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The Worst 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 Faith and Begorrah
    5.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Faith and Begorrah

    S3:E23

    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.

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  2. Background image for The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii
    6.6/10(624 votes)

    #2 - The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii

    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.

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  3. Background image for Kiss of the Sabre
    6.8/10(318 votes)

    #3 - Kiss of the Sabre

    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.

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  4. Background image for Mad Buck Gibson
    7.0/10(413 votes)

    #4 - Mad Buck Gibson

    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.

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  5. Background image for The Taking of Dick McWilliams
    7.0/10(428 votes)

    #5 - The Taking of Dick McWilliams

    S2:E10

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

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  6. Background image for Smaller Than Life
    7.0/10(339 votes)

    #6 - Smaller Than Life

    S4:E3

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

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  8. Background image for Jororo Farewell
    7.0/10(341 votes)

    #7 - Jororo Farewell

    S4:E11

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

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    Director:Ivan Dixon
  9. Background image for Photo Play
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Photo Play

    S6:E21

    Magnum's encounter with a photographer uncovers an embezzler long thought dead.

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  10. Background image for Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too
    7.1/10(649 votes)

    #9 - Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too

    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.

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  11. Background image for Adelaide
    7.1/10(518 votes)

    #10 - Adelaide

    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.

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  12. Background image for The Black Orchid
    7.1/10(514 votes)

    #11 - The Black Orchid

    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.

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  13. Background image for The Sixth Position
    7.1/10(448 votes)

    #12 - The Sixth Position

    S2:E11

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

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    7.1/10(410 votes)

    #13 - Italian Ice

    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.

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  15. Background image for Legacy from a Friend
    7.1/10(389 votes)

    #14 - Legacy from a Friend

    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.

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  16. Background image for Paradise Blues
    7.1/10(330 votes)

    #15 - Paradise Blues

    S4:E15

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

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  17. Background image for Missing in Action
    7.2/10(552 votes)

    #16 - Missing in Action

    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.

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    Director:Robert Loggia
    Writer:Craig Buck
  18. Background image for Billy Joe Bob
    7.2/10(494 votes)

    #17 - Billy Joe Bob

    S2:E1

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

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    Director:Ray Austin
  19. Background image for From Moscow to Maui
    7.2/10(456 votes)

    #18 - From Moscow to Maui

    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.

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  20. Background image for One More Summer
    7.2/10(409 votes)

    #19 - One More Summer

    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.

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    Director:Rod Daniel
  21. Background image for The Elmo Ziller Story
    7.2/10(394 votes)

    #20 - The Elmo Ziller Story

    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.

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  22. Background image for Mr. White Death
    7.2/10(410 votes)

    #21 - Mr. White Death

    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.

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  23. Background image for The Return of Luther Gillis
    7.2/10(330 votes)

    #22 - The Return of Luther Gillis

    S4:E16

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

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  24. Background image for Going Home
    7.2/10(293 votes)

    #23 - Going Home

    S6:E7

    Magnum returns home after 13 years to attend his beloved grandfather's funeral.

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    Director:Harry Harris
  25. Background image for Who Is Don Luis Higgins, and Why Is He Doing These Terrible Things to Me?
    7.2/10(269 votes)

    #24 - Who Is Don Luis Higgins, and Why Is He Doing These Terrible Things to Me?

    S6:E19

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

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  26. Background image for One Picture Is Worth
    7.2/10(281 votes)

    #25 - One Picture Is Worth

    S7:E3

    Magnum is hired to protect a deaf woman who is a famous artist, as well as the only eyewitness to a bank robbery and murder.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Faith and Begorrah" is the worst rated episode of "Magnum, P.I.". It scored 5/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Virgil W. Vogel and written by Donald P. Bellisario, it aired on 4/28/1983. This episode scored 1.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii".