episodes previously, in 'Foiled Again', played by a different actress), starting in the fourth season episode 'Distant Relative'. 52. Heal Thyself gs: Marcia Strassman (Dr. Karen Harmon) Kario Salem (Harriman) Peter Brown (Dr. Robert Brighton) Woody Eney (Eric Daniels) Edward Winter (Dr. Jorgenson) Cathy Gemmitti (Barbara) Christopher Penn (Soldier)

When Karen Harmon, a nurse whom Magnum knew in Vietnam whom was once traumatised when a wounded soldier she was treating was killed in a bombing, and is now a doctor, is accused of the murder of three patients in her care, he is determined to help her clear her name. All but one of the entire hospital board believe her to be guilty, and when his offer of help is rejected by Karen and her now husband, Thomas feels compelled to look into the case anyway. A hounding reporter determined for a story does not help the issue; and the whole matter only serves to trigger off delayed stress syndrome for Karen from that fateful bombing in 'Nam...

b: 16-Dec-1982 pc: 7109 w: Robert W. Gilmer d: Leo Penn

# NOTE: As Magnum returns from a swim in the sea, Higgins comments to him "I hope you haven't got it into your head to try out for the Ironman competition again this year" – a reference to the first season episode 'Beauty Knows No Pain'. (As mentioned by the Channel 5 announcer when this episode was shown 13/9/2002), this episode was directed by the late Leo Penn, father of actor Sean Penn. Sean's brother Christopher plays the soldier that haunts Karen in her flashbacks to the bombing in Vietnam. 53. Of Sound Mind gs: Donnelly Rhodes (Wilson Arthur MacLeish) Elaine Joyce (Marina Pepesco) James Murtaugh (Simon MacLeish) Michael DeLano (Anthony 'Tony' Silvano) Raymond Singer (Benton Quirk) Roscoe Lee Browne (Carlton) Junne Barnes (Housekeeper) Bruce Johnson (Frankenstein)

When a highly eccentric, practical joke-loving and not very well liked millionaire Wilson MacLeish is killed when his new bi-plane explodes, Thomas, who had been working on a case for him, is summonsed to the reading of the will. Read out via a video-tape, the deceased millionaire leaves his ex-manservants some money, but leaves his relatives practically nothing, instead leaving his estate and wealth – fifty million dollars - to Thomas! MacLeish's relations are put out and angered by this, and Thomas takes up his new residence on the estate. On a second video-tape, MacLeish informs Thomas that before his death he had suspected that one of his relations is trying to kill him for his inheritance, and wants Thomas find out who. But it begins to seem that whoever may have been responsible for the millionaire's death is now trying to bump Magnum off too...

b: 06-Jan-1983 pc: 7106 w: Andrew Schneider d: Mike Vejar

# NOTE: This rather off-beat, surreal episode is memorable for the costumes the characters wear to a charity ball at Magnum's newly-inherited estate – Magnum (complete with leg in plaster from a fall) clanks about in a knight's suit, T.C. arrives as a French King, with Rick (who always seems to draw the short straw) as the Queen, and Higgins is dressed up as King Henry VIII. Instead of the familiar theme, a swinging, 1920s/30s style jazz piece, heard during the episode, is played over the closing credits of this episode. # The second season 'Airwolf' episode 'Santini's Millions' (1985) has some echoes of this plot. In that story, a stranded wealthy businessman whom Dominic Santini (Ernest Borgnine) helps out, leaves him his fortune when he passes away, with none to his family, after coming to believe that someone in his family was trying to kill him. The eventual explanation of this man's fate is very similar to this episode, too. 54. The Arrow That is Not Aimed gs: Mako (Tozan) Lee De Broux (Gallagher) Seth Sakai (Fukuda) Tom Fujiwara (Yakuza) Michael Honma (Desk clerk)

Higgins sends Magnum to collect a valuable Kenzan porcelain plate, newly purchased by Robin Masters, from the airport, but the artefact, which was entrusted to the care of a Samurai warrior while in transport from Japan, has been stolen. At first, Thomas thinks the whole thing is a joke, especially when the Samurai, Tozan, claims that the plate was stolen by a ninja, but the situation is for real, and the pair team up to try and find the stolen artefact. But they must work fast, as Tozan's centuries-old culture dictates that he must commit sepuku – which means taking his own life – if the precious plate isn't retrieved...

b: 27-Jan-1983 pc: 7123 w: Steven Hensley & J. Miyoko Hensley d: James Frawley 55. Basket Case gs: William Schallert (Bob) Dana Hill (Theresa Henderson)

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 plucky teenager with a great game, and persuades her to join his team. Magnum and Higgins take a shine to the girl, and discover that her foster parents are criminals who are using her as a pawn in running their con games.

b: 03-Feb-1983 pc: 7128 w: Julie Friedgen d: Ivan Dixon

# NOTE: In place of the usual theme, a different score heard within the episode is used during the closing credits of this episode. The trend of using alternate pieces of music instead of the usual theme would continue in other third season episodes. For her performance as Theresa in this episode, Dana Hill won the 1984 Young Artist Award as Best Young Actress, Guest in a Television Series. 56. Birdman of Budapest gs: Sylvia Sidney (Elizabeth Barrett) Joseph Wiseman (Dr. Albert Tessa) Jacqueline Ray (Ms. Roebuck)

Robin Master's mentor, Elizabeth Barrett, arrives at the estate with her macaw Merlin to research a book on ornithology. The former teacher hits it off famously with Thomas, but becomes so much of a thorn in Higgins's side that he bribes Thomas to help in bringing her visit to an expeditious end by finding Dr. Albert Tessa, the reclusive bird expert she's come to the island to interview. Thomas soon discovers that Elizabeth isn't Robin's mentor, but a K.G.B. agent on a mission to assassinate Tessa, a refugee freedom fighter from the 1956 Hungarian revolt. Meanwhile, Thomas has troubles collecting his fee from a man whose beautiful employee is tough enough to shoot out the Porsche's windscreen to keep Thomas at a distance from her boss.

b: 10-Feb-1983 pc: 7131 w: Louis F. Vipperman d: Mike Vejar

NOTE: Jacqueline Ray, who played Ms. Roebuck, was married to Tom Selleck from 1970 to 1982, and is the mother of his son Kevin. 57. I Do? gs: Dick O'Neill (Harry MacKenzie) Katherine Cannon (Marsha MacKenzie) Nicolas Coster (Andrew MacKenzie) Mary Jackson (Zelda MacKenzie)

To smoke out the thief in a large family-owned business, Thomas 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.

b: 17-Feb-1983 pc: 7135 w: Robert W. Gilmer d: Ivan Dixon 58. Forty Years From Sand Island gs: James Shigeta (Dr. Richard Enoka) Keye Luke (Saji Goto) Marilyn Tokuda (Nancy Nakamura)

As part of the research for an upcoming Robin Masters novel, Higgins contacts a witness in the 1942 murder of a prison 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, Thomas sets out to find who wants to stop Higgins's research, and uncovers blackmail and shady politics at the center of the case.

b: 24-Feb-1983 pc: 7102 w: Rogers Turrentine and Robert W. Gilmer & Reuben Leder d: Mike Vejar 59. Legacy From a Friend gs: Annie Potts (Tracy Spencer) Rosemary Forsyth (Margaret Chase)

When his friend Marcus is found dead on the beach the day after he's seen sporting an expensive new car he can't afford, Thomas suspects foul play in the demise of the former lifeguard and volleyball player. A young woman with an ambition to rise in the ranks of the police department joins Thomas in his investigation, and they uncover the married woman, the blackmail, and the fencing operation in the center of Marcus's secret life which led to his death.

b: 10-Mar-1983 pc: 7112 w: Robert Hamilton d: Stuart Margolin

NOTE: Bob Minor, who plays Rose, is the show's stunt coordinator as well as Roger E. Mosley's stunt double. 60. Two Birds of a Feather gs: William Lucking (Sam Hunter) Soon-Teck Oh (Sato) Richard Roundtree (Peter Jordan) John Calvin (Nick) Joanna Kerns (Jenny Hunter) Ann Doran (Mrs. Hunter) John Di Santi (Gargoyle Gallagher)

Although he's nearly mowed down by a private jet that crashes into the estate's tidal pool, Thomas befriends the pilot, Sam Hunter, who was delivering the plane to its new owner, Mr. Sato; both men have an inkling that they've met before but can't seem to remember where or when, and Thomas has a nagging feeling that he owes Sam one, even though he can't place his finger on why; after Higgins and Thomas are shot at when they catch someone snooping around the plane, Thomas searches through the wreckage and discovers that the crash was caused by sabotage; Sam returns to Texas for his son's birthday, and attempts to reconcile with his ex-wife; after Thomas lets him know about the sabotage and that an investigation into Sato's background reveals that he's a major cocaine importer, Sam takes to the air to track down Sato and Nick, the coworker he suspects of causing the plane crash; a bit of fancy flying later, Sam forces the plane carrying Nick, Sato, and a cargo of cocaine to land right in the arms of the authorities; as he scans "The History of Birds at War" while Higgins relates yet another exotic adventure tale, Thomas realizes that Sam was the combat pilot who risked his own life to enable Magnum's unit to pull out of a particularly tight spot in Cambodia.

b: 17-Mar-1983 pc: 7137 w: Donald P. Bellisario d: Virgil Vogel

# NOTE: This episode is the unsold pilot for a series about treasure hunter and ace combat pilot Sam Houston Hunter, and contains the strains of the series's theme song in the closing credits. After he failed to attract any interest in this series, Bellisario took the bare bones of the concept and eventually developed it into Airwolf. Peter J. McKernan, who played the air traffic controller, performed many of the aerial stunts for Airwolf. # Chad Sheets was nominated for the 1984 Best Young Actor, Guest in a Television Series, Young Artist Award for his performance as Kip Hunter in this episode. # The aircraft that Nick pilots at the end of the episode appears to be a Lear Jet 24 or 24B. # The aircraft that Sam pilots at the end of the episode is "Miss Van Nuys", a P-51D Mustang Survivor. 61. ...By Its Cover gs: Carlene Watkins (Off. Gordon) Stuart Margolin (Rod Crysler) Ronald Hunter (Emmet Donner) Ted Gehring (Herm Dunbar)

Rod Crysler, Thomas's Navy buddy, is on parole and working as an encyclopedia salesman after serving time in California on a marijuana possession charge. The corrupt narcotics officer who arrested Rod follows him to Hawaii and threatens to send him back to prison on trumped up charges unless Rod serves a drug courier for him. Thomas offers to help his buddy out by delivering a box of encyclopedias Rod has sold, but comes in for a rude awakening when it turns out the package was filled with dope, not books, and that Rod has shortchanged one of the biggest dealers on the island. Finding it hard to believe that his friend is a dope dealer, Thomas seeks the help of Rod's parole officer in locating him and setting up a sting to ensnare the corrupt cop and the drug dealer, thereby clearing Rod's name.

b: 31-Mar-1983 pc: 7133 w: Rogers Turrentine and Donald P. Bellisario & Robert W. Gilmer d: Mike Vejar

# NOTE: Stuart Margolin, who played Rod Crysler, also directed several episodes of the show. The headline in Rod's newspaper ("Oahu P.I. Helps Break Aerial Dope Ring") is a reference to the events in Two Birds Of A Feather. 62. The Big Blow gs: Barry Van Dyke (Duke Davis) Richard Cox (I) (Randy) Sondra Currie (Princess Wanda Martine) James Doohan (Archie MacPherson) Lori Lethin (Gail Blassingame) John McCook (Prince Roland Martine) Linda Ryan (Candice Wingate) Kelly Ward (Lou Blassingame) Orson Welles (Robin Masters (voice) (uncredited))

A hurricane battering the islands isn't enough to stop Robin Masters's spring equinox party, a lavish event attended by a close circle of friends, but the arrival of an about-to-give birth 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, and Thomas's plans to trap the culprit with the help of Rick and T.C. have been foiled by both the weather and the intruders.

b: 07-Apr-1983 pc: 7134 w: Reuben Leder d: Alan J. Levi

# NOTE: Sondra Currie, who played Princess Wanda Martine, is the wife of episode director Alan J. Levi; Barry Van Dyke, who played Duke Davis, is the son of actor Dick Van Dyke. This episode and J. "Digger" Doyle are frequently cited in rebuttal to the theory that Higgins is actually Robin Masters. # Higgins knocks over the matchstick Bridge On The River Kwai model that we see him making in Did You See The Sunrise?. # This episode is unique for two reasons: it takes place entirely inside the main house of the estate and there's no narration from Magnum at any point in the story. # There were no co-stars credited for this episode. 63. Faith and Begorrah gs: Richard Johnson (Alistair Ffolkes) John Hillerman (Fr. Paddy McGuinness)

Thomas is hired to follow Angie, the wife of his client Clarence, to see if she's being unfaithful. After watching Clarence in the ring training for his next title bout, Thomas is extremely reluctant to be the bearer of bad tidings. Clarence assures him that he wants proof that Angie is cheating, so that the fight's multi-million dollar purse won't be part of the settlement negotiations in the divorce proceedings she initiated. While he's on Angie's trail, Thomas meets a priest at the airport who turns out to be Higgins's Irish half-brother Paddy. Higgins isn't thrilled to see his sibling, especially when he discovers that Paddy has followed Ffolkes, Higgins's former commanding officer, to Hawaii after suspecting Ffolkes of stealing a relic during a search of Paddy's church for I.R.A. weapons. Paddy intends to hold hostage a certain English relic he pilfered from the custody of Ffolkes and Higgins until the one from his church is returned until Thomas steps in to mediate the standoff and inspire Paddy and Ffolkes to uncover the true thief.

b: 28-Apr-1983 pc: 7139 w: Donald P. Bellisario d: Virgil Vogel

# NOTE: This is the second episode in which John Hillerman appears in the dual role of Higgins and one of Higgins's illegitimate half-brothers (we met Texan half-brother Elmo Ziller in The Elmo Ziller Story). As Paddy leaves at the end of this episode, he mentions having a family reunion with Higgins, Elmo and a Chinese sibling named Soo-Ling. Donald P. Bellisario, the co-creator of the series and writer of this episode, appears as the bored fried-chicken-eating, girlie-magazine-reading desk clerk at the Low Surf Motel. Season 4

64. Home From the Sea
gs: Robert Pine (Thomas Magnum Sr. (1950s)) Susan Blanchard (Katherine Magnum (1950s)) Constance Forslund (Sandy) R.J. Williams (Thomas Magnum Jr. (1950s))

It's the 4th of July, and Higgins is playing in a polo match, T.C. is taking his baseball team to a professional game, Rick is out with his latest girlfriend on the King Kamehameha II yacht, and Thomas is observing his annual Independence Day tradition of a solitary day at sea -- until his surf ski is capsized in the wake of a recklessly driven speedboat and set adrift. Carried off further and further away from land by the powerful Molokai Channel, Thomas relies on childhood memories of his father's training him to tread water to keep himself afloat as he struggles desperately to stay above water and fend off a menacing shark. As the hours pass, Higgins, T.C. and Rick each have a sixth sense that Thomas is in trouble, and they team up to rescue him. Thomas approaches the twenty-four hour mark in the water recalling his wedding to Michelle and his father's burial -- on July 4, 1951 -- as Higgins scoops him out of the ocean, with T.C. in his helicopter overhead and Rick on the yacht nearby.

b: 29-Sep-1983 pc: 7621 w: Donald P. Bellisario d: Harvey Laidman

# NOTE: Magnum's mother was named Martha in Try To Remember, but from this episode onwards, she is called Katherine. Gwen Verdon would play present day Katherine Magnum in future episodes. This is one of the rare episodes without any villians. # R.J. Williams received a 1985 Young Artist Award nomination for "Best Young Actor, Guest in a Television Series" for his portrayal of young Thomas in this episode. # Magnum's annual tradition of spending 4th of July alone at sea is also featured in Death And Taxes. # In this episode we learn that Thomas was born in 1945. 65. Luther Gillis: File #521 gs: Eugene Roche (Luther H. Gillis) Melora Hardin (Nancy Perkins)

When Thomas and old-school private eye Luther 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. After Thomas finds out that Luther is actually Nancy's father, Higgins poses the question that leads Thomas to solving the drug dealer's murder and reuniting father and daughter.

b: 06-Oct-1983 pc: 7605 w: Reuben Leder d: Virgil Vogel

NOTE: Thomas and Luther each provide voice-over narration in this episode. 66. Smaller Than Life gs: Cork Hubbert (Waldo Norris) Lenore Kasdorf (Savannah)

