Magnum, P.I.-Fifth Season (1984-1985)
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5.1ab 082 09/27/84 Echoes Of the Mind
&10/04/84 Schwarzer Spiegel, I+II
W: Donald P. Bellisario
D: Georg Stanford Brown
Magnum loves Diane. When he meets her twin-sister, she says that Diane is
psychically ill. When Magnum investigates in this, he gets part of a
dramatic story.
***
Ian Freebairn-Smith, the series' original music composer who was
replaced by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter, is refered to in this ep.
Higgins mentions to Agatha about a soldier he once knew, Lt.
Freebairn-Smith, who was eaten by a tiger. Deborah Pratt (_Last Rites_)
begins her role as Gloria, T. C.'s girlfriend. She wrote the ep's
"Little Games" and "Little Girl Who" and she is Donald Bellisario's
wife. Sharon Stone (_Basic Instinct_) guest stars, as does Carolyn
Seymour (_The Assignment_) who appears again in "The Love For Sale Boat".
5.2 083 10/11/84 Mac's Back
Ein Toter kehrt zurück
W: Donald P. Bellisario
D: Alan J. Levi
Magnum's friend Diane dies. In that mood, Magnum sees his friend Mac
who he thought was dead as well. Higgins thinks that Magnum is completely
mad now. But Magnum hunts the phantom...
***
This is Jim "Mac" Bonnick's first episode.
5.3 084 10/18/84 The Legacy of Garwood Huddle
Der Bankräuber
W: Rick Yalem
D: Vincent McEveety
Higgins asks Magnum to help bank robber Garwood Huddle...
***
Pat Hingle (_Batman_) and John Ratzenberger (_Cheers_) guest star.
5.4 085 10/25/84 Under World
Zwischen Leben und Tod
W: Reuben Leder
D: Ivan Dixon
TC has got to deliver a briefcase to Oahu. His helicopter gets shot down,
but TC survives.
***
Thomas isn't the only one with a unique singing ability!
5.5 086 11/01/84 Fragments
Mordvisionen
W: Donald P. Bellisario, Nick Thiel, David Chomsky
D: David Hemming
A woman with amazing psychic ability hires Magnum to investigate
her own murder.
***
This ep. is directed by David Hemmings who appears in "Compulsion"
and "Out of Sync".
5.6 087 11/08/84 Blind Justice
Blinde Justiz
W: Chris Abbott-Fish
D: Russ Mayberry
The angry husband Greg kills his wife Debbie in a fight. Their child hides
in a wardrobe and witnesses the murder...
***
Barbara Rush, who appears again in "The Aunt Who Came to Dinner",
guest stars.
5.7 088 11/15/84 Murder 101
Schule der Schnüffler
W: Rogers Turrentine
D: Ivan Dixon
Magnum wants to give a course at university about private investigation.
Soon there is the first case for the class.
***
"A person _is_ what they throw away." - T. S. Magnum
5.8 089 11/29/84 Tran Quoc Jones
Tran Quoc Jones
W: Chris Abbott-Fish
D: Russ Mayberry
A vietnamese boy called Tran Quoc Jones wants Magnum to find his father
who had been helicopter pilot in Vietnam. The problem is, that Tran Quoc
Jones is an illegal immigrant and cannot go to official authorities...
***
Try to picture Higgins actually wearing the T-shirt given to him
by Tran!
5.9 090 12/06/84 Luther Gillis: File #001
Luther Gillis schlägt wieder zu
W: Reuben Leder
D: Ivan Dixon
Luther Gillis is again on Hawaii. Magnum gives him a case, as he promised.
Gillis should investigate in a case for Higgins, while Magnum works on an
embezzling case for Robin Masters.
***
Thomas uses an original VISA card to slip a lock. How times change!
