Magnum, PI Episode Guide

Episode Guide

Magnum, PI: Season 8 (1987 - 1988)

• Season 8 Episode 13: Resolutions : Part Two

  Part two. Thomas rejoins the Navy, Rick gets married to Cleo and Higgins finally clears up the mystery surrounding the identity of mysterious author Robin Masters. Last-ever episode of the long-running drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 8 Episode 12: Resolutions : Part One

  Part one of the last-ever episode. Thomas attends a Navy reunion, where he meets his grandfather and learns what became of two former classmates. Higgins promises to reveal Robin Masters' true identity and Rick prepares to marry Cleo. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 8 Episode 11: Transitions

  Higgins asks Thomas to help him find the manuscript of Robin's latest novel Transitions, which has been stolen by a bogus messenger service, but life starts to mirror art as the case unfolds. Vintage detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 8 Episode 10: Legend of the Lost Art

  Higgins enlists Thomas's help to search for a priceless ancient scroll : but slimy business rival Peter Ridley-Smythe is determined to find it first. Parody of legendary blockbuster Raiders of the Lost Ark, which was originally to have starred Tom Selleck : had he not been committed to playing Magnum

• Season 8 Episode 9: The Great Hawaiian Adventure Company

  TC's son is shot while trying to escape the clutches of a gang who've been pressuring him to steal goods from the docks, while Thomas decides to branch out and start a tour business. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 8 Episode 8: Unfinished Business

  Thomas learns old enemy Quang Ki is about to be traded for an American serviceman who has been held captive since the Vietnam War, and resolves to kill him before the exchange can take place. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 8 Episode 7: A Girl Named Sue

  A woman hires Thomas to find the will left by her father, who was lost in a boating accident three years previously : but as investigations proceed, he starts to wonder whether the missing man is dead after all. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 8 Episode 6: The Love that Lies

  Thomas tries to protect Carol as she appears for the prosecution in a difficult trial, but takes time out to help a woman find the daughter she had with a married man years ago : only to discover the two cases are linked

• Season 8 Episode 5: Forever in Time

  A prophetic dream in which he sees himself as a Navy officer, followed by the mysterious arrival of a maritime uniform in his morning mail, enables Thomas to clear up a historical mystery - and solve a modern-day murder. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 8 Episode 4: Tigers Fan

  Thomas investigates the murder of his old partner Lieutenant Tanaka, and discovers he was killed by well-known thug Grady Walker, who has escaped from an institution with the help of a crooked doctor. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 8 Episode 3: Innocence : A Broad

  Robin is sued by a con-man who makes a tidy income out of taking legal action over fake accidents - but the plaintiff is murdered before his claim can be heard in court. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 8 Episode 2: The Pleasure Principle

  In a weird reversal of their usual roles, Higgins becomes irresponsible, starts wears loud Hawaiian shirts and dates a younger woman, while Thomas adopts a more mature image and begins dressing in a blazer : but the change doesn't last long. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 8 Episode 1: Infinity and Jelly Doughnuts

  Thomas comes out of his coma, only to discover that his troubles are far from over - Colonel Ki's vengeful brother Quang is still determined to kill him once and for all. Tom Selleck stars

Magnum, PI: Season 7 (1986 - 1987)

• Season 7 Episode 22: Limbo

  Thomas is shot and lapses into a coma, but his mind remains active even though his body is temporarily out of action, and helps his ex-wife evade killers determined to end her life. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 7 Episode 21: The People vs. Orville Wright

  Rick is arrested for allegedly killing a hit-man hired to murder his mentor Icepick - but it is not long before Thomas is on the trail of the real culprit, helped by a resourceful accountant. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 7 Episode 20: The Aunt Who Came to Dinner

  Thomas is visited by his aunt Phoebe, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who claims she is being stalked by a killer - but the revelation that she has incipient Alzheimer's disease casts doubt on her story. Drama, guest-starring Barbara Rush

• Season 7 Episode 19: Out of Sync

  Cynthia Farrell comes to Hawaii in the hope of rekindling her relationship with Magnum, but he is distracted by a case involving an adult film star

• Season 7 Episode 18: Laura

  Former New York Police Department Detective Sergeant Michael Doheny visits Hawaii to track down the killers of his granddaughter, who was murdered on the night he retired, and asks Thomas to help. Frank Sinatra guest stars

