9.0/10792 votes#1 - Did You See the Sunrise? (1)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1982
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.
Director: Ray Austin
Writer: N/A
7.9/10422 votes#2 - Did You See the Sunrise? (2)
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1982
As Magnum, T.C. and Nuzo plan to get to Ivan before he kills them, the Navy - in particular, Colonel Greene and Admiral Hawkes - have their own concerns and questions regarding Mac's death. But things are not as previously thought about Nuzo, and not only is T.C.'s life in great danger, but many other people's too, namely a Japanese prince.
Director: Ray Austin
Writer: N/A
7.5/10364 votes#3 - Ki'i's Don't Lie (I)
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1982
A team of private investigators fly to Hawaii to recover a valuable and deadly native artifact, and find themselves in conflict with private investigator Thomas Magnum, Higgins, and a beautiful (but larcenous) socialite. The crossover continues on Simon & Simon S02E01 Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend (II).
Director: Lawrence Doheny
Writer: Philip DeGuere Jr.
7.7/10375 votes#4 - The Eighth Part of the Village
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1982
The arrival by sea of a large crate destined for Robin Masters leads Magnum into a bizarre situation involving a wealthy Japanese businessman, his errant daughter and a fortune in pearls.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
8.0/10403 votes#5 - Past Tense
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1982
When TC's chopper, in which Higgins is a passenger, is hi-jacked for use in a spectacular prison break, it begins a dangerous chain of events for Magnum.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Writer: N/A
8.1/10395 votes#6 - Black on White
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1982
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.
Director: Alan J. Levi
Writer: N/A
7.7/10361 votes#7 - Flashback
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/1982
A perplexed Magnum finds himself trapped in a time warp while attempting to clear a union leader accused of murdering a construction magnate.
Director: Ivan Dixon
Writer: Lance Madrid III
7.7/10367 votes#8 - Foiled Again
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1982
An apparent freak fencing accident puts Higgins in jail for murder and Magnum on the trail of the real killer.
Director: Michael Vejar
Writer: N/A
7.2/10387 votes#9 - Mr. White Death
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1982
Earl Gianelli, an aged wrestler who hires Magnum to find his long lost son, puts the private investigator on a bloody trail of revenge.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/10368 votes#10 - Mixed Doubles
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1982
Hired to protect a young tennis star, whose off-court behavior leaves much to be desired, Magnum finds his loyalties strained when a prime suspect turns out to be an old and dear friend.
Director: Burt Kennedy
Writer: N/A
7.6/10353 votes#11 - Almost Home
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/1982
Magnum is hired by a cocktail waitress who has been refused permission to scatter her dead father's ashes at Pearl Harbor, and wants Magnum to help her overcome Navy red tape.
Director: Ivan Dixon
Writer: N/A
8.1/10393 votes#12 - Heal Thyself
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1982
Magnum offers to help a former Army nurse, now a doctor, who is accused of murdering three patients under her care.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: N/A
7.8/10347 votes#13 - Of Sound Mind
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/6/1983
A wealthy, much-hated practical joker caps his career by leaving Magnum over fifty million dollars in his will, much to the chagrin and potential enmity of his money-hungry relations.
Director: Michael Vejar
Writer: Andrew Schneider
7.5/10345 votes#14 - The Arrow That Is Not Aimed
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/1983
When a valuable artifact entrusted to a modern day Samurai warrior is stolen, Magnum becomes involved in a culture and a way of life that hasn't altered in centuries.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: J. Miyoko Hensley, Steven Hensley
7.6/10357 votes#15 - Basket Case
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/3/1983
With both Magnum and TC sponsoring youth basketball teams, their rivalry comes to a head with the appearance of a 13-year-old basketball whiz, Willie Hitchinson.
Director: Ivan Dixon
Writer: N/A
7.4/10331 votes#16 - Birdman of Budapest
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/10/1983
A vicious macaw, trained to attack, is only one of the problems facing Magnum when an elderly woman claiming to be Robin Master's former high school English teacher arrives at the estate to write a book on ornithologists.
Director: Michael Vejar
Writer: Louis F. Vipperman
7.7/10336 votes#17 - I Do?
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/17/1983
The president of a family owned business hires Magnum to ferret out the dishonest activities of his nephew, who is supposedly stealing from the company.
Director: Ivan Dixon
Writer: N/A
7.7/10365 votes#18 - Forty Years from Sand Island
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/24/1983
When Higgins is involved in a dangerous accident, Magnum's investigation leads to a murder that occurred forty years ago in a Japanese internment camp.
Director: Michael Vejar
Writer: Rogers Turrentine, Rob Gilmer, Reuben Leder
7.1/10368 votes#19 - Legacy from a Friend
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 3/10/1983
Magnum is pleased to see his friend, Marcus, driving a new expensive sports car but the pleasure turns to dismay when Marcus' battered body is discovered in the surf.
Director: Stuart Margolin
Writer: N/A
7.6/10325 votes#20 - Two Birds of a Feather
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 3/17/1983
A customized plane, being piloted to Hawaii by Sam Houston Hunter, a Vietnam vet, crashes in the tidal pool at Robin's Nest and everyone assumes it was insufficient gas and pilot error that caused it.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/10382 votes#21 - ...By Its Cover
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 3/31/1983
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.
Director: Michael Vejar
Writer: N/A
7.8/10348 votes#22 - The Big Blow
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 4/7/1983
It's an ill wind that proves prophetic when a tropical hurricane unleashes its fury on the evening of a very important social event.
Director: Alan J. Levi
Writer: Reuben Leder
5.0/101 votes#23 - Faith and Begorrah
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 4/28/1983
Higgins' half brother, an Irish Catholic priest from Northern Ireland, arrives in Hawaii to confront a British officer who he claims stole an ancient artifact from his church.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
The Best Episodes of Magnum, P.I. Season 3
Every episode of Magnum, P.I. Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Magnum, P.I. Season 3!
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Genres:Action & AdventureCrimeDramaMystery
Network:CBS
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Did You See the Sunrise? (1)" is the best rated episode of "Magnum, P.I." season 3. It scored 9/10 based on 792 votes. Directed by Ray Austin and written by N/A, it aired on 9/30/1982. This episode is rated 1.1 points higher than the second-best, "Did You See the Sunrise? (2)".