Magnum P.I.

Thomas Sullivan Magnum lives and resides in the 'guest house' of a posh, 200-acre (0.81 km2) beachfront estate, known as Robin's Nest, in Hawaii, at the invitation of its owner, Robin Masters, the celebrated-but-never-seen author of several dozen lurid novels. Ostensibly this is quid pro quo for Magnum's services based upon Magnum's claimed expertise in security; the pilot suggests Magnum also did Masters a favor of some kind.

In addition, Robin’s Nest is guarded by two highly-trained Doberman Pinschers, Zeus and Apollo, and all other aspects of the estate are managed by Englishman Jonathan Quayle Higgins III (played by Texas-born veteran actor John Hillerman), an ex-British Army Sergeant Major with whom, often as a humorous aside during various episodes of the series, Magnum must barter for use of estate amenities other than the guest house and the Ferrari 308 GTS (e.g., tennis courts, wine cellar, expensive cameras, etc.). During early seasons of Magnum, P.I., the voice of Robin Masters, heard only a few times per season, was voiced by Orson Welles.
A recurrent theme throughout the last two seasons involves Magnum's suspicion that Higgins is actually Robin Masters. This possibility is never fully substantiated or refuted—Higgins' dual identity remains an open question until the final episode, where Higgins first admits he is, but later suggests what he had said about Robin Masters was a lie. (Whether he means during this episode, or the entire series is left an open question.)

Magnum seemingly lives a dream lifestyle: he comes and goes as he pleases, works only when he wants to, has the almost unlimited use of a Ferrari 308 GTS as well as many other of Robin Masters’ luxuries. He keeps a mini-fridge with a seemingly endless supply of fictional Coops beer, wears his fathers treasured Rolex GMT Master wristwatch, is seemingly surrounded by countless beautiful women (who are often his clients or victims in the cases he solves) and enjoys adventures with his buddies Rick and T.C., both former U.S. Marines he served with in the Vietnam War.

Interestingly, Magnum and Higgins often break the fourth wall by "locking eyes" with the audience; other characters do this, though less frequently.

At the end of the seventh season, Magnum was killed off, and this was intended to be the end of the series. However, there was outcry from fans, and an eighth, final season was produced, to bring Magnum 'back to life', and to round the series off.
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Series Cast:

Tom Selleck - Thomas Sullivan Magnum, IV
John Hillerman - Jonathan Quayle Higgins III
Roger E. Mosley - Theodore 'TC' Calvin
Larry Manetti - Orville 'Rick' Wright

        Episodes


Season 1: 1980–1981

Show Title Original Airdate
1 Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii 12-11-80
2 China Doll 12-18-80
3 Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too 12-25-80
4 No Need to Know 01-08-81
5 Skin Deep 01-15-81
6 Never Again… Never Again 01-22-81
7 The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii 01-29-81
8 Missing in Action 02-05-81
9 Lest We Forget 02-12-81
10 The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club 02-19-81
11 Thicker Than Blood 02-26-81
12 All Roads Lead to Floyd 03-12-81
13 Adelaide 03-19-81
14 Don't Say Goodbye 03-26-81
15 The Black Orchid 04-02-81
16 J. "Digger" Doyle 04-09-81
17 Beauty Knows No Pain 04-16-81

Season 2: 1981–1982

Show Title Original
Airdate
18 Billy Joe Bob 10-08-81
19 Dead Man's Channel 10-15-81
20 The Woman on the Beach 10-22-81
21 From Moscow to Maui 10-29-81
22 Memories Are Forever Part 1 11-05-81
23 Memories Are Forever Part 2 11-05-81
24 Tropical Madness 11-12-81
25 Wave Goodbye 11-19-81
26 Mad Buck Gibson 11-26-81
27 The Taking of Dick McWilliams 12-03-81
28 The Sixth Position 12-17-81
29 Ghost Writer 12-24-81
30 The Jororo Kill 01-07-82
31 Computer Date 01-14-82
32 Try to Remember 01-28-82
33 Italian Ice 02-04-82
34 One More Summer 02-11-82
35 Texas Lightning 02-18-82
36 Double Jeopardy 02-25-82
37 The Last Page 03-04-82
38 The Elmo Ziller Story 03-25-82
39 Three Minus Two 04-01-82

Season 3: 1982–1983

Show Title Original Airdate
40 Did You See the Sunrise? 09-30-82
41 Did You See the Sunrise? Part 2 09-30-82
42 Ki'i's Don't Lie (Part 1) 10-07-82
N/A Emeralds are Not a Girl's Best Friend (Part 2, a Simon & Simon episode) 10-05-82
43 The Eighth Part of the Village 10-14-82
44 Past Tense 10-21-82
45 Black on White 10-28-82
46 Flashback 11-04-82
47 Foiled Again 11-11-82
48 Mr. White Death 11-18-82
49 Mixed Doubles 12-02-82
50 Almost Home 12-09-82
51 Heal Thyself 12-16-82
52 Of Sound Mind 01-06-83
53 The Arrow That Is Not Aimed 01-27-83
54 Basket Case 02-03-83
55 Birdman of Budapest 02-10-83
56 I Do? 02-17-83
57 Forty Years from Sand Island 02-24-83
58 Legacy from a Friend 03-10-83
59 Two Birds of a Feather 03-17-83
60 ...By Its Cover 03-31-83
61 The Big Blow 04-17-83
62 Faith and Begorrah 04-28-83

