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He's a Hellraiser in Paradise.
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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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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Episode 1
Magnum is caught between danger and intrigue as a frightened lady, who believes her life is in danger, involves him in a bizarre situation.
Directed by Georg Stanford BrownWritten by Donald P. BellisarioGuest stars Gillian Dobb, June Chadwick, Sharon Stone, Carolyn Seymour, Glenn Cannon, Elissa Dulce Hoopai, Deborah Pratt, George Innes
Episode 2
Magnum finds himself torn between twin sisters as his involvement with one brings him into conflict with the other.
Directed by Georg Stanford BrownWritten by Donald P. BellisarioGuest stars Gillian Dobb, June Chadwick, Sharon Stone, Carolyn Seymour, Deborah Pratt, George Innes
Episode 3
Magnum seems to be lost between reality and fantasy, past and present, when he is convinced that he has seen an old friend, Mac, very much alive, walking the streets of Honolulu.
Directed by Alan J. LeviWritten by Donald P. BellisarioGuest stars Clyde Kusatsu, Glenn Cannon, Jeff MacKay, Lance LeGault, Darryl Ferreira, Robert Harker, Esmond Chung, Winston Char
Episode 4
A reluctant Magnum agrees to help a friend of Higgins to find the person or persons responsible for the kidnapping of his grandchild.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyWritten by Richard YalemGuest stars Dick Durock, Michael Anderson Jr., Elisha Cook Jr., Pat Hingle, Belinda Montgomery, Phil Hartman, Philip Sterling, John Ratzenberger
Episode 5
TC's chopper is about to touch down at the helipad when he loses control over it and plunges into the sea.
Directed by Ivan DixonWritten by Reuben LederGuest stars Glenn Cannon, Judith Sykes, Richard Lawson, Sam Vlahos, James Grant Benton, Rodney Philip Aiu, Michael Dennis, Josie Over
Episode 6
Laura Griffin, a young woman with amazing psychic abilities, hires Magnum to investigate her own murder.
Directed by David HemmingsWritten by Nick Thiel, Donald P. Bellisario, David ChomskyGuest stars Gillian Dobb, Samantha Eggar, Kenneth Mars, Jillie Mack, Kenneth Mars, Vic Leon, Madeline Press, Julia English
Episode 7
Magnum is working on a case for assistant D.A. Carol and is forced to face a difficult dilemma concerning the guilt of innocence of the suspected murdered who is guilty of another crime.
Directed by Russ MayberryWritten by Chris AbbottGuest stars Natalie Gregory, Gary Epper, Barbara Rush, Margie Impert, Kathleen Lloyd, Kwan Hi Lim, George DiCenzo, Danny Kamekona
Episode 8
Magnum is very enthusiastic about his new project, teaching a class at the University about private investigation. The class is small but interest is great about everyone helps a student investigate the strange behavior of her fiancé.
Directed by Ivan DixonWritten by Rogers TurrentineGuest stars Max Kleven, Harry Townes, Hunter von Leer, Carole Kai, Marilyn Jones, Alan Fudge, Kim Miyori, Frank Whiteman
Episode 9
Magnum tries to help a young Amerasian boy find his long lost G.I. father and ends up in the middle of political corruption and mob intrigue.
Directed by Russ MayberryWritten by Chris AbbottGuest stars Robert Tessier, Rick Lenz, Terry Kiser, Roland Harrah III, Kwan Hi Lim, Deborah Pratt, Jeff MacKay, George Groves
Episode 10
While Magnum is preoccupied with a very difficult case, help arrives just in time in the person of Luther Gillis, the hard-nosed private eye from St. Louis.
Directed by Ivan DixonWritten by Reuben LederGuest stars Don Knight, Gary Grubbs, Eugene Roche, Orson Welles, Kwan Hi Lim, Gary Pagett, Gary Spotts, Peggy Anne Siegmund
Episode 11
Magnum is displaced from the guest house when an overly imaginative novelist, who suffers from a sever case of writer's block, becomes suspiciously interested and involved in his latest case.
Directed by John PattersonWritten by Jay HuguelyGuest stars Cassie Yates, Paul Gleason, Soon-Tek Oh, David Spielberg, Soon-Tek Oh, Patrick Collins
Episode 12
A very attractive security expert brings out the romantic in Magnum when she is hired to help protect Robin's Nest during a jewelry exhibit worth millions of dollars.
