A former naval intelligence officer becomes a private detective in Hawaii.
Show Details:
Start date: Dec 1980
End date: May 1988
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): CBS (US)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 162 eps
Genre(s): Drama
End date: May 1988
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): CBS (US)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 162 eps
Genre(s): Drama
Credits:
- Tom Selleck as Thomas Sullivan Magnum III
- John Hillerman as Jonathan Quayle Higgins III
- Roger E. Mosley as Theodore "T.C." Calvin
- Larry Manetti as Orville "Rick" Wright recurring:
- Jeff MacKay as Lt. "Mac" McReynolds [ 1-2 & eps 41-42 ] / Jim "Mac" Bonnick [ 5-8 ]
- Lance LeGault as Col. Buck Greene
- Kathleen Lloyd as Carol Baldwin [ 4-8 ]
- Jean Bruce Scott as Lt. Maggie Poole
- Gillian Dobb as Agatha Chumley [ 4-8 ]
- Elisha Cook as Francis "Ice Pick" Hofstedder
- Kwan Li-Him as Lt. Tanaka
- Orson Welles as the Voice of Robin Masters
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze •
TV.com
| Episode # | Original Air Date |
Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | |||
| 1. | 1-1 | 11 Dec 80 | Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii (1) |
| 2. | 1-2 | 11 Dec 80 | Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii (2) |
| 3. | 1-3 | 18 Dec 80 | China Doll |
| 4. | 1-4 | 25 Dec 80 | Thank Heaven for Little Girls, and Big Ones Too |
| 5. | 1-5 | 08 Jan 81 | No Need to Know |
| 6. | 1-6 | 15 Jan 81 | Skin Deep |
| 7. | 1-7 | 22 Jan 81 | Never Again, Never Again |
| 8. | 1-8 | 29 Jan 81 | The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii |
| 9. | 1-9 | 05 Feb 81 | Missing in Action |
| 10. | 1-10 | 12 Feb 81 | Lest We Forget |
| 11. | 1-11 | 19 Feb 81 | The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club |
| 12. | 1-12 | 26 Feb 81 | Thicker Than Blood |
| 13. | 1-13 | 12 Mar 81 | All Roads Lead to Floyd |
| 14. | 1-14 | 19 Mar 81 | Adelaide |
| 15. | 1-15 | 26 Mar 81 | Don't Say Goodbye |
| 16. | 1-16 | 02 Apr 81 | The Black Orchid |
| 17. | 1-17 | 09 Apr 81 | J. "Digger" Doyle |
| 18. | 1-18 | 16 Apr 81 | Beauty Knows No Pain |
| Season 2 | |||
| 19. | 2-1 | 08 Oct 81 | Billy Joe Bob |
| 20. | 2-2 | 15 Oct 81 | Dead Man's Channel |
| 21. | 2-3 | 22 Oct 81 | The Woman on the Beach |
| 22. | 2-4 | 29 Oct 81 | From Moscow to Maui |
| 23. | 2-5 | 05 Nov 81 | Memories Are Forever (1) |
| 24. | 2-6 | 05 Nov 81 | Memories Are Forever (2) |
| 25. | 2-7 | 12 Nov 81 | Tropical Madness |
| 26. | 2-8 | 19 Nov 81 | Wave Goodbye |
| 27. | 2-9 | 26 Nov 81 | Mad Buck Gibson |
| 28. | 2-10 | 03 Dec 81 | The Taking of Dick McWilliams |
| 29. | 2-11 | 17 Dec 81 | The Sixth Position |
| 30. | 2-12 | 24 Dec 81 | Ghost Writer |
| 31. | 2-13 | 07 Jan 82 | The Jororo Kill |
| 32. | 2-14 | 14 Jan 82 | Computer Date |
| 33. | 2-15 | 28 Jan 82 | Try to Remember |
| 34. | 2-16 | 04 Feb 82 | Italian Ice |
| 35. | 2-17 | 11 Feb 82 | One More Summer |
| 36. | 2-18 | 18 Feb 82 | Texas Lightning |
| 37. | 2-19 | 25 Feb 82 | Double Jeopardy |
| 38. | 2-20 | 04 Mar 82 | The Last Page |
| 39. | 2-21 | 18 Mar 82 | The Elmo Ziller Story |
| 40. | 2-22 | 01 Apr 82 | Three Minus Two |
| Season 3 | |||
| 41. | 3-1 | 30 Sep 82 | Did You See the Sunrise? (1) |
| 42. | 3-2 | 30 Sep 82 | Did You See the Sunrise? (2) |
