Episode Guide Index

2.1     018   10/08/81       Billy Joe Bob
                              Der letzte Cowboy
W: Jeff Wilhelm
D: Ray Austin

  Billy Joe, a cowboy from Texas, searches for his sister Carol Ann. When
  he finds that she has been murdered, Billy Joe desperately wants to find
  her murderer.

***
    The address for the K. K. C.: 3880 Old Pali Road (not the Pali Highway).
    James Whitmore Jr., who starred with Selleck and Manetti in one ep. of
   _Rockford_, re-appears in "Did You See the Sunrise?".

2.2     019   10/15/81       Dead Man's Channel
                              Tödliche Tiefe
W: Diane Frolov
D: Ray Austin

  The young biologist Marion Hammond misses her father who didn't come
  back from a boat-trip to the Nihoa-Channel. Magnum investigates...

***
    Actress Ina Balin (_Black Orchid_) returns in the ep. "L. A."

2.3     020   10/22/81       The Woman on the Beach
                              Die Frau am Strand
W: Andrew Schneider
D: Donald P. Bellisario

  Rick's new girlfriend Sara - Just a Phantom?

***
    We know from ep's such as "Forty Years from Sand Island" and "Resolutions"
    that Thomas Magnum loves cigars.  Notice how he strolls out alone on the
    beach to light a cigar at the end of this ep.  This is when he sees the
    ghost.  Nearly the exact same thing happens to him at the end of "Mac's Back"
    when the ghost of Mac actually lights his cigar for him!

2.4     021   10/29/81       From Moscow to Maui
                              Kalter Krieg unter heisser Sonne
W: Andrew Schneider
D: Michael Vejar

  Magnum becomes involved with a defected Soviet pilot, a Soviet Olympic
  track star, and the K.G.B.

***
    The khaki colored SEAL issue swim shorts worn by Thomas here and in many
    later ep's are the first of many small indicators in the series that
    Thomas is a graduate of that most difficult military school.  By the 1990s
    it had become fashionable for popular media heroes who had Navy backgrounds
    to be former SEALs.  It has almost become ubiquitous in movies and
    television. But in 1981 the Navy's special warfare group still was widely
    unheard of in the civilian world.  Thomas Magnum is perhaps the first
    former SEAL ever portrayed in the popular media.

2.5ab   022   11/05/81       Memories are Forever
                              Michelles Rückkehr, I+II
W: Donald P. Bellisario
D: Ray Austin

  One night, Magnum dreams of Michelle. The next morning he sees her on a
  yacht in the harbor...

***
    Notable prop developments: the "Magnum" belt buckle with Navy Surface
    Fleet badge appears for the first time, Thomas lapses back to an old
    mistake by once again wearing his Team Ring on the left hand, and after
    he fires eight rounds from his .45 it's slide does not lock back to show
    the pistol is empty as it should.  He puts the pistol to General Hue's
    chest as if to shoot, but he has already fired the maximum capacity of
    his unaltered .45 without reloading!  We get a clear look at Thomas'
    driver's license.  His social security number is 546-10-8740 and his
    address is listed as 11435 18th Ave., Honolulu, HI (46816).  This is
    not (and cannot) be the address at the estate which is out of town on
    the Kalanianaole Highway.  We can speculate, though, that since he's been
    at the estate for only a year his license still shows his old address
    at wherever he lived in town before he was "hired" by Robin (as shown in
    "Dream A Little Dream").  In reality, this address was just a few doors
    down from MCA's Magnum, P.I. production office at 520 18th Ave.  His
    license is shown again in "Murder 101".  This ep. contains the first
    reference to Higgins' memoirs.  And it is the first of several times the
    Parke Memorial Chapel on Breretania street in Honolulu's Queen Emma Square
    is used as a filming location.  Marta DuBois (_Tales From The Gold Monkey_)
    begins her role as Magnum's wife which continues in "Little Girl Who" and
    "Limbo".  Soon Tech Oh begins his role as her husband, General Nguyen Hue.
    He also appears in "Two Birds of A Feather" and "Kiss of the Sabre".
    Clyde Kusatsu appears in many episodes, including "All For One" and
    "This Island Isn't Big Enough".  Paul Burke plays Admiral Hawkes in
    "Did You See the Sunrise?" and "Blood and Honor".

