Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: December 11, 1980
Seasons: 8
Episodes: 162
Networks: CBS
Genres: Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery

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Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Comeback King
This show finished strong! The final season's average rating was higher than the previous one.

He's a Hellraiser in Paradise.

TMDB Rating: 7.3 (420 votes)

Overview

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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Season 1

18 episodes • 1980Avg: 6.7

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii (1)	Dec 11, 1980	5.7
2	Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii (2)	Dec 11, 1980	7.8
3	China Doll	Dec 18, 1980	5.6
4	Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too	Dec 25, 1980	6.7
5	No Need to Know	Jan 8, 1981	7.8
6	Skin Deep	Jan 15, 1981	7.0
7	Never Again... Never Again	Jan 22, 1981	7.5
8	The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii	Jan 29, 1981	6.8
9	Missing in Action	Feb 5, 1981	7.2
10	Lest We Forget	Feb 12, 1981	5.2
11	The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club	Feb 19, 1981	6.2
12	Thicker than Blood	Feb 26, 1981	7.5
13	All Roads Lead to Floyd	Mar 12, 1981	5.2
14	Adelaide	Mar 19, 1981	6.8
15	Don't Say Goodbye	Mar 26, 1981	5.3
16	The Black Orchid	Apr 2, 1981	7.3
17	J. "Digger" Doyle	Apr 9, 1981	7.8
18	Beauty Knows No Pain	Apr 16, 1981	7.3

Season 2

22 episodes • 1981Avg: 6.3

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Billy Joe Bob	Oct 8, 1981	4.3
2	Dead Man's Channel	Oct 15, 1981	5.0
3	Woman on the Beach	Oct 22, 1981	7.5
4	From Moscow to Maui	Oct 29, 1981	7.5
5	Memories Are Forever (1)	Nov 5, 1981	6.0
6	Memories Are Forever (2)	Nov 5, 1981	6.0
7	Tropical Madness	Nov 12, 1981	6.0
8	Wave Goodbye	Nov 19, 1981	7.5
9	Mad Buck Gibson	Nov 26, 1981	7.5
10	The Taking of Dick McWilliams	Dec 3, 1981	5.0
11	The Sixth Position	Dec 17, 1981	6.0
12	Ghost Writer	Dec 24, 1981	5.0
13	The Jororo Kill	Jan 7, 1982	6.0
14	Computer Date	Jan 14, 1982	6.0
15	Try to Remember	Jan 28, 1982	7.0
16	Italian Ice	Feb 4, 1982	5.0
17	One More Summer	Feb 11, 1982	5.0
18	Texas Lightning	Feb 18, 1982	6.0
19	Double Jeopardy	Feb 25, 1982	8.0
20	The Last Page	Mar 4, 1982	7.5
21	The Elmo Ziller Story	Mar 18, 1982	7.0
22	Three Minus Two	Apr 1, 1982	7.5

Season 3

23 episodes • 1982Avg: 6.6

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Did You See the Sunrise? (1)	Sep 30, 1982	9.0
2	Did You See the Sunrise? (2)	Sep 30, 1982	9.0
3	Ki'i's Don't Lie (I)	Oct 7, 1982	6.2
4	The Eighth Part of the Village	Oct 14, 1982	7.0
5	Past Tense	Oct 21, 1982	6.0
6	Black on White	Oct 28, 1982	8.0
7	Flashback	Nov 4, 1982	7.0
8	Foiled Again	Nov 11, 1982	6.0
9	Mr. White Death	Nov 18, 1982	6.0
10	Mixed Doubles	Dec 2, 1982	8.0
11	Almost Home	Dec 9, 1982	7.5
12	Heal Thyself	Dec 16, 1982	6.0
13	Of Sound Mind	Jan 6, 1983	7.0
14	The Arrow That Is Not Aimed	Jan 27, 1983	6.0
15	Basket Case	Feb 3, 1983	6.0
16	Birdman of Budapest	Feb 10, 1983	7.5
17	I Do?	Feb 17, 1983	6.0
18	Forty Years from Sand Island	Feb 24, 1983	6.0
19	Legacy from a Friend	Mar 10, 1983	5.0
20	Two Birds of a Feather	Mar 17, 1983	6.0
21	...By Its Cover	Mar 31, 1983	5.3
22	The Big Blow	Apr 7, 1983	7.0
23	Faith and Begorrah	Apr 28, 1983	5.0

Season 4

21 episodes • 1983Avg: 6.8

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Home from the Sea	Sep 29, 1983	9.0
2	Luther Gillis: File #521	Oct 6, 1983	8.5
3	Smaller Than Life	Oct 13, 1983	7.0
4	Distant Relative	Oct 20, 1983	8.5
5	Limited Engagement	Nov 3, 1983	5.0
6	Letter to a Duchess	Nov 10, 1983	6.0
7	Squeeze Play	Nov 17, 1983	6.0
8	A Sense of Debt	Dec 1, 1983	7.0
9	The Look	Dec 8, 1983	7.0
10	Operation: Silent Night	Dec 15, 1983	7.0
11	Jororo Farewell	Jan 5, 1984	7.0
12	The Case of the Red Faced Thespian	Jan 19, 1984	8.0
13	No More Mr. Nice Guy	Jan 26, 1984	3.0
14	Rembrandt's Girl	Feb 2, 1984	6.0
15	Paradise Blues	Feb 9, 1984	7.5
16	The Return of Luther Gillis	Feb 16, 1984	7.0
17	Let the Punishment Fit the Crime	Feb 23, 1984	6.0
18	Holmes Is Where the Heart Is	Mar 8, 1984	7.0
19	On Face Value	Mar 15, 1984	6.0
20	Dream a Little Dream	Mar 29, 1984	6.0
21	I Witness	May 3, 1984	8.0

