How many episodes of Magnum, P.I. are there?

By Alex Wiggan

In 1980, Magnum, P.I. blasted its way onto television screens. The crime drama – created by Donald P. Bellisario and Glen A. Larson – starred Tom Selleck, Roger E. Mosley, Larry Manetti, and John Hillerman, and followed the adventures of private investigator, Thomas Magnum, who lives on the island of Oahu in Hawaii.

During its initial run, Magnum, P.I. was a hugely successful show, with actor Tom Selleck proving to be a popular lead amongst audiences. During the course of its broadcast, the series achieved huge ratings, peaking at around 22.6 million US viewers at its height.

But how many episodes of Magnum, P.I. were produced? And how many seasons are there?

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Magnum, P.I. ran for eight seasons, airing between 1980 and 1988. In total, 162 episodes of Magnum, P.I. were broadcast.

The first two episodes of the show were ‘Don’t Eat the Snow in Hawaii – Part 1 & 2’, which aired back-to-back on December 11^th 1980. The final two episodes, ‘Resolutions – Part 1 & 2’ aired on May 1^st 1988 and concluded the series.

For those interested in the episodes, here is a list of every episode from Season One through to Season Eight, presented in chronological order:

Season One

1) Don’t Eat the Snow in Hawaii – Part 1
2) Don’t Eat the Snow in Hawaii – Part 2
3) China Doll
4) Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too
5) No Need to Know
6) Skin Deep
7) Never Again… Never Again
8) The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii
9) Missing in Action
10) Lest We Forget
11) The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club
12) Thicker Than Blood
13) All Roads Lead to Floyd
14) Adelaide
15) Don’t Say Goodbye
16) The Black Orchid
17) J. ‘Digger’ Doyle
18) Beauty Knows No Pain

Season Two

19) Billy Joe Bob
20) Dead Man’s Channel
21) The Woman on the Beach
22) From Moscow to Maui
23) Memories Are Forever – Part 1
24) Memories Are Forever – Part 2
25) Tropical Madness
26) Wave Goodbye
27) Mad Buck Gibson
28) The Taking of Dick McWilliams
29) The Sixth Position
30) Ghost Writer
31) The Jororo Kill
32) Computer Date
33) Try to Remember
34) Italian Ice
35) One More Summer
36) Texas Lightning
37) Double Jeopardy
38) The Last Page
39) The Elmo Ziller Story
40) Three Minus Two

Season Three

41) Did You See the Sunrise? – Part 1
42) Did You See the Sunrise? – Part 2
43) Ki’i’s Don’t Lie
44) The Eighth Part of the Village
45) Past Tense
46) Black on White
47) Flashback
48) Foiled Again
49) Mr. White Death
50) Mixed Doubles
51) Almost Home
52) Heal Thyself
53) Of Sound Mind
54) The Arrow That Is Not Aimed
55) Basket Case
56) Birdman of Budapest
57) I Do?
58) Forty Years from Sand Island
59) Legacy from a Friend
60) Two Birds of a Feather
61) …By Its Cover
62) The Big Blow
63) Faith and Begorrah

Season Four

64) Home from the Sea
65) Luther Gillis: File #521
66) Smaller Than Life
67) Distant Relative
68) Limited Engagement
69) Letter to a Duchess
70) Squeeze Play
71) A Sense of Debt
72) The Look
73) Operation: Silent Night
74) Jororo Farewell
75) The Case of the Red-Faced Thespian
76) No More Mr. Nice Guy
77) Rembrandt’s Girl
78) Paradise Blues
79) The Return of Luther Gillis
80) Let the Punishment Fit the Crime
81) Holmes Is Where the Heart Is
82) On Face Value
83) Dream a Little Dream
84) I Witness

Season Five

85) Echoes of the Mind – Part 1
86) Echoes of the Mind – Part 2
87) Mac’s Back
88) The Legacy of Garwood Huddle
89) Under World
90) Fragments
91) Blind Justice
92) Murder 101
93) Tran Quoc Jones
94) Luther Gillis: File #001
95) Kiss of the Sabre
96) Little Games
97) Professor Jonathan Higgins
98) Compulsion
99) All for One – Part 1
100) All for One – Part 2
101) The Love-For-Sale Boat
102) Let Me Hear the Music
103) Ms Jones
104) The Man from Marseilles
105) Torah, Torah, Torah
106) A Pretty Good Dancing Chicken

Season Six

107) Déjà Vu – Part 1
108) Déjà Vu – Part 2
109) Old Acquaintance
110) The Kona Winds
111) The Hotel Dick
112) Rou nd and Around
113) Going Home
114) Paniolo
115) The Treasure of Kalaniopu’u
116) Blood and Honor
117) Rapture
118) I Never Wanted to Go to France, Anyway
119) Summer School
120) Mad Dogs and Englishmen
121) All Thieves on Deck
122) This Island Isn’t Big Enough…
123) Way of the Stalking Horse
124) Find Me a Rainbow
125) Who Is Don Luis Higgins?… …and Why Is He Doing These Terrible Things to Me?
126) A Little Bit of Luck… A Little Bit of Grief
127) Photo Play

Season Seven

128) L.A. – Part 1
129) L.A. – Part 2
130) One Picture Is Worth
131) Straight and Narrow
132) A.A.P.I
133) Death and Taxes
134) Little Girl Who
135) Paper War
136) Novel Connection
137) Kapu
138) Missing Melody
139) Death of the Flowers
140) Autumn Warrior
141) Murder by Night
142) On the Fly
143) Solo Flight
144) Forty
145) Laura
146) Out of Sync
147) The Aunt Who Came to Dinner
148) The People vs. Orville Wright
149) Limbo

Season Eight

150) Infinity and Jelly Doughnuts
151) Pleasure Principle
152) Innocence… A Broad
153) Tigers Fan
154) Forever In Time
155) The Love That Lies
156) A Girl Named Sue
157) Unfinished Business
158) The Great Hawaiian Adventure Company
159) Legend of the Lost Art
160) Transitions
161) Resolutions – Part 1
162) Resolutions – Part 2

In addition to 162 episodes, Magnum, P.I. crossed over with two other television shows to create double-length stories.

The first crossover took place in 1982 with the mystery series, Simon & Simon. The second crossover was in 1986 when Magnum, P.I. crossed over with Murder, She Wrote.

In both instances where the crossovers took place, the story began in an episode of Magnum, P.I., before concluding in one of the aforementioned shows.

For those keen to check out the crossovers, the episodes are as follows:

‘Ki’is Don’t Lie’ – This episode of Magnum, P.I. crossed over with the Simon & Simon episode ‘Emeralds Are Not a Girl’s Best Friend’
‘Novel Connection’ – This episode of Magnum, P.I. crossed over with the Murder, She Wrote episode, ‘Magnum on Ice’

If you are a fan of Magnum, P.I., or you are just getting into the show, then you may wish to know that all of the episodes of are currently available to buy on DVD.

The Magnum, P.I. complete boxset includes all eight seasons of the show in one handy collection.

The Magnum, P.I. complete boxset is available from all good entertainment stockists, including Amazon US.