• Season 7 Episode 17: Forty

  Thomas celebrates his 40th birthday in Chinatown, where he helps a shopkeeper being intimidated by local gangs, but loses a treasured personal possession. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 7 Episode 16: Solo Flight

  Thomas is fired from a case and consoles himself by going on a lone mountain hike, but ends up getting trapped under the wreckage of a crashed wartime plane, which rolls on top of him as he tries to explore it

• Season 7 Episode 15: On the Fly

  Thomas is attacked by a veritable army of small-time crooks despatched by a Mexican crime boss determined to prevent him giving vital evidence in a forthcoming court case. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 7 Episode 14: Murder by Night

  Parody of a typical Forties murder mystery, shot largely in black and white, and featuring Thomas as a private eye investigating a case in San Francisco and Higgins in the role of a faithful family attorney. Drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 7 Episode 13: Autumn Warrior

  Higgins goes on a jungle trip with a group of young offenders as part of a programme to help improve their self-esteem, but things get out of hand and they end up shooting their guide. Meanwhile, an unsuspecting Thomas enjoys a relaxing break back at the estate

• Season 7 Episode 12: Death of the Flowers

  Carol asks Thomas to investigate her mentor Judge Hannibal Kerns, convinced he is being bribed to dismiss cases - but her learned friend is unceremoniously murdered as inquiries get under way. Vintage detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 7 Episode 11: Missing Melody

  TC learns his daughter Melody has been abducted, and decides he has no choice but to sell his business to raise the ransom demanded for her safe return. The kidnappers appear to be anonymous crooks, operating with ruthless efficiency : but Thomas suspects an insider is involved

• Season 7 Episode 10: Kapu

  Thomas is badly wounded while helping a murder witness escape from assassins determined to silence her, and regains consciousness to find he has lost his memory. Vintage detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 7 Episode 9: Novel Connection

  Magnum meets rival private detective Jessica Fletcher of Murder, She Wrote fame, who has been brought to Hawaii to help catch an assassin attempting to kill Robin Masters. Angela Lansbury guest stars

• Season 7 Episode 8: Paper War

  Thomas accepts the task of smashing a major gambling ring operating on the island, but keeps getting distracted by a vengeful Higgins, who's peeved with him for accidentally deleting an important computer file containing part of a book manuscript. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 7 Episode 7: The Little Girl Who

  Thomas helps ex-wife Michelle and her five-year-old daughter escape from Vietnam before they are murdered by rogue troops intent on wiping out her new husband and his family. Vintage drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 7 Episode 6: Death and Taxes

  Higgins jets off to Maui for a conference, leaving Magnum behind to work on his annual income tax returns - but a series of taunting phone calls from a killer disturbs his concentration. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 7 Episode 5: AAPI

  Famous French detective Jean-Claude Fornier is murdered at the 14th Annual Convention of Private Investigators - just as he Is presenting Thomas with a prestigious award for services to the profession. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 7 Episode 4: Straight and Narrow

  Thomas is hired by an old acquaintance to find a missing vice girl and begins trawling through her list of clients in search of clues : but a recent sporting injury slows him down. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 7 Episode 3: One Picture is Worth

  Thomas agrees to protect deaf artist Linda Andrews, who witnessed four murders during a bank robbery, but makes the mistake of relaxing his vigilance for a moment, allowing her to slip away unnoticed. Vintage drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 7 Episode 2: LA : Part Two

  Part two of two. Thomas accidentally ends up proposing to a woman who may be involved in the murder case he is investigating. Drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 7 Episode 1: LA : Part One

  Robin sends Thomas on a business trip to Los Angeles, where he meets comedian Marty Jensen : who is promptly murdered by drug dealers. Vintage detective drama, starring Tom Selleck as the rugged private eye

Magnum, PI: Season 6 (1985 - 1986)

• Season 6 Episode 21: Photoplay

  Photographer Shelly Faraday meets Thomas at a cat-lovers' meeting, and hires him to protect her from thugs seemingly intent on stopping her publishing a new book. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 6 Episode 20: A Little Bit of Luck : a Little Bit of Grief

  Rick wins $1,000,000 in a lottery while visiting mainland America, and returns to the island with a new fiancee in tow - but she's later kidnapped by two men he played poker with. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 6 Episode 19: Who Is Don Luis Higgins : and Why Is He Doing These Terrible Things To Me?

