Season 1 (1980)

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Season 1
Background Information
Title:	Season 1
Cast:	Tom Selleck John Hillerman Roger E. Mosley Larry Manetti
No. of Seasons:	1
No. of episodes:	18
Airdate:	December 11, 1980 – April 16, 1981
Premiere:	Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii
Finale:	Beauty Knows No Pain

Magnum, P.I. the first season which was premiered on December 11, 1980 and concluded on April 16, 1981. It is an crime drama television series centered Thomas Magnum a private investigator in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Cast

Main

• Tom Selleck as Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV
• John Hillerman as Jonathan Quayle Higgins III
• Roger E. Mosley as Theodore "T.C." Calvin
• Larry Manetti as Rick Wright

Recurring

• Jeff McKay as Lt. MacReynolds
• Jon Santos as Lt. Nolan Page
• Elisha Cook Jr. as Francis "Icepick" Hofstetler

Guest

• Ted Danson as Stewart Crane

Trivia

• This first season was casting with Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley and Larry Manetti.
• It was release the first season DVD on September 7, 2004.

Episodes

#	Image	Title	Airdate
1/2		Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii	December 11, 1980
		In the pilot episode, Magnum accidentally uncovers a drug operation in the islands when picking up an old Navy friend of his at the airport and helps his friend's sister uncover the truth about a conspiracy involving the NIA and Southeast-Asian drug dealers. Magnum makes a casual reference to predecessor series Hawaii Five-O after his pursuers drive over a cliffside. When his friend winds up dead, Magnum must find his killers and uncover a smuggling ring that leads him to people from his past during the Vietnam War.
3		China Doll	December 18, 1980
		Magnum is hired by a Chinese woman to protect her very valuable vase and finds himself chased by a special martial-arts practicing hitman.
4		Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too	December 25, 1980
		Five little schoolgirls from Vermont ask Magnum to find their missing teacher.
5		No Need to Know	January 8, 1981
		Magnum is hired to protect a British Brigadier who is hunted by the IRA.
6		Skin Deep	January 15, 1981
		Magnum investigates the suicide of a beautiful actress who killed herself with a shotgun.
7		Never Again... Never Again	January 22, 1981
		Magnum helps two elderly Jewish Holocaust survivors who are being pursued by Nazis.
8		The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii	January 29, 1981
		Magnum is tasked with guarding "Sir Algernon Farnsworth," a wealthy socialite's dog.
9		Missing in Action	February 5, 1981
		Magnum is hired by a new singer at the King Kamehameha Club to find her fiancé who is listed as MIA during the Vietnam War.
10		Lest We Forget	February 12, 1981
		A man nominated to be a Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court asks Magnum to find a woman he last saw on December 6, 1941.
11		The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club	February 19, 1981
		A Kahuna places a curse on Rick and the King Kamehameha Club.
12		Thicker Than Blood	February 26, 1981
		TC flies out to a freighter at sea during the night to smuggle a Marine deserter back to the U.S.
13		All Roads Lead to Floyd	March 12, 1981
		Magnum is hired by a woman from Kansas to find her father who she has not seen for ten years.
14		Adelaide	March 19, 1981
		A woman hires Magnum to protect "Norman," a prized show horse who may be kidnapped.
15		Don't Say Goodbye	March 26, 1981
		Agatha Kimball, a wealthy blind woman, is being blackmailed and she hires Magnum to pay the blackmailer.
16		The Black Orchid	April 2, 1981
		A rich, bored woman, married to one of the richest men in Hawaii, hires Magnum to act out some of her "games," but then the "games" become reality.
17		J. "Digger" Doyle	April 9, 1981
		Thieves are attempting to steal tapes of Robin Masters' new book. Magnum joins forces with security expert J. "Digger" Doyle to prevent the theft.
18		Beauty Knows No Pain	April 16, 1981
		A woman from Bayonne, New Jersey hires Magnum for one day to find her fiancé.

Seasons of Magnum, P.I. (1980)
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