The BEST episodes of Magnum P.I.
Every episode of Magnum P.I. ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Magnum P.I.!
Thomas Magnum, a decorated former Navy SEAL who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator in Hawaii taking jobs no one else will with the help of fellow vets T.C. Calvin and Rick Wright, and the former MI:6 agent Higgins.
#1 - From the Head Down
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2018
Magnum helps Dan, a struggling fisherman and fellow veteran, when his 300-pound tuna worth $350,000 is stolen, and he discovers that the thief needs Magnum’s help as well.
#2 - I Saw the Sun Rise
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2018
A decorated former Navy SEAL who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator in Hawaii.
#3 - Appetite for Danger
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/18/2023
Magnum and Higgins enlist Katsumoto to go undercover when a chef at a high-end restaurant goes missing. Kumu works with Cade at the Cultural Center, confronting one of America's darker chapters - the internment of Japanese Americans in the wake of Pearl Harbor.
#4 - Charlie Foxtrot
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/23/2023
An armed hit team lays siege on Robin's Nest. TC is badly injured while Rick fights for his life.
#5 - Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/16/2023
Magnum and Higgins take on a case that sends Higgins inside a psychiatric hospital. Katsumoto and his son, Dennis, head to the mainland to look at colleges, but their trip takes a harrowing turn when a run-in with a local turns ugly.
#6 - Number One With a Bullet
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/26/2023
Katsumoto takes a job providing security for a chart-topping K-pop star. Higgins and Rick find themselves in peril while trying to help Rick's friend. Magnum harbors suspicions about Capt. Greene's death.
#7 - The Passenger
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/19/2023
Magnum and Higgins weigh the risks of pursuing a relationship. Rick juggles being a new father and running La Mariana. Katsumoto tries to figure out his next move.
#8 - Close to Home
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/6/2022
Magnum and Higgins are sent on a deadly mission inside a high security correctional center when a ruthless criminal abducts Katsumoto and his ex-wife, Beth. Also, T.C. rushes to help Rick when Suzy experiences serious pregnancy complications.
#9 - Dead Man Walking
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/4/2022
When Magnum balks at notorious crime boss Osi Shima’s request to find his missing son, Magnum learns he’s been poisoned and has only eight hours to locate Shima’s son to earn the antidote, or else he dies.
#10 - Dream Lover
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/7/2022
When a woman hires Magnum and Higgins to locate a man she met briefly at a coffee shop and felt a spark with, they learn that he is hiding a big secret. Also, Higgins keeps a secret of her own after she has a romantic dream about Magnum.
#11 - Better Watch Out
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/2021
A Christmas Eve ransomware attack on the Honolulu Police Department forces Lia to reveal a family secret to Magnum and Katsumoto.
#12 - A New Lease on Death
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/2021
When Rick is asked to assist with a federal investigation of his childhood friend, Magnum launches his own investigation to see what the Feds really have on him. Kumu goes undercover in a retirement community when Higgins is hired to investigate the disappearance of a resident’s life savings.
#13 - No Way Out
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/18/2020
As Magnum, Higgins and TC try to pull one over on a customs agent to get Higgins a green card, armed gunmen suddenly storm the federal building and start taking hostages.
#14 - Farewell to Love
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/17/2020
While Magnum and Higgins are undercover as a couple on a romantic bus tour working a case, they must switch gears when one of the love birds on the trip is murdered and evidence is quickly deteriorating in the Hawaiian heat. TC is shaken when he runs into his ex-girlfriend who's visiting the island on her honeymoon.
#15 - A Game of Cat and Mouse
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/31/2020
When Jin learns that an innocent woman is the target of a deadly hit, he asks Magnum and Higgins to help save her.
#16 - The Day It All Came Together
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/1/2019
Hannah, Magnum’s ex and the fugitive responsible for him and his SEAL team brothers being POWs for years, shows up at his home with a gunshot wound, and wanting his help to find her missing CIA father whose life is in danger. Also, Magnum makes an earnest proposition to Higgins for her to become his private investigations partner.
#17 - Blood in the Water
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/25/2019
When Magnum and Higgins get “yacht-jacked,” Higgins is shot and she and Magnum are stranded at sea, struggling to reach land before she bleeds out and the culprits return to finish them off.
#18 - I, The Deceased
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/28/2019
A man hires Magnum to investigate his own murder before he is killed. Kumu reconnects with an old friend.
#19 - The Ties That Bind
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2018
After a 16-year-old kidnap victim, Amanda, escapes her captors, her parents hire Magnum, who experienced similar trauma as a POW, to find who took her.
#20 - A Fire in the Ashes
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/2021
Magnum starts following Higgins to discover what she's been hiding, as she's secretly assigned to infiltrate a group threatening to take down MI-6. Also, Rick struggles after an explosion takes the life of someone important to him.
#21 - Day of the Viper
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/2019
One of Higgins’ former MI6 teammates shows up with a fresh gunshot wound and news that “the Viper,” the assassin who killed her true love, has surfaced on Oahu.
#22 - Murder is Never Quiet
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/2019
Magnum is hired by a woman to prove that her son didn’t kill his girlfriend and has only 24 hours to do so before the accused accepts a plea deal. Also, Rick and TC try to recover stolen appliances that were donated to a wounded veteran.
#23 - Black is the Widow
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/2019
After a man is murdered, Magnum poses as a doctor on the same dating app the victim was using in order to find the killer who may be praying on wealthy men.
#24 - Six Paintings, One Frame
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2018
A close friend of Higgins, an art connoisseur who recently hired Magnum to test his security, is murdered, and Thomas is arrested as the main suspect.
#25 - Payback for Beginners
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/2019
While Magnum waits for Higgins to decide if she’ll officially become his partner, he takes the case of a missing wife who witnessed her boss’s murder during a bank robbery. Rick makes a big decision about his career.