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7.1ab   122   10/01/86       L.A.
                              Tatort Los Angeles, I+II
W: Chris Abbott-Fish
D: Alan Levi

  Magnum flies to Los Angeles and gets to know a female standup comic.
  She gets killed in a hotel.  Magnum is the first one to find her
  dead body and of course he asks himself who the murderer might be.

***
    This is the first episode to be co-produced by Selleck's company
    TWS Productions.  Dana Delany (_China Beach_, _Wild Palms_) returns
    in her role in "Out of Sync".

7.2     123   10/08/86       One Picture is Worth...
                              Die letzte Kugel
W: James Novack
D: Ray Austin

  The deaf Linda Andrews witnesses a bank robbery with murders. She moves
  to Masters' house to be secure for a while. But the robber she recognized
  comes after her.

***
    Keo joins the estate staff as housekeeper.  Kengi has been the
    regular groundskeeper since "Jororo Fairwell".

7.3     124   10/15/86       Straight and Narrow
                              Callgirl
W: Reuben Leder
D: Harry Harris

  Magnum helps a former call-girl find her missing sister who is
  involved with powerful political figures.

***
    "Appearances can be deceiving."  - T. S. Magnum

7.4     125   10/22/86       A.A. P.I.
                              Giftiger Schnee
W: Reuben Leder
D: Alan Levi

  Inspector Jean-Claude Fornier dies while he was speaking in front of an
  audience. Magnum is looking for the murderer and notices that the Inspector
  was hunting drug dealers...

***
    Columbo, Kojak, and Detective Mike Stone attend the A. A. P. I.
    convention.  See them in the audience.  Stephen J. Cannell (_The
    Rockford Files_, _The A-Team_, _Renegade_) guest stars.

7.5     126   10/29/86       Death and Taxes
                              The Ripper
W: Bruce Cervi
D: Alan Levi

  Higgins flies to the annual summit of writers and poets.
  But Magnum isn't happy about that because he has to do his tax
  audit.  A mad caller disturbs Magnum and says that a prostitute will
  be murdered soon.  And it's true.  She had been a client of
  Magnum's.  And the horror goes on...

***
    This is the first episode produced by Tom Selleck.  And it is Joe
    Santos' first ep. as Lt. Page.

7.6     127   11/05/86       Little Girl Who
                              Im Tal der Tempel
W: Deborah M. Pratt
D: Ray Austin

  Magnum must help Michelle and her daughter to freedom before they
  are murdered.

***
    Kristin Carreira begins her role as Lily Catherine Hue.  She returns
    in "Limbo" and "Resolutions".

7.7     128   11/12/86       Paper War
                              Der Magnum-Higgins-Krieg
W: Jay Huguely
D: Tony Wharmby

  Accidentally, Magnum deletes a part of Higgins' written memoirs and a war
  breaks out between them.

***
    Popularly known as the practical joke episode (Magnum blows up Higgins' model of
    the River Kwai bridge), this ep. also has the first time Thomas accuses Higgins
    of being the writer behind Robin's success.  Richard Narita appears again in
    "Infinity and Jelly Doughnuts" and "Unfinished Business".

7.8     129   11/19/86       Novel Connection
                              Immer wenn sie Krimis schrieb
W: Jay Huguely
D: Harry Harris

  Pamela Bates, her friend Amy and her secretary are guests of Robin Masters.
  Somebody tries to kill them. They call their 'private' investigator from
  the U.S.. Meanwhile, Magnum is involved in a hotel project with Rick and
  T.C..

***
    This ep. is a cross-over between Magnum, P.I. and Murder She Wrote.
    The story continues in the Murder She Wrote episode "Magnum On Ice".
    Angela Lansbury (_The Pirates of Penzance_, _Murder She Wrote_) guests.

7.9     130   11/26/86       Kapu
                              Die Verbotene Insel
W: Deborah Dean Davis
D: Ivan Dixon

   Magnum is wounded protecting a Hawaiian girl.  He regains
   consciousness on a remote, secluded island.

***
    Thomas comes awake on Kapu similar to how he bolts awake in
    "Infinity and Jelly Doughnuts".

7.10    131   12/03/86       Missing Melody
                              Die Entführung
W: Roger E. Mosley
D: Harvey Laidman

  Melody and Bryant come to visit T.C.. Melody gets lost in the Hawaiian
  airport...

***
    This is the first ep. with T. C.'s wife and kids.  The ep. is
    written by Roger E. Mosley.

7.11    132   12/10/86       Death of the Flowers
                              Blumen des Todes
W: Maryanne Kasica, Michael Scheff
D: Jerry Jameson

  Carol's mentor judge has changed for the worse.  He spends lots of money
  and behaves uncharacteristically.  Carol wants Magnum to shade him.