Thomas's attempt to impress a new girlfriend by taking hang-gliding lessons lands him in the hospital with a broken shoulder; Rick bails out his childhood friend Waldo Norris on a breaking and entering charge, but Waldo insists that he's an insurance claims investigator trying to prove that a valuable figurine that was reported as stolen is still in the possession of its owners; after they get shot at by a man ransacking Waldo's hotel room, Rick does a little digging and discovers that his friend has been lying to him, and has also stolen one of Higgins's sketches by conning him into thinking that he's a representative of the Smithsonian; Waldo then confesses that he's really a CIA operative and the figurine contains sensitive information; after some further checking, Rick is able to verify his story, and Higgins and T.C. agree to help Waldo and Rick -- that is, until Thomas does even more checking and discovers that Waldo was fired from the CIA years before; Waldo then claims that he's really working single-handedly to overthrow a plot against the president, and suggests that they call White House to verify that he and the president are friends; when Rick makes the call to Washington, they're astonished to hear that Waldo finally seems to be telling the truth and set off to help him retrieve the figurine.

b: 13-Oct-1983 pc: 7602 w: J. Rickley Dumm d: Alan J. Levi

NOTE: Lee is seen playing Moon Raider, Missile Control and Donkey Kong. 67. Distant Relative gs: Carol Channing (Herself) Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin) Alice Cadogan (Wendy Wright) Elisha Cook Jr. (Ice Pick Hofstetler)

Under protest, Thomas agrees to chaperone Rick's visiting 22-year-old sister Wendy while Rick works at the club, and quickly discovers that she's not the convent school innocent her brother thinks she is; after Wendy gives him the slip, Thomas scours the city searching for her and is devastated when the police find her murdered in an alley; when Rick blames Wendy's death on Thomas, the relationship between the men is dealt a severe blow, and Thomas vows to find her killers, even though Rick is determined to do the job himself with the help of information and an Uzi provided by Ice Pick; Thomas and T.C. follow Rick to Molokai, where the murderers are killed in a fiery crash as they are pursued by the three friends; to spare Rick's feelings and ease his grief, Thomas tells his friend the convincing lie that Wendy was a good kid who was just in the wrong place in the wrong time, instead of the truth that she was a drug mule murdered by the men for whom she worked.

b: 20-Oct-1983 pc: 7611 w: Nick Thiel d: Virgil Vogel 68. Limited Engagement gs: Martha Scott (Jeanie LaSalle) Mildred Natwick (Madge LaSalle) Darleen Carr (Heather Wilcox) John McLiam (Johnnie Welles)

Thomas's assignment to investigate the series of thefts that have been plaguing a chain of convenience stores brings him in contact with two elderly sisters who have a car accident in front of one of the stores; when Thomas learns that they are at the mercy of a slumlord about to evict them and the other elderly impoverished residents of their dilapidated boarding house, he springs into action and convinces Higgins to host a charity bingo game to raise enough money for them to buy the house; after the sisters disappear with the proceeds of the game, Thomas discovers a link between the women and the robberies.

b: 03-Nov-1983 pc: 7608 w: Richard Yalem and Jay Huguely s: Stephen Katz and Richard Yalem d: Harvey Laidman 69. Letter to a Duchess gs: Jane Merrow (Vivian Brock Jones)

Magnum is preparing for this year's big surf-ski race, while in a chance meeting, Higgins meets Lady Wilkerson, an English Duchess whom he has been smitten with after two brief encounters years before (which she does not identify him from). She is in the islands incognito, and must sell some valuable family jewels after being strapped financially, but Higgins ends up saving her from two men who accost her in an alleyway. As smitten with the woman as ever, Higgins offers her a job on the Estate, and plans to reveal his feelings towards her via a letter, but due to a mix-up and misunderstanding, she assumes the letter to be from Thomas instead, whom it becomes apparent she has eyes for, blind to Higgins' desires. But these confused matters of the heart seem trivial when the Duchess is kidnapped by the two men who had made a grab for her previously...

b: 10-Nov-1983 pc: 7622 w: Robert Hamilton d: Bernard L. Kowalski

# NOTE: The surf-ski race was also referenced in Did You See The Sunrise?, and once again, mention is made of the young girl who beat Thomas in that year's race, as well as the year before. The first year's race was a long surf-ski event, so it is not the one referenced in Beauty Knows No Pain, which was a three-course event. In this episode, Thomas mentions that he is 38 years old. 70. Squeeze Play gs: Dick Shawn (Buzz Benoit) Peter Isacksen (Jerome Kappelwitz) Debbie Zipp (Lola Stenhauser) Eddie Deezen (Mickey Dalrumple) Patrick Bishop (Keoki) William Ogilvie (Lou) Megan Huges (Taphie) Orson Welles (Robin Masters (voice))

After a high stakes game of poker against high-flying men's magazine publisher Buzz Benoit, Robin Masters wagers use of his Hawaiian Estate for a year, to be decided in a softball game between the King Kamehameha Club softball team and a team assembled by Buzz. Higgins, upon learning that Buzz intends to use him as a butler, plans to leave the Estate if the King Kamehameha team loose, but Magnum is less worried, looking forward to a luxurious year on the Estate surrounded by Buzz's beautiful glamour models - until he learns that as a result of Buzz's planned changes, there will be no place for him on the Estate either. Meanwhile, Magnum is working for one of the members of the softball team, trying to find her missing ex-husband who owes her alimony money, but things look gloomy for Higgins and Magnum's future on the Estate when they find that ruthless Buzz has hired a professional team of players. But it looks as if Magnum's team may have a glimmer of hope when it turns out that the missing husband is a former professional baseball player...

b: 17-Nov-1983 pc: 7612 w: Reuben Leder d: Harry Falk

NOTE: An interesting(ish) piece of sound effects trivial (and in yet another cross-reference), listen carefully in the scene where Jerome is practising batting, and we hear the sound of distant glass breaking. This stock sound effect was actually part of the effect used to make up the sound of Airwolf's turbos engaging. This sound effect can also be heard in it's original form in that series too, in the third season episode 'The Girl Who Fell From The Sky'; the effect is used again in Magnum P.I. in the sixth season episode 'Way of the Stalking Horse'. 71. A Sense of Debt gs: Denny Miller (Leon Platt) Greg Mullavey (Charlie Amos) Shannen Doherty (Ima Platt)

Eager to attend a ten day Tiger home stand, Thomas convinces T.C. to finance the expenses for the trip in exchange for Thomas's collecting the $10,000 fee that T.C. was stiffed by a man from Motor City, and handing T.C. the keys to the Ferrari while he's gone; while tooling around in the car, T.C. literally runs into Leon, a fellow Vietnam vet turned professional boxer, and his young daughter Ima; feeling responsible for Leon's broken collarbone, T.C. offers to take his place in the two remaining club fights Leon needs to win to claim the purse that will lift him out of his financial difficulties; T.C.'s eagerness to substitute for Leon dims when he learns that these are bare-knuckle, no-holds-barred fights, and that there are many more than two fights he must win before collecting Leon's purse from a promoter who turns out to be crooked; back in Detroit, Thomas is having more difficulty than he anticipated collecting T.C.'s debt and attending a game, until two strangers in a bar take pity on his sad tale and solve one of his problems in high style before a threat to Ima's life forces Higgins to summon him back to Hawaii.

b: 01-Dec-1983 pc: 7607 w: Jay Huguely d: Ivan Dixon

# NOTE: The official onscreen title of this episode is "A Sense Of Debt", even though it is occasionally listed as "A Sense Of Justice" elsewhere. Detroit Tigers Alan Trammell and Lou Whitaker appear as themselves in this episode. 72. The Look gs: Gretchen Corbett (Holly Hudson) Stephen Young (Don Cassidy) Jean Bruce Scott (Maggie Poole) Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley) Raymond O'Keefe (Benny) Joe Moore (Russ Griffith) Devon Guard (Lori) Nevada Woodward (Joanie)

With help from T.C. and Rick, Thomas is preparing a surprise construction for Higgins' upcoming birthday, when they wager a bet that a presenter on a local radio station is the same woman that was a much-loved presenter for the troops in Saigon. Thomas goes to the radio station to try and confirm whether it is indeed the same person or not and finds that she is the self same person, but now is being terrorised by malicious death threats phoned in to the station. The woman also has been searching for her lover, with whom she lost contact with 12 years ago during the war, when the man was accused of theft and disappeared, and asks Thomas' help in finally finding him...

b: 08-Dec-1983 pc: 7628 w: Louis F. Vipperman d: Harry Falk

NOTE: Several of Universal's stock cover versions of various songs were heard in this episode. 73. Operation: Silent Night gs: Ed Lauter (Capt. Quintin) Bruce French (Ens. Jensen)

It is Christmas Eve, and T.C. is flying Rick to judge a beauty pageant, Thomas to play Santa Claus at a charity event, and Higgins to deliver a payroll to some of Robin Master's workers, before he goes home to spend Christmas with his family in New Orleans. But the helicopter suddenly develops problems and they are forced to make an emergency landing on nearby deserted Frenchman's Island. The remote isle is used by the Navy for shelling manoeuvres – and as the foursome try to find a way to safely make it off of the island, hopefully in time for Christmas, a Naval Captain, unaware of their presence, is hell-bent on upping his ship's target practice scores, and a shelling on the island is imminent...

b: 15-Dec-1983 pc: 7627 w: Chris Abbott & Reuben Leder d: Mike Vejar

# NOTE: The guest cast listed is complete for this episode (it really is that short). Other than the Destroyer Captain and his Ensign, the episode features only the four regular stars. In this episode, we learn that New Orleans is T.C.'s home town. # In one scene, when Higgins is planning to use the wreck of a Japanese bomber plane to sail off of the island, T.C. asks "Whatcho talkin' about Higgins?" – a take on Arnold (Gary Coleman)'s catch-phrase, "Whatcho talkin' about Willis?" (or variant name) in the popular, long-running sit-com 'Diff'rent Strokes' (1978-1986). # This is the second of two Christmas-related episodes of the series, the other being the very early, first season episode 'Thank Heaven For Little Girls And Big Ones Too'. # Larry Manetti (Rick) has said that this is his favourite episode of the series. # The footage of the naval vessel is of the USS Wren (DD-568) and is archival since the ship was decommissioned in 1963. This ship can also be seen in the film Operation Petticoat (1959). 74. Jororo Farewell gs: John Saxon (Ed Russler) Robert Ito (Ray Lum)

The Crown Prince of Jororo accompanies his teammates when their baseball team comes to Hawaii to play T.C.'s team, and takes up residence on the estate as a safety precaution against the death threats he's received. Thomas strikes up a friendship with the boy, who is eager to escape the ever watchful eyes of his bodyguards and governess, and who has a nasty habit of escaping whenever the opportunity presents. When terrorists attempt to assassinate the young prince, Thomas goes all out to protect him from his father's enemies, who turn out to be closer than anyone imagined.

b: 05-Jan-1984 pc: 7623 w: Reuben Leder s: Fay Nakagawara d: Ivan Dixon

NOTE: This episode makes several references to Thomas's saving Jororo's Prime Minister from an assassination attempt in The Jororo Kill, and features the return of Ed Russler (although the part has been recast). 75. The Case of the Red Faced Thespian gs: Ronald Lacey (Archer Hayes) Colleen Camp (Valerie Kane) John McCook (Nolan Atherton) Laurette Spang (Marge Atherton) Vonetta McGee (Inez Stuart) June Chadwick (Lady Cynthia Warrington-Stout)

Higgins sustains a concussion hours before the guests are to arrive for a charity gala at the estate, and begins to lapse in and out of believing he is famed Shakespearean actor Sir Fearing Pangborn; Thomas enlists Rick and T.C. to cover security for the event while he takes up the slack left by Higgins's injury, and has his hands full when all the guests, dressed as famous characters of the 1920s in keeping with the gala's "Great Gatsby" theme, begin to arrive hours ahead of the appointed time; a crime wave breaks out when someone dressed in the same Charlie Chaplin costume as Rick is seen fleeing from a guest's room moments before thousands of dollars in cash and jewelry are reported missing and an addled Higgins is the prime suspect in the murder of one of the guests; as he begins to realize that people and events are not what they seem, Thomas takes his inspiration from the six-hour First Annual KHKU Agatha Christie Film Festival he viewed the previous night to solve the crimes and expose the true identities of some of the guests, the real culprits, their motives, and the trickery beneath it all.

b: 19-Jan-1984 pc: 7606 w: Robert Hamilton d: Ivan Dixon

NOTE: The official onscreen title of this episode does not contain the grammatically correct hyphen between "Red" and "Faced" that is frequently seen in other listings for this episode. 76. No More Mr. Nice Guy gs: Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin) Sal Viscuso (Herbie)

Thomas is forced to forgo his much-anticipated trip to the Army-Navy 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.

b: 26-Jan-1984 pc: 7630 w: Nick Thiel s: Robert W. Gilmer d: Mike Vejar 77. Rembrandt's Girl gs: Carol Burnett (Susan Johnson) John McMartin (Bill Campbell) Deborah Pratt (Gloria)

Magnum is hired by a bank teller from Robin Master's bank to investigate her father, world-famous counterfeiter Herbie "Rembrandt" Norton, who has recently been released from penitentiary and whom she suspects has returned to counterfeiting after coming into large amounts of money since his release. Before starting investigations, the pair go to retrieve a book for Higgins from a safe deposit box at the bank, but the woman accidentally locks them in the vault, and with the time-release door and a slowly dwindling air supply, the pair are trapped inside... Meanwhile, spurred on by getting the potentially lucrative case, Thomas had promised to take Rick and T.C. for a luxurious weekend away, but unaware that Magnum is trapped in the vault at the bank, they are annoyed to presume that he has gone without them, and - with T.C. having problems with his girl-friend - they decide to hold a party at Magnum's guest house - which does not go down well with Higgins, who is holding a meditation weekend...

b: 02-Feb-1984 pc: 7631 w: Chris Abbott d: James Frawley

# NOTE: Deborah Pratt, who played Gloria, also wrote the episodes Little Games and Little Girl Who. She was once married to Donald P. Bellisario, and is the mother of his son Michael and his daughter Troian. Jillie Mack, who played Sherry (the girl at the party with the terrible English accent), married Tom Selleck in 1987 and is the mother of his daughter Hannah. 78. Paradise Blues gs: Leslie Uggams (Alexis Carter) Chuck Mangione (Jimmy Nolan)

T.C. drags a reluctant Magnum along to the newly-opened club of an old flame – a beautiful jazz singer who he fell in love with in Vietnam – who has just moved to the islands. Thomas doesn't dislike the woman, but insists to T.C. that trouble always follows her wherever she goes – but T.C., still infatuated with the girl, refuses to listen. But sure enough, the woman is in trouble, searching for a man who owes her $18,000 and mixed up with Detroit drug dealers that are out to kill her...

b: 09-Feb-1984 pc: 7626 w: Chris Abbott s: Chas. Floyd Johnson & Chris Abbott d: Bernard L. Kowalski 79. The Return of Luther Gillis gs: Sheree North (Blanche Rafferty) Geoffrey Lewis (Lloyd DeWitt) Eugene Roche (Luther H. Gillis) Jeff Harlan (Jack Gillis) Kanani Choy (Big Sally) Wallace Landford (Artie Keanu) Kana Lindan (Jo) Jim Bertino (Scrungo) Gabriel Aio (Little Tony) James Carroll (Blackie)

St. Louis-based Private Investigator Luther 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...

b: 16-Feb-1984 pc: 7634 w: Reuben Leder d: John Llewellyn Moxey 80. Let the Punishment Fit the Crime gs: Kay Lenz (Sally DeForest) Christopher Mitchum (Eric DeForest) Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley) Hermione Baddeley (Bernice) Olga Marr (Sylvia) Terence Knapp (Sir Cedric Brooke) Robert Nelson (Chen)

While Higgins is preparing to direct a selection of pieces from Gilbert and Sullivan's 'The Mikado' to be staged at the Estate, Thomas is hired by an attractive young woman to find her missing brother, who 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 Thomas seeks out her missing brother, but Thomas uncovers more than he expects and finds himself dealing with a radical political group and an assassination attempt revolving around a visiting cast member of Higgins' production...

b: 23-Feb-1984 pc: 7624 w: Robert Hamilton d: Bernard L. Kowalski

NOTE: The title of this episode, 'Let The Punishment Fit The Crime', is taken from William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan's 'A More Human Mikado', from 'The Mikado', which we see Higgins directing a performance of in this episode. The complete passage runs: My object all sublime I shall achieve in time-- To let the punishment fit the crime-- The punishment fit the crime; And make each pris'ner pent Unwillingly represent A source of innocent merriment! # Of innocent merriment! Probably due to Agatha featuring more than usual in this story, Gillian Dobb is billed with the guest cast list after the opening credits on this episode. Typically, she is not billed until the closing credits. 81. Holmes Is Where the Heart Is gs: Patrick Macnee (David Worth) Maurice Ro๋ves (Hopkins) Michael Billington (Lever) George Cheung (Victor Ching)