Directed by Arthur Allan SeidelmanWritten by Deborah PrattGuest stars Jenny Agutter, Cesar Romero, Jeff MacKay, Jo Pruden, Jimmy Borges, Steven Perry, Ed Kim Jr.
Episode 13
Higgins is very pleased with the prospect of his distant cousin's arrival. She is to marry the heir of an old Hawaiian family but turns out to be a true punk rocker.
Directed by Peter MedakWritten by Jay Huguely, Mary Lee GaylorGuest stars Gillian Dobb, Jillie Mack, Lynn Wood, Ronald Knight, Maralyn Nell, Meg Roach, David Traylor, Allan Graf
Episode 14
Magnum investigates a case which involves his friend Carol who works for the D.A. and who is about to testify against a man sent to prison by her father while Higgins struggles with the truth during a visit of former Sandhurst friends.
Directed by David HemmingsWritten by Chris AbbottGuest stars Gillian Dobb, David Hemmings, John Pleshette, Susan Swift, Kathleen Lloyd, Richard McPherson, Camille Yamamoto, David Palmer
Episode 15
Magnum and his friends, including Higgins, help a former Vietnam buddy to find a mutual friend being held prisoner in Cambodia.
Directed by Michael VejarWritten by Reuben LederGuest stars Robert Forster, Clyde Kusatsu, Seth Sakai, Dustin Nguyen, Mimorie Acain Thoma, Michael Hasegawa, Debi Parker, Nguyen Thinh Van
Episode 16
While in Cambodia on a rescue mission of an old Army buddy, Magnum, Higgins, Rick and TC realize that their lives are on the line because of great danger and deceit.
Directed by Michael VejarWritten by Reuben LederGuest stars Robert Forster, Clyde Kusatsu, Seth Sakai, Dustin Nguyen, Mimorie Acain Thoma, Debi Parker, Nguyen Thinh Van
Episode 17
Rick is the target of yet another of Mac's schemes but this time Mac goes too far, endangering everyone's life with his fantastic plan.
Directed by Ray AustinWritten by J. Miyoko Hensley, Steven HensleyGuest stars Elisha Cook Jr., Jeff MacKay, Marilyn Tokuda, George Cheung, Carolyn Seymour, Kam Fong, Nathan Jung, Jeanne Kanai
Episode 18
Lacy Fletcher seeks Magnum's help to unearth five songs which has been written by the legendary George Lee Jessup for the woman he loves before he died 25 years ago.
Directed by David HemmingsWritten by Jay HuguelyGuest stars Amanda McBroom, Susan Oliver, Dennis Weaver, Kwan Hi Lim, Red West, Robert Sampson, Robert Weaver, Michael Cowell
Episode 19
After Magnum has just been put through the wringer at the Hall of Records, he is very reluctant but finally agrees to help one of the clerks, a woman named Ms. Jones, who is looking for her missing husband.
Directed by Ray AustinWritten by Phil CombestGuest stars Harry Endo, Margie Impert, Kwan Hi Lim, Lance LeGault, Sam Anderson, Robert F. Hoy, Marcia Wolf, Ray Austin
Episode 20
A distinguished Frenchman contacts Magnum and asks for his help in supposedly finding a missing heir.
Directed by John Llewellyn MoxeyWritten by Reuben LederGuest stars Joe Moore, Kathleen Lloyd, Kwan Hi Lim, Paul Verdier, Elissa Dulce Hoopai, Edward B. Randolph, Ed Fernandez, Roydon Clark
Episode 21
Danger and death are the overtones that result from a simple visit with Rabbi Asher Solomon when he arrives in Hawaii.
Directed by Leo PennWritten by Martin Sage, Sybil AdelmanGuest stars France Nuyen, Nehemiah Persoff, Ralph Strait, Kwan Hi Lim, Arlen Dean Snyder, Ralph Strait, Don "Lance" Over, Peter Stader
Episode 22
Magnum goes undercover and into a prison farm to find Darryl Jacobs who is the last person and former boyfriend of a missing young girl.
Directed by Bernard L. KowalskiWritten by Jay Huguely, Joe GoresGuest stars Matt Clark, Linda Grovenor, Shannon Wilcox, Kathleen Lloyd, Hari Rhodes, Asher Brauner, Jack Knight, Garrison True
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Tom SelleckThomas Magnum
John HillermanJonathan Higgins
Roger E. MosleyTerry 'TC' Calvin
Larry ManettiRick Wright
Jean Bruce ScottLt. Cmdr. Maggie Poole, USN
Paul BurkeAdmiral Kitchner
Kathleen LloydCarol Baldwin
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