  Thomas is hired to protect Manuel Imeniez, the president of a small south American country, who's visiting Hawaii to play in an international chess tournament arranged by Higgins. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 6 Episode 18: Find Me a Rainbow

  A rich woman hires Thomas to find her former limo driver, who allegedly stole jewellery from her, but discovers he actually took something far more precious - her son. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 6 Episode 17: Way of the Stalking Horse

  Thomas is shot and left for a dead by a hit-man who hired him to investigate a bogus missing persons case. Classic drama, starring Tom Selleck and Roger E Mosley

• Season 6 Episode 16: This Island Isn't Big Enough

  Thomas, TC and Higgins go in search of Rick and and a boatload of passengers, who have gone missing at sea during a cruise and are now presumed dead. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 6 Episode 15: All Thieves on Deck

  The Hawaii-based detective is called in to investigate the theft of a priceless statuette during a cruise. Drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 6 Episode 14: Mad Dogs and Englishmen

  Higgins is fired from the estate and a dizzy actress is soon hired to replace him, while Thomas is shocked to discover the reasons for the dismissal

• Season 6 Episode 13: Summer School

  Robin Masters' 20-year-old nephew, the black sheep, impersonates Magnum during a visit, nearly resulting in death.

• Season 6 Episode 12: I Never Wanted to Go to France Anyway

  Thomas investigates the death of a trapeze artist, and discovers it was only the latest in a long line of suspicious fatalities plaguing the travelling circus where the victim worked. Suspicion initially falls on a clown - but the revelation of his true identity eliminates him from the inquiry

• Season 6 Episode 11: Rapture

  Thomas sees the corpse of a small boy while diving with TC, but can't convince Higgins, who thinks he must have been suffering from hallucinations caused by oxygen starvation - a condition known as 'rapture of the deep'

• Season 6 Episode 10: Blood and Honor

  Thomas returns to active duty with the Navy and works alongside an undercover FBI agent to track down a spy stealing highly sensitive information from a base at Pearl Harbour. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 6 Episode 9: The Treasure of Kalaniopu'u

  Robin's publishers sponsor a million-dollar treasure hunt to promote interest in his latest book - but two unscrupulous participants try to stay ahead of the competition by destroying the clues as they find them. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 6 Episode 8: Paniolo

  A harassed rancher hires Thomas to investigate the type of crime not normally associated with the Hawaiian island : an outbreak of cattle rustling by gun-toting outlaws. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 6 Episode 7: Going Home

  Thomas returns home to attend his grandfather's funeral, only to get caught up in the search for a valuable family heirloom - a letter signed by former President Abraham Lincoln. Classic crime drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 6 Episode 6: Round and Around

  Thomas investigates the fatal shooting of TC's friend Ron Penington in a grocery store hold-up, helped by the victim's son : and gradually realises the killer may not have been one of the robbers. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 6 Episode 5: The Hotel Dick

  Thomas takes a job as a hotel detective to catch an audacious cat burglar preying on the guests, but ends up getting fired - and only redeems himself by pulling off an incredible feat of daring

• Season 6 Episode 4: The Kona Winds

  Thomas prevents a distraught woman from committing suicide in the ocean, and learns she had decided to kill herself because she believed her husband was about to murder her anyway, and thought she might as well cheat him of the satisfaction. Vintage drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 6 Episode 3: Old Acquaintance

  Higgins is asked to represent the British government at a reception for an unpopular dictator, while Thomas is hired to find a kidnapped dolphin : and learns it has become an unwitting pawn in an audacious assassination plot. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 6 Episode 2: Deja Vu : Part Two

  In the conclusion of a two-part episode, Magnum continues his investigation into the murder of an old comrade from his Vietnam days while on a visit to London. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 6 Episode 1: Deja Vu : Part One

  Part one of two. Thomas visits England to oversee a business deal on Robin's behalf, but ends up investigating the murder of an old comrade from his Vietnam days - helped by the dead man's spirit. Tom Selleck stars

Magnum, PI: Season 5 (1984 - 1985)

• Season 5 Episode 22: A Pretty Good Dancing Chicken

  Thomas searches for a vengeful escaped prisoner who knows the whereabouts of Carol's missing cousin Becky, helped by Higgins and a resourceful dancing girl. Vintage detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 5 Episode 21: Torah! Torah! Torah!