2.6     023   11/12/81       Tropical Madness
                              Tropischer Wahn
W: Robert Hamilton
D: Larry Doheny

  Magnum only gets refusals from the beautiful Jennifer.  She is fond of
  Higgins instead.  Magnum thinks that there must be something wrong and he
  examines her background.  Soon he steps into problems . . .

***
    The VMO2 cap appears.  The Valley of the Temples is used for the first
    time.  It also appears in "Did You See the Sunrise?",
    "The Arrow that Is Not Aimed", "Torah, Torah, Torah", "Little Girl Who",
    and "Tigers Fan".
    This ep. contains the only time Thomas and Higgins come to blows (although
    they come pretty close in "Paper War"!).

2.7     024   11/19/81       Wave Goodbye
                              Die Welle des Todes
W: Reuben Leder
D: Sidney Hayers

  When Magnum's friend Kacy is found murdered on the beach he determinedly
  tracks down her killer.

***
    The bartender returns as Kika the petticab driver in many later episodes,
    including "The Treasure of Kalaniopu'u".

2.8     025   11/26/81       Mad Buck Gibson
                              Spiel mit dem Tod
W: Robert Hamilton
D: Rick Kolbe

  Buck Gibson, an old friend of Robin's and a legend for his early novels
  and macho lifestyle, arrives in Hawaii.  It becomes Magnum's lot to protect
  the hell-raiser from himself.

***
    See the surf ski for the first time.  Gillian Dobb appears the first of
    three times ("The Elmo Ziller Story" and "Ki'i's Don't Lie") prior to her
    regular role as Agatha Chumley.

2.9     026   12/03/81       The Taking of Dick McWilliams
                              Entführung hoch zwei
W: Diane Frolov
D: Rick Kolbe

  Magnum's old friend Dick McWilliams is kidnapped. His Wife Mitsu wants to
  pay the $500.000 ransom without telling her greedy father. Magnum should
  deliver the money...

***
    This ep. contains the first of many references to Magnum's "little voice",
    that instinct he talks about frequently in voice-over.

2.10    027   12/17/81       The Sixth Position
                              Pas de deux mit dem Tod
W: Babs Greyhosky
D: Sidney Hayers

  Magnum acts as a bodyguard for one of the best female ballet dancers.

***
    Higgins takes security matters into his own hands but comes up short,
    so to speak.

2.11    028   12/24/81       Ghost Writer
                              Der Tod schreibt mit
W: Caroline Elias
D: Ray Austin

  Virginia Fowler, a successful ghostwriter, writes a biography for the mad
  millionaire Harold Faber. Somebody tries to suppress that, so she takes
  Magnum as her guard.

***
    This is Elisha Cook Jr.'s (_Salem's Lot_) first appearance.  Later he
    takes over the role of Ice Pick.

2.12    029   01/07/82       The Jororo Kill
                              Das Attentat
W: Alan Sutterfield, Reuben Leder, Andrew Schneider, Donald P. Bellisario
D: Alan Levi

   An assassin dressed like a nun blows up a car in southern France.  Kate
   Sullivan, a friend of Magnum's and a former war reporter, hunts the big
   story.

***
    The character "Russler" will return in "Jororo Fairwell" played by a
    different actor.  Actress Tyne Daly (_Cagney and Lacey_) guest stars.