As he continues his memoirs, Higgins recalls the spring of 1976, when old friend from Sandhurst, David Worth, arrives in Honolulu to attend the funeral of a mutual friend. Insisting that his name is Stanley Sigerson, Sherlock Holmes's most frequently used alias, and that Higgins is Watson, Holmes's faithful friend, David firmly believes that their friend was murdered by none other than Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes's arch-nemesis. In the name of friendship, Higgins indulges David in his investigation, even though his suspicion that David is insane is borne out, and is shocked to discover that David's assertion that their friend was murdered was absolutely correct.

b: 08-Mar-1984 pc: 7610 w: Judy Burns and Jay Huguely d: John Llewellyn Moxey

NOTE: This is the first episode in which Higgins takes center stage, and Thomas, Rick and T.C. are relegated to the background. 82. On Face Value gs: Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin) Talia Balsam (Emily Jackson)

Carol persuades Magnum to do some surveillance work for a case she's working on, but the job leads to a high-speed car chase which ends in near tragedy when Thomas returns gun-fire only for it to accidentally hit another car, causing it to crash and severely injuring the young woman driving it. With the girl, Emily, facing never being able to walk again, Thomas is racked with guilt, and befriends her, determined to help her regain use of her legs. But unbeknown to Magnum, the two thugs that he was pursuing are still tailing him...

b: 15-Mar-1984 pc: 7635 w: Nick Thiel d: Harvey Laidman 83. Dream A Little Dream gs: Cindy Pickett (Karen Teal)

Thomas remembers his first client and his first case as a Private Investigator in 1979, when he was hired by a surfing champion who was being threatened, and was on the verge of entering into a serious relationship with her. The memories are brought on when now, in the present day, she calls for his help once again, to protect her and her young daughter after she again begins receiving threats. But events of present day seem destined to parallel the events of 1979...

b: 29-Mar-1984 pc: 7633 w: Reuben Leder d: Roger E. Mosley

NOTE: After a glimpse at Higgins' past two episodes earlier in 'Holmes Is Where The Heart Is', this episode gives an insight to Magnum's life a year before we first saw him. The story is split between taking place in the (then) present and in 1979, where Magnum has recently resigned from the Navy and become a Private Investigator. Not yet living at Robin's Nest, 1979 Magnum has longer hair, drives a beaten up blue Volkswagen Beetle convertible, works from a room above a Chinese business, and advertises on match-boxes. A nice touch for detail is that he wears the red Hawaiian shirt that he was seen wearing in many early episodes. We also witness the first time that Magnum likes to be called "Private Investigator" (as opposed to "P.I." or "Private Eye", a re-occurring quirk through-out the series – even though the title of the show uses "P.I."!) In 1979, Rick has a moustache, and, although it's not confirmed, can be presumed to be in ownership of bar he ran in the Pilot (he mentions owning a "gin joint"). He also wears the white suit he was seen wearing in the Pilot, and seems to be in the middle of a wannabe-gangster phase (also echoing the Pilot). Magnum has him run his first license plate check, and incorrectly mentions Rick's friend "Ice Cube" – meaning Ice Pick! T.C. doesn't yet own his own flight charter company in 1979 or helicopter, instead working for Ken Enderline Charters, where he is working two shifts to save up enough money to open up his own business. He's convinced (or bribed) into flying Magnum into danger for the first time, and gets his very first bullet fired at him through the helicopter wind-shield (another much re-occurring happening through-out the series). 84. I Witness gs: Denise Nicholas (T.C.'s Date) Joy Garrett (Joy Kelly) Ernest Harada (George Wong)

When the King Kamehameha Club is robbed late one evening by thieves wearing animal masks to conceal their identities, Lt. Tanaka becomes so frustrated by the inability of Higgins, Rick and T.C. to agree about what transpired that he enlists Thomas's help in getting their stories straight. Since the men tell widely divergent versions of the night's events designed to show themselves in the best possible light as the evening's hero, it takes Thomas quite some time and effort to uncover the inside man at the club who tipped off the robbers.

b: 03-May-1984 pc: 7643 w: Reuben Leder & Chris Abbott d: John Llewellyn Moxey

NOTE: Although the actors in the pig and gorilla costumes each have several lines of dialogue, they are not credited for their appearances in this episode. Season 5

85. Echoes of the Mind (1)
gs: Sharon Stone (Diane/Deirdre Dupres) Carolyn Seymour (Lady Elizabeth Ashley) George Innes (David Billingsworth) Deborah Pratt (Gloria) June Chadwick (Sarah)

Thomas is hired by Diane Dupres, who was kidnapped as a child with her twin sister, and who now believes that someone is trying to kill her. Although Rick and T.C. think that the woman spells trouble, Thomas begins to fall in love as he spends time with Diane investigating who might want to harm her. Higgins's old flame, the recently widowed Lady Ashley, travels to Hawaii so that they can be married, but Higgins quickly becomes disheartened by his former love's snobbery. Complicating matters, Higgins botches the announcement of his forthcoming nuptials to Agatha, leading her to believe that Higgins has proposed to her.

b: 27-Sep-1984 pc: 7639 w: Donald P. Bellisario d: Georg Stanford Brown 86. Echoes of the Mind (2) gs: Sharon Stone (Diane/Deirdre Dupres) Carolyn Seymour (Lady Elizabeth Ashley) George Innes (David Billingsworth) Deborah Pratt (Gloria) June Chadwick (Sarah) John Hillerman (Fr. Paddy McGuiness (uncredited))

Conclusion of this two-part story.
Higgins must break the news to Agatha that it's not her that he intends to marry, but he finds that Lady Ashley is not the same as the woman that he thought he knew. Meanwhile, Magnum meets Diane's twin sister Diedre, who claims that her sister is a paranoid hysteric who has been in and out of mental institutions, attempted suicide, and has twice tried to kill her. Diane insists that her sister is the bad one and is just trying to bad-mouth her to put Magnum off of her just as she always has done with Diane's men, and as Magnum tries to find out which of the sisters is telling the truth and just what is going on, he encounters one bizarre twist after another about Diane and Diedre's true identities...

b: 04-Oct-1984 pc: 7645 w: Donald P. Bellisario d: Georg Stanford Brown

# NOTE: We learn that Higgins and Agatha met in 1975. The name of Higgins's comrade who's eaten by a tiger (Lt. Freebairn-Smith) is a sly homage to Ian Freebairn-Smith, the composer of the show's original theme. 87. Mac's Back gs: Jeff MacKay (Mac Bonnick) Lance LeGault (Buck Greene) Darryl Ferrera (Fr. Jim Hiller) Glenn Cannon (Dr. Ibold) Winston Char (Duc Ho) Carmella Carut (Carmella) Sharon Stone (Diane Dupres (uncredited)) Marta DuBois (Michelle Hue (uncredited)) Clyde Kusatsu (Col. Ki (uncredited))

Diane's suicide triggers memories of others that Magnum has loved who have been killed, sending him into a spiral of depression, with him fast becoming a drunken wreck. While driving through town, he catches a glimpse of a man in who looks exactly like his late friend Mac MacReynolds. Higgins, Rick and T.C. are concerned about the effect of Diane's suicide on Magnum, but Thomas is adamant that he isn't going around the bend and intends to prove to his friends and to himself that he's not going insane. But if Mac is dead, just who did Magnum see?

b: 11-Oct-1984 pc: 8723 w: Donald P. Bellisario d: Alan J. Levi

# NOTE: The opening and closing credits of this episode feature a unique version of the theme, which is the only time that this version was ever used in the series. This episode stands on its own, but has a greater impact when viewed immediately after "Echoes Of The Mind: Part II. This episode is a departure from the non-Season Eight norm of standalone episodes, and was specifically designed to be viewed after "Echoes Of The Mind: Part II. For all seasons other than Season Eight, the order in which the episodes were to be aired was not decided until after they were produced, and the production order and air date order were not synchronous. # This episode features flashbacks to several other episodes: Diane's suicide in "Echoes Of The Mind: Part II", Michelle's near death at the hands of Col. Ki in "Memories Are Forever", Mac's death in "Did You See The Sunrise?", Rick's little sister in "Distant Relative", Dan Cook in "Pilot", and Magnum's father in "Home From The Sea"'. 88. The Legacy of Garwood Huddle gs: Pat Hingle (Garwood Huddle) John Ratzenberger (Walt Brewster) Belinda Montgomery (Frannie Huddle) Philip Sterling (Harry Clayborn) Michael Anderson Jr. (Garwood Huddle, Jr.) Nancy DeCarl (Sheila) Elisha Cook Jr. (Ice Pick Hofstetler) William Bryant (Slick Sims) Dick Durock (Norm) Loretta Fury (Myra) Wisa D'Orso (Mavis) Wakefield Mist (Garwood Huddle III (uncredited))

Higgins persuades Magnum to help Garwood Huddle, a member of a notorious group of 1940s bank robbers, whom Higgins feels indebted to after Huddle had once assisted him in a daring MI6 assignment. The man, who has always seen himself as a modern day Robin Hood, has escaped from prison to rescue his kidnapped grandson, but they find that the stash of years-old stolen money that Garwood is to pay the ransom with is gone...

b: 18-Oct-1984 pc: 7636 w: Richard Yalem d: Vincent McEveety

# NOTE: Nancy De Carl, who plays Sheila, was a television news reporter before she married Larry Manetti. This episode has some signs that it is out of sequence with the surrounding episodes, most notably going by Magnum's hair length – short in the previous and next episode, here is quite long. It almost feels at times as if the episode could be a left-over from the previous season. # Phil Hartman of "SNL" fame does a newscaster voiceover, though he was uncredited for his work in this episode. 89. Under World gs: Richard Lawson (Gerald Calvin)

As he's about to take off after delivering a pair of newlyweds to Maui, T.C. is offered a lot of money to deliver a briefcase to Oahu. On his approach to the Island Hoppers headquarters, he loses control of his helicopter and crashes into the ocean. After being rescued by fishermen, T.C. is rushed to the hospital, where he remains in a coma with his brother Gerald at his side. When the Coast Guard is in no rush to investigate what they consider to be a simple accident, Thomas and Gerald investigate the chopper's wreckage and discover that it was shot down. Thomas, Higgins, Rick and Gerald put their own lives in jeopardy as they set out to find who's responsible for T.C.'s near-fatal crash.

b: 25-Oct-1984 pc: 8715 w: Reuben Leder d: Ivan Dixon

NOTE: The official, on-screen title of this episode is "Under World", even though it is sometimes listed by other sources as "Underworld". 90. Fragments gs: Samantha Eggar (Laura Bennett) Kenneth Mars (Archie Rankin)

While Higgins is arranging a television variety show to raise money to save an endangered species of worms no less, Magnum is hired by a woman who claims to have psychic abilities and believes to have foreseen her own murder. Thomas must find who, if anyone, the will-be murderer is, but the woman's visions of fate spell great danger for Thomas too. Meanwhile, Thomas is trying to get his payment from a used car salesman who hired him to find out if his was cheating on him, but events turn much more dangerous than he expects...

b: 01-Nov-1984 pc: 7619 w: Nick Thiel and Donald P. Bellisario s: Nick Thiel and David Chomsky d: David Hemmings 91. Blind Justice gs: George DiCenzo (Barry Aldridge) Margaret Impert (Madeline Jones) Natalie Gregory (Elizabeth Bowman) Barbara Rush (Ann Carrington) Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Danny Kamekona (Judge) Dick Jensen (Willie K.) Gary Epper (Gregory Xavier) Marian E. Green (Debbie Carrington) Robert Silva (Officer Gilbert) Susan Ditto-Paige (Addie)

Carol persuades Magnum to do some work for her, gathering additional evidence for the big murder case of a man accused of killing his wife that is due to come up in court in a couple of days. The only witness of the woman's death is her young daughter, but Thomas faces a crisis of conscience over just what to and what not to present as evidence in the court-room that could ensure the conviction of the violent accused killer... Meanwhile, Higgins, tired of Magnum's slackness around the Estate, has taken use of the Ferrari away from him, so Thomas must find a new vehicle to get around in...

b: 08-Nov-1984 pc: 8711 w: Chris Abbott d: Russ Mayberry 92. Murder 101 gs: Marilyn Jones (Stacy Dayton) Alan Fudge (Mr. Gaylord) Kim Miyori (Kiana Dau) Harry Townes (Albert Leonard) Hunter Von Leer (Merle Bell) Frank Whiteman (Blaylock) Tom Shadyac (Danny)

At the urging of the students in the private investigation class that Thomas is teaching at a local college, Thomas takes on the investigation into the disappearance of a fellow student's fianc้ as the class's field work. The teacher and his pupils soon discover that while the student's fears that her fianc้ is having an affair are unfounded, this anything-but-textbook case involves a man sought after by both sides of the law for trying to prevent a crime.

b: 15-Nov-1984 pc: 8714 w: Rogers Turrentine d: Ivan Dixon

NOTE: Larry Manetti was involved in an accident prior to the shooting of this episode, and although his injuries aren't really evident on screen, they limited his activities for a few episodes. 93. Tran Quoc Jones gs: Rick Lenz (Dick Hasley) Terry Kisser (Dennis Redfield) Deborah Pratt (Gloria) Jeff MacKay (Mac Bonnick) Robert Tessier (Woods) Roland Harrah III (Tran Quoc Jones) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) George Groves, Jr. (Jones) Robbie Dernehl (Honey Lester) Carmella Barut (Carmella) Glenn Pinho (Dan) Naomi Otsubo (Kathy)

At request of Robin Masters, Thomas begrudgingly is to provide protection for a political candidate whom he has reason to dislike. He is also waiting for a female client, but in her place arrives a young Vietnamese boy, Tran Quoc Jones, who wants to hire Magnum to find his long lost father, a pilot in the Vietnam war. Tran cannot go to the authorities for help as he is an illegal immigrant and would face deportation, and as Thomas does his best to trace the boy's father, he and his friends, especially T.C., become attached to the boy. But Magnum learns that the woman who was originally to have hired him was found murdered - and the politician, the dead woman and the young Vietnamese boy all tie in to the same case...

b: 29-Nov-1984 pc: 8716 w: Chris Abbott d: Russ Mayberry 94. Luther Gillis: File #001 gs: Eugene Roche (Luther H. Gillis) Don Knight (Dan Davies) Gary Grubbs (Dexter) Orson Welles (Robin Masters (voice) (uncredited))

Robin and Higgins simultaneously ask Thomas to do some investigative work, so Thomas calls on Luther to nail the man who's blackmailing Higgins over information that could have repercussions for him and an old flame in the House of Commons, while Thomas goes undercover to investigate embezzlement in a bank owned by Robin's friend.

b: 06-Dec-1984 pc: 8724 w: Reuben Leder d: Ivan Dixon

# NOTE: "Rosebud", the personal access code that Robin gives Thomas, is, of course, a homage to "Citizen Kane", one of the greatest American movies ever made, which Orson Wells wrote, directed, produced, and starred in when he was only 26 years old. John Hillerman comes by his Texas twang in this episode honestly -- he was born and raised in Denison, TX. 95. Kiss of the Sabre gs: Paul Gleason (Ronnie Meeder) Cassie Yates (Betty Windom) David Spielberg (Dan Morgan) Soon-Teck Oh (Dr. Bill Su) Patrick Collins (Russell Smythe)

Robin's friend and aspiring writer Betty comes to the estate for a quiet place to overcome her case of writer's block as she works on her mystery adventure novel. In short order, she convinces Higgins to hand over the keys to the Ferrari and to relocate Thomas to the main house while she works in the guest house, much to Thomas's extreme displeasure. After Thomas is forced by a lack of transportation to let her observe his investigation of a hit-and-run insurance case, she begins to churn out a story inspired by Thomas's case, featuring Thomas as dashing international investigator Sebastian Sabre, Higgins as his faithful servant Boris, T.C. as his pilot Winston, Rick as club owner Swift, and herself as Sabre's glamorous girlfriend Collette. Her wild imagination unwittingly breaks open Thomas's investigation and plunges them both into danger.

b: 13-Dec-1984 pc: 8721 w: Jay Huguely d: John Patterson

# NOTE: There were no co-stars credited for this episode. The cast of characters in Collette's novel: Tom Selleck (as Sebastian Sabre) John Hillerman (as Boris) Roger E. Mosely (as Winston) Larry Manetti (as Swift) Cassie Yates (as Collette) David Spielberg (as Vittorio Romano) Soon-Teck Oh (as Dr. Ling) Patrick Collins (as Hans Leopold) Paul Gleason (as Jacques Arnot) 96. Little Games gs: Cesar Romero (Doc Villaroch) Jenny Agutter (Krista Villaroch) Jeff MacKay (Mac Bonnick)

