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: Chris Abbott
Air date: 1986-10-01
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A routine business trip brings Magnum a new love enveloped in a deadly duel involving politics and drugs.
Writer: Chris Abbott
Air date: 1986-10-01
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: 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.
Writer: James L. Novack
Air date: 1986-10-08
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum is hired to protect a deaf woman who is a famous artist, as well as the only eyewitness to a bank robbery and murder.
Writer: Reuben Leder
Air date: 1986-10-15
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum helps an ex-call girl find her missing sister who is involved with powerful political figures.
Writer: Reuben Leder
Air date: 1986-10-22
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum is elected Local P.I. of the Year, yet his award presentation as well as his investigation into a murder is hindered by the intervention of Luther Gillis and Tracy Spencer.
Writer: Bruce Cervi
Air date: 1986-10-29
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum becomes the obsession and medium for a crazed killer who works though nursery rhymes.
Writer: Deborah Pratt
Air date: 1986-11-05
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum must help his ex-wife Michelle and her daughter to freedom before they are assassinated.
Writer: Jay Huguely
Air date: 1986-11-12
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum is trying to break a major gambling ring in the Islands while he and Higgins are feuding.
Writer: Jay Huguely
Air date: 1986-11-19
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: An attempt is made on the lives of Robin's guests and Magnum is upset that one guest wants mainland investigator Jessica Fletcher to handle the case. The crossover continues on Murder, She Wrote S03E08 Magnum on Ice (II).
Writer: Deborah Dean Davis
Air date: 1986-11-26
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum is wounded while saving a young Hawaiian woman from a hired killer.
Writer: Roger E. Mosley
Air date: 1986-12-03
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: TC's daughter is abducted during a visit to the estate.
Writer: Mary Ann Kasica
Air date: 1986-12-10
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: The murder of Carol's mentor, Judge Kearns (Michael Constantine), raises suspicion that he may have been involved in taking payoffs.
Writer: Jay Huguely
Air date: 1986-12-17
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A survival trip for Higgins and a group of boys from prison camp tests Higgins' skills in the survival of the fittest.
Writer: Robert Hamilton
Air date: 1987-01-14
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A murder in the 1940's revolves around a cast of characters which resemble Magnum, TC, Rick and Higgins in the manner of the old fashioned detective novels.
Writer: Jay Huguely
Air date: 1987-01-21
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: A case of mistaken identity leaves Magnum hunted by a Mexican mafia boss.
Writer: Jay Huguely
Air date: 1987-02-04
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum reviews his mortality, his last case and his friends while trapped under an airplane wreckage on a remote mountain.
Writer: Bruce Cervi
Air date: 1987-02-11
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: About to turn forty, Magnum loses his lucky $2 bill and falls for a television reporter who may be connected to a case he is working on in Chinatown.
Writer: Chris Abbott
Air date: 1987-02-25
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum works with Michael Doheny, a retired policeman, who is searching for the man who murdered his granddaughter.
Writer: Jay Huguely
Air date: 1987-03-11
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnums weekend with Cynthia, his supposed fiancée, is interrupted by an actress claiming a movie producer murders girls in his pornographic movies.
Writer: Chris Abbott
Air date: 1987-03-18
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum has a visit from his famous Aunt Phoebe, a prize-winning playwright and he soon learns she is suffering from Alzheimer's Disease.
Writer: Bruce Cervi
Air date: 1987-04-01
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Rick is arrested for allegedly killing a hit man contracted to murder Icepick.
Writer: Jay Huguely
Air date: 1987-04-15
Runtime: 45 min
Overview: Magnum finds his spirit in a state of 'limbo' following a shoot-out which leaves him in a coma.