  Thomas investigates the theft of a rare and valuable old edition of Jewish holy book the Torah, helped by a Chinese policewoman hot on the trail of a smuggling gang. Vintage drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 5 Episode 20: The Man from Marseilles

  Thomas teams up with a Frenchman claiming to be the world-famous detective profiled in Robin's latest book - but his true identity proves to be very different, and his motives far from honourable. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 5 Episode 19: Ms Jones

  The ever-chivalrous Thomas steps in to help distraught civil servant Madeline Jones search for her husband Ray, who's mysteriously done a vanishing act. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 5 Episode 18: Let Me Hear the Music

  The Hawaii-based private detective is hired to find the sheet music to five lost songs allegedly written by George Lee Jessup, a singer who died in 1954 - but soon finds their true authorship is shrouded in mystery. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 5 Episode 17: The Love-For-Sale Boat

  Thomas tangles with Yakuza hit-men while trying to find the crook who sold Rick a boat stolen from a rental company in Long Beach, and Higgins teaches three Japanese women about the merits of life in America. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 5 Episode 16: All For One : Part Two

  Part two. Rick falls for a Vietnamese girl and considers taking her back to America with him, while Thomas's friend Tyler bravely sacrifices himself to save the lives of two children. Vintage detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 5 Episode 15: All For One : Part One

  Thomas sets out to rescue old friend JJ Quincannon from Cambodia, and Rick bravely tags along to help - but gets shot in an ambush, jeopardising the entire mission. Vintage detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 5 Episode 14: Compulsion

  The rugged private investigator investigates a case involving his friend Carol as she prepares to testify against a man put behind bars by her father. US detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 5 Episode 13: Professor Jonathan Higgins

  Agatha hires Thomas to find out who took a $10,000 investment from her lady's club , while Higgins is delighted at being asked to teach his distant cousin Sally how to be a lady : until he discovers she's a leather-clad punk rocker

• Season 5 Episode 12: Little Games

  Thomas falls for an attractive security expert hired to help protect Robin's Nest during a jewellery exhibit worth millions of dollars - but she turns out to be the daughter of a notorious crook. Jenny Agutter guest stars

• Season 5 Episode 11: Kiss of the Sabre

  A friend of Robin's who is an aspiring writer comes to stay in the guest house to concentrate on her new novel : which features a cast of characters resembling Thomas and his associates. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 5 Episode 10: Luther Gillis : File No 001

  Straight-talking private eye Luther Gillis returns to Hawaii, where he sets about investigating a case on behalf of Higgins, who is being menaced by blackmailers. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 5 Episode 9: Tran Quoc Jones

  Thomas agrees to help 12-year-old half-Asian street merchant Tran Quoc Jones find his American father, missing since the war in Vietnam : but his efforts put him into conflict with gangsters and corrupt politicians. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 5 Episode 8: Murder 101

  Thomas decides to teach a university course on the finer points of being a private investigator, and helps his class delve into a real-life mystery involving a student's boyfriend : who proves to be in big trouble. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 5 Episode 7: Blind Justice

  The assistant DA hires Thomas to gather evidence against a man accused of killing his wife : but the result of his investigation presents him with a king-sized dilemma. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 5 Episode 6: Fragments

  Psychic Laura Griffin foresees her own murder in a vision and enlists Thomas's help to prevent it happening : unwittingly endangering his life in the process. Samantha Eggar guests

• Season 5 Episode 5: Under World

  Thomas learns TC has crashed just off the coast while flying his helicopter to a neighbouring island, and dives to examine the wreckage in search of clues to what caused his now hospitalised friend to lose control. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 5 Episode 4: The Legacy of Garwood Huddle

  Thomas reluctantly agrees to help Higgins' friend Garwood Huddle, a retired bank robber who topped the police's most-wanted list back in the 1940s, find the crooks responsible for kidnapping his grandchild. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 5 Episode 3: Mac's Back

  Thomas is understandably taken aback to see his old friend Mac, who was supposedly killed a year previously in a car explosion, alive and well : and working as a Navy chaplain. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 5 Episode 2: Echoes of the Mind : Part Two

  Part two of two. Thomas is shocked by the arrival of Diane's twin sister, while a hitch in Higgins' wedding plans is ironed out by a disappointed Agatha. Detective drama, guest starring Sharon Stone