Higgins is outraged when Thomas's game playing crashes the estate's security computer system, thereby jeopardizing the selection of the estate for an upcoming multi-million dollar jewelery design competition; Thomas enlists Mac's help in reprogramming the computer in exchange for bailing him out of jail after he's been arrested for possession of stolen goods; after challenging Krista, the insurance company's wily security investigator who learned her trade at the knee of her jewel thief father, to test the Estate's security system after Mac gets the system up and running again, Thomas discovers that Mac has greatly overstated his programming abilities and that Krista has greatly understated her father's retirement.

b: 03-Jan-1985 pc: 8728 w: Deborah Pratt d: Arthur Allan Seidelman

NOTE: This episode's episode-specific opening credits are in white instead of the customary yellow. 97. Professor Jonathan Higgins gs: Jillie Mack (Sally Ponting) Lynn Wood (Mrs. Finch) Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley)

After Agatha and her friends are swindled out of $100,000 by a shady investment company, she hires Thomas to track down the crooks and retrieve their money; Higgins's distant cousin arrives 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, giving Higgins and Agatha only a few days to play Pygmalion and turn his common cousin into a proper lady before the wedding.

b: 10-Jan-1985 pc: 8712 w: Jay Huguely s: Mary Lee Gaynor d: Peter Medak

# NOTE: Jillie Mack, who played Sally Ponting, married Tom Selleck in 1987, and is the mother of his daughter Hannah. The title and storyline of this episode were inspired by Alan J. Lerner's "My Fair Lady", which in turn was inspired by George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion". 98. Compulsion gs: David Hemmings (Lord Binkie Smythe-White) John Pleshette (Steve Elliot) Susan Swift (Sunshine) Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley) Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin) Richard MacPherson (Moody) Camille Yamamoto (Doctor) David Palmer (Freddie Baxter) Dean Turner (Gridley Parsloe)

Carol asks Magnum for help when a series of strange events lead her to believe that someone is trying to scare her. At first she thinks that she just may be imagining it, but as the happenings turn more sinister, her fears grow. It seems that the threats are connected with the leader of a religious group that her father, also a District Attorney, sent to prison over fifteen years earlier, whom she is about to testify for parole to be denied. Meanwhile, Higgins is expecting a visit of three old friends from Sandhurst, but he isn't particularly looking forward to the visit...

b: 24-Jan-1985 pc: 8731 w: Chris Abbott d: David Hemmings 99. All For One (1) gs: Robert Forster (Tyler Peabody McKinney) Clyde Kusatsu (Dr. Lon Teng) Seth Sakai (Major Thieu) Dustin Nguyen (Joe Hanamut) Mimorie Acain Thoma (Nata Ying) Michael Hasegawa (Capt. Thanat) Debi Parker (Kan Hol) Nguyen Thinh Van (Suragit) James Grimshaw (J.J. Quinncannon) Reggie Ho (Keo)

First in a two-part story.
Tyler McKinney, an old commando acquaintance, asks Thomas, Rick and T.C. to help him rescue a buddy who is held prisoner after being captured in Chong Ker, Cambodia. The three have no reason to like or trust McKinney after he involved them in a dubious mission in Vietnam, but individually they all eventually agree to help him on the mission. They head off to Cambodia, with the unexpected accompaniment of Higgins, but the mission has dangerous consequences in store for Rick...

b: 31-Jan-1985 pc: 8710 w: Reuben Leder d: Mike Vejar

NOTE: Although the feature-length episodes also exist in two parts, this is the second of two stories originally shown as two-parters, the first being 'Echoes Of The Mind' at the start of the season. # (As with that story, this adventure quite probably also probably exists in official feature-length format). The on-screen title for this part is 'All For One' (no mention of being part one). The episode title of this story appears centre-screen; for most episodes the title is at the bottom of the screen. 100. All For One (2) gs: Robert Forster (Tyler Peabody McKinney) Clyde Kusatsu (Dr. Lon Teng) Seth Sakai (Major Thieu) Dustin Nguyen (Joe Hanamut) Mimorie Acain Thoma (Nata Ying) Debi Parker (Kan Hol) Nguyen Thinh Van (Suragit)

Conclusion of this two-part story.
Magnum, Tyler and Higgins are held prisoner by the Vietnamese Major that has a reign of terror over Chong Ker. As Rick lays recovering 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...

b: 07-Feb-1985 pc: 8775 w: Reuben Leder d: Mike Vejar

# NOTE: The on-screen title of this episode is 'All For One part II', with no brackets as with the previous 'Echoes Of The Mind (part II)'. After the opening credits of this part is a one-minute forty-second recap of the events of the first part. 101. The Love-For-Sale Boat gs: Jeff MacKay (Mac Bonnick) Elisha Cook Jr. (Ice Pick Hofstetler) Marilyn Tokuda (Sakiko) George Cheung (Nagosho) Carolyn Seymour (Leanne)

Mac's latest shady money-making scheme has landed him in trouble with the Japanese Yakuza, so he convinces Rick to buy a sailboat from him, complete with a crew of three Japanese women who barely speak a word of English. Rick is furious when Mac skips town just before the boat is impounded because Mac didn't own it in the first place, leaving Rick unable to repay Ice Pick the $20,000 he borrowed to buy the yacht, now that he can't make the money he planned by renting the boat out for charters. To get Rick's money back and keep the Yakuza and Ice Pick from doing him harm, Thomas sets out across the mainland to track down Mac.

b: 14-Feb-1985 pc: 8707 w: J. Miyoko Hensley & Steven Hensley d: Ray Austin

NOTE: As Thomas tries to catch up with Mac, we see him at car rental booths at various airports, all which look the same except for a poster of the locale on the wall, and all of which offer free lemons for some reason. This sight gag on the similar look of these booths can also be taken as a tongue-in-cheek nod to the same set's being used to represent different locations with barely any alteration. 102. Let Me Hear the Music gs: Susan Oliver (Laurie Crane) Red West (Billy Cockrell (present day)) Robert Sampson (Desmond Crane) Amanda McBroom (Country singer) Dennis Weaver (Lacy Fletcher (present day)) Robbie Weaver (George Lee Jessup) Rustin Weaver (Lacy Fletcher (1950)) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Michael Cowell (Billy Cockrell (1950)) Jim Demarest (Emcee)

Magnum has been hired by country musician Lacy Fletcher to unearth five songs written over twenty-five years ago by legendary singer George Lee Jessup shortly before his death. Jessup wrote the songs for his girl-friend, but when Thomas tracks her down, the woman denies ever knowing Jessup or any knowledge of the songs, and it seems that Lacy is not the only person searching for the songs...

b: 21-Feb-1985 pc: 8730 w: Jay Huguely

# NOTE: Rustin Weaver, who played the young Lacy Fletcher, and Robbie Weaver, who played George Lee Jessup, are Dennis Weaver's sons. Another of Dennis's sons, Rick Weaver, also worked in various production capacities on the show. Dennis Weaver does his own singing and instrument playing in this episode. 103. Ms. Jones gs: Margaret Impert (Maddie Jones) Sam Anderson (Ray Jones) Robert F. Hoy (Mark Phelps) Lance LeGault (Buck Greene) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Marcia Wolf (Karen Summers) Ray Austin (Nigel Hucksby) Harry Endo (Mr. Matsuda) Kim Bevers (Allison) Anne Willmarth (Mrs. Thurston) Robert Sizer (Caligua)

A reluctant Magnum is hired by Ms. Jones – the clerk at the Hall of Records who often aggravates him with excessive red tape – to help her find her husband Ray. He is an expert computer programmer who has disappeared after completing work on a valuable new Artificial Intelligence formula, which could potentially be dangerous if it falls into the wrong hands...

b: 07-Mar-1985 pc: 8732 w: Phil Combest d: Ray Austin

NOTE: Episode director Ray Austin has a small role in this story. He can also be seen in the first season episode The Black Orchid, which he also directed. 104. The Man From Marseilles gs: Paul Verdier (Detective Jean Claude Fornier) Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Elissa Dulce Hoopai (Tiffany [as Elyssa Dulce]) Edward Randolph (Marcel Dubray) Joe Moore (Reporter) Edward Fernandez (Tak Nakamura) Roydon Clark (Sailor)

An international French detective – the real-life model for a series of best-selling novels by Robin Masters – who is staying at the Estate, asks Thomas' help in locating a missing heir he's trying to track down. Everyone knows the distinguished Inspector from the many novels based on him, and is willing to help the famed detective in any way they can – especially the star-struck Carol – but things turn more dangerous when the investigation leads to one of the world's biggest drug dealers...

b: 14-Mar-1985 pc: 8720 w: Reuben Leder d: John Llewellyn Moxey

# NOTE: This episode is memorable for Magnum being forced to sing 'Misty' in a karaoke bar. He does so – badly! Paul Verdier returns as Detective Jean Claude Fornier in the seventh season episode 'A.A.P.I.'. # Elissa Dulce Hoopai, usually seen playing waitress Rosine at the King Kamehameha Club, here plays Tiffany, waitress at the karaoke bar (credited as Elissa Dulce). 105. Torah, Torah, Torah gs: Nehemiah Persoff (Rabbi Asher Solomon) France Nuyen (Miss Chou) Arlen Dean Snyder (Mr. Shelby) Ralph Strait (Optician) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Don Over (Dispatcher) Peter Stader (Vic Makula) James Calabrese (European) Tovik Liberman (Young Solomon) Chirs Duque (Dick Ling)

Higgins asks Magnum to collect an old friend, Asher Solomon, from the airport – who Magnum finds is a Rabbi, arriving in Hawaii with a sacred Torah that was recently returned by the Antiquities Department of Taiwan. But on the journey back to the Estate, they are ambushed and the valuable Torah is grabbed from the Rabbi. As Magnum helps the Rabbi try to recover the sacred artefact, their search leads them to a ring of smugglers...

b: 28-Mar-1985 pc: 8727 w: Martain Sage & Sybil Adelman d: Leo Penn

NOTE: This episode is sometimes found billed as 'Torah! Torah! Torah!', but the official, on-screen title is without exclamation marks. 106. A Pretty Good Dancing Chicken gs: Asher Brauner (Darryl Jacobs) Shannon Wilcox (Diana Franklin / Holly Berry) Hari Rhodes (Prison Guard) Linda Grovenor (Rebecca Jane "Becky" Damon) Jack Knight () Matt Clark (Jack Damon) Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin) Garrison True (Paul Graham) Ted White (Inmate #1) Mickey Caruso (Inmate #2) Turner Pe'a (Police Officer) Clay Wai (Frog)

Thomas is hired by Jack Damon, Carol's Uncle, to find his seventeen-year-old daughter Becky, who has been missing for two months, after leaving home against his wishes to pursue a career as a dancer. After a little investigating, Thomas finds that the last person known to have seen the girl was her former boyfriend Darryl Jacobs – who is now behind bars after being involved in a stolen guns deal that went bad. Magnum decides the only way to find out from Jacobs what happened to Becky is to go undercover as a convict at the prison farm where Jacobs is being detained...

b: 04-Apr-1985 pc: 8718 w: Jay Huguely and Joe Gores s: Joe Gorges & Anthony Pellicano d: Bernard L. Kowalski

# NOTE: Unusually, this episode his it's on-screen 'story by' credit before it's 'teleplay by' credit; normally they are listed the other way around. Co-story devisor Anthony Pellicano is a forensic expert, who has worked for the Police on many high profile cases. He is the President of Pellicano Investigative Agency, Ltd., a Private Investigation company. # Magnum's prison number is #73762. Season 6

107. Deja Vu (1)
gs: Francesca Annis (Penelope St. Clair) Julian Glover (Duncan Scott) Peter Davison (Ian MacKerras) Pamela Salem (Alyce) Paddy Navin (Millicent Mumford) Margaret Lacy (Mrs. Ridley) Roy Stevens (Geoffrey St. Clair) Hugh Beverton (Hotel Clerk) Joseph Long (Cmdr. Ocho) Christopher Duffy (Higgins at 18) Paul Denny (Higgins at 13) Darren Bakal (Higgins at 6) Daniel Chapman (Boy in Sailor Suit) Marc Boyle (Scorpio 6 Agent)

First part of what was originally shown as a feature-length story. Magnum and Higgins travel to London, England to oversee the establishment of Robin Master's new castle, Robin's Keep, in time for a large banquet. While Higgins is busy training Ian MacKerras for the running of the castle, Thomas takes the opportunity to visit Geoffrey St. Clare, an old friend from Vietnam, but upon arrival, Geoffrey's wife Penelope informs him that Geoffrey has been killed, after being run down in a hit-and-run incident with a black Jaguar. But there is mystery surrounding the death - Geoffrey was supposed to be in France, and the circumstances suggest that, far from being an accident, the death was deliberate murder. The events of Geoffrey's killing seem to be echoing a disturbing, bizarre dream that Magnum had on the journey to England...

b: 26-Sep-1985 pc: 8776 w: Chris Abbott s: Donald P. Bellisario & Chris Abbott d: Russ Mayberry

NOTE: With the arrival of the sixth season, many of the shots on the opening credits are updated, replacing many previous ones with shots from fourth and fifth season episodes (including new shots used with the credits for John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley and Larry Manetti; Tom Selleck's remains the same). # One further shot would be updated on these new opening credits from 'The Kona Winds' three episodes later. Shot mostly on location in London, England, this episode is of particular interest to myself and fellow U.K. fans. There's a lot of land-marks to be spotted, as well as a number of British performers who appear. # Rick arrives to "help" Magnum and Higgins, though we only see him in interior scenes. T.C. is supposedly on a flight after him, but due to a mix up with Rick's cheat-seat flights, ends up in Morocco instead! He arrives in the U.K. in the second half, though we only ever hear him on the phone talking to Rick, and we never actually see him meet up with any of the other characters. # British actor Peter Davison played young vet Tristan Farnon in the BBC's long-running, hugely popular 'All Creatures Great And Small' (1978-1990). Aside from that role, he is best known for playing the fifth incarnation (1982-1984) of 'Doctor Who' (1963-1989; 1996). # The newspaper seller who Magnum visits (in Part 2) after his haunting dream, is played by British comic, the late Arthur English. A performer of many stooge roles, he is probably best remembered to many as playing care-taker Mr. Harmon from 1976-1985 in the classic BBC comedy 'Are You Being Served?' (1973-1985). English passed away in 1995. # Five (formerly Channel 5)'s showing of this story on the 28th and 29th November 2002, which I am going by, used the feature-length version, of which Five edited themselves into a two-part version (similarly as they had previously done with the third season's feature-length / two-part 'Did You See The Sunrise?'). On the 'official' two-part version, characters that don't appear in the relevant half of the story may not be credited, and there may be different closing credits for each part. 108. Deja Vu (2) gs: Francesca Annis (Penelope St. Clair) Julian Glover (Duncan Scott) Peter Davison (Ian Mackerras) Pamela Salem (Alyce) Grace Kennedy (Shadea) Marc Sinden (Insp. Stokesay) Paddy Navin (Millicent Mumford) Margaret Lacy (Mrs. Ridley) Roy Stevens (Geoffrey St. Clair) Joseph Long (Cmdr. Ocho) Marc Boyle (Scorpio 6 Agent) Red Crandall (Robin Masters (voice)) John Hillerman (Jonathan Quayle Higgins II (uncredited))

Conclusion of this feature-length / two-part story. As Thomas and Penelope investigate the mystery surrounding Geoffrey's death, they become close to each other, and Thomas with this and with flashbacks to his haunting dream that seems to have predicted Geoffrey's death, he feels as though he's almost stepped into Geoffrey's life. The pair uncover that Geoffrey was once part of a powerful group of assassins, and seems to have been killed to stop him from having chance to expose the group. Meanwhile, Thomas learns that Higgins is reluctant to use the stay in England as an opportunity to visit his father, whom he has not seen in forty years after a falling out...

b: 26-Sep-1985 pc: 8777 w: Chris Abbott s: Donald P. Bellisario & Chris Abbott d: Russ Mayberry 109. Old Acquaintance gs: Lee Purcell (Goldie Morris) Keone Young (Makini) Lee De Broux (Rodney Radcliff) Hari Rhodes (Seko Rwanda) Brock Peters (President Kole) Art Kimbro (Lieutenant Kimbro) Fred Lerner (Smith) Mike Adams (Jones) Michael W. Perry (Reporter #1) Leslie Wilcox (Reporter #2) Robert Malo (Desk Clerk)

Thomas meets up with an old friend from high-school, Goldie Morris. He finds that she has lost her rather goofy looks from her younger days to become an attractive woman, but hasn't lost any of her extremist protestor ways – something that comes to the fore when she voices her disapproval when learning that he is delivering some important papers on behalf of Higgins to a visiting unpopular third-world President, known for living a luxurious life while letting many of his people starve. But Goldie has a job for Thomas, hiring him to find a trained dolphin that was recently kidnapped from a local sea life park. She admits that she was part of a liberation group that took the dolphin, planning set it free, but it becomes apparent that the two men that were in on the dolphin-napping plan to use the highly-trained creature in a far more sinister plot...

