A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.
Air date: 1981-10-08
Runtime: 49 min
Overview: The code of the West is resurrected when a hot-headed young Texan hires Magnum to find his former cheerleader sister.
Air date: 1981-10-15
Runtime: 49 min
Overview: Ancient superstitions and modern marine archaeology blend to provide Magnum with one of his most dangerous assignments.
Air date: 1981-10-22
Runtime: 49 min
Overview: An ethereal, mysterious beauty brings out Rick's sense of gallantry and he enlists Magnum's aid in solving a crime that occurred thirty-five years ago.
Air date: 1981-10-29
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum plays Cupid's helper when he becomes involved with a former Russian pilot who has defected and a member of the Soviet track team in Hawaii for an exhibition match, plus various members of the dreaded KGB.
Air date: 1981-11-05
Runtime: 49 min
Overview: Part 1 of 2. A tragic event which he believed had been successfully relegated to the far corners of his mind, resurfaces and explodes with jolting clarity for Magnum, when he briefly sees a girl he is convinced is his wife, reported dead in the ruins of Saigon.
Air date: 1981-11-05
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Part 2 of 2. A tragic event which he believed had been successfully relegated to the far corners of his mind, resurfaces and explodes with jolting clarity for Magnum, when he briefly sees a girl he is convinced is his wife, reported dead in the ruins of Saigon.
Air date: 1981-11-12
Runtime: 49 min
Overview: An aloof, beautiful girl, a Sumo wrestler, and a little person spell trouble and intrigue.
Air date: 1981-11-19
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Friendship has always ranked high on his list of priorities and when his good friend and surfing companion, Kacy, is found murdered on the beach, Magnum determinedly tracks down her killer.
Air date: 1981-11-26
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Mad Buck Gibson, an old friend of Robin Masters and a legend in his own time for his earthy novels and macho existence, arrives in Hawaii and it becomes Magnum's lot to protect the hell-raiser from himself.
Air date: 1981-12-03
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: When her wealthy American husband is kidnapped and held for an exorbitant ransom, a beautiful Japanese woman seeks Magnum's help.
Air date: 1981-12-17
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A simple request to act as a bodyguard for a world famous ballerina leads to a puzzling international situation for Magnum.
Air date: 1981-12-24
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: An eccentric, reclusive inventor, a beautiful author and a distraught senator's wife form the strange triangle surrounding Magnum as he tries to unravel a situation that could lead to sudden death.
Air date: 1982-01-07
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum is caught in the crossfire of international politics and terrorism when a news correspondent and an assassin, a master of disguises, arrive in Honolulu.
Air date: 1982-01-14
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A relatively simple case of industrial espionage turns to a complex case of divided loyalties for Magnum, when he is hired by a computer magnate to investigate the theft of valuable codes.
Air date: 1982-01-28
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A private investigator with amnesia is really in trouble, as Magnum discovers after his near fatal accident with the Ferrari leaves him in that condition.
Air date: 1982-02-04
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: When Magnum flies to Sicily, at the request of Robin Masters, to rescue a beautiful damsel in distress, he proves that chivalry is alive and well.
Air date: 1982-02-11
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: As a favor to his old friend, quarterback Dorsey Bramlett, Magnum joins the pro football team in training so he can better protect his old Academy buddy.
Air date: 1982-02-18
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A high stakes poker game, international espionage, murder and dueling copter form the background of a complicated assignment for Magnum.
Air date: 1982-02-25
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: When Robin Master's latest book is made into a motion picture, the author donates the use of Robin's Nest as a location and Magnum is quickly enmeshed in the temperaments and politics of the film world.
Air date: 1982-03-04
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Victory doesn't mean the end of the war for some participants and Magnum learns to his peril.
Air date: 1982-03-18
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: When Magnum encounters a guitar-playing, ten gallon hat wearer with a thick Texas drawl, who looks exactly like Higgins, he thinks he is being set up for a rip roaring gag.
Air date: 1982-04-01
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A beautiful fashion designer who has risen to the top of her profession hires Magnum to protect her when one of her two partners in a clothing firm is murdered.