• Season 5 Episode 1: Echoes of the Mind : Part One

  Part one of two. Thomas agrees to protect an insecure, emotionally scarred society woman who was kidnapped as a child and now believes someone is trying to kill her. Meanwhile, Higgins announces he is going to marry a childhood sweetheart. Detective drama, guest starring Sharon Stone

Magnum, PI: Season 4 (1983 - 1984)

• Season 4 Episode 21: I Witness

  Higgins, TC and Rick witness an armed robbery at prestigious nightspot the King Kamehameha Club, but hamper Thomas's attempts to investigate by giving conflicting : and highly embroidered : accounts of what happened. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 4 Episode 20: Dream a Little Dream

  Thomas is reunited with Karen Teal, his very first client as a private investigator : and ends up helping her for a second time. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck, John Hillerman and Roger E Mosley

• Season 4 Episode 19: On Face Value

  A bystander (Talia Balsam) recuperates at Robin's Nest after being injured during Magnum's high-speed pursuit of two suspects.

• Season 4 Episode 18: Holmes is Where the Heart Is

  Higgins meets an old friend who imagines himself to be Sherlock Holmes, and together they attempt to solve a murder while evading a man who appears to be a stalker. Drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 4 Episode 17: Let the Punishment Fit the Crime

  Higgins helps an old friend produce an opera, while Magnum is hired to find a woman's missing brother and discovers the musical production is an undercover story for confidential negotiations between China and Britain. Drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 4 Episode 16: The Return of Luther Gillis

  Luther Gillis is invited to Hawaii for an annual private investigators' convention, and arrives with his secretary Blanche : who is promptly kidnapped, along with Higgins. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 4 Episode 15: Paradise Blues

  TC's old flame Alexis Carter visits Hawaii and asks him to help search for a man who owes her $18,000 : but proves to be more of a femme fatale than a damsel in distress. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 4 Episode 14: Rembrandt's Girl

  Thomas gets locked in a high-security time-release bank vault with a desperate client who's hired him to investigate her jailbird father's sudden wealth. Carol Burnett guest stars alongside Tom Selleck

• Season 4 Episode 13: No More Mr Nice Guy

  Thomas misses his class reunion to look for an attorney who has been kidnapped while trying to expose a leak in the police department. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 4 Episode 12: The Case of the Red-Faced Thespian

  Thomas sets out to solve a murder and jewel theft at a party on the Masters estate, but his efforts are complicated by a delusional Higgins, who's become convinced he's a famous Shakespearean actor. Drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 4 Episode 11: Jororo Farewell

  Thomas befriends a visiting 11-year-old prince, whose father was killed by terrorists now threatening the boy's life. Drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 4 Episode 10: Operation Silent Night

  Thomas, Higgins, TC and Rick get stranded on an island at Christmas, and set about making the best of their new home, unaware a Navy officer is about to start using it for target practice. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 4 Episode 9: The Look

  Thomas attempts to help a Saigon disc jockey who is trying to trace her missing ex-fiance and has become the victim of abusive phone calls. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 4 Episode 8: A Sense of Debt

  TC visits Detroit, where he's forced to take part in a bare-knuckle boxing bout to repay a debt to an old friend. Tom Selleck stars, with Roger E Mosley and Shannen Doherty

• Season 4 Episode 7: Squeeze Play

  Robin loses a valuable painting and racks of expensive vintage wine in a poker game against the publisher of a men's magazine - and tries to save face by gambling his entire estate on the outcome of a softball match. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 4 Episode 6: Letter to a Duchess

  Higgins sends an anonymous love letter to an English duchess who's visiting Hawaii : but she jumps to the conclusion that Thomas is the true author and congratulates herself on having attracted such a handsome suitor. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 4 Episode 5: Limited Engagement

  Thomas befriends two elderly sisters involved in a hit-and-run accident outside a store where he is working undercover to catch a gang of crooks, and helps save them from homelessness. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 4 Episode 4: Distant Relative

  Thomas reluctantly agrees to chaperone Rick's naive convent-schooled sister as she enjoys a night on the town in Honolulu, but doesn't count on murder complicating matters. Drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 4 Episode 3: Smaller Than Life