| 43. | 3-3 | 07 Oct 82 | Ki'i's Don't Lie (1) |
| 44. | 3-4 | 14 Oct 82 | The Eighth Part of the Village |
| 45. | 3-5 | 21 Oct 82 | Past Tense |
| 46. | 3-6 | 28 Oct 82 | Black on White |
| 47. | 3-7 | 04 Nov 82 | Flashback |
| 48. | 3-8 | 11 Nov 82 | Foiled Again |
| 49. | 3-9 | 18 Nov 82 | Mr. White Death |
| 50. | 3-10 | 02 Dec 82 | Mixed Doubles |
| 51. | 3-11 | 09 Dec 82 | Almost Home |
| 52. | 3-12 | 16 Dec 82 | Heal Thyself |
| 53. | 3-13 | 06 Jan 83 | Of Sound Mind |
| 54. | 3-14 | 27 Jan 83 | The Arrow That is Not Aimed |
| 55. | 3-15 | 03 Feb 83 | Basket Case |
| 56. | 3-16 | 10 Feb 83 | Birdman of Budapest |
| 57. | 3-17 | 17 Feb 83 | I Do? |
| 58. | 3-18 | 24 Feb 83 | Forty Years from Sand Island |
| 59. | 3-19 | 10 Mar 83 | Legacy from a Friend |
| 60. | 3-20 | 17 Mar 83 | Two Birds of a Feather |
| 61. | 3-21 | 31 Mar 83 | ...By Its Cover |
| 62. | 3-22 | 07 Apr 83 | The Big Blow |
| 63. | 3-23 | 28 Apr 83 | Faith and Begorrah |
| Season 4 | |||
| 64. | 4-1 | 29 Sep 83 | Home from the Sea |
| 65. | 4-2 | 06 Oct 83 | Luther Gillis: File #521 |
| 66. | 4-3 | 13 Oct 83 | Smaller Than Life |
| 67. | 4-4 | 20 Oct 83 | Distant Relative |
| 68. | 4-5 | 03 Nov 83 | Limited Engagement |
| 69. | 4-6 | 10 Nov 83 | Letter to a Duchess |
| 70. | 4-7 | 17 Nov 83 | Squeeze Play |
| 71. | 4-8 | 01 Dec 83 | A Sense of Debt |
| 72. | 4-9 | 08 Dec 83 | The Look |
| 73. | 4-10 | 15 Dec 83 | Operation: Silent Night |
| 74. | 4-11 | 05 Jan 84 | Jororo Farewell |
| 75. | 4-12 | 19 Jan 84 | The Case of the Red Faced Thespian |
| 76. | 4-13 | 26 Jan 84 | No More Mr. Nice Guy |
| 77. | 4-14 | 02 Feb 84 | Rembrandt's Girl |
| 78. | 4-15 | 09 Feb 84 | Paradise Blues |
| 79. | 4-16 | 16 Feb 84 | The Return of Luther Gillis |
| 80. | 4-17 | 23 Feb 84 | Let the Punishment Fit the Crime |
| 81. | 4-18 | 08 Mar 84 | Holmes is Where the Heart Is |
| 82. | 4-19 | 15 Mar 84 | On Face Value |
| 83. | 4-20 | 29 Mar 84 | Dream a Little Dream |
| 84. | 4-21 | 03 May 84 | I Witness |
| Season 5 | |||
| 85. | 5-1 | 27 Sep 84 | Echoes of the Mind (1) |
| 86. | 5-2 | 04 Oct 84 | Echoes of the Mind (2) |
| 87. | 5-3 | 11 Oct 84 | Mac's Back |
| 88. | 5-4 | 18 Oct 84 | The Legacy of Garwood Huddle |
| 89. | 5-5 | 25 Oct 84 | Under World |
| 90. | 5-6 | 01 Nov 84 | Fragments |
| 91. | 5-7 | 08 Nov 84 | Blind Justice |
| 92. | 5-8 | 15 Nov 84 | Murder 101 |
| 93. | 5-9 | 29 Nov 84 | Tran Quoc Jones |
| 94. | 5-10 | 06 Dec 84 | Luther Gillis: File #001 |
| 95. | 5-11 | 13 Dec 84 | Kiss of the Sabre |
| 96. | 5-12 | 03 Jan 85 | Little Games |
| 97. | 5-13 | 10 Jan 85 | Professor Jonathan Higgins |
| 98. | 5-14 | 24 Jan 85 | Compulsion |
| 99. | 5-15 | 31 Jan 85 | All for One (1) |
| 100. | 5-16 | 07 Feb 85 | All for One (2) |
| 101. | 5-17 | 14 Feb 85 | The Love-for-Sale Boat |
| 102. | 5-18 | 21 Feb 85 | Let Me Hear the Music |
| 103. | 5-19 | 07 Mar 85 | Ms. Jones |
| 104. | 5-20 | 14 Mar 85 | The Man from Marseilles |
| 105. | 5-21 | 28 Mar 85 | Torah, Torah, Torah |
| 106. | 5-22 | 04 Apr 85 | A Pretty Good Dancing Chicken |
| Season 6 | |||
| 107. | 6-1 | 26 Sep 85 | Deja Vu (1) |
| 108. | 6-2 | 26 Sep 85 | Deja Vu (2) |
| 109. | 6-3 | 03 Oct 85 | Old Acquaintance |
| 110. | 6-4 | 10 Oct 85 | The Kona Winds |
| 111. | 6-5 | 17 Oct 85 | The Hotel Dick |
