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 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - The Breaking Point
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/19/2023
Magnum and Higgins go undercover as lifeguards in order to solve a murder. Jin Jeong wins a storage unit auction and enlists the help of Rick and TC upon finding a stolen military medal.
#6 - Knight Lasts Forever
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2019
Kumu and Higgins are in danger when Robin’s Nest is under siege by mercenaries storming the estate in order to find out the true identity of the White Knight, Robin’s muse and literary hero. Rick and T.C. help one of Rick’s employees when his car is stolen, and Higgins finally gives Magnum an answer about if she’ll become his partner.
#7 - Judge Me Not
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/28/2022
When Hawaii Supreme Court nominee Judge Rachel Park is being blackmailed, she hires Magnum and Higgins who go to extraordinary lengths to help her out. Also, with the pressure of fatherhood looming, Rick suggests changes to make La Mariana more profitable, but TC and Kumo aren’t swayed.
#8 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#11 - Dead Ringer
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/19/2023
Katsumoto's hearing date has arrived, and he will learn if his career in law enforcement is over for good or not. Magnum and Higgins are hired to investigate a man their client believes committed murder. Rick's suspicions grow on their relationship.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - Lie, Cheat, Steal, Kill
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/2019
Magnum must help his defense attorney girlfriend, Abby Miller, when she realizes that the client she successfully defended in a murder trial is actually guilty. Also, TC confronts Kamekona about stealing his helicopter business.
#15 - Bloodline
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/7/2021
Magnum and Higgins work a stalking case involving a man with a past in espionage. Ethan asks Higgins to join him on an extended trip for Doctors Without Borders just as Magnum starts to open up to other possibilities.
#16 - 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.
#17 - Day the Past Came Back
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/18/2019
Magnum discovers that his ex, who landed him and his friends in a POW camp, is on the island and planning to steal a fortune in gold.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - A Kiss Before Dying
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/2019
When the Dobermans dig up what appears to be a human bone, Magnum and Higgins help Katsumoto investigate the murder of his former mentor.
#21 - Dark Skies
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/2/2023
Magnum and Rick make a shocking discovery in the Capt. Greene case. Higgins and TC head to Maui to help an eccentric billionaire find the owner of a pesky drone that has been harassing him. Shammy helps Kumu after an incident occurs at La Mariana.
#22 - A Leopard on the Prowl
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/8/2020
Magnum and Higgins help Rick when his father figure, Icepick, just out of prison and battling terminal cancer, gets double crossed on one last score. Also, Magnum makes one last bold move to help Higgins stay in the country.
#23 - 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.
#24 - Desperate Measures (2)
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/2020
Part 2 of a crossover with Hawaii Five-0. When Junior is kidnapped as leverage to retrieve the stolen list of undercover CIA agents, and most of Five-0 is rounded up by the CIA to prevent them from interfering, Tani and Quinn ask Magnum and Higgins for their help. Part 2 of a crossover with Hawaii Five-0. The crossover starts on Hawaii Five-0 S10E12: Ihea 'oe i ka wa a ka ua e loku ana? (1).
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#25 - The Long Sleep
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/29/2022
A disoriented man hires Magnum and Higgins to investigate a crime he doesn’t remember after he woke up on the beach covered in blood. Also, T.C. is taken aback when Cade’s biological grandmother makes a surprise visit, and Rick’s feelings for Suzy grow stronger as they prepare for the birth of their first child.
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