Most watched episodes

[Styles Bitchley]

Too Close for Comfort episode when Monroe is kidnapped and raped by two women!

That's just too funny!

Somehow I can see something like this happening to Monroe. Only Monroe.

I thought it was just a rumour that got legs because it was a crazy concept. But then the internet unearthed the episode. It’s the strangest thing to watch.

[SeamanWolfe]

Some great episode call outs here. For a while little girl who was a handful of episodes you could stream from Netflix (before 2010 - when they were just starting streaming). That one should probably be on my top 10 most watched. I always like the fact that magnum trusts Higgins with Lily at the estate.

[Luther's nephew Dobie]

Way Of The Stalking Horse is the best episode in the series writing and directing wise, with a top notch performance by Selleck, in my opinion.
It is the one I have seen the most.
 It shows what a great director can do to elevate material, you have to really pay attention to all the visuals and think about them to appreciate how they advance the story.
The episode is largely about the series premise, that of a haunted Magnum trying to put behind him his wartime past, to forget about the efficient killing machine he had to become in the service.
The opposite side of the same coin Driscoll the hit man is used to make points about TM and who he really is.
There are cross shots of Driscoll and Magnum both healing from their wounds, part of the many uncomfortable parallels between the two opposites.
Both are tall with mustaches, one dark and one blonde. Magnum has taken over Driscoll's old room at the hotel to recover in, as Driscoll had.
Both received vital help from Mary Elizabeth when they needed it most.
Both have pain in their left arms from a gunshot. Driscoll is a pro, totally focused on getting his kill, he is the first hit man in 10 years to get to Theo Wolfe, so focused he violates the "rules" as
Ice Pick terms them.
In a previous episode Tyler McKinney(Robert Forrester) once lauded the same focus in the also (continuously) rules breaking Magnum, he tells a stone faced - haunted - Magnum that
"he had no equal in bringing back the scalps."
Driscoll and Magnum both possess the intangibles that make for good assassins. At least with Magnum there was/is a moral dimension to his killing, though that is a fine point as if you threaten his kith and
kin he is capable of remorseless retribution.
When Magnum goes back to the estate guesthouse to get his gun, he finds TC had already beaten him there, TC always being more hip to Magnum's demons than anyone else.
And Magnum knows it, "what are you doing here" he coldly barks at TC.
There is no need really for TC to explain, so as Magnum tosses his extra ammo clips in a bag, TC says "Your're going to open that wound again, aren't you", referring both to his present gunshot wound and
the physic one from his wartime "scalp hunting."
Again, the whole series is about Magnum and pals recovering from their painful past/wounds, so I think this scene is one of the best in the series, plus both actors doing so much with so few words.
Magnum then opens the drawer next to his bed and finds his pistol missing. He chillingly gives TC a "if looks could kill" glare that speaks volumes.
His wounded arm dangles at his side, symbolic of his moral, physical and spiritual regression.TC fights for the better angels of Magnum's nature, saying, pleading
"You simply cannot go after him."
Magnum has for years lightheartedly BS ed his pals for his own ends, but this time he turns his back to TC. Because this time he is going to betray their friendship with an outright whopper of a lie and
can't look TC in the eye - "I never said I was, I'm just looking for a change of scenery. A change of location till I can recuperate. That's all."
A saddened TC knowingly sighs, tossing Magnum's gun on to the bed.
Quick cut to sleazy streets with hookers leaving the hotel Magnum is staying in, a visual comment on how low he has sunk, as Magnum's voice over comments -
"There are some things you'd think you never get used to in life. Like being lied to.Or being shot. But I noticed over the years that left to it's own devices the mind has an amazing capacity to accept the unacceptable. And I never wanted to let that happen to me. At least not without putting up a good fight."
But you just did that - accept being lied to - with the lie you told TC, because you wanted to go hunt your mirror image who had not only lied to you(to get at Wolfe) but shot you as well.
As for Mary Elizabeth, she minsters to both Driscoll and Magnum's needs, sustained them both at their lowest in a hot sheets hotel, like a gutter guardian angel helping two sinners.
I wonder if she was there to help save/redeem them, she saves Magnums life at least and then at the end leads him out of the dark underground nether world he had sunk in to.
In a old 1940's flick she would have been an angel, the kind of angel TM would get.

[Magnum45]

Hi Guys !

Brand new here, and loving the site !

Been a Magnum PI fan for a very long time, and started watching it at the start of season 3 on it's original broadcast way back in 1982. Really got into it back then, and was a faithful weekly viewer. Decided to try and record the entire series on VHS as soon as it went into syndication. Took me a couple of attempts as if you missed an episode you had to wait for it to cycle through the entire series again.

But finally got the complete series. About 40 VHS tapes

Now I have the " dvd" release, and have had for a while.

What I usually do, almost always, is to watch it chronologically, in order. I like seeing the character development, and basically the evolution of the show.

While I do have my favourites, which are pretty much the usual suspects, I find their is something in every episode for me. Even the less than stellar ones.

This has been one of my all time favourite shows for going on almost 40 years now. And to rewatch it is a real trip down memory lane for me. The first season is 1980, the year I graduated High School. Love seeing the old cars, and retro clothes, and everything else retro with the show. And again, I remember watching this show originally 40 years ago, so naturally it brings back memories of that time. Good ones

Anyway, love the site, and it has so much that I need to check out.

[80s Big Hair]

Decided to try and record the entire series on VHS as soon as it went into syndication. Took me a couple of attempts as if you missed an episode you had to wait for it to cycle through the entire series again.

But finally got the complete series. About 40 VHS tapes

That is dedication. Have fun here.

[Magnum45]

Thanks 80,s Big Hair.

Looks like a great place with all sorts of info and pictures etc etc.

Just started dipping my toes in, and a big thanks to you guys running this site.

[Styles Bitchley]

Hi Guys !

Brand new here, and loving the site !

Been a Magnum PI fan for a very long time, and started watching it at the start of season 3 on it's original broadcast way back in 1982. Really got into it back then, and was a faithful weekly viewer. Decided to try and record the entire series on VHS as soon as it went into syndication. Took me a couple of attempts as if you missed an episode you had to wait for it to cycle through the entire series again.

But finally got the complete series. About 40 VHS tapes

Now I have the " dvd" release, and have had for a while.

What I usually do, almost always, is to watch it chronologically, in order. I like seeing the character development, and basically the evolution of the show.

While I do have my favourites, which are pretty much the usual suspects, I find their is something in every episode for me. Even the less than stellar ones.

This has been one of my all time favourite shows for going on almost 40 years now. And to rewatch it is a real trip down memory lane for me. The first season is 1980, the year I graduated High School. Love seeing the old cars, and retro clothes, and everything else retro with the show. And again, I remember watching this show originally 40 years ago, so naturally it brings back memories of that time. Good ones

Anyway, love the site, and it has so much that I need to check out.

Welcome, Magnum45! You've found the right place for your passion! So what episode(s) have you seen more than the others?

[Little Garwood]

In no particular order:

The Case of the Red Faced Thespian
The Hotel Dick
The Kona Winds
No Need to Know
The Look

Mac’s Back
Novel Connection
The Return of Luther Gillis
Black on White
Ki’i’s Don’t Lie