2.13    030   01/14/82       Computer Date
                              Der Spion im Computer
W: Babs Greyhosky
D: Robert Thompson

  Lady Ashley wants to visit Higgins. He wants to lose weight to be in
  better shape. Magnum wants to coach him. Magnum searches for a spy in the
  marketing section of a big firm. He notices that somebody illegal has
  access to the firm's computer system. Also, the firm's manager wants
  Magnum to shade his wife, whom he thinks has a lover...

***
    Thomas and Rick come to blows here and in "Distant Relative".

2.14    031   01/28/82       Try To Remember
                              Blackout
W: Andrew Schneider, Reuben Leder
D: Michael Vejar

  While investigating a case, Magnum has a car accident and awakes lying
  in intensive care. He can't remember what happened - and police found his
  Detoit Tigers cap next to a murdered body...

***
    8/8/44 (Bellisario's birthday) is established as Thomas Magnum's birthday.
    In later episodes it is a point of error.  This episode is Doc Ibold's
    first and Lieutenant Tanaka's first.

2.15    032   02/04/82       Italian Ice
                              Italienisches Eis
W: Donald P. Bellisario
D: Gilbert Shilton

   Magnum flies to Sicily at the request of Robin to rescue the daughter of
   a friend.  She becomes enamored with Thomas and takes her desire to a
   deadly extreme.

***
    Kalakaua Dr. is incorrectly given as the Robin's Nest address.  Thomas is
    compared to Burt Reynolds here and again in "L. A."  Mimi Rogers (_Divorce
    Wars_) guest stars.

2.16    033   02/11/82       One More Summer
                              Der Tod spielt mit
W: Reuben Leder, Del Reisman
D: Rod Daniel

  Magnum wants to protect his old friend and football player Dorsey from
  murder, so he joins the team, which is in Hawaii for training. But the
  murderer doesn't give up...

***
   Pat Morita (_The Karate Kid_) and Dick Butkus (_The Legend of Sleepy
   Hollow_) guest star.

2.17    034   02/18/82       Texas Lightning
                              Das As im Äermel
W: Robert Hamilton
D: Michael Vejar

  Jeannie Lowry takes Magnum as a bodyguard to a high-stakes poker game
  at sea.

***
    It supposedly is Magnum's birthday.

2.18    035   02/25/82       Double Jeopardy
                              Ein Double für das Opfer
W: Babs Greyhosky, Reuben Leder
D: Robert Totten

  A film team shoots a movie at Robin's estate. Magnum agrees to be a
  stuntman, after he learns that his co-actor is Olivia Ross.

***
    Dana Wynter appears again in "Foiled Again".

2.19    036   03/04/82       The Last Page
                              Das letzte Kapitel
W: Andrew Schneider
D: Alan Levi

  Magnum is hired by a Vietnam War veteran presumably to locate his
  girlfriend.  In truth, the veteran is after a different target.

***
    Ice Pick is mentioned for the first time.  Joanna Kerns (_Growing Pains_)
    guest stars.

2.20    037   03/25/82       The Elmo Ziller Story
                              Der Mann mit Higgins' Gesicht
W: Robert Hamilton
D: Michael Vejar

  A cowboy appears with the same face as Higgins'. His name is Elmo Ziller
  and he works in a Rodeo Show. Elmo is a half-brother of Higgins. According
  to his daughter Lexi, Elmo is pursued by killers...

***
    John Hillerman plays his first of four dual roles.  He plays Elmo Ziller
    here, Father Patty in "Faith and Begorrah", Don Luis Mangueo in
    "Who Is Don Luis, Higgins, and Why Is He Doing These Terrible Things To Me?",
    and his own father Albert Stanley Higgins in "Deja Vu".

2.21    038   04/01/82       Three Minus Two
                              Schönheit hat ihren Preis
W: Robert Van Scoyk
D: Sydney Hayers

  Jan Kona organizes a fashion-exhibition. She fears to be the next victim
  after the death of her business-partner Alan.

***
    Notice Higgins' use of a silent dog whistle.  Magnum uses one in
    "Holmes Is Where The Heart Is".



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