Season 4: 1983–1984

Show Title Original Airdate
63 Home from the Sea 09-29-83
64 Luther Gillis: File #521 10-06-83
65 Smaller than Life 10-13-83
66 Distant Relative 10-20-83
67 Limited Engagement 11-03-83
68 Letter to a Duchess 11-10-83
69 Squeeze Play 11-17-83
70 A Sense of Debt 12-01-83
71 The Look 12-08-83
72 Operation: Silent Night 12-15-83
73 Jororo Farewell 01-05-84
74 The Case of the Red-Faced Thespian 01-19-84
75 No More Mr. Nice Guy 01-26-84
76 Rembrandt's Girl 02-02-84
77 Paradise Blues 02-09-84
78 The Return of Luther Gillis 02-16-84
79 Let the Punishment Fit the Crime 02-23-84
80 Holmes Is Where the Heart Is 03-08-84
81 On Face Value 03-15-84
82 Dream a Little Dream 03-29-84
83 I Witness 05-03-84
 


Season 5: 1984–1985

Show Title Original
Airdate
84 Echoes of the Mind Part 1 09-27-84
85 Echoes of the Mind Part 2 10-04-84
86 Mac's Back 10-11-84
87 The Legacy of Garwood Huddle 10-18-84
88 Under World 10-25-84
89 Fragments 11-01-84
90 Blind Justice 11-08-84
91 Murder 101 11-15-84
92 Tran Quoc Jones 11-29-84
93 Luther Gillis: File #001 12-06-84
94 Kiss the Sabre 12-13-84
95 Little Games 01-13-85
96 Professor Jonathan Higgins 01-10-85
97 Compulsion 01-24-85
98 All for One Part 1 01-31-85
99 All for One Part 2 02-07-85
100 The-Love-For-Sale-Boat 02-14-85
101 Let Me Hear the Music 02-21-85
102 Ms Jones 03-07-85
103 The Man from Marseilles 03-14-85
104 Torah, Torah, Torah 03-28-85
105 A Pretty Good Dancing Chicken 04-04-85

Season 6: 1985–1986

Show Title Original Airdate
106 Déjà Vu Part 1 09-26-85
107 Déjà Vu Part 2 09-26-85
108 Old Acquaintance 10-03-85
109 The Kona Winds 10-10-85
110 The Hotel Dick 10-17-85
111 Round and Around 10-24-85
112 Going Home 10-31-85
113 Paniolo 11-07-85
114 The Treasure of Kalaniopu'u 11-11-85
115 Blood and Honor 12-05-85
116 Rapture 12-12-85
117 I Never Wanted to Go to France, Anyway 01-02-86
118 Summer School 01-09-86
119 Mad Dogs and Englishmen 01-23-86
120 All Thieves on Deck 01-30-86
121 This Island Isn't Big Enough 02-13-86
122 Way of the Stalking Horse 02-20-86
123 Find Me a Rainbow 03-13-86
124 Who is Don Luis Higgins, and Why is He Doing These Terrible Things to Me? 03-20-86
125 A Little Bit of Luck, A Little Bit of Grief 04-03-86
126 Photo Play 04-10-86

Season 7: 1986–1987

Show Title Original Airdate
127 L.A. Part 1 10-01-86
128 L.A. Part 2 10-01-86
129 One Picture is Worth 10-08-86
130 Straight and Narrow 10-15-86
131 A.A.P.I. 10-22-86
132 Death and Taxes 10-29-86
133 Little Girl Who 11-05-86
134 Paper War 11-12-86
135 Novel Connection (Part 1) 11-19-86
N/A Magnum On Ice (Part 2, a Murder, She Wrote episode) 11-23-86
136 Kapu 11-26-86
137 Missing Melody 12-03-86
138 Death of the Flowers 12-10-86
139 Autumn Warrior 12-17-86
140 Murder by Night 01-14-87
141 On the Fly 01-21-87
142 Solo Flight 02-04-87
143 Forty 02-11-87
144 Laura 02-25-87
145 Out of Sync 03-11-87
146 The Aunt Who Came to Dinner 03-18-87
147 The People vs. Orville Wright 04-01-87
148 Limbo 04-15-87

Season 8: 1987–1988

Show Title Original Airdate
149 Infinity and Jelly Doughnuts 10-07-87
150 Pleasure Principle 10-14-87
151 Innocence... A Broad 10-28-87
152 Tigers Fan 11-04-87
153 Forever in Time 11-11-87
154 The Love that Lies 11-18-87
155 A Girl Named Sue 01-13-88
156 Unfinished Business 01-20-88
157 The Great Hawaiian Adventure Comp 01-27-88
158 Legend of the Lost Art 02-10-88
159 Transitions 02-17-88
160 Resolutions Part 1 05-08-88
161 Resolutions Part 2 05-08-88

Final 2 episodes were shown as TV Movie on CBS On the DVD release of the series they were 2 separate episodes