| 112. | 6-6 | 24 Oct 85 | Round and Around |
| 113. | 6-7 | 31 Oct 85 | Going Home |
| 114. | 6-8 | 07 Nov 85 | Paniolo |
| 115. | 6-9 | 14 Nov 85 | The Treasure of Kalaniopu'u |
| 116. | 6-10 | 21 Nov 85 | Blood and Honor |
| 117. | 6-11 | 28 Nov 85 | Rapture |
| 118. | 6-12 | 02 Jan 86 | I Never Wanted to Go to France, Anyway |
| 119. | 6-13 | 09 Jan 86 | Summer School |
| 120. | 6-14 | 23 Jan 86 | Mad Dogs and Englishmen |
| 121. | 6-15 | 30 Jan 86 | All Thieves on Deck |
| 122. | 6-16 | 13 Feb 86 | This Island Isn't Big Enough |
| 123. | 6-17 | 20 Feb 86 | Way of the Stalking Horse |
| 124. | 6-18 | 13 Mar 86 | Find Me a Rainbow |
| 125. | 6-19 | 20 Mar 86 | Who is Don Luis Higgins, and Why is He Doing These Terrible Things to Me? |
| 126. | 6-20 | 03 Apr 86 | A Little Bit of Luck, a Little Bit of Grief |
| 127. | 6-21 | 10 Apr 86 | Photo Play |
| Season 7 | |||
| 128. | 7-1 | 01 Oct 86 | L.A. (1) |
| 129. | 7-2 | 01 Oct 86 | L.A. (2) |
| 130. | 7-3 | 08 Oct 86 | One Picture is Worth |
| 131. | 7-4 | 15 Oct 86 | Straight and Narrow |
| 132. | 7-5 | 22 Oct 86 | A.A.P.I. |
| 133. | 7-6 | 29 Oct 86 | Death and Taxes |
| 134. | 7-7 | 05 Nov 86 | Little Girl Who |
| 135. | 7-8 | 12 Nov 86 | Paper War |
| 136. | 7-9 | 19 Nov 86 | Novel Connection |
| 137. | 7-10 | 26 Nov 86 | Kapu |
| 138. | 7-11 | 03 Dec 86 | Missing Melody |
| 139. | 7-12 | 10 Dec 86 | Death of the Flowers |
| 140. | 7-13 | 17 Dec 86 | Autumn Warrior |
| 141. | 7-14 | 14 Jan 87 | Murder by Night |
| 142. | 7-15 | 21 Jan 87 | On the Fly |
| 143. | 7-16 | 04 Feb 87 | Solo Flight |
| 144. | 7-17 | 11 Feb 87 | Forty |
| 145. | 7-18 | 25 Feb 87 | Laura |
| 146. | 7-19 | 11 Mar 87 | Out of Sync |
| 147. | 7-20 | 18 Mar 87 | The Aunt Who Came to Dinner |
| 148. | 7-21 | 01 Apr 87 | The People vs. Orville Wright |
| 149. | 7-22 | 15 Apr 87 | Limbo |
| Season 8 | |||
| 150. | 8-1 | 07 Oct 87 | Infinity and Jelly Doughnuts |
| 151. | 8-2 | 14 Oct 87 | Pleasure Principle |
| 152. | 8-3 | 28 Oct 87 | Innocence, a Broad |
| 153. | 8-4 | 04 Nov 87 | Tigers Fan |
| 154. | 8-5 | 11 Nov 87 | Forever in Time |
| 155. | 8-6 | 18 Nov 87 | The Love That Lies |
| 156. | 8-7 | 13 Jan 88 | A Girl Named Sue |
| 157. | 8-8 | 20 Jan 88 | Unfinished Business |
| 158. | 8-9 | 27 Jan 88 | The Great Hawaiian Adventure Company |
| 159. | 8-10 | 10 Feb 88 | Legend of the Lost Art |
| 160. | 8-11 | 17 Feb 88 | Transitions |
| 161. | 8-12 | 01 May 88 | Resolutions (1) |
| 162. | 8-13 | 01 May 88 | Resolutions (2) |
NOTES
related series:
Magnum P.I. (2018) starring Jay Hernandez
crossovers:
"Ki'i's Don't Lie" (Season 3, Episode 3) was the first part of a two-part crossover that concluded on Simon & Simon's Season 2 premiere "Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend".
"Novel Connection" was the first part of a two-part crossover that concluded on the Murder, She Wrote episode "Magnum on Ice" (Season 3, Episode 8).
related series:
Magnum P.I. (2018) starring Jay Hernandez
crossovers:
"Ki'i's Don't Lie" (Season 3, Episode 3) was the first part of a two-part crossover that concluded on Simon & Simon's Season 2 premiere "Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend".
"Novel Connection" was the first part of a two-part crossover that concluded on the Murder, She Wrote episode "Magnum on Ice" (Season 3, Episode 8).