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Magnum, P.I. Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
21 Episodes 1981 - 1982
Episode 1
Billy Joe Bob
Thu, Oct 8, 198149 mins
Texan Billy Joe Bob Little hires Magnum to find his sister, Carol Ann, who was a nightclub singer before going missing.
Episode 2
Dead Man's Channel
Thu, Oct 15, 198149 mins
A young college student hires Magnum to find her father, an archaeologist. His boat was found adrift in Nehoa Channel, an area that local Hawaiians believe is cursed and non-Hawaiians should not enter.
Episode 3
The Woman on the Beach
Thu, Oct 22, 198149 mins
Sara Clifford committed suicide in the Summer of 1945 by driving her car off a cliff. Rick meets a woman dressed in white named Sarah in the King Kamehameha Club but when they go for a walk on the beach, the woman disappears.
Episode 4
From Moscow to Maui
Thu, Oct 29, 198148 mins
A defected Russian pilot named Yuri Dolgof hires Magnum to get his fiancée Nina, a member of the Soviet track team to defect as well.
Episode 5
Memories Are Forever
Thu, Nov 5, 198192 mins
Magnum thinks he's spotted his one true love Michelle, the woman he married six years earlier during his last tour in Vietnam and thought to have been lost in a bombing raid. As he becomes more and more desperate to find her, he is suddenly and suspiciously recalled for active Navy duty and ordered to testify in Washington.
Episode 6
Tropical Madness
Thu, Nov 12, 198149 mins
Jennifer Chapman, a young English rose takes a liking to Higgins. Naturally, Magnum suspects her of being after something.
Episode 7
Wave Goodbye
Thu, Nov 19, 198149 mins
Magnum's friend Kacy, an ex-surfboarding champion, is found dead on the beach and TM investigates to find the murderer.
Episode 8
Mad Buck Gibson
Thu, Nov 26, 198149 mins
The infamous daredevil and author 'Mad' Buck Gibson parachutes on to the beach near the club. Joan, one of his ex-wives, hires Magnum to keep an eye on Buck to make sure she collects her alimony. Although Magnum can't stand the idea of being a babysitter, Gibson leaves a trail of destruction behind him that sees both Higgins and Rick end up in hospital.
Episode 9
The Taking of Dick McWilliams
Thu, Dec 3, 198149 mins
Dick McWilliams, an old military buddy of Magnum's has been kidnapped. Dick's Japanese wife Mitsu ask TM to drop the ransom without informing the police or her father, who never approved of the marriage in the first place.
Episode 10
The Sixth Position
Thu, Dec 17, 198148 mins
Kendall Chase, a prima ballerina, is staying at the estate as a guest of Robin Masters. Magnum is tasked with being her bodyguard after an incident in New York City.
Episode 11
Ghost Writer
Thu, Dec 24, 198149 mins
Virginia Fowler is ghost writing the autobiography of the elusive, wealthy eccentric Harold Farber. She hires Magnum after her apartment is ransacked and her notes and tapes of the book are stolen.
Episode 12
The Jororo Kill
Thu, Jan 7, 198249 mins
Kate Sullivan, a reporter that Magnum, TC and Rick met in Vietnam, wants Magnum to find a former British MI6 strategist who dropped out of sight to write a book and may be arriving in Hawaii.
Episode 13
Computer Date
Thu, Jan 14, 198249 mins
Magnum is searching for a spy who's been selling computer information from a large corporation. The president of the company tells him he suspects his wife of having an affair and asks him to follow her. Magnum is distressed to find her having an intimate dinner with one of his best friends, Rick.
Episode 14
Try to Remember
Thu, Jan 28, 198249 mins
The Ferrari, with an unconscious and injured Magnum in it, is found at the bottom of a cliff. Magnum is rushed to a hospital but when he regains consciousness is found to have amnesia and cannot remember what happened.
Episode 15
Italian Ice
Thu, Feb 4, 198249 mins
Magnum goes to Sicily at the request of Robin Masters to rescue a friend's daughter who was being held by mobsters. Tom rescues the girl and brings her back to the estate and then trouble occurs.
Episode 16
One More Summer
Thu, Feb 11, 198249 mins
Someone is trying to kill professional football quarterback Dorsey Bramlett who was the backup quarterback for Magnum at the U.S. Naval Academy. Bramlett contacts Magnum and asks Tom to be his bodyguard.
Episode 17
Texas Lightning
Thu, Feb 18, 198249 mins
Magnum is hired by Jeannie Lowry as a bodyguard while she plays high-stakes poker on a yacht.
Episode 18
Double Jeopardy
Thu, Feb 25, 198249 mins
Magnum returns from California and finds a Hollywood crew on the estate filming a movie based on a Robin Masters' novel. When the star's double is injured, Magnum is hired as his replacement.
Episode 19
The Last Page
Thu, Mar 4, 198249 mins
A Vietnam veteran from Seattle hires Magnum to find his girlfriend who came to Hawaii and then disappeared.
Episode 20
The Elmo Ziller Story
Thu, Mar 25, 198249 mins
Someone is trying to murder Elmo Ziller, Higgins' illegitimate half-brother from Texas. Elmo has brought his rodeo to Hawaii and Magnum is asked to protect him.
Episode 21
Three Minus Two
Thu, Apr 1, 198260 mins
Jan Kona and her two partners operate a very successful fashion company. When one of the partners is murdered, Jan asks Magnum to protect her.