5.10 091 12/13/84 Kiss of the Sabre
{no German title available to me, yet}
W: Jay Huguely
D: John Patterson
A friend of Robin's who is an aspiring writer comes to stay in
the guest house to concentrate on her new novel. The main actors
in her story resemble Magnum & Co.
***
Cassie Yates appears again in "Photo Play".
5.11 092 01/03/85 Little Games
Spielchen und Steinchen
W: Deborah M. Pratt
D: Arthur Seidelman
Playing with the computer system of Robin's house, Magnum shuts down the
safety system accidentally. Higgins isn't happy about this because in two
days there's a jewellery-exhibition on location.
***
The late Cesar Romero (_Thin Man_) guest stars.
5.12 093 01/10/85 Professor Jonathan Higgins
Professor Jonathan Higgins
W: Jay Huguely
D: Peter Medak
The benefit found where Agatha is the cash-master is cheated by a dubious
firm and has lost $100000. Magnum wins a ticket for Disneyland in Florida.
He works for Agatha for a salary in form of a flight-ticket to Florida.
Higgins' cousin Sally comes to Masters' house to live until her marriage
celebration. Unlike Higgins' other relatives, she is rather
unorthodox.
***
Jillie Mack, Selleck's current wife, appears for the second time.
5.13 094 01/24/85 Compulsion
Unter Druck
W: Chris Abbott-Fish
D: David Hemmings
Magnum helps his friend Carol Baldwin who is being terrorized.
***
Thomas and Higgins reverse roles in this ep. and do so again in
"Pleasure Principle".
5.14ab 095 01/31/85 All For One
&02/07/85
{no German title available to me, yet}
W: ?
D: ?
While in Cambodia on a rescue mission of an old buddy, Thomas,
T. C., Rick, and Higgins realize that they have been lied to.
***
Dustin Nguyen (_21 Jump Street_) guest stars.
5.15 096 02/14/85 The Love-For-Sale Boat
Das Alptraumschiff
W: J. Miyoko Hensley, Steven Hensley
D: Ray Austin
Rick is the target of yet another of Jim Bonnick's schemes.
But this time "Mac" goes too far and endangers everyone's
lives with his complicated con.
***
Zeus and Apollo steal the show!
5.16 097 02/21/85 Let Me Hear the Music
Lieder aus dem Jenseits
W: Jay Huguely
D: David Hemmings
Lacy Fletcher searches lost songs of the Country-star George Lee Jessup.
Magnum helps out and finds Laurie Crane, but she is silent...
***
Dennis Weaver (_McCloud_) guest stars with sons Rusty and Robby.
His son Robby will appear again in "Rapture". And his son Rick
produced several episodes of the series beginning with
"Old Acquaintance".
5.17 098 03/07/85 Ms. Jones
Mein Mann ist verschwunden!
W: Phil Combest
D: Ray Austin
The civil servant Ms. Jones fears that her husband is in danger...
***
We meet Thomas' aunt Phoebe in "The Aunt Who Came to Dinner" but
he apparently has a great aunt Phoebe too.
5.18 099 03/14/85 The Man from Marseilles
Der Mann aus Marseille
W: Reuben Leder
D: John L. Moxey
A friend of Robin's who is an international police inspector comes
to Hawaii to seek Magnum's help on a big case.
***
Paul Verdier plays Jean Claude Fornier here and again in "A. A. P. I."
5.19 100 03/28/85 Torah, Torah, Torah
Thora
W: Sybil Adelman, Martin Sage
D: ?
Magnum helps Rabbi Asher Solomon to find his torah somebody robbed from
him just when he came to Hawaii.
***
What I wouldn't give for a taste of T. C.'s creole bayou blaster
chile!
5.20 101 04/04/85 A Pretty Good Dancing Chicken
Hinter Gittern
W: Anthony Pellicano, Joe Gores, Jay Huguely
D: Bernie Kowalski
Magnum goes undercover into a prison farm to find the former
boyfriend of a missing girl.
***
Prisoner # 73762, Thomas Magnum.
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