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The Best Episodes of Magnum, P.I.

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...

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  1. Background image for Did You See the Sunrise? (1)
    9.0/10(837 votes)

    #1 - Did You See the Sunrise? (1)

    S3:E1

    Magnum and TC put their lives on the line to protect an old Navy buddy who firmly believes the trio are marked for death from an enemy dating back to the Vietnam war.

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    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Limbo

    S7:E22

    Magnum finds his spirit in a state of 'limbo' following a shoot-out which leaves him in a coma.

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  3. Background image for Forty
    8.8/10(457 votes)

    #3 - Forty

    S7:E17

    About to turn forty, Magnum loses his lucky $2 bill and falls for a television reporter who may be connected to a case he is working on in Chinatown.

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    Director:Russ Mayberry
  4. Background image for The People vs. Orville Wright
    8.8/10(436 votes)

    #4 - The People vs. Orville Wright

    S7:E21

    Rick is arrested for allegedly killing a hit man contracted to murder Icepick.

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    8.7/10(406 votes)

    #5 - A.A.P.I.

    S7:E5

    Magnum is elected Local P.I. of the Year, yet his award presentation as well as his investigation into a murder is hindered by the intervention of Luther Gillis and Tracy Spencer.

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  6. Background image for Home from the Sea
    8.6/10(585 votes)

    #6 - Home from the Sea

    S4:E1

    Magnum is caught in a treacherous current when his surf ski is capsized miles from shore with near disastrous results.

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  8. Background image for Echoes of the Mind (2)
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - Echoes of the Mind (2)

    S5:E2

    Magnum finds himself torn between twin sisters as his involvement with one brings him into conflict with the other.

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    8.5/10(348 votes)

    #8 - Death and Taxes

    S7:E6

    Magnum becomes the obsession and medium for a crazed killer who works though nursery rhymes.

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    Director:Alan J. Levi
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    8.5/10(349 votes)

    #9 - Little Girl Who

    S7:E7

    Magnum must help his ex-wife Michelle and her daughter to freedom before they are assassinated.

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    Director:Ray Austin
  11. Background image for The Love That Lies
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - The Love That Lies

    S8:E6

    Magnum becomes embroiled in Carol Baldwin's professional and private life which puts his investigative skills on a sensitive course.

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    Director:Ray Danton
  12. Background image for Resolutions (1)
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Resolutions (1)

    S8:E12

    While visiting his family in Virginia, Magnum receives an alarming phone call which sends him back to Hawaii to find romance, suspense and danger in a special two-hour finale.

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    8.3/10(566 votes)

    #12 - J. "Digger" Doyle

    S1:E17

    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 estate's security.

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    8.2/10(631 votes)

    #13 - Lest We Forget

    S1:E10

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

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    8.2/10(390 votes)

    #14 - Operation: Silent Night

    S4:E10

    Magnum, Rick, Higgins and TC spend an unexpected Christmas Eve on a remote island used by the military for gunnery practice.

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  16. Background image for Heal Thyself
    8.1/10(419 votes)

    #15 - Heal Thyself

    S3:E12

    Magnum offers to help a former Army nurse, now a doctor, who is accused of murdering three patients under her care.

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    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Rob Gilmer
  17. Background image for ...By Its Cover
    8.1/10(410 votes)

    #16 - ...By Its Cover

    S3:E21

    Conned by an old friend, Magnum and TC agree to deliver a set of encyclopedias, not knowing that the knowledge contained within is a large marijuana drop.

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    8.1/10(365 votes)

    #17 - Deja Vu (1)

    S6:E1

    Magnum and Higgins are on their way to London to attend to urgent business for Robin Masters and find themselves stirring up the past.

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    8.1/10(344 votes)

    #18 - Round and Around

    S6:E6

    Magnum discovers that the death of TC's good friend was accidental.

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    Director:Reuben Leder
  20. Background image for This Island Isn't Big Enough...
    8.1/10(303 votes)

    #19 - This Island Isn't Big Enough...

    S6:E16

    When Rick's boat returns from a cruise empty, Magnum, TC and Higgins go in search of Rick and his passengers who are presumed dead.

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    Director:Leo Penn
  21. Background image for Double Jeopardy
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - Double Jeopardy

    S2:E19

    When Robin Master's latest book is made into a motion picture, the author donates the use of Robin's Nest as a location and Magnum is quickly enmeshed in the temperaments and politics of the film world.

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    8.0/10(422 votes)

    #21 - Black on White

    S3:E6

    Higgins is on the hit list of African Mau-Mau warriors who are seeking bloody revenge on all ex-British soldiers in Higgins' old regiment.

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    8.0/10(353 votes)

    #22 - Holmes Is Where the Heart Is

    S4:E18

    A former British secret agent and old friend of Higgins arrives in Honolulu imagining himself as Sherlock Holmes.

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    8.0/10(337 votes)

    #23 - I Witness

    S4:E21

    The King of Kamehameha Club is robbed by masked gunmen and the three principal eye witnesses - Higgins, T.C. and Rick - have decidedly different views of what happened.

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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Echoes of the Mind (1)

    S5:E1

    Magnum is caught between danger and intrigue as a frightened lady, who believes her life is in danger, involves him in a bizarre situation.

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    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Fragments

    S5:E6

    Laura Griffin, a young woman with amazing psychic abilities, hires Magnum to investigate her own murder.

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    Writer:Nick Thiel

Best Episodes Summary

"Did You See the Sunrise? (1)" is the best rated episode of "Magnum, P.I.". It scored 9/10 based on 837 votes. Directed by Ray Austin and written by Donald P. Bellisario, it aired on 9/30/1982. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Limbo".