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The Worst Episodes of Magnum, P.I.

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S1E8 The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii
6.6703 votes
Best episode
S3E1 Did You See the Sunrise? (1)
9.0893 votes
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Season 8
8.0avg
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Magnum, P.I. Season 1 Episode 8 - The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii
    6.6/10(703 votes)

    S1:E8

    Higgins volunteers Magnum's services to guard a wealthy socialite's quarantined dog after the attempted dognapping of the canine. Sir Algernon Farnsworth soon finds himself to be the most wanted dog in Hawaii when his former owner, aging gangster Victor DiGiorgio, needs to get him back.

    Director:Lawrence Doheny
    Writers:Allan Cole, Chris Bunch, Frank Lupo

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  2. Magnum, P.I. Season 5 Episode 11 - Kiss of the Sabre
    6.8/10(347 votes)

    S5:E11

    Magnum is displaced from the guest house when an overly imaginative novelist, who suffers from a sever case of writer's block, becomes suspiciously interested and involved in his latest case.

    Director:John Patterson
    Writer:Jay Huguely

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  3. Magnum, P.I. Season 4 Episode 3 - Smaller Than Life
    7.0/10(378 votes)

    S4:E3

    Magnum and Rick discover that trouble comes in all shapes and sizes.

    Director:Alan J. Levi
    Writer:J. Rickley Dumm

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  4. Magnum, P.I. Season 4 Episode 11 - Jororo Farewell
    7.0/10(377 votes)

    S4:E11

    Magnum befriends the young Prince of Jororo who is the target of terrorists.

    Director:Ivan Dixon
    Writer:Reuben Leder

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  5. Magnum, P.I. Season 1 Episode 4 - Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too
    7.1/10(721 votes)

    S1:E4

    It's the Christmas season, and against his better judgment, Magnum agrees to being hired by five young schoolgirls to find their teacher, who has seemingly gone missing after falling in love. While he's working on the case, Magnum manages to convince Higgins to let the young girls stay on the Masters estate, but he's unaware that he's being deceived in a scam over a valuable painting recently purchased by Robin Masters.

    Director:Bruce Seth Green
    Writer:Babs Greyhosky

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  6. Magnum, P.I. Season 1 Episode 14 - Adelaide
    7.1/10(581 votes)

    S1:E14

    A woman hires Magnum to protect Norman, who is facing kidnap unless she pays a ransom; but the case has some unexpected twists.

    Director:Lawrence Doheny
    Writer:Robert Hamilton

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  7. Magnum, P.I. Season 2 Episode 10 - The Taking of Dick McWilliams
    7.1/10(476 votes)

    S2:E10

    When her wealthy American husband is kidnapped and held for an exorbitant ransom, a beautiful Japanese woman seeks Magnum's help.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Diane Frolov

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  8. Magnum, P.I. Season 2 Episode 9 - Mad Buck Gibson
    7.1/10(455 votes)

    S2:E9

    Mad Buck Gibson, an old friend of Robin Masters and a legend in his own time for his earthy novels and macho existence, arrives in Hawaii and it becomes Magnum's lot to protect the hell-raiser from himself.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Robert Hamilton

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  9. Magnum, P.I. Season 2 Episode 16 - Italian Ice
    7.1/10(455 votes)

    S2:E16

    When Magnum flies to Sicily, at the request of Robin Masters, to rescue a beautiful damsel in distress, he proves that chivalry is alive and well.

    Director:Gilbert M. Shilton
    Writer:Donald P. Bellisario

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  10. Magnum, P.I. Season 3 Episode 19 - Legacy from a Friend
    7.1/10(426 votes)

    S3:E19

    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:Robert Hamilton

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  11. Magnum, P.I. Season 1 Episode 9 - Missing in Action
    7.2/10(621 votes)

    S1:E9

    Although Eric Tobin was reported missing in action over eight years ago, his fiancee, Laura Fraser, endowed with ESP, doesn't believe it. Magnum befriends her and, in finding out the truth about Tobin, discovers that he was a highly trained and effective government agent working under the control of a man known only as Delta One.

    Director:Robert Loggia
    Writer:Craig Buck

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  12. Magnum, P.I. Season 1 Episode 16 - The Black Orchid
    7.2/10(575 votes)

    S1:E16

    Magnum has been hired by a woman to act out some of her rich, bored sister's fantasy dramas, concocted from 1930s Dashiell Hammett films. Although growing to enjoy the world of fantasy, Magnum has a hard time keeping up with the eccentric woman, and when he finds out that her husband is a wealthy, infamously jealous and bad-tempered business man, he decides to cut his losses and end the arrangement.