b: 03-Oct-1985 pc: 407 w: Jill Sherman Donner d: Ivan Dixon

NOTE: Look out for a real-life high-school photograph of Tom Selleck, seen in Magnum's high-school book near the beginning of the episode. T.C. and Rick have much amusement at his then-hair cut. This same photo is also seen a few episodes later, in 'Going Home'. 110. The Kona Winds gs: Cynthia Sikes (Lauren Henderson) Frank Converse (Sam Henderson) Kit McDonough (Cindy) Dick Jensen (Big Ed Kanakoa) Wesley Farris (Security Guard)

Magnum is on the sea-front, watching the approaching storms brought on by the Kona Winds, when he sees a woman either slip or jump into the turbulent waters. After rescuing her, he takes her back to the estate, where she tells him that the previous night, she witnessed her husband - owner of a reel-estate empire - murder his business partner, and now fears that he'll kill her too. As Thomas investigates her husband, he begins to fall in love with the woman, but as he observes, the Kona Winds make people behave in uncharacteristic ways, and the whole situation spells big trouble and danger for him...

b: 10-Oct-1985 pc: 415 w: Chris Abbott d: Jerry Jameson

# NOTE: After the opening credits were updated at the start of the season, with this episode another shot is updated. The previous version is used once more the next episode, after wich this version of opening credits would remain for the rest of the season. After we saw Rick having an affair with a married woman in the second season episode 'Computer Date', here Magnum too begins an affair with a married woman (though in fairness, he puts everyone's strange behaviour down to the Kona Winds, and the woman is leading him into it). More clean-cut similar shows of the era would usually have steered away from such subjects, but 'Magnum p.i.', while generally a family show, did have some more adult-orientated elements. # Stormy weather having an affect on people's behaviour, as seen in this story, is echoed in the eighth season episode 'Pleasure Principle'. 111. The Hotel Dick gs: Candy Clark (Leslie Emory) Phyllis Davis (Cleo Mitchell) Granville Van Dusen (Clyde Daltrey) Wayne Storm (Leo) Norman Compton (Nick) Joe Moore (Willard X. Huxley) David Cohen (Russell) Kenna Cohen (Mary) Jo Ralston (Desk Clerk #1) Jeff Habberstad (Catman) Stace Mana (Desk Clerk #2)

Magnum has given up life at the estate to get a "real" job as the in-house detective at the large, plush Hawaiian Gardens Hotel, where he must keep trouble out, stop prostitutes who work from the hotel, and most importantly, put an end to the rash of burglaries that have been plaguing the hotel by catching the thief, dubbed "the Catman of Kawaii". But he does nothing but irritate his new, snobbish boss by helping a prostitute he's befriended while letting the cat burglar escape him, and must capture the elusive thief before the upcoming International convention of jewellery designers to be held at the hotel, where the burglar is sure to strike if not caught in time...

b: 17-Oct-1985 pc: 409 w: Reuben Leder d: Douglas Heyes

# NOTE: After the opening credits were updated slightly more the previous episode, this episode reverts to the first version of the season's credits for one last time. Some sources list Candy Clark's character as being called Leslie Lang. Leslie Emory is the correct name. # Candy Clark returns as Leslie in the seventh season episode 'Straight and Narrow'. # Phyllis Davis (Cleo) also returns in 'Straight and Narrow', as well as the eighth season's 'The Great Hawaiian Adventure Company', 'Transitions' and in the final episode, 'Resolutions'. # Other than one scene at the King Kamehameha Club, this episode takes place entirely at the Hawaiian Gardens Hotel. # In one scene of this episode, Magnum is wearing reading glasses, admitting to Higgins that his eye-sight isn't as good as it once was. We also see him wearing his glasses in several later episodes. 112. Round and Around gs: Whip Hubley (Stu) Sheila Frazier (Sheila Pennington) Larry B. Scott (Ronald 'Ronny' Pennington, Jr.) Bob Minor (Ronald 'Ron' Pennington, Sr. [as Robert L. Minor]) Rummel Mor (Andy Wen) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Whip Hubley (Stu) James Grant Benton (Kika) Warren Fabro (Sammy Garns) Frances Yoshida (Tran Nguyen) Anthony Webster (Bert) Peter Bourne (Tourist [Peter Bourne, Jr.]) Maile Kinimaka (Maile) Myra English (Dora Garns)

Ron Pennington, a friend of T.C.'s and Magnum's on their basketball team, is shot dead when interrupting an armed grocery store hold-up. T.C., waiting outside for his friend, gets a fleeting look at the robbers as they make their getaway. T.C. tries to mend the rift in Ron's family between Ron and his wayward teenage son that had emerged before Ron's death, as he and Thomas search for the robbers who they assume were responsible for their friend's murder...

b: 24-Oct-1985 pc: 8736 w: Reuben Leder d: Reuben Leder

# NOTE: This episode is often found incorrectly billed as 'Round and Round'. The official, on-screen title is 'Round and Around.' Bob Minor (T.C.'s murdered friend Ron, here credited as Robert L. Minor), distinguished as being the first black member of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures, was the Stunt Co-ordinator for the series. He also was T.C.'s stunt double – at the climax of the episode, when T.C. has a chair smashed over his back, it is actually Minor standing in for him. He had previously played another character in the third season episode 'Legacy from a Friend'. # This episode has the unusual block credit of 'Produced, written and directed by Reuben Leder'. # Unusually, the closing credits of this episode use an edit of the theme tune usually reserved for feature-length / two-part adventures (it had previously used on the fifth season's two-part 'All For One' and the feature-length 'Deja Vu' at the start of this season). # This episode gives us a rare look at the library in the main house on the Masters Estate. It is seen again in a few episodes time, in 'Rapture'. # In this episode, we see Ice Pick's daughter Hilda, mentioned several times previously (though she is only seen in the background behind Rick, and she has no dialogue). Rick tells Magnum that in return for Ice Pick giving him some information, he had to call in every favour he had and agree to "the big one" – it's more than dating her, though we never find out exactly what this deal actually was! # [SPOILER] Many plot tasters for this episode spoil the story by giving away that Ron's shooting was accidental, though not by who. 113. Going Home gs: Gwen Verdon (Katherine Magnum Peterson) David Huddleston (Frank Peterson) Joe Regalbuto (Don Eddie Rice) Julie Cobb (Karen) Irene Tedrow (Mrs. Wilson) James Stanley (Steve) Brandon Call (Billy) Vera Hussey-Forbes (Miss Winobe) David Traylor (Policeman) Bob Selleck (Grampa Everett)

After thirteen years away, Thomas returns to Tidewater to attend the funeral of his beloved 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.

b: 31-Oct-1985 pc: 404 w: Chris Abbott s: Gene Donalds d: Harry Harris

# NOTE: This is the only episode which features only one of the show stars (Tom Selleck) and does not feature an appearance by either John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosely, or Larry Manetti. This is also the only episode of the entire series in which John Hillerman does not appear; only one of two episodes in which Larry Manetti does not appear (the other being Two Birds of a Feather); and one of only four episodes in which Roger E. Mosely does not appear (the others being Two Birds of a Feather, Dead Man's Channel, and Who is Don Luis Higgins, and Why is He Doing These Terrible Things to Me?). Some sources incorrectly list this episode as being written by Don Balluck. # Gwen Verdon takes over the role of Thomas's mother from Susan Blanchard, who played Katherine Magnum in the 1950s flashback sequences in Home From The Sea. # Tom Selleck's father, Bob Selleck, plays Thomas's grandfather Everett in the home movies shown at the start of this episode. # The high school reunion sequence features the real high school photos of Tom Selleck and Joe Regalbuto. 114. Paniolo gs: Henry Darrow (Will Kinikawa) Mary Kate McGeehan (Lynn Harbison) Michael Sharrett (Kenneth 'Kenny' Harbison) Doug McClure (John Quillan) Kawika Pagan (Jesse Hikina) Clifford Lorenzo (David Pono) Kenneth Uteda (Police Officer) Pauline Kealoha-Millar้ (Hostess)

A supposed wealthy teenage ranch owner hires Magnum for $100,000 to stop a dangerous group of cattle rustlers on Hawaii's big island, that will soon force his ranch into bankruptcy if many more cattle are taken. But Magnum finds that his employer isn't quite all he makes out to be and will go to any extent to protect his cattle, and the neighbouring ranch owner implicated of being behind the cattle theft is a business partner of Robin Masters'...

b: 07-Nov-1985 pc: 425 w: Jay Huguely d: Russ Mayberry

# NOTE: The title of this episode, 'Paniolo', translates in Hawaiian to "chief ranch hand". A telegram that T.C. mistakenly believes that Magnum sent him, is dated 11/9/85 – just short of two months before this episode was originally broadcast in America. 115. The Treasure of Kalaniopu'u gs: Nancy Stafford (Amy Griswald) Beverly Todd (Donna Clemens) Michael Swan (James Dawkins) Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley) Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Glenn Cannon (Dr. Ibold) James Grant Benton (Kika) Chip Heller (Fenwick) Barbara Fitzsimmons (Maggie) Richard Sanford (Rev. Brown) Steven Goldsberry (Dobbs)

Magnum and a group of his treasure hunting friends are held at gun-point on a cliff-top with the one million dollar prize that was the hidden object of a treasure hunt competition, organised to help promote Robin Masters' new novel by using clues from it. Thomas recounts how they winded up in this predicament: he had been hired by the woman overseeing the treasure hunt to protect her throughout the contest, after it seems that someone is prepared to go to any extent, even to kill, to win the prize money...

b: 14-Nov-1985 pc: 411 w: Reuben Leder d: Ivan Dixon

NOTE: The official onscreen title of this episode is "The Treasure Of Kalaniopu'u" even though it is sometimes listed by other sources as "The Treasure of Kalanio Pua". 116. Blood and Honor gs: Jeff Yagher (Andy Hawkes) Simone Griffeth (Alex McPort) Chris Mulkey (Tony) Dennis Haysbert (Lt. Jameson) Peter Hansen (Officer) Paul Burke (Admiral Hawkes) Terry Cook (Lt. Cmdr. Dantley) Elissa Dulce Hoopai (Rosine) Scott Oughterson (The Agent)

Magnum is called back to Naval service by Admiral Hawkes, who has reason to suspect that there is a security leak at his Naval base that is leaking coded information, but can't ask any of his personnel to investigate for any one of them could be the "mole" behind the breach. He needs Magnum to root out the mole and plug the leak within three days, when he is due to receive some important submarine manuals written in code, which could be potentially very dangerous if they got into the wrong hands. Thomas' prime suspect is the fianc้e of the Admiral's son, but when some stolen classified information is planted in his car, he himself accused of espionage...

b: 21-Nov-1985 pc: 427 w: Phil Combest d: Mike Vejar 117. Rapture gs: John Bennett Perry (Stephen Parker) Haunani Minn (Ilima Parker) Eddie Barth (Harry Granger) Robbie Weaver (Wesley) Josie Over (Shirley) Lee Woodd (Willy) H. Cliff Coleman (Vince Harris) Kahale Ahina (Keli'i Parker)

As he and T.C. deep sea scuba-dive, Thomas sees a young boy who appears out of nowhere with no breathing apparatus and signals him to follow. Low on air, Thomas is unable to follow him, and later faces the skepticism of T.C., Higgins and Rick about his vision. An adamant Thomas, determined to prove that he's right, learns that his vision matches the description of a young boy, Keli'i Parker, killed five years earlier in an explosion at sea. The boy's mother has always blamed herself for his death, and as Thomas learns more about Keli'i, he begins to believe that his vision of the boy was destiny reaching out to lead him to the cause of the fatal accident.

b: 28-Nov-1985 pc: 422 w: Bruce Cervi d: Russ Mayberry

NOTE: This is the third episode in which Thomas experiences ethereal presences (the others being The Woman On The Beach and Mac's Back), and the third in which he believes that he's seen a person no one else has (the others being Michelle in Memories Are Forever, and Mac in Mac's Back). 118. I Never Wanted to Go to France, Anyway gs: Geoffrey Lewis (Gus Zimmer - "Gus the Geek" / Donald Gilbert) Clive Revill (Walter "Inky" Gilbert) Anne Schedeen (Audrey Gilbert - "Sparky the Clown") Richard Alfieri (Mike Janes) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Tommy Madden (Charles, the midget) Skeeter Vaughn (the Chief) Karen Price (Robin Guthry) Anne Willmarth (Chris, the bearded lady)

An old comrade of Higgins' brings his travelling carnival to Hawaii. But when one of the performers is fatally stabbed, Higgins asks Thomas to investigate. Working undercover as a carnival 'roustabout', aided by Rick, Thomas 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...

b: 02-Jan-1986 pc: 431 w: Reuben Leder d: Arthur Allan Seidelman

# NOTE: The first episode of the series to be (c) 1986. Another episode notable for having the lead characters in fancy costumes. Magnum spends most of the episode dressed as a 'carny' (carnival worker), as well as having to dress up as a convict on the apple dunk. Rick finds himself dressed up as a Red Indian in the Chief's knife throwing act, and Higgins appears as a clown! (T.C. is only seen at the beginning of this episode, and escapes having to wear a costume on this occasion). 119. Summer School gs: Tate Donovan (R.J. Masters) Michael MacRae (Jack) Meredith MacRae (Charla Graham) Carl Ciarfalio (Scott) Russ McCubbin (Archie Fleming) Carmella Barut (Carmella) Duff King (Wallace Graham)

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 Thomas after being impressed by his adventures. Hired by a woman to find the only witness to her husband's murder, R.J. manages to get Thomas and everyone else involved in the case targeted for death by the men who killed the woman's husband.

b: 09-Jan-1986 pc: 435 w: Bruce Cervi d: Russ Mayberry

# NOTE: As he browses through Thomas's newspaper clippings, R.J. finds one headline reading "P.I. Thomas Magnum Foils Hotel Robbery", which refers to his case in The Hotel Dick, and another headline reading "Local P.I. Busts Drug Ring", which could refer to any one of a number of previous episodes. This is the first time in the series that we get a shot of the entrance off the road to the King Kamehameha Club. The lettering on the wall by the entrance reads "Private Club" and "3863 Old Pali Road". 120. Mad Dogs and Englishmen gs: Darleen Carr (Ginny Malcolm / Virginia) Michael Halsey (Justin Hayward) Rex Ryon (Dan Davis) Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley) John McCann (Lieutenant Drake) Jeff Olson (Ray) Michael Ebner (Honor Guard Captain) Fuzzy Moody (Guard)

Thomas is more than a little taken aback when Higgins suddenly leaves his position on the Estate, after seemingly being found out by Robin Masters for stealing large amounts of money and valuable art objects. As Higgins' replacement, a rather dizzy actress, arrives to take his place on the Estate, Thomas investigates the mystery surrounding his abrupt departure...

b: 23-Jan-1986 w: Jay Huguely d: Virgil Vogel 121. All Thieves on Deck gs: William Windom (Captain James T. Lyle) Shelley Smith (Peggy Armbruster) Thaao Penghlis (Phillipe Fabre Dumout) Carole Cook (Sarah Tate) Paul Sand (Danny Frye) Alan Hale Jr. (Russell Tate [as Alan Hale]) Sarah Douglas (Countess Jacklyn Fabre Dumout / Isobel Dumot) Bob Fimiani (Dr. Garson T. Simms, D.V.M.) Meg Roach (Lady with cat) Don Helow (Theatre Patron) Herbert Furuya (Translator) Roland Nip (Pawnbroker)

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. But Thomas and Higgins find that Apollo has been shot and seriously wounded after thieves attempted to steal the artefact from the Estate. Expecting the would-be robbers to try again during the cruise, Thomas secures Rick and T.C.'s additional help in guarding the artefact, but they find themselves on-board with a ship load of suspects, all potential thieves of the Amakua...

b: 30-Jan-1986 w: Reuben Leder d: Jerry Jameson

# NOTE: Captain James T. Lyle (William Windom) is working on writing a novel called 'All Thieves On Deck', the same title as this episode. In this episode, T.C. can be spotted to be wearing a small ear-ring clip on his right ear. Although it's probably not the first episode he wears it in, it is the first time it can clearly be seen. 122. This Island Isn't Big Enough gs: Clyde Kusatsu (Gordon Katsumoto) Jenny Sherman (Starr Davis) Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin) Josie Over (Lily) Dan Nichols (Freddie) Maile Kinimaka (Maile) Todd Camenson (Otto) Vince Deadrick Sr. (Matt) Jeff Jensen (Louis) Francis Yoshida (Yamashiro) Harland Reed (Sidney)

