Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I.
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Magnum, P.I.

He's a Hellraiser in Paradise.

7.3 / 10
1980
8 seasons
162 episodes
Action & AdventureCrimeDramaMystery

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.

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Magnum, P.I. Trailer + Rare Title Sequence

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Seasons

  • Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii (1)

    1.Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii (1)

    6.0
    11-12-198045m

    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...

  • Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii (2)

    2.Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii (2)

    7.7
    11-12-198044m

    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...

  • China Doll

    3.China Doll

    5.8
    18-12-198047m

    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 Sung—until its buyer arrives in Hawaii to collect...

  • Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too

    4.Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too

    6.8
    25-12-198045m

    It's the Christmas season, and against his better judgment, Magnum agrees to being hired by five young schoolgirls to find their teacher, who has seemingly gone missing after falli...

  • No Need to Know

    5.No Need to Know

    7.6
    08-01-198145m

    Magnum returns from a case to find that Higgins' old Army commander is staying on the Masters estate, under tight security, until some I.R.A. members he helped capture are tried. T...

  • Skin Deep

    6.Skin Deep

    7.0
    15-01-198145m

    When a beautiful model-actress is killed by a shotgun blast in a scenario closely resembling a scene from the script of an upcoming film, it is seemingly suicide. Magnum is hired b...

  • Never Again... Never Again

    7.Never Again... Never Again

    7.4
    22-01-198145m

    When Saul and Lena, an aging couple who run a local shop, abruptly make plans to leave town, suspicious Magnum and Rick, who are friends with the couple, investigate.

  • The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii

    8.The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii

    6.6
    29-01-198145m

    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 t...

  • Missing in Action

    9.Missing in Action

    7.2
    05-02-198145m

    Although Eric Tobin was reported missing in action over eight years ago, his fiancee, Laura Fraser, endowed with ESP, doesn't believe it. Magnum befriends her and, in finding out t...

  • Lest We Forget

    10.Lest We Forget

    5.4
    12-02-198145m

    Magnum is hired by a Supreme Court nominee to find the woman he married on the eve of the raid on Pearl Harbor.

  • The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club

    11.The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club

    6.3
    19-02-198145m

    Rick is organizing 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 and places a "curse"...

  • Thicker than Blood

    12.Thicker than Blood

    7.4
    26-02-198145m

    T.C. makes a late-night flight to land on a tanker, but on the journey back he is cornered and arrested by the Coast Guard for transporting drugs. Magnum and Rick are certain of th...

  • All Roads Lead to Floyd

    13.All Roads Lead to Floyd

    5.4
    12-03-198145m

    A bubbly young woman hires Magnum to find her father who, after being missing for over ten years, had sent her a postcard from Hawaii. But her father is involved in some rather sha...

  • Adelaide

    14.Adelaide

    6.8
    19-03-198145m

    A woman hires Magnum to protect Norman, who is facing kidnap unless she pays a ransom; but the case has some unexpected twists.

  • Don't Say Goodbye

    15.Don't Say Goodbye

    5.5
    26-03-198145m

    Having once been hired by wealthy, blind Agatha Kimball to find her missing granddaughter, Amy, Magnum's services are once again called upon by his elderly friend after she has bee...

  • The Black Orchid

    16.The Black Orchid

    7.0
    02-04-198145m

    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 fan...

  • J. "Digger" Doyle

    17.J. "Digger" Doyle

    7.6
    09-04-198150m

    Magnum tries to impress a beautiful 'fan' of Robin's by showing her the Robin Masters estate, only to learn that she is actually a top security expert hired by Robin to test the es...

  • Beauty Knows No Pain

    18.Beauty Knows No Pain

    7.2
    16-04-198149m

    Magnum is hired by Barbara Terranova, a financially broke woman who can only afford his services for one day, to find her missing fiancé Roger. But the case has several tangles in...

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