    Director:Ray Austin
    Writer:Robert Hamilton

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  13. Magnum, P.I. Season 2 Episode 11 - The Sixth Position
    7.2/10(495 votes)

    S2:E11

    A simple request to act as a bodyguard for a world famous ballerina leads to a puzzling international situation for Magnum.

    Director:Sidney Hayers
    Writer:Babs Greyhosky

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  14. Magnum, P.I. Season 3 Episode 9 - Mr. White Death
    7.2/10(451 votes)

    S3:E9

    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:Jeffrey Hayden
    Writer:Reuben Leder

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  15. Magnum, P.I. Season 4 Episode 15 - Paradise Blues
    7.2/10(372 votes)

    S4:E15

    An old friend from Magnum and TC's Vietnam days turns up in Hawaii asking for their help.

    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski
    Writer:Chris Abbott

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  16. Magnum, P.I. Season 6 Episode 19 - Who Is Don Luis Higgins, and Why Is He Doing These Terrible Things to Me?
    7.2/10(298 votes)

    S6:E19

    Higgins must cope with a visiting dignitary, an invitational chess tournament and the appearance of his flamboyant half brother.

    Director:John Llewellyn Moxey
    Writer:Jay Huguely

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  17. Magnum, P.I. Season 1 Episode 13 - All Roads Lead to Floyd
    7.3/10(569 votes)

    S1:E13

    A bubbly young woman hires Magnum to find her father who, after being missing for over ten years, had sent her a postcard from Hawaii. But her father is involved in some rather shady business, and Magnum isn't the only one looking for him.

    Director:Ron Satlof
    Writers:Babs Greyhosky, Rogers Turrentine

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  18. Magnum, P.I. Season 2 Episode 1 - Billy Joe Bob
    7.3/10(551 votes)

    S2:E1

    The code of the West is resurrected when a hot-headed young Texan hires Magnum to find his former cheerleader sister.

    Director:Ray Austin
    Writer:Jeff Wilhelm

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  19. Magnum, P.I. Season 2 Episode 4 - From Moscow to Maui
    7.3/10(513 votes)

    S2:E4

    Magnum plays Cupid's helper when he becomes involved with a former Russian pilot who has defected and a member of the Soviet track team in Hawaii for an exhibition match, plus various members of the dreaded KGB.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Andrew Schneider

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  20. Magnum, P.I. Season 2 Episode 17 - One More Summer
    7.3/10(454 votes)

    S2:E17

    As a favor to his old friend, quarterback Dorsey Bramlett, Magnum joins the pro football team in training so he can better protect his old Academy buddy.

    Director:Rod Daniel
    Writer:Reuben Leder

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  21. Magnum, P.I. Season 2 Episode 21 - The Elmo Ziller Story
    7.3/10(440 votes)

    S2:E21

    When Magnum encounters a guitar-playing, ten gallon hat wearer with a thick Texas drawl, who looks exactly like Higgins, he thinks he is being set up for a rip roaring gag.

    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Robert Hamilton

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  22. Magnum, P.I. Season 4 Episode 16 - The Return of Luther Gillis
    7.3/10(367 votes)

    S4:E16

    Magnum finds himself working with anachronistic gumshoe Luther Gillis again after someone kidnaps Higgins and Luther's secretary.

    Director:John Llewellyn Moxey
    Writer:Reuben Leder

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  23. Magnum, P.I. Season 4 Episode 20 - Dream a Little Dream
    7.3/10(364 votes)

    S4:E20

    Magnum has feelings of déjà vu when he meets a young woman, who is a contestant in a Surf-Out held on Hawaii's North Shore.

    Director:Roger E. Mosley
    Writer:Reuben Leder

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  24. Magnum, P.I. Season 5 Episode 6 - Fragments
    7.3/10(345 votes)

    S5:E6

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

    Director:David Hemmings
    Writer:Nick Thiel

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  25. Magnum, P.I. Season 7 Episode 15 - On the Fly
    7.3/10(330 votes)

    S7:E15

    A case of mistaken identity leaves Magnum hunted by a Mexican mafia boss.

    Director:Bernard L. Kowalski
    Writer:Jay Huguely

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii" is the worst rated episode of Magnum, P.I.. It scored 6.6/10 from 703 votes. Directed by Lawrence Doheny and written by Allan Cole, Chris Bunch, Frank Lupo, it aired on January 29, 1981. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Kiss of the Sabre".

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