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, who are all presumed dead. His hunt is somewhat hampered by the separate investigation of a law officer who models himself on John Wayne, but as they both try to get to the bottom of the strange disappearance of the boat's passengers, they stumble upon a plot involving mobsters and two million dollars in counterfeit money...

b: 13-Feb-1986 w: Chris Abbott s: Chris Abbott & Reuben Leder d: Leo Penn

# NOTE: This episode is sometimes found listed as 'This Island Isn't Big Enough...', but the official, on-screen title doesn't have the '...' after it. We hear the boat that Rick is on in this episode referred to as the King Kamehameha III (no to be confused with Rick's yacht, the King Kamehameha II, which it could be easily mistaken for to the casual viewer). # In this episode, we hear for the first time that Ice Pick's real name is Francis Hofstedder. (To reflect this revelation, he is listed with this name for future appearances; as it wasn't known previously, I haven't listed it on previous episodes he appears in). Ice Pick is mentioned, but not seen in this episode. # Clyde Kusatsu reprises the role of cowboy fanatic Detective Gordon Katsumoto in the seventh season episode 'A.A.P.I.'. # Again, as with 'Round and Around' earlier in the season, the theme tune version usually reserved for feature-length and two-part episodes is used for this regular length story (with one minor variation in it's edit). 123. Way of the Stalking Horse gs: Clu Gulager (Theo Wolf) Morgan Stevens (Dan Wolf) Marta Kober (Mary Elizabeth) Mie Hunt (Kim Nakamura Wolf) Elisha Cook Jr. (Ice Pick Hofstetler) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Glenn Cannon (Dr. Ibold) Dom Pomes (Hagen's Counsel) David Lau (Peter) Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin (uncredited))

Magnum is hired by meek insurance salesman Dan Wolf to locate his father, who he has not seen for thirty years. But unawares to Thomas, the client is actually an impostor hit-man who is using Thomas to help locate his victim, wealthy businessman Theo Wolf, whom he plans to kill to make a name for himself. In the hit, Magnum too is shot, bringing him close to death. Despite his wounds, Thomas becomes hell-bent on going after the hit-man to claim revenge for the dead man's widowed wife and son – and for himself...

b: 20-Feb-1986 w: Bruce Cervi d: John Llewellyn Moxey

NOTE: When Magnum is in a coma in hospital, we see delirious sequences of his friends talking to him. One of them is Kathleen Lloyd as Carol; although she normally receives Special Guest Star credit for her appearances, she goes un-credited for this small cameo appearance. # Also of note in this sequence, as well as seeing T.C. in Vietnam uniform, we see Rick with white suit and moustache, as seen circa 1979 in the fourth season episode 'Dream A Little Dream'. A sound effect to listen out for: Near the beginning of the episode, when Magnum hits the baseball and we hear it breaking one of the Estate's windows, the sharp crashing sound of glass was one of several effects used to make up the sound of Airwolf's turbos engaging. This sound effect had previously been used, to similar effect, in the third season episode 'Squeeze Play'. # Magnum coming close to death, and seeing almost heavenly-like visions of his friends, plays almost like a forerunner to the infamous seventh season closer 'Limbo', where he seemingly dies and goes to heaven. 124. Find Me a Rainbow gs: Julia Montgomery (Lydia McCarthy) Jennifer Salt (Susan Brandis) Denise Galik-Furey (Georgia) Kip Gilman (Donald Burns) Elissa Dulce Hoopai (Rosine) Jim Hutchison (Det. Howell) Robert Witthans (Joe McKenna) Wakefield Mist (Jesse McCarthy) Justin Taber (Ben)

Lydia McCarthy, a wealthy young woman, hires Thomas to find her family's former chauffeur, claiming that he stole some jewelry from her; Thomas finds the man, who insists that Lydia is obsessed with him; as Thomas investigates further, the case leads him to a black market operation dealing in babies; much to Higgins's regret, a group of underprivileged boys on a camp program stay on the estate.

b: 13-Mar-1986 w: Jill Sherman Donner d: Rick Weaver 125. Who is Don Luis Higgins, and Why is He Doing These Terrible Things to Me? gs: Robert Hogan (Alan Johnson) Cesare Danova (Manuel Ibenez) Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley) John Hillerman (Don Luis Mongueo (uncredited)) Anthony LaPaglia (Albert Stanley Higgins (1921)) Devon Guard (Laurie) Nyle Hallman (Alicia) Ed Randolph (King Fernando) Caron Aquino (Don Ana)

Higgins is preparing for a prestigious chess tournament, and the arrival of an important visiting dignitary, the President of Costa Del Rosa, who will be attending it. There have been threats made on the President's life, and Magnum is asked to apprehend those responsible. But both Magnum and Higgins have even more to contend with when yet another of Higgins' illegitimate half-brothers, the flamboyant Don Luis Mongueo, the last of the royal line of Costa Del Rosa, makes an appearance on the scene. But with the plots to assassinate the President, Don Luis emerges as the prime suspect...

b: 20-Mar-1986 w: Jay Huguely d: John Llewellyn Moxey

NOTE: Roger E. Mosley (T.C.) does not appear in this episode. # It is the last episode of the series where one of the show's four stars does not appear for the entire duration of the story. The title of this episode is so long, that it appears as two separate captions on screen. (It can normally be found listed as 'Who is Don Luis Higgins... and Why is He Doing These Terrible Things to Me?', but in keeping with the on-screen titles, it is listed here with both sets of '...'s). # After meeting Texas rodeo owner Elmo Ziller in the second season's 'The Elmo Ziller Story', and Irish Priest Father Paddy McGuiness in the third season's 'Faith and Begorrah' (who returned briefly in Part Two of the fifth season's 'Echoes Of The Mind'), where we meet yet another of Higgins' estranged half brothers, Don Luis Mongueo. He is the last in the line of Higgins' rather bizarre mixture of kin to appear in the series. 126. A Little Bit of Luck, A Little Bit of Grief gs: Pat Corley (Blair Boyer) Claudia Cron (Jeannie Kozar) Bruce Forsyth (Lottery Host) John Lisbon Wood (Dwayne Dailey) Robert F. Hoy (Cornell Dye) Elisha Cook Jr. (Ice Pick Hofstetler) Melanie Vincz (Mandy Smith) David S. Cass Sr. (Benny DeSilva) Kiva Lawrence (Debralee Worthy) Esmond Chung (Kenny Chung) Milt Jamin (Miguel Fuentes) Ben Wong (Paul)

T.C. and Magnum are fighting the demolition of T.C.'s club-house for underprivileged and troubled youths, which has been ordered to be destroyed by a greedy, obnoxious local land developer - even though he doesn't use the land. Their seemingly no-win struggle only results in a brush with the law. Meanwhile, unbeknown to them, Rick, on a trip away, wins the $1,000,000 jackpot in the Western States Lottery. Now a rich man, he meets a young woman who becomes his fianc้e, but with his new wealth, he begins to neglect his responsibilities at the King Kamehameha Club, and gets mixed up with a couple of crooked poker players. Rick is so wrapped up in his whirl-wind new life that he risks loosing his job, and even more importantly, his friends, not to mention his newly acquired wealth...

b: 03-Apr-1986 w: Reuben Leder d: Ray Austin

NOTE: Bruce Forsyth, probably unrecognised by many audiences outside of the United Kingdom, is a popular British comedian, who's career stretches right back to the 1950s. A stand-up comedian and comedy performer, who's catchphrases include "Nice to see you… to see you nice" and (in the '50s) "I'm in charge!", he is also recognised as a game show host. His many popular shows over the years include 'Sunday Night at the London Palladium' (hosting 1957-1961); 'The Generation Game' (hosting 1971-77, returning 1990-94), and 'Play Your Cards Right' (1979-present), to name just a handful. Playing the host of the show that Rick wins big on, he could be considered to be playing himself in this episode. 127. Photo Play gs: Cassie Yates (Shelly Faraday) Denny Miller (Agt. Longdon) Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley) Max Kleven (Thug #1) Geoff Heise (David Kirk) Rose Marie Barbeei (Kristin) Jake Ho'Opai (Truck Driver [as Jake Hoopai]) Walter Scott (Thug #2) Suzy Williams (Nurse)

Photographer Sally Faraday, looking to hire Magnum, meets him in undesirable circumstances when she prangs the front of the Ferrari while being pursued in a car chase by two men, an incident which also leaves Agatha with a broken ankle. Sally wants Thomas' help when it seems that she is being followed since returning from France with some photographs for a new book, in which she seems to have caught something on film that someone has reason to not want to ever be published...

b: 10-Apr-1986 w: Bruce Cervi s: Chas. Floyd Johnson d: Burt Brinckerhoff Season 7

128. L.A. (1)
gs: Dana Delany (Cynthia Farrell) Ina Balin (Lila) Daniel Faraldo (Jessie Hermano) Michael Goodwin (Frank Danton) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) J.A. Preston (Sam McKee) Alfonso Ribeiro (Kenny)

First part of what was originally shown as a feature-length story. Thomas arrives in Los Angeles to deliver lawsuit papers to a small film company on behalf of Robin Masters, and during the trip befriends a stand-up comedienne. 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, 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, who witnesses his friends being shot dead after stealing a car...

b: 01-Oct-1986 w: Chris Abbott d: Alan J. Levi

# NOTE: The seventh season opening credits are identical to those of the sixth season (second version, used from 'The Kona Winds'). Beginning with this episode, Tom Selleck's production company, T.W.S. Productions, joins Belisarius Productions, Inc., Donald P. Bellisario's production company, in coproducing the show. # For the first time in the history of the show, the guest stars (with the exception of Dana Delany) are credited in alphabetical order. # Magnum's talking car in Los Angeles is a sly homage to Knight Rider, which was also created and produced by Glen A. Larson. # Magnum spends the entire episode in Los Angeles, and his only contact with Higgins, T.C., and Rick is over the phone. 129. L.A. (2) gs: Dana Delany (Cynthia Farrell) Ina Balin (Lila) Daniel Faraldo (Jessie Hermano) Michael Goodwin (Frank Danton) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Alfonso Ribeiro (Kenny)

Conclusion of this feature-length / two-part story. 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, and get him out of the trouble he is in...

b: 01-Oct-1986 w: Chris Abbott d: Alan J. Levi

NOTE: Magnum's tricking his way into Burt Reynolds's trailer by impersonating him is a nod at Tom Selleck's being dubbed "television's Burt Reynolds" at the height of their fame, due to the similarities in their appearance and on screen persona. Italian Ice also referenced the similarities between Magnum and Reynolds. 130. One Picture is Worth gs: Stephanie Dunnam (Linda Andrews) Tim Rossovich (Nelson) Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin) Roy Jenson (Jack Wilkins) Linda Ryan (Art Gallery Owner) Melanie Phillips (Mrs. Wilkins) Keokeokalae (Keo) Phil Nordell (Tony) Daniel Muzinich (Bank Teller) Russell Shimooka (Newscaster) Turner Pe'a (Police Officer)

A gifted deaf painter is the only eye-witness to a bank robbery in which four people were slaughtered. Carol persuades Magnum to secure the young woman on the Masters Estate and act as her body-guard when her life is endangered after identifying one of the perpetrators in a Police line-up...

b: 08-Oct-1986 w: James L. Novak d: Ray Austin

# NOTE: The official onscreen title of this episode is "One Picture Is Worth", even though it is often listed as "A Picture Is Worth...". Tim Rossovich, who played Nelson, was Tom Selleck's high school classmate. # Higgins's impersonation of Magnum in this episode, complete with loud Hawaiian shirt and Detroit Tigers baseball cap, presages Pleasure Principal, in which Higgins and Magnum swap personalities. 131. Straight and Narrow gs: Candy Clark (Scooter Emory) Cindy Fisher (Bunny Emory) Jonathan Goldsmith (Flinn) Phyllis Davis (Cleo Mitchell) George McDaniel (Jay Barnett) Esmond Chung (Kenny Chung) Brickwood Galuteria (Duke Chung) Ken Smolka (Ron Phillips)

Thomas' 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, 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, who is also a hooker. Although she is well-meaning, Leslie's 'act now, think later' ways have proven to cause nothing but problems for Thomas, 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 well-known, powerful political figures...

b: 15-Oct-1986 w: Reuben Leder d: Harry Harris

NOTE: Candy Clark reprises her role as (former) prostitute Leslie Emory from the previous season's episode 'The Hotel Dick'. # Phyllis Davis also returns as fellow call-girl Cleo Mitchell. The character appears again in the eighth season's 'The Great Hawaiian Adventure Company, 'Transitions' and 'Resolutions'. There are several references to Magnum working as a hotel detective in the previous episode. It's not a direct sequel to the story, in that it isn't really necessary for the viewer to have seen the previous story to follow this one, but with the continuations of character (i.e. Leslie's habit of getting Magnum into trouble) and many references to the previous episode, there is more enjoyment to be had if you've seen the previous episode. 132. A.A.P.I. gs: Eugene Roche (Luther H. Gillis) Clyde Kusatsu (Gordon Katsumoto) Paul Verdier (Jean Claude Fornier) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Stephen J. Cannell (Ray Lemon) Elisha Cook Jr. (Wilmer) Annie Potts (Tracy Spencer) Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin)

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 - or rather, hindered - by several fellow crime-busting acquaintances as he seeks the murderer, and becomes entangled with a gang of drug smugglers, that the Inspector was hunting before he was killed...

b: 22-Oct-1986 w: Reuben Leder d: Russ Mayberry

NOTE: At the start of this story and again later on, Magnum dreams in black-and-white that he is a Private Eye in San Francisco, 1941. Elisha Cook, who normally appears as Ice Pick, plays Wilmer, a criminal who Magnum has tracked down (some episode guides state that Elisha Cook appears as Ice Pick in this episode, but in fact he only plays Wilmer in Magnum's 1940s dream). T.C. and Rick appear as Policemen, and Higgins as an Inspector. # This whole set-up is a fore-runner to the black-and-white episode 'Murder By Night' later this season. The title of this episode appears bottom centre screen, not the usual bottom left. # Security Chief Ray Lemon is played by Stephen J. Cannell, who's two biggest hits were as creator, producer, regular writer, etc., for 'The Rockford Files' (1974-1980) and 'The A-Team' (1982/3-1986). Often working with co-creator Frank Lupo (who wrote several early Magnum, p.i. episodes) Cannell is also behind 'Riptide' (1984-1986), 'Renegade' (1992-1996), and many others, he is also a best-selling author. He is recognisable for sitting at his typewriter at the close of many of his shows. # TV Detectives Mike Stone (from 'The Streets of San Francisco'), Columbo, and Kojak are seen to be at the A.A.P.I. convention, not sure what to make of Luther Gillis' speech! They actually appear thanks to professional look-alikes. # In the 1940s dream sequence, Elisha Cook, Jr. plays a character called "Wilmer, a tribute to his appearance in the 1941 classic "The Maltese Falcon", where he played a young hood named Wilmer in one of his best known roles. 133. Death and Taxes gs: Joe Santos (Nolan Page) Jean Bruce Scott (Maggie Poole) Kenneth Tigar (Milton Collins) Gary Frank (Jeff Spangler) Dick Jensen (Det. Kinohe) Farden Akui (Kana) Carolyn Shofner (Laura Stiles) Ellen Maloney (Police Officer) Robert Loggia (Phillippe Trusseau (uncredited))

It is almost the 4th of July, and Higgins heads to Maui for an annual writers conference, and Rick and T.C. take a trip away, leaving Thomas on the Estate to face the horror of his tax audit. But that's nothing compared to the terror yet to come when Magnum becomes the focus of a crazed, obsessed killer, who repeatedly phones him with cryptic nursery rhyme riddles of upcoming killings. At first he thinks it is a crank caller, but the full reality of the sitution hits home when a prostitute is murdered in circumstances reflecting the clues given, and the menacing calls continue, with the deranged killer boasting about his crimes and giving clues of the next one...

