The BEST episodes written by Bruce Cervi

#1 - Death and Taxes

Magnum, P.I. - Season 7 - Episode 6

It is almost the 4th of July, and Higgins heads to Maui for an annual writers conference, and Rick and T.C. take a trip away, leaving Thomas on the Estate to face the horror of his tax audit. But that's nothing compared to the terror yet to come when Magnum becomes the focus of a crazed, obsessed killer, who repeatedly phones him with cryptic nursery rhyme riddles of upcoming killings. At first he thinks it is a crank caller, but the full reality of the sitution hits home when a prostitute is murdered in circumstances reflecting the clues given, and the menacing calls continue, with the deranged killer boasting about his crimes and giving clues of the next one...

#2 - Limbo

Magnum, P.I. - Season 7 - Episode 22

Thomas is delivering key evidence in his latest case to the court house, when he is shot in the parking lot by a hit man. Thomas, in a coma, discovers he is not dead, but not alive, and needs to help Michelle, who is in danger, and being chased by killers. He meets up with the ghost of his former Naval buddy Mac. He also spends time with each member of the cast individually, and, in one way or another, says good-bye and how important they are all to him, in case he does not survive.

#3 - Tigers Fan

Magnum, P.I. - Season 8 - Episode 4

Lieutenant Tanaka is murdered while working undercover. The official Police report states that Tanaka died in a car accident, but Thomas believes that something is being covered up, and sets about trying to answer the many questions about his friend Tanaka's death, uncovering switched identities and drug-running in the process...

#4 - Forty

Magnum, P.I. - Season 7 - Episode 17

Thomas is in Chinatown with Rick and T.C. celebrating his upcoming fortieth birthday, but he has little to celebrate when he loses his lucky $2 bill that his Grandpa gave him as a boy. While looking for it, he by chance briefly meets a beautiful woman. He also winds up helping an old friend who is one of a number of shopkeepers being terrorized by an organized gang... But the case takes a back-seat as he becomes preoccupied with the woman, a news reporter, only for it to seem that she is tied up with the gang he is supposed to be investigating, in a situation that sees him losing more than just his lucky bill – almost losing his heart, and his life...

#5 - The People vs. Orville Wright

Magnum, P.I. - Season 7 - Episode 21

Rick insists that Thomas searches for Ice Pick when he suddenly vanishes, seemingly pulling a disappearing act to avoid some information that could land him in very hot water. But when Rick is arrested for allegedly killing a hit-man that was contracted to murder Ice Pick, Thomas finds himself in the midst of an even more tangled investigation, especially when Rick doesn't deny any of the charges and gives a full confession...

#6 - Full Contact

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 5 - Episode 16

Walker clears the name of a young martial artist framed for murder, then trains him for a kickboxing tournament championship.

#7 - Flashpoint

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 4 - Episode 13

Some Irish militants are trying to kill a peacemaker. But when the plan results in the leader being captured, the man's son plots to free him.

#8 - Rapture

Magnum, P.I. - Season 6 - Episode 11

As he and T.C. deep sea scuba-dive, Thomas sees a young boy who appears out of nowhere with no breathing apparatus and signals him to follow. Low on air, Thomas is unable to follow him, and later faces the skepticism of T.C., Higgins and Rick about his vision. An adamant Thomas, determined to prove that he's right, learns that his vision matches the description of a young boy, Keli'i Parker, killed five years earlier in an explosion at sea. The boy's mother has always blamed herself for his death, and as Thomas learns more about Keli'i, he begins to believe that his vision of the boy was destiny reaching out to lead him to the cause of the fatal accident.

#9 - Showdown at Casa Diablo (1)

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 8 - Episode 21

Sydney and Alex are kidnapped by two Mexican brothers that are looking for revenge. Now is up to Trivette, Gage and Walker to save them. Or will the girls end up saving them?

#10 - Photo Play

Magnum, P.I. - Season 6 - Episode 21

Photographer Sally Faraday, looking to hire Magnum, meets him in undesirable circumstances when she prangs the front of the Ferrari while being pursued in a car chase by two men, an incident which also leaves Agatha with a broken ankle. Sally wants Thomas' help when it seems that she is being followed since returning from France with some photographs for a new book, in which she seems to have caught something on film that someone has reason to not want to ever be published...

#11 - The Guardians

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 4 - Episode 3

When an undercover cop winds up dead, Walker goes undercover at an oil rig to locate The Guardians, a group of eco-terrorists that have infiltrated the rig with the intention of blowing it up.

