7.7/10596 votes#1 - Payback for Beginners
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2019
While Magnum waits for Higgins to decide if she’ll officially become his partner, he takes the case of a missing wife who witnessed her boss’ murder during a bank robbery. Also, Rick makes a big decision about his career.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov, Eric Guggenheim
7.8/10577 votes#2 - Honor Among Thieves
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/2019
An incorrigible pickpocket, Jin, asks Magnum for help when a cell phone he recently lifted receives a very suspicious text message. Also, Magnum is frustrated when Higgins still won’t give him an answer to whether or not she will become his partner, and when Rick decides to make a bold career move, T.C. comes to the rescue.
Director: Carlos Bernard
Writer: Gene Hong
8.3/10577 votes#3 - Knight Lasts Forever
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2019
Kumu and Higgins are in danger when Robin's Nest is under siege by mercenaries storming the estate in order to find out the true identity of the White Knight, Robin's muse and literary hero. Also, Rick and T.C. helps one of Rick's employees when his car is stolen, and Higgins finally gives Magnum an answer about if she'll become his partner.
Director: Eagle Egilsson
Writer: Neil Tolkin
8.0/10527 votes#4 - Dead Inside
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/2019
When Katsumoto suspects that one of his fellow cops is dirty and has stolen evidence, he begrudgingly asks Magnum and Higgins for help. Also, Rick and TC help Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald when his tablet, that contains the Rams’ playbook is stolen.
Director: Krishna Rao
Writer: Barbie Kligman
7.7/10531 votes#5 - Make It 'Til Dawn
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/2019
On Halloween, Magnum and Jin search for a skip-tracer at a Halloween bash, just as Katsumoto tracks an escaped killer who is headed to that same party. Also, Higgins and Rick must spend the night at an allegedly haunted house in order to debunk the notion, and TC and Kumu protect a sacred Hawaiian burial ground.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Gene Hong, Tera Tolentino
7.8/10529 votes#6 - Lie, Cheat, Steal, Kill
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/2019
Magnum must help his defense attorney girlfriend, Abby Miller, when she realizes that the client she successfully defended in a murder trial is actually guilty. Also, TC confronts Kamekona about stealing his helicopter business.
Director: Ron Underwood
Writer: Alfredo Barrios, Jr.
7.9/10521 votes#7 - The Man in the Secret Room
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/2019
While Magnum helps out his friend Russell Harlan and temporarily works as the head of a hotel’s security, he investigates the death of a guest who was thrown from her room’s balcony while working on a secret investigation of her own. Also, Icepick is released from jail and is trying to keep a secret from Rick.
Director: Allison Liddi-Brown
Writer: Joe Gazzam
7.6/10509 votes#8 - He Came by Night
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/2019
Magnum and Higgins' new partnership is tested when they disagree about being hired by a woman who wants them to recover her $3 million in stolen drug money in order to save her husband's life.
Director: Antonio Negret
Writer: Barbie Kligman
7.6/10516 votes#9 - A Bullet Named Fate
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/2019
A guilt-ridden Magnum follows the clues his private investigator friend, Harry Brown, left behind when he was shot while working a case Thomas passed onto him. Also, TC helps Kumu lead a protest against construction on a Hawaiian sacred site.
Director: Doug Hannah
Writer: Neil Tolkin
6.8/10556 votes#10 - Blood Brothers
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/2019
Magnum, flooded with memories of his tour in Afghanistan, helps his fallen friend’s brother search for a now-grown Afghan boy who may have been a victim of trafficking.
Director: Peter Weller
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov, Eric Guggenheim
7.7/10505 votes#11 - Day I Met the Devil
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/2019
Magnum is called up from the reserves for a top secret mission, but his friends are stunned when they learn that the mission is a lie and Magnum has been set up.
Director: Kristin Windell
Writer: Alfredo Barrios, Jr.
7.6/10539 votes#12 - Desperate Measures (II)
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/2020
When Junior is kidnapped as leverage to retrieve the stolen list of undercover CIA agents, and most of Five-0 is rounded up by the CIA to prevent them from interfering, Tani and Quinn ask Magnum and Higgins for their help. The crossover starts on Hawaii Five-0 S10E12 Ihea ‘oe i ka wa a ka ua e loku ana? (Where were you when the rain was pouring?) (I).
Director: Maja Vrvilo
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov, Eric Guggenheim
7.6/10484 votes#13 - Mondays Are for Murder
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/2020
Magnum and TC go undercover as efficiency experts when a corporate manager is murdered and everyone in the office is a suspect. Also, Rick is curious why Higgins faked an injury to prevent her from investigating the case with Thomas
Director: Alexandra La Roche
Writer: N/A
7.6/10480 votes#14 - A Game of Cat and Mouse
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/31/2020
When Jin learns that an innocent woman is the target of a deadly hit, he asks Magnum and Higgins to help save her.
Director: Roderick Davis
Writer: Gene Hong
7.6/10482 votes#15 - Say Hello to Your Past
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 4/10/2020
Magnum and Higgins must find Kumu when she's kidnapped by an injured man accused of killing his wife.
Director: Avi Youabian
Writer: Joe Gazzam
7.6/10475 votes#16 - Farewell to Love
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 4/17/2020
While Magnum and Higgins are undercover as a couple on a romantic bus tour working a case, they must switch gears when one of the love birds on the trip is murdered and evidence is quickly deteriorating in the Hawaiian heat.
Director: Bronwen Hughes
Writer: Ashley Charbonnet, Alfredo Barrios, Jr.
7.5/10461 votes#17 - The Night Has Eyes
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 4/24/2020
Magnum and Higgins take the case of recovering the stolen urn of a woman's deceased husband, but they soon find that others believe the urn is worth killing for. Also, Rick and TC confront a man who's been impersonating football legend Andre Reed.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Ashley Charbonnet
7.1/10452 votes#18 - A World of Trouble
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 5/1/2020
As their wedding day approaches, Magnum and Higgins help a modern-day Robin Hood who, thinking she was helping a school obtain needed supplies, unknowingly stole illicit drugs. Also, Rick helps a retired soldier with the difficult task of re-entering the work force as a civilian.
Director: Peter Weller
Writer: Neil Tolkin, Tera Tolentino
7.5/10447 votes#19 - May the Best One Win
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 5/8/2020
Magnum and Higgins are each hired by a different spouse who are in the middle of a contentious divorce to dig up dirt on the other, and Thomas and Higgins soon find themselves competing over resources. Also, Rick and TC look into the death of an unidentified man and must share the news with his estranged daughter.
Director: Rocky Carroll
Writer: Gene Hong
7.6/10463 votes#20 - A Leopard on the Prowl
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 5/8/2020
Magnum and Higgins help Rick when his father figure, Icepick , just out of prison and battling terminal cancer, gets double crossed on one last score. Also, Magnum makes one last bold move to help Higgins stay in the country.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Peter M. Lenkov, Eric Guggenheim
The Best Episodes of Magnum P.I. Season 2
Every episode of Magnum P.I. Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Magnum P.I. Season 2!
Thomas Magnum, a decorated former Navy SEAL, returns home from Afghanistan and applies his military skills to become a private investigator in Hawaii taking jobs...
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Payback for Beginners" is the best rated episode of "Magnum P.I." season 2. It scored 7.7/10 based on 596 votes. Directed by Bryan Spicer and written by Peter M. Lenkov, Eric Guggenheim, it aired on 9/27/2019. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Honor Among Thieves".