b: 29-Oct-1986 w: Bruce Cervi d: Alan J. Levi

# NOTE: This is the first episode since way back in the fourth season's 'The Look' to feature Jean Bruce Scott as Lieutenant Maggie Poole. Much of the reason she re-appears at this stage is due to 'Airwolf' - in which she played Caitlin O'Shannessy in the second and third seasons - not returning for a fourth season, freeing her up to return (there was the Canadian-produced season with a different cast, but that's another story, and best forgotten!) Tom Selleck produced this episode. # The track 'Mama' by Genesis, as fronted by Phil Collins, features prominently in this episode. Pleasingly, the original version, not a Universal stock cover version as is the case on many series, including Magnum. On the closing credits, an instrumental variation of the track is used instead of the usual theme. # Higgins, Rick and T.C. all leave early on in the story, leaving Magnum alone to face doing his taxes with Maggie and to face the calls of the Ripper. # After the Ripper taunts him about leaving Philippe for dead in Vietnam, Magnum experiences flash-backs to his confrontation with the character, otherwise known as "La Bull", in the Pilot. # The Ripper has newspaper cuttings of some of Magnum's previous exploits. These include: 'Thomas Magnum Honoured by Cat Fans' – harking back to the sixth season's 'Photo Play', where Magnum received a pet lover's award after saving a cat from the tidal pool 'Clever Canine Leads Private Eye to Casebreaking Clue', which wasn't an actual episode, though we do see a shot of Magnum following the supposedly smart dog 'Local P.I. Nabs Suspect After High Speed Chase' – again not from an actual episode, but footage of a supposed previous adventure of Magnum's that we see several times in this episode 'Magnum and Kobata Lead King Kamehameha Club To Senior Swim Finals' – an event that we hear more about in this episode 'Local Investigator Solves Psychic's Murder Riddle' – the fourth season episode 'Fragments' # Magnum's annual tradition of spending 4th of July alone at sea is also featured in Home From The Sea. # Whether intentional or not, Kenneth Tigar's maniac, riddle-spouting Ripper brings to mind Batman's Riddler and Joker. 134. Little Girl Who gs: Marta DuBois (Michelle Hue) Jean Bruce Scott (Maggie Poole) Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley) Lance LeGault (Buck Greene) Soon-Teck Oh (Nguyen Hue) Andy Dupree (Greene's Aide)

Magnum's ex-wife Michelle 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.

b: 05-Nov-1986 w: Deborah Pratt d: Ray Austin

# NOTE: Deborah Pratt, the writer of this episode and Little Games, is also the actress who appears as T.C's girlfriend Gloria in the fourth and fifth seasons. At the time this episode was written, she was married to Donald P. Bellisario. This episode contains several flash-backs to Thomas's marriage to Michelle in Saigon in Memories Are Forever. # The question of Lily Hue's true parentage is resolved in Resolutions. # A different piece of music, similar to that heard in much of the episode, is played on the closing credits instead of the regular theme. 135. Paper War gs: James Shigeta (Mr. Obata) Richard Narita (Bill Nahli) Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley) Kimo Kahoano (Foreman) Clay Wai (Ed) Robert Silva (Police Officer #1) Harold Iseke (Police Officer #2)

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 one-upmanship...

b: 12-Nov-1986 w: Jay Huguely d: Tony Wharmby

NOTE: This is a key episode in that it introduces the possibility that Robin Masters may actually be none other than Higgins. Trapped in a lift, Magnum confronts Higgins about this, theorizing that Higgins is Robin and the man that occasionally appears as Robin is merely someone that Higgins has hired. Higgins, of course, denies the claims. (See the quotes section for some of the dialogue) # The issue is not solved either way in this episode, and would be touched on again before the end of the series. When Higgins challenged Magnum as to who the man that claims to be Robin Masters is, Magnum suspects that Higgins hired, "...some little guy with a voice like Orson Wells", - an in-joke to the series – the voice of Robin Masters was provide (for the first five seasons, at least), by Orson Wells. 136. Novel Connection gs: Ramon Bieri (Captain Frank Browning) Stephanie Faracy (Amy Sayler) Dorothy Loudon (Pamela Bates) Jared Martin (Arthur Houston) John McMartin (Jason Bryan) Jessica Walter (Joan Fulton) Angela Lansbury (Jessica K. Fletcher) Don Matheson (Paul Mayfield) Stephanie Reynolds (Secretary) Frank Atienza (Sergeant Puna) David Palmer (Elderly Man) Roland Naalao (Police Officer)

Higgins is driving visiting Pamela Bates - an old editor friend of Robin Master's - along with her friend, and her secretary, to the Estate, when someone tries to run them off the road and over a cliff. But it seems that it's not a case for Thomas, when Pamela insists on waiting for her own mainland investigator friend to arrive and look into it - much to the annoyance of Thomas, who is supposed to be busy entering into a hotel land buying venture with Rick and T.C., but cant help himself investigating the case none-the-less. Pamela's investigator friend turns out to be famous crime mystery writer Jessica Fletcher, and so both Jessica and Magnum set about investigating just who wants one of the visiting guests dead, and why...

b: 19-Nov-1986 w: Jay Huguely d: Harry Harris

NOTE: Similarly to the third season episode 'Ki'i's Don't Lie', which was a cross-over with 'Simon and Simon', this episode is a cross-over with the long-running 'Murder She Wrote', with Special Guest Star Angela Lansbury appearing as Jessica Fletcher from that series. # The story originally continued in 'Murder She Wrote's third season episode 'Magnum On Ice', in which Magnum is framed for murder. As with 'Ki'i's Don't Lie' previously, a new ending was filmed for this (Magnum) episode to make it into a single, "stand alone" episode for repeat runs. (I've only to date seen the latter version – the original version is very uncommon – so I cant comment on any differences between the two). Unusually for the series, as with the feature-length / two-part 'L.A.' at the start of the season, the guest cast of this story, up until Special Guest Star Angela Lansbury, are billed in alphabetical order. # Some sources incorrectly list Kwan Hi Lim appearing as Lieutenant Tanaka in this episode; he does not appear (at least, not in the "stand alone episode" version), though he does appear in 'Magnum On Ice'. 137. Kapu gs: Jeannie Elias (Rita) Elisha Cook Jr. (Ice Pick Hofstetler) Dick Jensen (Mano) Marlene Sai (Makua Wahine Luka) Deborah Calbero (Alealea) Larry Pennell (Norm Vogel) Karen Keawehawai'i (Bag Lady) Bill Couch (Nick Sutherland) Kimo Hugho (Trader) Rocky Jensen (Fisherman) Maile Mataele (Kehealani)

Magnum is working on a case before a date with Rick's visiting cousin, when he sees a young native Hawaiian girl become an accidental witness to a murder. With the gun-man after her, Magnum saves the young woman as they escape by diving into the sea, and is injured with a gun-shot wound in the process. He regains consciousness several days later on the remote, secluded island of Kapu, after being rescued by a native fisherman from the island, and suffering from a hazy memory of the incident. There is no sign of the girl, and the island natives insist that he was the only one found. Thomas tries to remember the events that lead to him being on the island, and what has happened to the girl, but as he tries to uncover the secrets of the island and its people, it begins to seem more and more as if they don't want him to find any answers or to leave... Meanwhile, the killer is still looking for the girl, to eliminate her as the only witness to the killing...

b: 26-Nov-1986 w: Deborah Dean Davis d: Ivan Dixon 138. Missing Melody gs: Fay Hauser (Tina Calvin) Shavar Ross (Bryant Calvin) Alfonso Ribeiro (Kenny) Lillian Lehman (Evelyn Perry) Tom McFadden (Big Jim Stotter) Albert Popwell (David Crawford) Cyndi James-Reese (Donna) Bob Fimiani (John Estin) Martina Stringer (Melody Calvin) Reggie Ho (Bernie "The Bookie" Cochran)

T.C.'s children, Melody and Bryant, come to visit him in Hawaii, but at the airport Melody goes missing. It transpires that the young girl has been kidnapped, and is held for $300,000 ransom. Magnum, Rick and Higgins help in the rush to either raise the ransom money in time, or deduct 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, who quickly comes to Hawaii with her new boyfriend as soon as she hears of the kidnapping of her daughter...

b: 03-Dec-1986 w: Roger E. Mosley & Cal Wilson d: Harvey Laidman

NOTE: This was Roger E. Mosley's first script for television. 139. Death of the Flowers gs: Michael Constantine (Judge Hannibal Kearns) Elisha Cook Jr. (Ice Pick Hofstetler) Pat Li (Grace Chang) William Watson (Donald Hayes) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin) Jeremy Gosch (Young Rick) Virginia Rose (Woman #1) Evelyn Bell (Woman #2) Michael Mikasa (Defense Attorney) Roland Takemori (Minister) Robert Malo (Baliff)

While Rick is planning a surprise birthday bash at the Club for Ice Pick, Carol asks Thomas 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 sees turns up evidence that implicates Ice Pick, who in turn faces having to implicate the woman he was in love with decades earlier, who is now involved with a crime ring. Carol, Rick and Ice Pick must all face up to the weaknesses and mortality of their mentors and idolised ones...

b: 10-Dec-1986 w: Mary Ann Kasica & Michael Scheff d: Jerry Jameson

# NOTE: Episode co-writer Mary Ann Kasica is credited on-screen as Maryanne Kasica. We learn that Rick is an orphan. At the beginning of this story, we see a recount the day of his parents funeral, and of how Ice Pick came to look over him from a young age. We also briefly see Rick's younger sister Wendy, then eight years old, who was seen in the fourth season episode 'Distant Relative'. (The girl who plays her in this scene has no dialogue and is uncredited). # The title of this episode is taken from a poem by William Cullen Bryant: [url="http://www.bartleby.com/248/85.html"]The Death of the Flowers[/url]. It is quoted by Higgins while he is chatting to Grace Chang 140. Autumn Warrior gs: Peter Kowanko (Doug [as Pete Kowanko]) Reginald T. Dorsey (Clint) Warren Fabro (Moki) Greg Monaghan (Al Cleary) Dennis Haskins (Del Haynes) Pamela Bryant (Marge) Russell Omori (Platoon Leader) Marlo Scott (Donna) Bernie Pock (Young Higgins)

Survival expert Higgins goes on a survivalist trip on an island with a small group of young offenders as part of a programme 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...

b: 17-Dec-1986 w: Jay Huguely d: Tony Wharmby 141. Murder by Night gs: Tom Selleck (Thomas Magnum) John Hillerman (Sam Caldwell) Roger E. Mosley (Insp. Wolf) Larry Manetti (Rev. Bentley) Anne Twomey (Alicia Maxfield) Jennifer Runyon (Christine Maxfield Bentley)

1940s San Francisco: Private Investigator Thomas S. Magnum investigates the murder of newspaper tycoon William Maxfield. The case involves characters that strangely bear a strong resemblance to (modern day) Magnum, T.C., Higgins and Rick...

b: 14-Jan-1987 w: Robert Hamilton d: Russ Mayberry

NOTE: Parts of this episode were originally shot in black-and-white, but there are reports that colorized versions of this episode also exist. 142. On the Fly gs: Annette Cardona (Maria Torres) Jeff MacKay (Mac Bonnick) Bryne Piven (Pasqual Valez) Mike Moroff (Emilio)

T.C. is giving Thomas helicopter flying lessons when he is shot. With T.C. hospitalised, Mac appears on the scene, "volunteering" his services to stand 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...

b: 21-Jan-1987 w: Jay Huguely d: Bernard L. Kowalski

NOTE: Jeff MacKay reprises his reoccurring role as Jim "Mac" Bonnick for the first time in almost two years, last seen in the fifth season's 'The Love-For-Sale Boat'. 143. Solo Flight gs: Norman Fell (David Albertson) Robert Phalen (Harvey Michels) Robert Pine (Thomas S. Magnum Sr. (uncredited)) R.J. Williams (Thomas Magnum Jr. (1950s) (uncredited)) Susan Blanchard (Katherine Magnum (1950s) (uncredited)) Bo Svenson (Col. Ivan (1950s) (uncredited))

After a run of bad luck, including being fired from a case investigating embezzlement, owing Rick money, and letting T.C.'s junior baseball team down, Magnum decides to get away from it all by going on a solo mountain-climbing hike, without telling anyone where he is headed. But on the climb, already suffering from a centipede bite, he discovers the wreckage of an old World War II fighter plane, only for an accident to case him to become trapped under it. With his legs caught under the wreckage, and no-one knowing he is even there in the first place, Thomas is forced to review his mortality, his values, and the case which he was fired from...

b: 04-Feb-1987 w: Jay Huguely d: John C. Flinn III

NOTE: This episode contains many flash-backs and references to the fourth season's classic 'Home From The Sea'. Magnum remembers a number of parts from that episode, both flash-backs to his child-hood, and being stranded at sea in the present in that story. # He also nick-names a near-by spider 'Herman', a reference to the name he gave to the shark he memorably encountered in the former episode, commenting that it's like "The Return Of Herman". Mixed in amongst delusional dreams of his friends and to do with his last case, there are also flash-backs to: Higgins flying his model aeroplane, and Magnum shooting it down, from the fourth season episode 'Distant Relative', Higgins and Magnum trapped in a lift, from previously this season, in 'Paper War', Held prisoner and tortured by Colonel Ivan, as seen in flash-back in the third season's feature-length / two-part 'Did You See The Sunrise?', Being forced to sing 'Misty' in a karaoke bar, from the fifth season episode 'The Man From Marseilles', And his encounter with the obsessed killer from 'Death and Taxes' earlier this season. 144. Forty gs: Patrice Camhi (Linda Lee Ellison [as Patrice Martinez]) James Luisi (John Walter Costa - 'The Wolf') James Hong (Han Quing) Gwen Verdon (Katherine Magnum Peterson) Ben Wong (Scott Becker) Aina Ezitis (Wolf Girl) Kirk Matthews (Security Guard) Consulina Wong (Kim) Au Seng Jerong (Wolf Leader) Cindy Wong (Bar Hostess) Lin Brown (Connie) Don Nahaku (Valet)

Thomas is in Chinatown with Rick and T.C. celebrating his upcoming fortieth birthday, but he has little to celebrate when he looses his lucky $2 bill that his Grandpa gave him as a boy. While looking for it, he by chance briefly meets a beautiful woman. He also winds up helping an old friend who is one of a number of shopkeepers being terrorised by an organised gang... But the case takes a back-seat as he becomes pre-occupied with the woman, a news reporter, only for it to seem that she is tied up with the gang he is supposed to be investigating, in a situation that sees him loosing more than just his lucky bill – almost loosing his heart, and his life...

b: 11-Feb-1987 w: Bruce Cervi d: Russ Mayberry

# NOTE: The title of this episode is seen bottom-centre screen, as opposed to the regular bottom-left. James Luisi (John Costa), as well as starring and guest starring in many other TV series, played re-occurring Lieutenant Doug Chapman seasons 3-6 of 'The Rockford Files', providing yet another link of cross-over actors who appeared in both that series and this. # Gwen Verdon has a cameo as Magnum's mother Katherine, after she was first seen in the role in the previous season's episode 'Going Home'. She appears again at the start of the next season, in 'Infinity And Jelly Donuts', and in the final episode, 'Resolutions'. # Patrice Martinez reprises her role of reporter Linda Lee Ellison in the final episode, 'Resolutions'. # This episode contradicts Magnum's age - in previous episodes (such as the fourth season's 'Letter To A Duchess', originally broadcast in November 1983), he was said to be 38 years old, which means that here he should have been at least 41 years old here. The second season episode 'Texas Lightning', in which Magnum had a birthday (age there unspecified), was originally broadcast in February 1982. Dates elsewhere in the series suggest that he should be at least 43 in this episode. There are several episodes that contradict his exact age, of which this one is probably the most notable occurrence. 145. Laura gs: Joe Santos (Lieutenant Nolan Page) Kevyn Major Howard (Kenneth Geiger) Steven Keats (Clayton) Jack Kruschen (Doheny's former Partner) Joan McMurtrey (Doheny's daughter) Frank Sinatra (Retired Detective Sergeant Michael Doheny) Kristin Brick (Laura Doheny O'Hara) Branscombe Richmond (Smitty) Al Waterson (Police Officer) Meg Roach (Tourist) Kathryn Brock (Moped Driver) Terry Avakian (Heckler) Shari Lynn (Woman Heckler)

Rick persuades Thomas to take a high-reward, supposedly simple missing person case, but the person paying for the case is actually New York City cop Michael Doheny, who has his own reasons for wanting to find the man in question. Doheny has come to Hawaii to track down those responsible for the rape and murder of his young grand-daughter on the night of his retirement dinner, a hunt in which he asks Magnum's help...