#12 - Way of the Stalking Horse

Magnum, P.I. - Season 6 - Episode 17

Magnum is hired by meek insurance salesman Dan Wolf to locate his father, who he has not seen for thirty years. But unawares to Thomas, the client is actually an impostor hit-man who is using Thomas to help locate his victim, wealthy businessman Theo Wolf, whom he plans to kill to make a name for himself. In the hit, Magnum too is shot, bringing him close to death. Despite his wounds, Thomas becomes hell-bent on going after the hit-man to claim revenge for the dead man’s widowed wife and son – and for himself...

#13 - Safe House

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 8 - Episode 3

Gage and Sydney have to protect an accountant from his criminal boss so he can live to testify.

#14 - Second Chance

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 7 - Episode 8

As a radical group from the IRA attempts to stop the peace process in Belfast, Adam McGuire, raids their safe house and kills the leader's younger brother in self-defense. Now the faction vows revenge and orchestrates a plan. When McGuire takes his ailing 12-year-old daughter to Dallas for a life- saving bone marrow transplant to cure her leukemia, the IRA group is there to greet him. They kidnap the girl and hold her ransom in exchange for a renouncement of the peace agreement. Now Walker must do everything he can to save Jennifer McGuire's life, and to keep the peace.

#15 - Hall of Fame

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 4 - Episode 26

A serial killer from C.D.'s past taunts him as he prepares for induction to the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame and Walker and Trivette set out to help C.D. bring him to justice.

#16 - The Crusader

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 6 - Episode 16

Walker helps a wrestler whose ex-wife is in hiding after witnessing a murder.

#17 - Showdown at Casa Diablo (2)

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 8 - Episode 22

Second part of two episodes. Sydney and Alex are kidnapped by two Mexican brothers that are looking for revenge. Now is up to Trivette, Gage and Walker to save them. Or will the girls end up saving them?

#18 - Team Cherokee (2)

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 7 - Episode 16

Walker pitches in to race for the Cherokee indian racing team. Meanwhile, Carlos and Trent search for the evidence lost in their car robbery.

#19 - Power Angels

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 7 - Episode 21

A loan shark, who has a minister's son under his thumb, attempts to steal a charitable telethon's proceeds.

#20 - Patriot

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 5 - Episode 2

After the leader of a white-supremacist group is arrested, they retaliate by taking over a minority-owned television station.

#21 - Summer School

Magnum, P.I. - Season 6 - Episode 13

After being expelled from a number of expensive schools, R.J., Robin's rich, careless, teenage nephew, arrives at the estate to be reformed and educated by Higgins. R.J., however, has other ideas and decides to impersonate Thomas after being impressed by his adventures. Hired by a woman to find the only witness to her husband's murder, R.J. manages to get Thomas and everyone else involved in the case targeted for death by the men who killed the woman's husband.

#22 - No Way Out

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 7 - Episode 18

Alex and Trivette reminisce about Walker's past adventures as they are waiting to be rescued after being imprisoned by a previous enemy who is out for revenge.

#23 - A Second Self

Street Hawk - Season 1 - Episode 2

Jesse's old mate (George Clooney) shows up in town after years of not seeing him. Unknown to Jesse he is in town to kill Street Hawk.

#24 - It's a Desert Out There

The A-Team - Season 2 - Episode 18

The sophisticated commando tactics used by a gang for robbing busloads of tourists suggests to the A-Team that they're preparing for a bigger score.

#25 - Team Cherokee (1)

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 7 - Episode 15

There are recent mishaps at a motor speedway. The accidents are prone to a Cherokee team that turn to Walker for help. Meanwhile Trent and Carlos are searching for a teenage girl that has gone missing and is thought to have ended up in the hands of a registered sex offender.

#26 - livegirls.now

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 7 - Episode 17

Trivette's girlfriend goes missing and her pictures start showing up on the web.

#27 - Saving Grace

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 6 - Episode 14

Prison escapees take some nuns hostage and make demands, threatening to kill some battered women if they are not met.

#28 - Way of the Warrior

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 8 - Episode 4

An indian shaman transports Walker back to the 19th century to prevent a recurrence of a 20th century injustice.

#29 - Angel

Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 6 - Episode 21

Angel, Trivette's old girlfriend, comes to town looking for her father and asks for his help.

#30 - Dog Eat Dog

Street Hawk - Season 1 - Episode 5

Jesse attempts to convince a rock star to appear in a public service announcement.

#31 - Rites of Passage

Swamp Thing - Season 3 - Episode 18

Two young co-eds looking to perform a magic ceremony called the test of Shabalba that will grant them three wishes use Will as a reluctant guide.

#32 - Cross-Fired

Swamp Thing - Season 3 - Episode 28