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  • TV-PG
  • CBS
  • Mar 17, 1983
  • 48 m
  • TV-PG
  • CBS
  • Mar 17, 1983
  • 48 m

Summary Former Naval Intelligence officer Thomas Magnum resigns his commission to become a private investigator on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii. He lands a home in the guest house on the estate of millionaire author Robin Masters in exchange for testing the estate's security, but is forced to work under the strict and ever watchful eye of Jon...

Directed By: Virgil W. Vogel

Written By: Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

  • TV-PG
  • CBS
  • Mar 17, 1983
  • 48 m
  • TV-PG
  • CBS
  • Mar 17, 1983
  • 48 m
Magnum, P.I.
S3 • Episode 19
Two Birds of a Feather
Air Date: Mar 17, 1983
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Summary Former Naval Intelligence officer Thomas Magnum resigns his commission to become a private investigator on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii. He lands a home in the guest house on the estate of millionaire author Robin Masters in exchange for testing the estate's security, but is forced to work under the strict and ever watchful eye of Jon...

Created By: Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 30, 1982 • 1 h 33 m
Did You See the Sunrise?
Magnum, TC and Nuzo had escaped from a North Vietnamese POW camp during the Vietnam War. Nuzo returns to Hawaii and tells TC that the brutal Russian Colonel who was at the camp has returned to the U.S. and is going to kill him.
Episode 2 • Oct 7, 1982 • 48 m
Ki'is Don't Lie
The Poison God's Ki'i, a wooden Polynesian God image, was found in a cave in Hawaii. Unless it is returned to the cave, anyone who comes in contact with it will die.
Episode 3 • Oct 14, 1982 • 48 m
The Eighth Part of the Village
Higgins sends Magnum to the docks to pick up a crate of books but instead of books, he finds a young Japanese woman in the crate.
Episode 4 • Oct 21, 1982 • 48 m
Past Tense
TC's helicopter is skyjacked and he is forced to land in a local prison and help a prisoner escape.
Episode 5 • Oct 28, 1982 • 48 m
Black on White
Higgins is quarantined in the guest house with Magnum because TM may have been exposed to a deadly African virus. Or, is it something else?
Episode 6 • Nov 4, 1982 • 48 m
Flashback
Magnum wakes up one morning and finds he is back in 1936 and must solve a murder.
Episode 7 • Nov 11, 1982 • 48 m
Foiled Again
Higgins is in a fencing match against a man he has hated for years.
Episode 8 • Nov 18, 1982 • 48 m
Mr. White Death
A professional wrestler from the mainland asks Magnum to find his son.
Episode 9 • Dec 2, 1982 • 48 m
Mixed Doubles
Magnum is tasked with protecting a young tennis pro who is being threatened.
Episode 10 • Dec 9, 1982 • 48 m
Almost Home
Magnum helps a cocktail waitress from Cleveland who wants to place her father's remains on the battleship Arizona in Pearl Harbor.
Episode 11 • Dec 16, 1982 • 48 m
Heal Thyself
A doctor that Magnum knew in Vietnam when she was an Army nurse is accused of murdering three patients in a Hawaiian hospital.
Episode 12 • Jan 6, 1983 • 48 m
Of Sound Mind
Magnum inherits $50 million from a former client who died in a plane crash.
Episode 13 • Jan 27, 1983 • 1 h
The Arrow That Is Not Aimed
A Japanese Samurai warrior brings an antique plate to Hawaii that Robin Masters had purchased. The Samurai is attacked, the plate is stolen and Robin wants TM to recover it.
Episode 14 • Feb 3, 1983 • 48 m
Basket Case
TC and Magnum are each coaching a youth basketball team and a young girl joins TM's team.
Episode 15 • Feb 10, 1983 • 48 m
Birdman of Budapest
Robin Masters' high school English teacher is staying at the estate while she writes a book about birds.
Episode 16 • Feb 17, 1983 • 48 m
I Do?
Magnum marries the niece of the company president in order to catch a thief.
Episode 17 • Feb 24, 1983 • 48 m
Forty Years from Sand Island
Two Japanese-Americans who were interned on Sand Island in January 1942 witness two soldiers beating a fellow Japanese internee to death. This incident causes repercussions today.
Episode 18 • Mar 10, 1983 • 48 m
Legacy from a Friend
The body of Magnum's friend, an experienced lifeguard, is found on a beach after an apparent drowning but TM does not believe he drowned.
Episode 19 • Mar 17, 1983 • 48 m
Two Birds of a Feather
A single engine light aircraft being flown from California to Hawaii crashes into the tidal pool at the estate. Turns out the pilot is a man from Magnum's war days.
Episode 20 • Mar 31, 1983 • 48 m
...By Its Cover
Magnum meets an old Naval Academy buddy and ends up delivering marijuana.
Episode 21 • Apr 7, 1983 • 48 m
The Big Blow
A hurricane is hitting Hawaii on the night of Robin Masters' spring equinox party.
Episode 22 • Apr 28, 1983 • 48 m
Faith and Begorrah
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.
8 Seasons

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Tom Selleck

Thomas Magnum, Magnum, Dashiell Hammett

John Hillerman

Jonathan Quayle Higgins, Higgins, Father Paddy McGuinness

Roger E. Mosley

Theodore 'TC' Calvin, Brutus Jones, Inspector Wolf

Larry Manetti

Orville 'Rick' Wright, Charlie Chaplin, Reverend Myron Bentley

Gillian Dobb

Agatha Chumley, Mabel, Nona Barnes

Kwan Hi Lim

Lieutenant Yoshi Tanaka

Jeff MacKay

Lieutenant McReynolds, Jim 'Mac' Bonnick, Ski

Kathleen Lloyd

Carol Baldwin, Bridget Archer

Glenn Cannon

Dr. Ibold, Dr. Bernard Kessler

Patrick Bishop

Keoki, Attendant, Pat, King Kamehameha Club Attendant

Elisha Cook Jr.

Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler, Harold W. Farber, Wilmer

Lance LeGault

Colonel Buck Greene, Agent John W. Newton

Jean Bruce Scott

Lt. Cmdr. Maggie Poole, USN, Lieutenant Maggie Poole, USN

Elissa Dulce Hoopai

Rosine, Tiffany, Vicki (Waitress)

Esmond Chung

Police Sergeant Kenny Chung, George - Security Guard, Honolulu Police Officer, Peter (Tour Guide)

James Grant Benton

Kika, Cop, Dave, Harry Meacham, Police Officer, Outside Restaurant, Ralph the Bartender

Clyde Kusatsu

Colonel Ki, Dr. Long Tang, Naval Medical Examiner, Police Detective Lt. Gordon Katsumoto

Phyllis Davis

Cleo Mitchell, Magnum's 1940's Secretary, Mrs. John Smith, Tiffy, Magnum's Secretary

Tina Machado

1st Nurse, Bartender, Big Ed's Date, Lady in Corvette, Lady in Jeep, Lady in red at the Party, Lady on Beach, Nurse #1

Robert L. Silva

Police Jailer, Officer, Officer Gilbert, Police Officer, Police Officer #1, Policeman #2, in Hotel Room

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