***
    This ep. contains a rare look back into Rick's childhood.

7.12    133   12/17/86       Autumn Warrior
                              Auf einer Insel mit Higgins
W: Jay Huguely
D: Tony Wharmby

  Higgins visits an island together with convicts to do survival training.
  Just when the convicts start to mutiny, Magnum and T. C. come to look
  for Higgins, because it seems that he forgot that Robin Masters wanted to
  come home that weekend. Actually, Magnum planned to throw a party in
  Masters' house...

***
    N6DBZ replaces WP6RNA ("The Big Blow") as Higgins' short wave i.d.

7.13    134   01/14/87       Murder By Night
                              Das Leben ist ein Roman
W: Robert Hamilton
D: Russ Mayberry

  A 1940s murder involves a cast of characters strangely resembling
  Magnum, T. C., Rick, and Higgins.

***
    This ep. is popularly known as the black and white ep. or the
    "Sam Spade" ep.

7.14    135   01/21/87       On the Fly
                              Mexiko Mafia
W: Jay Huguely
D: Bernie Kowalski

  A case of mistaken identity leaves Magnum hunted by a Mexican
  organized crime boss.

***
    This is Thomas' "crash" course in flying!

7.15    136   02/04/87       Solo Flight
                              Rückblenden
W: Jay Huguely
D: John Flinn, III.

  While trapped beneath the wreck of a WWII fighter plane, Thomas
  takes stock of his own mortality, a case from which he was just
  fired, and his relationships.

***
    This is an ep. in the tradition of "Home From The Sea" only
    this time Magnum rescues himself.  Norman Fell (_Three's Company_)
    guests.

7.16    137   02/11/87       Forty
                              Mit 40 ist alles vorbei
W: Bruce Cervi
D: Russ Mayberry

  Magnum celebrates his 40th birthday together with T.C. and Rick in China
  Town. He loses his two dollar note that his grandpa gave him long ago.
  He also helps a shop keeper who has problems with gangs.

***
    This is the first time they really messed up with Magnum's
    birthday.  He should be turning 43 in 1987, not 40.  Patrice Martinez
    returns as Linda Lee Ellison in "Resolutions".

7.17    138   02/25/87       Laura
                              Laura
W: Chris Abbott-Fish
D: Alan Levi

  Magnum helps his New Yorker colleague Michael Doheny, but first, they
  are put in jail.

***
    Guest cast includes Frank Sinatra (_The Manchurian Candidate_).

7.18    139   03/11/87       Out of Sync
                              Liebe und Tod
W: Jay Huguely
D: Joan Darling

   Magnum's weekend with his supposed fiancee is interrupted by a
   pushy client.

***
    The voice-overs are taken to a new level:  Thomas delivers them
    directly to the camera.

7.19    140   03/18/87       The Aunt Who Came to Dinner
                              Der letzte Vorhang
W: Chris Abbott-Fish
D: Russ Mayberry

  Magnum's P.I. licence is expired. He has problems to get a new one.
  And his aunt Phoebe comes to visit him.  She has written a new play
  and fears that somebody wants to murder her.

***
    Thomas reads from Shakespear's _A Midsummer Night's Dream_.
    Mendelssohn's overature to that play is used as background music in
    "Pleasure Principle".

7.20    141   04/01/87       The People vs. Orville Wright
                              Mordanklage gegen Rick
W: Bruce Cervi
D: Burt Brinkerhoff

  Rick is arrested for allegedly killing a hit man contracted to
  murder Ice Pick.

***
    Thomas refers to having a cousin named Reni.  The restaurant/club
    in Honolulu owned by Roger Mosley is called Reni's.

7.21    142   04/15/87       Limbo
                              Im Angesicht des Todes
W: Tom Selleck, Jay Huguely, Bruce Cervi, Chris Abbott-Fish
D: Jackie Cooper

  Magnum is heavily injured after a shooting. In coma, Magnum roams the
  island and finds his former wife. He helps her when she is pursued by
  killers...

***
    Tom Selleck is co-writer of this most memorable of episodes.
    This ep. also includes the last time Thomas will be shot in the series.
    He was shot a total of eight times over the years:
    season 1 = shot twice, the premiere and "Skin Deep"
    season 2 = shot once, "Memories Are Forever"
    season 3 = never was shot
    season 4 = shot once, "Luther Gillis: File #521"
    season 5 = shot once, "Fragments"
    season 6 = shot once, "Way of the Stalking Horse"
    season 7 = shot twice, both in "Limbo"
    season 8 = never was shot



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