Season 5

22 episodes • 1984Avg: 6.8

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Echoes of the Mind (1)	Sep 27, 1984	8.0
2	Echoes of the Mind (2)	Oct 4, 1984	8.5
3	Mac's Back	Oct 11, 1984	7.5
4	The Legacy of Garwood Huddle	Oct 18, 1984	6.0
5	Under World	Oct 25, 1984	5.0
6	Fragments	Nov 1, 1984	8.0
7	Blind Justice	Nov 8, 1984	8.0
8	Murder 101	Nov 15, 1984	8.0
9	Tran Quoc Jones	Nov 29, 1984	5.0
10	Luther Gillis: File #001	Dec 6, 1984	7.0
11	Kiss of the Sabre	Dec 13, 1984	7.0
12	Little Games	Jan 3, 1985	7.0
13	Professor Jonathan Higgins	Jan 10, 1985	6.0
14	Compulsion	Jan 24, 1985	6.0
15	All for One (1)	Jan 31, 1985	6.0
16	All for One (2)	Feb 7, 1985	7.0
17	The Love-For-Sale Boat	Feb 14, 1985	6.0
18	Let Me Hear the Music	Feb 21, 1985	6.0
19	Ms. Jones	Mar 7, 1985	7.0
20	The Man from Marseilles	Mar 14, 1985	7.0
21	Torah, Torah, Torah	Mar 28, 1985	7.5
22	A Pretty Good Dancing Chicken	Apr 4, 1985	6.0

Season 6

21 episodes • 1985Avg: 6.7

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Deja Vu (1)	Sep 26, 1985	6.0
2	Deja Vu (2)	Sep 26, 1985	6.5
3	Old Acquaintance	Oct 3, 1985	8.0
4	The Kona Winds	Oct 10, 1985	7.0
5	The Hotel Dick	Oct 17, 1985	7.0
6	Round and Around	Oct 24, 1985	6.0
7	Going Home	Oct 31, 1985	8.5
8	Paniolo	Nov 7, 1985	6.0
9	The Treasure of Kalaniopu'u	Nov 14, 1985	6.0
10	Blood and Honor	Nov 21, 1985	7.0
11	Rapture	Nov 28, 1985	8.0
12	I Never Wanted to Go to France, Anyway...	Jan 2, 1986	6.0
13	Summer School	Jan 9, 1986	6.0
14	Mad Dogs and Englishmen	Jan 23, 1986	7.0
15	All Thieves on Deck	Jan 30, 1986	6.0
16	This Island Isn't Big Enough...	Feb 13, 1986	6.0
17	Way of the Stalking Horse	Feb 20, 1986	7.0
18	Find Me a Rainbow	Mar 13, 1986	6.0
19	Who Is Don Luis Higgins, and Why Is He Doing These Terrible Things to Me?	Mar 20, 1986	7.0
20	A Little Bit of Luck... A Little Bit of Grief	Apr 3, 1986	7.0
21	Photo Play	Apr 10, 1986	7.0

Season 7

22 episodes • 1986Avg: 7.3Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	L.A. (1)	Oct 1, 1986	8.3
2	L.A. (2)	Oct 1, 1986	8.0
3	One Picture Is Worth	Oct 8, 1986	6.0
4	Straight and Narrow	Oct 15, 1986	7.0
5	A.A.P.I.	Oct 22, 1986	8.0
6	Death and Taxes	Oct 29, 1986	8.0
7	Little Girl Who	Nov 5, 1986	9.0
8	Paper War	Nov 12, 1986	7.0
9	Novel Connection (I)	Nov 19, 1986	6.0
10	Kapu	Nov 26, 1986	6.0
11	Missing Melody	Dec 3, 1986	7.0
12	Death of the Flowers	Dec 10, 1986	6.0
13	Autumn Warrior	Dec 17, 1986	6.0
14	Murder by Night	Jan 14, 1987	7.0
15	On the Fly	Jan 21, 1987	8.5
16	Solo Flight	Feb 4, 1987	7.0
17	Forty	Feb 11, 1987	6.0
18	Laura	Feb 25, 1987	7.5
19	Out of Sync	Mar 11, 1987	6.0
20	The Aunt Who Came to Dinner	Mar 18, 1987	8.0
21	The People vs. Orville Wright	Apr 1, 1987	8.5
22	Limbo	Apr 15, 1987	9.0

Season 8

13 episodes • 1987Avg: 7.8Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Infinity and Jelly Doughnuts	Oct 7, 1987	8.0
2	Pleasure Principle	Oct 14, 1987	8.0
3	Innocence... A Broad	Oct 28, 1987	8.0
4	Tigers Fan	Nov 4, 1987	8.0
5	Forever in Time	Nov 11, 1987	8.0
6	The Love That Lies	Nov 18, 1987	8.5
7	A Girl Named Sue	Jan 13, 1988	8.0
8	Unfinished Business	Jan 20, 1988	8.0
9	The Great Hawaiian Adventure Company	Jan 27, 1988	7.0
10	Legend of the Lost Art	Feb 10, 1988	7.0
11	Transitions	Feb 17, 1988	8.0
12	Resolutions (1)	May 1, 1988	8.5
13	Resolutions (2)	May 1, 1988	7.0

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