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.
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
Air date: 1983-09-29
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum is caught in a treacherous current when his surf ski is capsized miles from shore with near disastrous results.
Writer: Reuben Leder
Air date: 1983-10-06
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum joins forces with a hard-nosed private eye from St. Louis whey they find themselves investigating the same case but from opposite ends of the spectrum.
Writer: J. Rickley Dumm
Air date: 1983-10-13
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum and Rick discover that trouble comes in all shapes and sizes.
Writer: Nick Thiel
Air date: 1983-10-20
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum does not count on murder when he chaperones Rick's convent-school sister on a night on the town.
Writer: Richard Yalem
Air date: 1983-11-03
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Hired to investigate a strange series of robberies, Magnum's gallantry comes to the fore when two seemingly helpless, but independent elderly ladies are involved in an accident.
Writer: Robert Hamilton
Air date: 1983-11-10
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A flowery note of admiration from Higgins to a titles English woman, traveling the Islands incognito, is mistakenly attributed to Magnum.
Writer: Reuben Leder
Air date: 1983-11-17
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Robin's Nest may be lost to Magnum and Higgins unless the local softball team can beat high-powered tycoon Buzz Benoit's players.
Writer: Jay Huguely
Air date: 1983-12-01
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: TC puts life and limb on the line when he enters the boxing ring to repay an old debt.
Writer: Louis F. Vipperman
Air date: 1983-12-08
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Saigon's most popular disc jockey arrives in Honolulu and Magnum discovers she is the victim of vicious phone calls and threats.
Writer: Chris Abbott
Air date: 1983-12-15
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum, Rick, Higgins and TC spend an unexpected Christmas Eve on a remote island used by the military for gunnery practice.
Writer: Reuben Leder
Air date: 1984-01-05
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum befriends the young Price of Jororo who is the target of terrorists.
Writer: Robert Hamilton
Air date: 1984-01-19
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum must utilize his deductive powers when a lavish costume party becomes the scene of a baffling murder.
Writer: Rob Gilmer
Air date: 1984-01-26
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum and Higgins' friend, Carol - now a Deputy District Attorney - cons them into helping her set up a sting operation.
Writer: Chris Abbott
Air date: 1984-02-02
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Susan Johnson (played by Carol Burnett) is a bank teller who, desperate to hire Magnum, locks the two of them in a time-released bank vault.
Writer: Chris Abbott
Air date: 1984-02-09
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: An old friend from Magnum and TC's Vietnam days turns up in Hawaii asking for their help.
Writer: Reuben Leder
Air date: 1984-02-16
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum finds himself working with anachronistic gumshoe Luther Gillis again after someone kidnaps Higgins and Luther's secretary.
Writer: Robert Hamilton
Air date: 1984-02-23
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A young woman who persuades Magnum to look for her brother also finagles a role in Higgins' musical production for a visiting British politician.
Writer: Jay Huguely
Air date: 1984-03-08
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A former British secret agent and old friend of Higgins arrives in Honolulu imagining himself as Sherlock Holmes.
Writer: Nick Thiel
Air date: 1984-03-15
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A freak accident, occurring while Magnum is in hot pursuit of suspects causes traumatic injuries for an innocent bystander.
Writer: Reuben Leder
Air date: 1984-03-29
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum has feelings of déjà vu when he meets a young woman, who is a contestant in a Surf-Out held on Hawaii's North Shore.
Writer: Chris Abbott
Air date: 1984-05-03
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The King of Kamehameha Club is robbed by masked gunmen and the three principal eye witnesses - Higgins, T.C. and Rick - have decidedly different views of what happened.