  Rick agrees to help boyhood friend Waldo Norris, who claims he's trying to recover a priceless stolen china figurine : little suspecting the entire story is an elaborate insurance fraud. Drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 4 Episode 2: Luther Gillis : File no 521

  Thomas searches for a missing girl, but his inquiries are complicated by fellow detective Luther Gillis, who muscles in on the case : and proves to have a personal interest in seeing it resolved. Drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 4 Episode 1: Home from the Sea

  Thomas has an accident while ski-surfing on Independence Day and ends up stranded miles out at sea, where he relives the pain and trauma of his father's death during the Korean War. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

Magnum, PI: Season 3 (1982 - 1983)

• Season 3 Episode 23: Faith and Begorrah

  An Irish priest turns up in Hawaii looking for a sacred relic that has been stolen from his parish church. American detective drama, starring Tom Selleck and Roger E Mosley

• Season 3 Episode 22: The Big Blow

  A hurricane leaves Higgins with no choice but to extend his hospitality to entertain three unwanted guests - two escaped convicts and their heavily pregnant accomplice

• Season 3 Episode 21: By Its Cover

  An old friend asks the wily detective to deliver a set of encyclopaedias - but there's more to the consignment than meets the eye. Drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 3 Episode 20: Two Birds of a Feather

  A pilot crashes on the estate while flying a plane from Texas to Hawaii - but Thomas finds the circumstances of the mishap suspicious and soon discovers it was no accident. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 3 Episode 19: Legacy from a Friend

  Thomas investigates the death of a lifeguard friend who drowned in mysterious circumstances the day after taking possession of a car he couldn't possibly afford. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 3 Episode 18: Forty Years from Sand Island

  Higgins begins researching the gruesome history of World War Two internment camps, unwittingly making himself the target of a murder plot devised to prevent a 40-year-old secret from being revealed. American detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 3 Episode 17: I Do?

  The president of a family-run business hires Thomas to investigate whether his nephew is secretly siphoning off company funds to line his own pocket. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 3 Episode 16: The Birdman of Budapest

  Magnum discovers an elderly woman claiming to be Robin Master's high school teacher is not all she seems, as she actually works for the KGB and is on a mission to assassinate a former freedom fighter in Hawaii

• Season 3 Episode 15: Basket Case

  Thomas gallantly steps in to help a basketball star who is being used as a pawn by her manipulative parents - and manages to do an ailing team a considerable favour in the process. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 3 Episode 14: Arrow That is Not Aimed

  Thomas joins forces with a samurai to retrieve a priceless antique Japanese sword stolen by a cartel of ninja warriors and brought to Hawaii. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 3 Episode 13: Of Sound Mind

  An unpopular practical joker caps his career by leaving Magnum more than $50million in his will - but the bequest makes him a target for murder. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 3 Episode 12: Heal Thyself

  Magnum's physician friend (Marcia Strassman) faces charges of killing three patients; guests Edward Winter, Kario Salem.

• Season 3 Episode 11: Almost Home

  Thomas is hired by a cocktail waitress who wants to bury her father's ashes at the Arizona Memorial but has been refused permission because he was AWOL at the time of death. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 3 Episode 10: Mixed Doubles

  Magnum is asked to protect a spoilt tennis star who has received several death threats yet continues to antagonise everyone around him. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 3 Episode 9: Mr White Death

  Thomas and Higgins try to locate the long-lost son of a down-and-out wrestler. Tom Selleck and John Hillerman star

• Season 3 Episode 8: Foiled Again

  Higgins is accused of murdering the abusive husband of his former fiancee during a fencing contest - but Thomas discovers one of the swords was tampered with and sets out to get his friend off the hook. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 3 Episode 7: Flashback

  Thomas finds himself mysteriously whisked back in time to the 1930s, where he is hired by a woman seeking to clear her father's name. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 3 Episode 6: Black on White

  Rick and Thomas learn members of Higgins' former regiment are being targeted by Mau-Mau warriors out for revenge, and rush to save him from a grisly fate. Drama, guest starring Ian McShane

• Season 3 Episode 5: Past Tense

  A pair of crooks hijack TC's helicopter and use it to free a convict who is determined to kill Thomas in revenge for putting him behind bars in the first place. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 3 Episode 4: Eighth Part of the Village

