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

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 on September 7, 2004.

Episodes

Title	Writer(s)	Director	Original air date	No. in series
Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii	Roger Young	Donald Bellisario & Glen A. Larson	December 11, 1980	1 - 2
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.
China Doll	Donald Bellisario	Donald Bellisario	December 18, 1980	3
Magnum is hired by a Chinese woman to protect her very valuable vase and finds himself chased by a special martial-arts practicing hitman.
Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too	Bruce Seth Green	Babs Greyhosky	December 25, 1980	4
Five little schoolgirls from Vermont ask Magnum to find their missing teacher.
No Need to Know	Lawrence Doheny	Frank Lupo	January 8, 1981	5
Magnum is hired to protect a British Brigadier who is hunted by the IRA.
Skin Deep			January 15, 1981	6
Magnum is hired to protect a British Brigadier who is hunted by the IRA.
Never Again... Never Again			January 22, 1981	7
Magnum is hired to protect a British Brigadier who is hunted by the IRA.
The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii			January 8, 1981	8
Magnum is hired to protect a British Brigadier who is hunted by the IRA.
Missing in Action			January 8, 1981	9
Magnum is hired to protect a British Brigadier who is hunted by the IRA.
Lest We Forget			January 8, 1981	10
Magnum is hired to protect a British Brigadier who is hunted by the IRA.