8.1/10471 votes#1 - The Passenger
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 2/19/2023
Magnum and Higgins weigh the risks of pursuing a relationship. Rick juggles being a new father and running La Mariana. Katsumoto tries to figure out his next move.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Eric Guggenheim
8.0/10436 votes#2 - The Breaking Point
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 2/19/2023
Magnum and Higgins go undercover as lifeguards in order to solve a murder. Jin Jeong wins a storage unit auction and enlists the help of Rick and TC upon finding a stolen military medal.
Director: Bryan Spicer
Writer: Gene Hong
8.1/10360 votes#3 - Number One with a Bullet
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 2/26/2023
Katsumoto takes a job providing security for a chart-topping K-pop star. Higgins and Rick find themselves in peril while trying to help Rick's friend. Magnum harbors suspicions about Capt. Greene's death.
Director: Eagle Egilsson
Writer: David Wolkove
7.3/10346 votes#4 - NSFW
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 3/5/2023
Magnum and Higgins search for a CEO who has mysteriously vanished. Rick braces for a visit from his wild-child little sister, Ruthie.
Director: Eagle Egilsson
Writer: David Slack
7.8/10310 votes#5 - Welcome to Paradise, Now Die!
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 3/12/2023
Magnum recruits Katsumoto to help find a missing tourist. Higgins and Kumu attempt to solve the murder of a beloved dog. Rick enlists the aid of TC after he accidentally loses Magnum's pet mouse, Roberto II.
Director: Marcus Stokes
Writer: Tera Tolentino
8.4/10327 votes#6 - Dead Ringer
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 3/19/2023
Katsumoto's hearing date has arrived and he will learn if his career in law enforcement is over for good or not. Magnum and Higgins are hired to investigate a man their client believes committed murder. Rick's suspicions grow on their relationship.
Director: Marcus Stokes
Writer: Barbie Kligman
7.9/10320 votes#7 - Birthright
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 3/26/2023
Magnum and Higgins investigate the robbery of an elderly man suffering from Alzheimer’s. The ohana tries to help TC overcome a past trauma.
Director: Doug Hannah
Writer: Eric Guggenheim, Andre Jackson
8.0/10306 votes#8 - Dark Skies
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 4/2/2023
Magnum and Rick make a shocking discovery in the Capt. Greene case. Higgins and TC head to Maui to help an eccentric billionaire find the owner of a pesky drone that has been harassing him. Shammy helps Kumu after an incident occurs at La Mariana.
Director: Doug Hannah
Writer: Tera Tolentino, Andrew Blazensky
8.2/10301 votes#9 - Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 4/16/2023
Magnum and Higgins take on a case that sends Higgins inside a psychiatric hospital. Katsumoto and his son, Dennis, head to the mainland to look at colleges, but their trip takes a harrowing turn when a run-in with a local turns ugly.
Director: Jay Hernandez
Writer: David Slack
8.5/10341 votes#10 - Charlie Foxtrot
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 4/23/2023
An armed hit team lays siege to Robin's Nest. TC is badly injured while Rick fights for his life. Mid Season Finale
Director: Lisa Robinson
Writer: David Wolkove
7.8/10248 votes#11 - Hit and Run
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 10/4/2023
Magnum and Higgins go to work for a dangerous and controversial client. Kumu and Shammy help move TC to a veterans' rehab facility. Rick flirts with a woman who works at the marina.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Gene Hong
7.6/10218 votes#12 - Three Bridges
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 10/11/2023
Magnum and Higgins try to help Zhao, a close friend of Kumu, recover her life savings that was all lost to a scammer. TC becomes increasingly frustrated at the lack of progress in his recovery and pushes everyone away.
Director: David Straiton
Writer: Barbie Kligman
7.9/10222 votes#13 - Appetite for Danger
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 10/18/2023
Magnum and Higgins enlist Katsumoto to go undercover when a chef at a high-end restaurant goes missing. Kumu works with Cade at the Cultural Center, confronting one of America's darker chapters - the internment of Japanese Americans in the wake of Pearl Harbor.
Director: Ruba Nadda
Writer: Eric Guggenheim, David Slack
7.8/10202 votes#14 - Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 10/25/2023
Magnum and Rick race to find a missing witness who can exonerate an innocent man accused of murder. TC tries to repair his relationship with Mahina after being released from the VA.
Director: Ruba Nadda
Writer: Tera Tolentino
7.4/10197 votes#15 - The Retrieval
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 11/1/2023
Magnum and Higgins are hired to find a missing gamer whose online friends believe he might be in trouble. Jin Jeong enlists the help of TC in a treasure hunt after his ex-partner gets out of prison.
Director: Benny Boom
Writer: Gene Hong, Katie Varney
7.6/10194 votes#16 - Run with the Devil
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 11/15/2023
Magnum and Higgins agree to help a teenage Amish boy who has traveled to Hawaii in search of his runaway sister. Rick sets out to find TC a date to the Marine Corps Ball.
Director: Benny Boom
Writer: David Wolkove
8.0/10177 votes#17 - Consciousness of Guilt
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 12/6/2023
After a high-stakes homicide case falls apart at trial, Katsumoto asks Magnum to help him stop a killer from walking free. Higgins helps Jin Jeong with a mystery of his own.
Director: Zachary Knighton
Writer: David Slack, Andre Jackson
7.7/10166 votes#18 - Extracurricular Activities
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 12/13/2023
Magnum and Higgins are hired by a University of Oahu dean to quietly investigate a professor who has been accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a female grad student. TC and Katsumoto take Cade and Dennis on a father-son camping trip.
Director: Perdita Weeks
Writer: Katie Varney
7.8/10181 votes#19 - Ashes to Ashes
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 1/3/2024
Magnum and Higgins re-examine a fatal arson investigation at the request of TC and Mahina, leading to a sinister discovery. Kumu volunteers with Rick at a veterans’ crisis call center.
Director: Eagle Egilsson
Writer: Barbie Kligman, Tera Tolentino, Andrew Blazensky
7.7/10201 votes#20 - The Big Squeeze
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 1/3/2024
Magnum and Higgins take a major step forward in their relationship. At the same time, the past comes back to haunt them when a previous suspect becomes their client. TC aims to scale up Island Hoppers. Rick gets a new business partner.
Director: Avi Youabian
Writer: Eric Guggenheim, David Wolkove
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"The Passenger" is the best rated episode of "Magnum P.I." season 5. It scored 8.1/10 based on 471 votes. Directed by Bryan Spicer and written by Eric Guggenheim, it aired on 2/19/2023. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Breaking Point".