  The private eye's conscience is pricked by a fortune cookie prediction, so he decides to return a few of the favours he owes his friends - but his efforts soon lead to kidnapping and attempted murder. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 3 Episode 3: KI's Don't Lie

  A team of investigators from the mainland track down a stolen Tiki idol to the Masters' estate where it is on sale as part of a charity auction - but the valued treasure carries a sinister curse. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck and Roger E Mosley

• Season 3 Episode 2: Did You See the Sunrise? : Part Two

  Part two of two. The detectives fear for their lives when an old army friend reveals that a Russian agent who tortured them in Vietnam is determined to finish the job

• Season 3 Episode 1: Did You See the Sunrise? : Part One

  TC and Magnum's Navy pal (James Whitmore Jr.) believes an enemy colonel from their Vietnam days plans to kill them.

Magnum, PI: Season 2 (1981 - 1982)

• Season 2 Episode 22: Three Minus Two

  Thomas is hired to protect the partner of a murdered fashion designer who fears she may be next on the killer's hit-list. Vintage detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 2 Episode 21: Elmo Ziller Story

  Higgins' 10-gallon hat-wearing half-brother turns up heralding a cowboy-type adventure for the intrepid investigator. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck as a private eye

• Season 2 Episode 20: The Last Page

  Thomas agrees to help a Vietnam veteran find his missing girlfriend, but doesn't suspect he's actually assisting in the search for a killer. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 2 Episode 19: Double Jeopardy

  Thomas meets the star of a movie being filmed at Robin's Nest - and is astonished to discover he bears an uncanny resemblance to himself

• Season 2 Episode 18: Texas Lightning

  Card shark Jeanie 'Texas Lightning' Lowry hires Magnum to protect her during an off-shore poker game, but ends up stranded with her on a desert island. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 2 Episode 17: One More Summer

  Thomas joins a football team in a bid to protect an old college friend whose life is being threatened by an unknown assassin. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 2 Episode 16: Italian Ice

  Thomas flies to Sicily to help a damsel in distress, only to discover the hapless 'victim' has stolen a valuable antique necklace from her supposed captor. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 2 Episode 15: Try to Remember

  Thomas is hired to locate a missing girl - but later suffers a bout of memory loss and recovers to find he's become the prime suspect in her murder. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 2 Episode 14: Computer Date

  Thomas is hired to track down a computer hacker and keep a close watch on a woman who may be having an affair. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 2 Episode 13: Jororo Kill

  Old journalist friend Kate Sullivan contacts Thomas and tells him that a notorious assassin is about to strike in Honolulu during an official visit by the prime minister of a small republic. Tyne Daly guest stars

• Season 2 Episode 12: Ghost Writer

  Thomas is hired to recover notes and source material stolen from a ghost writer hired to whip the autobiography of an eccentric inventor into shape. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 2 Episode 11: Sixth Position

  A simple request to act as bodyguard to a world-famous ballerina leads to a puzzling international situation for the Hawaiian private-eye, who feels decidedly out of place in the high-class world of ballet. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 2 Episode 10: The Taking of Dick McWilliams

  Thomas sets out to rescue an old Navy buddy who has been snatched by kidnappers : but the trail leads to murder, deception and dangerous rituals. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 2 Episode 9: Mad Buck Gibson

  A self-destructive writer's former wife hires the private investigator to protect him - but he soon discovers the man is hiding a dark secret. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 2 Episode 8: Wave Goodbye

  Thomas investigates the death of a former surfing champion linked to a drug-dealer, and it soon emerges that a police officer could have had something to do with the crime. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 2 Episode 7: Tropical Madness

  The private eye is intrigued when an attractive woman latches on to Higgins. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 2 Episode 6: Memories Are Forever : Part Two

  Part two of two. Thomas learns that his former wife Michelle, now married to the head of a Vietnamese delegation, has been targeted for assassination by a secret police chief who suspects that she may be leader of a revolt against his country

• Season 2 Episode 5: Memories Are Forever : Part One

  Part one of two. Thomas is shocked to learn his supposedly dead Vietnamese wife is not only alive and well, but in Hawaii. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 2 Episode 4: From Moscow to Maui

  A Russian pilot defects to the West and hires Thomas to kidnap his fiancee, an athlete visiting Hawaii to compete, from under the watchful eyes of the KGB. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 2 Episode 3: Woman on the Beach

  Rick asks Thomas to help him find a mysterious beauty who seems to have vanished into thin air, but investigations reveal she committed suicide under suspicious circumstances 35 years previously. Tom Selleck stars

• Season 2 Episode 2: Dead Man's Channel

  A woman hires Thomas to find her father, who disappeared while sailing in a mysterious stretch of ocean shrouded in Hawaiian superstition. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 2 Episode 1: Billy Joe Bob

  A dyed-in-the-wool, two-fisted Texan (James Whitmore Jr.) hires Magnum to find his sister, an ex-cheerleader.