b: 25-Feb-1987 w: Chris Abbott d: Alan J. Levi

# NOTE: Once again, the single-word title of this episode appears bottom-centre screen, as opposed to the usual bottom-left. Most probably biggest name Special Guest Star of the entire series, legendary singer and actor Frank Sinatra plays Retired Detective Sergeant Michael Doheny. # After the Genesis song 'Mama' featured prominently previously in the season in 'Death And Taxes', here the band's song 'Tonight, Tonight, Tonight' is used to extent. # Branscombe Richmond, who has a small part as Smitty in this episode, had previously played another character in the Pilot, and went on to co-star as Bobby Sixkiller in Stephen J. Cannell's 1990s adventure series 'Renegade' (1992-1996). # [SMALL SPOILER] Magnum is making a home-video on Private Investigation through the course of this episode; at the end of the story, we find that it is for a school project for Billy, his nephew seen in the sixth season episode 'Going Home'. # In the final scene, we see on Laura's grave-stone that she was born June 14, 1979 (making her 7 years old when she was killer), and the date of her death, the same day as Doheny retired, was December 29 1986, making this episode set just under two months before it was originally broadcast. 146. Out of Sync

b: 11-Mar-1987

# NOTE: There is some confusion and contradiction as to the exact original air-date of this episode. Some sources list is as being shown after the next broadcast episode, 'The Aunt Who Came To Dinner, on 25th March 1987. The date given in the guide generally seems to be the accepted one. Possibly (unconfirmed), on original broadcast, the episode was originally postponed from this date until 25th March. As with the second season episode 'Billy Joe Bob', U.K. channel Five skipped this episode as part of their run, deeming it too strong for the show's day-time slot. Details for the episode will added if / when the episode is shown. Five DO hold the rights for both skipped episodes, so they could easily show them in a night-time slot (they often show such series in night-time slots at the weekend) - if you would like to join me in nagging them to show both skipped episodes, then e-mail them at DutyOffice@five.tv or through their web-site, at www.five.tv . (PLEASE NOTE: this episode guide is in no way connected with Five). 147. The Aunt Who Came to Dinner gs: Barbara Rush (Phoebe Sullivan) Mark Stevens (Dennis Parker) Fred Sadoff (Theo Winters) Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Katherine Kelly Lang (Lani) Moe Keale (Mortie) Dan Ryan (Herbie Fosdick) Kiersten Warren (Sugar)

Magnum's Private Investigator license has expired, and he is in the awkward, red-tape laden task of trying to renew it. But he has a welcome surprise when his Aunt, best-selling, Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Phoebe Sullivan, pays an unexpected visit to Hawaii from New York. The rather eccentric authoress has just finished writing a new play, but now is convinced that someone is trying to kill her for it, and that they have trailed her to the Islands. Is someone really after Phoebe, or is her mind getting the better of her?...

b: 18-Mar-1987 w: Chris Abbott d: Russ Mayberry 148. The People vs. Orville Wright gs: Elisha Cook Jr. (Ice Pick Hofstetler) John Zarchen (Farnsworth) John Lansing () Leo Gordon () Maria O'Brien (Manager Applicant #2) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin) Lyman Ward (Frank Foley) Carmella Barut (Carmella) Bob Witthans (Jack) Bill Fiddler (Agent McCartt) Kirk Matthews (Mr. Finch) Esmond Chung (Kenny Chung) Masa Niko (Butler)

Rick insists that Thomas searches for Ice Pick 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 hit-man that was contracted to murder Ice Pick, 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...

b: 01-Apr-1987 w: Bruce Cervi d: Burt Brinckerhoff 149. Limbo gs: Marta DuBois (Michelle Hue) Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin) Lance LeGault (Buck Greene) Jeff MacKay (Mac MacReynolds) Jean Bruce Scott (Maggie Poole) Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka)

Thomas is delivering key evidence in his latest case to the court house, when he is shot in the parking lot by a hit man. Thomas, in a coma, discovers he is not dead, but not alive, and needs to help Michelle, who is in danger, and being chased by killers. He meets up with the ghost of his former Naval buddy Mac. He also spends time with each member of the cast individually, and, in one way or another, says good-bye and how important they are all to him, in case he does not survive.

b: 15-Apr-1987 w: Jay Huguely & Bruce Cervi & Chris Abbott s: Tom Selleck & Chas. Floyd Johnson d: Jackie Cooper

NOTE: "Looking For Space" by John Denver is played repeatedly during this episode. Season 8

150. Infinity and Jelly Doughnuts
gs: John D'Aquino (Nick Patrelli) Jean Bruce Scott (Maggie Poole) Jeff MacKay (Mac MacReynolds / Mac Bonnick) Richard Narita (Fr. Timothy) Barry Sattels (Ron Templeton) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Glenn Cannon (Dr. Ibold) Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin) Gwen Verdon (Katherine Peterson)

Thomas lies hospitalized in a coma, caught between life and death, after being shot; as his friends and family attempt to pull him out of the limbo in which he is trapped, Thomas has an out-of-body experience in which he sees himself in heaven, guided by Mac; Thomas recovers physically from the gunshot wound in time, but finds it hard to face life again; although three of the criminals who almost killed him are already dead, one is still free.

b: 07-Oct-1987 w: Chris Abbott d: John C. Flinn III

# NOTE: After the producers made when they thought would be the series finale, with Magnum being shot and seemingly going to heaven, the series was renewed for one more season, much to the delight of fans, who were somewhat outraged to think that their beloved hero would be disposed of in such a way. This final season updates the opening credits used for Seasons 6-7 with different shots. # Tom Selleck's mother, Martha Selleck, and his son, Kevin Selleck, appear in this episode as the grandmother and grandson. # Gwen Verdon was nominated for a 1988 Emmy Award for her portrayal of Katherine Peterson in this episode. 151. Pleasure Principle gs: Julia Migenes (Dr. Rosita Esteverdes) Gregory Sierra (Miguel Torres) Jeff MacKay (Mac MacReynolds) Dennis Robertson () Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin) Holly Smith (Danielle) Amy Yasbeck (Diane) Caron Aquino (Connie)

Still healing from his near-death ordeal and experiencing Mac's ghost, Thomas 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.

b: 14-Oct-1987 w: Jay Huguely d: Corey Allen

NOTE: Thomas mentions how a hurricane can affect behavior, echoing the uncharacteristic behavior brought on by approaching storms in The Kona Winds. 152. Innocence, A Broad gs: Janis Ward (Rita Parks) Joe E. Tata (Benny Travis, P.I.) John A. Zee (Serge Burgos) Kenneth McMillan (Joe Hatten) Yvonne Perry (Martha)

Masters is sued by a man who tripped at a recent party on the estate; as Thomas begins to investigate the man, who seems to be a professional at making false claims, a loud-mouth businessman for whom T.C. is piloting pays Thomas to take his perky fianc้e along on the case with him; when the man they're investigating is killed in a hit-and-run incident, they find themselves on an even bigger case involving a dangerous Mob figure; while Thomas's new partner means well, her over-eagerness doesn't exactly help matters.

b: 28-Oct-1987 w: Stephen A. Miller d: Harry Harris

NOTE: This episode was dedicated to Pete Carpenter, who composed the show's theme and in-episode scores with Mike Post. Carpenter died on October 18, 1987, ten days before this episode was originally broadcast. 153. Tigers Fan gs: Nobu McCarthy (Barbara Ikeda) James Karen (Dr. Hightower) James Staley (Andrew Clifton) Carlos Romero (Grady Walker) Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) Joe Santos (Nolan Page) Amy Yasbeck (Diana) Alba Francesca (Freida) David Ige (Biff Ikeda) Steven Perry (Det. Slater) Cliff Jenkins (Pogue) Christopher Asing (Danny)

Lieutenant Tanaka is murdered while working undercover. The official Police report states that Tanaka died in a car accident, but Thomas believes that something is being covered up, and sets about trying to answer the many questions about his friend Tanaka's death, uncovering switched identities and drug-running in the process...

b: 04-Nov-1987 w: Bruce Cervi d: Harry Harris

# NOTE: Uncommonly, this episode's title appears centre-screen, not the usual bottom left. This episode sees the death of the much re-occurring Lieutenant Yoshi Tanaka (Kwan Hi Lim), introduced in the second season episode 'Try To Remember'. (Quite why the Producers chose to kill off such a great, popular character - especially considering that they knew the end of the series was in sight, and when another character created for the purposes of this story would have been just as adequate, is anyone's guess, but anyway...) Also, we see that Tanaka's middle initial was N. # In Tanaka's flash-back at the start of this story, one of the characters mentions "...last night's episode of Rockford" ('The Rockford Files'). He goes on to comment that "...Jim was being driven nuts by this pain in the butt named Lance White. This guy is mister perfect, right, he's finding all the clues, catching all the suspects..." Lance White was a re-occurring rival investigator in later seasons of that series, played by Tom Selleck! Assuming it is referring to the character's first appearance, the episode in question would be the fifth season's 'White On White And Nearly Perfect' (1978). # The title of this episode refers to the fact that Lt. Tanaka shared a trait with Magnum of being a big fan of the Detroit Tigers baseball team. It is quite possible that the Tigers baseball cap that Tanaka's grandson Biff gives to Magnum at the end of the episode, is the one that Tanaka had from Magnum at the end of 'Try To Remember', the pairs first meeting. 154. Forever in Time gs: Gregg Henry (William Keyes) Elisha Cook Jr. (Ice Pick Hofstetler) Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley) Lei Maa Richmond (Victoria Keyes) Douglas Mossman (David Kaimi) Puluelo Park (Pali-Uli) Kawaikapuokalani Hewett (Kumu Hula)

Thomas 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. Thomas 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... Is Magnum once again experiencing something ethereal, or is somebody using the story of the princess to their advantage?...

b: 11-Nov-1987 w: Kimmer Ringwald d: Jackie Cooper 155. The Love That Lies gs: Eileen Brennan (Brenda Babcock) Celeste Holm (Abigail Baldwin) Gary Wood (Keough Palmer) Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin) Gerry Gibson (Patrick O'Shea) Tom Nibley (Woody)

Thomas 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. But 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...

b: 18-Nov-1987 w: Jeri Taylor d: Ray Danton 156. A Girl Named Sue gs: Shelley Smith (Melissa Wainwright) John Calvin (Arthur Wainwright) Rosalee Mayeux (Julie Marsh) George Coe (William Wainwright) Carol Burnett (Susan Johnson, P.I.) Hank Lindsley (Dutton) Greg Tabasa (Frisbee Player)

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 – 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...

b: 13-Jan-1988 w: Stephen A. Miller d: Russ Mayberry

NOTE: The character of Susan Johnson is first seen in the fourth season episode Rembrandt's Girl, in which she and Magnum are locked in a bank vault. There are many references to that incident in this episode, and while it's not necessary to have seen that previous episode to enjoy this one, the whole running "stuck door" theme makes much more sense if you have. 157. Unfinished Business gs: Vincent Baggetta (Gary Rankin) Lance LeGault (Buck Greene) Jean Bruce Scott (Maggie Poole) Leslie Wing (Miss Rockwell) Marta DuBois (Michelle Hue) Richard Narita (Quang Ki) Kristen Carreira (Lily Catherine Hue) Robert Harker (Edward Rockwell) Harry Endo (Judge Homer Haruda) Dennis Bolton (Lt. Brodski)

Magnum prepares for the trial of Quang Ki, who attempted to kill both him and his family. But when the case is suddenly, unexpectedly acquitted, angered Thomas suspects some other hand is behind Ki's release. It becomes evident that his arch-nemesis will stop at nothing to destroy Thomas and his family, when he receives a video-tape containing terrible information about the fate of his former wife and young daughter. As Thomas plans his revenge against Ki, he is thrust into a quagmire of intrigue endangering a sensitive P.O.W. prisoner exchange programme...

b: 20-Jan-1988 w: Chris Abbott & Jeri Taylor d: Russ Mayberry

# NOTE: This episode concludes events seen in the seventh season closer 'Limbo' and this season's opening 'Infinity And Jelly Doughnuts'. This episode is the only time we get to see Maggie wear her hair down. 158. The Great Hawaiian Adventure Company gs: Phyllis Davis (Cleo Mitchell) Shavar Ross (Bryant Calvin) Shanna Reed (Sarah Amlin) Danny Nucci (Budge) Elissa Dulce Hoopai (Rosine) Dennis Chun (William Chun)

Thomas 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 lands in trouble with the Police after becoming mixed up with a juvenile biker gang...

b: 27-Jan-1988 w: Jeri Taylor d: Ray Danton

NOTE: Although most episodes this season reference topics and themes from the previous season, this episode seems to take place with a big time gap between it and the previous episode, in which we see Magnum set to assassinate Quang Ki. Here, he is back to his usual easy-going self, not showing any remorse after learning of the deaths of Michelle and Lily in that previous episode. 159. Legend of the Lost Art gs: Anthony Newley (Peter Ridley-Smythe) Kabir Bedi (Malcolm) Margaret Colin (Connie Northrup) Carmella Barut (Carmella) Esmond Chung (Kenny Chung)

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 artefact 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...

b: 10-Feb-1988 w: Jay Huguely d: Burt Brinckerhoff

# NOTE: This episode is often found billed as 'The Legend Of The Lost Art', but the official, on-screen title is without the 'the'. This episode is pretty much a direct parody of 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark' (1981), with Tom Selleck getting to play Magnum in the Indiana Jones mould. In many ways, it's a consolation prize for Selleck, as eight years before, in 1980, Steven Speilberg had offered him the lead role of Indiana Jones in 'Raiders, but Selleck had to turn it down due to filming and contractual clashes with the first season of Magnum, P.I., and the role went to Harrison Ford instead. (Somewhat ironically, production at the start of Magnum was delayed by a writers strike – it was originally intended to begin in May 1980 – so Selleck would have been free to play the role of Indy anyway!). Although not confirmed, it's rumoured that the Indy-style costume that Selleck wears in this episode is the exact one he was to have worn if he had played Indiana Jones. # Special Guest Star Margaret Colin (Connie Northrup) played girl-friend Rebecca opposite Tom Selleck's Peter Mitchell in 'Three Men And A Baby' (1987), Selleck's foray into big-screen movies after Magnum, P.I. seemingly finished at the end of the seventh season. We hear that Magnum and Connie were involved with each other seven years ago, which would have dated it during the first season, or early second season at latest. However, while the casual viewer might take Connie to be a returning character, this is the first time we have ever seen or heard mention of the character – she isn't a returning one from a previous story. 160. Transitions gs: Eugene Roche (Luther H. Gillis) Ray Buktenica (Bruce Kunkel) Phyllis Davis (Cleo Mitchell) Randi Brooks (Suzi Merrill) Shavar Ross (Bryant Calvin)

When Higgins asks his help in finding Robin's latest manuscript after it is stolen, Thomas gets some unexpected help in the case when St. Louis P.I. Luther Gillis 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...

b: 17-Feb-1988 w: Chris Abbott d: Harry Harris 161. Resolutions (1) gs: Brandon Call (Billy) Julie Cobb (Karen) Phyllis Davis (Cleo Mitchell) Howard Duff (Thomas Magnum II) Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin) Patrice Camhi (Linda Lee Ellison) Joe Regalbuto (Don Eddy Rice) Joe Santos (Nolan Page) Jean Bruce Scott (Maggie Poole) Gwen Verdon (Katherine Petersen) Hal Williams (Uncle Dave) Amy Yasbeck (Diana) Peter Ebling (Emile) Jay Ingram (Captain Brackett) Lauren Levin (Sally Ann) Kristen Carreira (Lily Catherine Hue) Robert Fimiani (Captain Crowe) David Traylor (Cmdr. Stephens) David Johnson (Don Horn) Steven Goldsberry (Cmdr. Scoville) Martina Stringer (Melody Calvin) Richard MacPherson (Whitney Fisher) Devon Guard (Devon) Judi Anderson (Sandy) Carmella Barut (Carmella) Elissa Dulce Hoopai (Rosine)

Thomas ponders his future while paying a visit to his family in 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 is being stalked; Rick prepares for his wedding to Cleo; Thomas and Linda renew their relationship as he searches for her stalker; Thomas becomes increasingly certain that his daughter Lily may still be alive.

b: 01-May-1988 w: Stephen A. Miller & Chris Abbott d: Burt Brinckerhoff 162. Resolutions (2) gs: Elisha Cook Jr. (Ice Pick Hofstetler) Phyllis Davis (Cleo Mitchell) Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley) Howard Duff (Thomas Magnum II) Fay Hauser (Tina Calvin) Kathleen Lloyd (Carol Baldwin) Patrice Camhi (Linda Lee Ellison) Shavar Ross (Bryant Calvin) Joe Santos (Nolan Page) Jean Bruce Scott (Maggie Poole) Lance LeGault (Buck Greene (uncredited)) Jeff MacKay (Mac Bonnick (uncredited)) Glenn Cannon (Dr. Ibold (uncredited)) Amy Yasbeck (Diana) Peter Ebling (Emile) Tim Rossovich (Hank) Lauren Levin (Sally Ann) Clint Carmichael (Mark) Kristen Carreira (Lily Catherine Hue) David Johnson (Don Horn) Martina Stringer (Melody Calvin) Richard MacPherson (Whitney Fisher) Devon Guard (Devon) Judi Anderson (Sandy) Carmella Barut (Carmella) Elissa Dulce Hoopai (Rosine)

As Rick's wedding looms ever closer, Thomas continues surveillance on Linda to catch the psychopathic killer who is stalking her; T.C. faces a reconciliation with his estranged wife; Thomas gets surprising news about his theory that Higgins is really Robin Masters, as well as the true fate of Lily.

b: 01-May-1988 w: Stephen A. Miller & Chris Abbott d: Burt Brinckerhoff Season: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 All

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