Magnum, P.I.-Fifth Season (1984-1985)
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Episode Guide Index


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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