Magnum, PI: Season 1 (1980 - 1981)

• Season 1 Episode 18: Beauty Knows No Pain

  A fitness trainer offers to knock Magnum into shape in time for an Iron Man contest in return for finding her missing fiance. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 1 Episode 17: J 'Digger

  Robin offends Thomas by hiring security expert Joy 'Digger' Doyle to protect him from a mysterious adversary determined to prevent the publication of his latest novel. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck and Erin Gray

• Season 1 Episode 16: The Black Orchid

  An eccentric client hires Thomas to participate in a crime drama based on situations derived from the works of acclaimed author Dashiell Hammett. Guest starring Judith Chapman and Kathryn Leigh Scott, with Tom Selleck

• Season 1 Episode 15: Don't Say Goodbye

  Thomas is instructed to pay a ransom demand without pursuing the case further, but a series of 'accidents' makes him decide to break the rules and hunt down the would-be blackmailer. Detective drama, guest starring Ted Danson

• Season 1 Episode 14: Adelaide

  The owner of a stud farm hires the investigator to find out who is behind the threats to her expensive racehorse. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck as a private eye

• Season 1 Episode 13: All Roads Lead to Floyd

  A woman enlists the investigator's help to trace her missing father, but the only clue is a ten-year-old postcard and Magnum soon finds he isn't the only one looking for the elusive man. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck as a private eye

• Season 1 Episode 12: Thicker Than Blood

  TC is arrested for smuggling a fellow Vietnam veteran into Hawaii, but mysteriously refuses to say anything in his own defence, indirectly leading Thomas to the discovery of a multi-million dollar drugs racket. Tom Selleck and Roger E Mosley star

• Season 1 Episode 11: The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club

  A surf race competitor dies mysteriously, and Rick suffers a collapse - leading Magnum to suspect the curse of the Kamehameha Club could have resurfaced

• Season 1 Episode 10: Lest We Forget

  The private detective is hired by a US Supreme Court nominee who has apparently received a blackmail threat from his dead wife. Starring Tom Selleck

• Season 1 Episode 9: Missing in Action

  Thomas investigates a woman's claims that her long-lost fiance, reported missing in action, may still be alive. He discovers the man in question was actually a secret agent working for the government. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 1 Episode 8: Ugliest Dog in Hawaii

  Thomas guards a wealthy socialite's quarantined dog from former owner Victor DiGiorgio, a gangster determined to retrieve it by any means necessary. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 1 Episode 7: Never Again, Never Again

  Thomas follows a trail of duplicity and multiple murders as he probes the disappearance of a man spirited away by an anonymous gang. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck as the private eye

• Season 1 Episode 6: Skin Deep

  An alcoholic former star (Ian McShane) hires Magnum to probe a glamorous movie queen's alleged shotgun suicide; guest Ron Masak.

• Season 1 Episode 5: No Need to Know

  Higgins' old commander, a British general who is being hunted by the IRA, is given sanctuary on the Masters' estate - where would-be assassins soon track him down. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 1 Episode 4: Thank Heaven for Little Girls - And Big Ones, Too

  A group of schoolgirls hire Magnum to find their missing teacher, only to be caught stealing a valuable oil painting. Detective drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 1 Episode 3: China Doll

  The Hawaii-based detective is hired by a beautiful woman to protect her and a valuable antique vase. Drama, starring Tom Selleck

• Season 1 Episode 2: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii - Part Two

  The detective's investigation into the suspicious death of an old friend from Vietnam puts him in conflict with the Navy hierarchy and makes him the target of cold-blooded killers

• Season 1 Episode 1: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii

  The detective's investigation into the suspicious death of an old friend from Vietnam puts him in conflict with the Navy hierarchy and makes him the target of cold-blooded killers