Magnum, P.I.: Season 4

1983 · 21 episodes · ★ 6.8

What Season 4 of Magnum, P.I.

Season 4 of Magnum, P.I. Has 21 episodes and premiered on September 29, 1983. Here's the complete episode guide with air dates, runtimes and ratings.

21episodes

Sep 29, 1983premiered

May 3, 1984latest episode

15.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 4 Episodes

4x01 Home from the Sea
Sep 29, 1983 · 45 min
Magnum is caught in a treacherous current when his surf ski is capsized miles from shore with near disastrous results.
Directing: Harvey S. Laidman · Writing: Donald P. Bellisario · Starring: Gillian Dobb, R.J. Williams, Constance Forslund, Susan Blanchard
4x02 Luther Gillis: File #521
Oct 6, 1983 · 45 min
Magnum joins forces with a hard-nosed private eye from St. Louis whey they find themselves investigating the same case but from opposite ends of the spectrum.
Directing: Virgil W. Vogel · Writing: Reuben Leder · Starring: Gillian Dobb, Melora Hardin, Eugene Roche, Kwan Hi Lim
4x03 Smaller Than Life
Oct 13, 1983 · 45 min
Magnum and Rick discover that trouble comes in all shapes and sizes.
Directing: Alan J. Levi · Writing: J. Rickley Dumm · Starring: Lenore Kasdorf, Blackie Dammett, Cork Hubbert, Lani Kim
4x04 Distant Relative
Oct 20, 1983 · 45 min
Magnum does not count on murder when he chaperones Rick's convent-school sister on a night on the town.
Directing: Virgil W. Vogel · Writing: Nick Thiel · Starring: Gillian Dobb, Carol Channing, Elisha Cook Jr., Kathleen Lloyd
4x05 Limited Engagement
Nov 3, 1983 · 45 min
Hired to investigate a strange series of robberies, Magnum's gallantry comes to the fore when two seemingly helpless, but independent elderly ladies are involved in an accident.
Directing: Harvey S. Laidman · Writing: Richard Yalem, Jay Huguely · Starring: Gillian Dobb, Darleen Carr, Mildred Natwick, Martha Scott
4x06 Letter to a Duchess
Nov 10, 1983 · 45 min
A flowery note of admiration from Higgins to a titles English woman, traveling the Islands incognito, is mistakenly attributed to Magnum.
Directing: Bernard L. Kowalski · Writing: Robert Hamilton · Starring: Jane Merrow, Max Kleven, Terence Knapp, Terry Head
4x07 Squeeze Play
Nov 17, 1983 · 45 min
Robin's Nest may be lost to Magnum and Higgins unless the local softball team can beat high-powered tycoon Buzz Benoit's players.
Directing: Harry Falk · Writing: Reuben Leder · Starring: Dick Shawn, Eddie Deezen, Orson Welles, Patrick Bishop
4x08 A Sense of Debt
Dec 1, 1983 · 45 min
TC puts life and limb on the line when he enters the boxing ring to repay an old debt.
Directing: Ivan Dixon · Writing: Jay Huguely · Starring: Denny Miller, Greg Mullavey, Shannen Doherty, Alan Trammell
4x09 The Look
Dec 8, 1983 · 45 min
Saigon's most popular disc jockey arrives in Honolulu and Magnum discovers she is the victim of vicious phone calls and threats.
Directing: Harry Falk · Writing: Louis F. Vipperman · Starring: Gillian Dobb, Stephen Young, Jean Bruce Scott, Raymond O'Keefe
4x10 Operation: Silent Night
Dec 15, 1983 · 45 min
Magnum, Rick, Higgins and TC spend an unexpected Christmas Eve on a remote island used by the military for gunnery practice.
Directing: Michael Vejar · Writing: Chris Abbott, Reuben Leder · Starring: Ed Lauter, Bruce French
4x11 Jororo Farewell
Jan 5, 1984 · 45 min
Magnum befriends the young Prince of Jororo who is the target of terrorists.
Directing: Ivan Dixon · Writing: Reuben Leder · Starring: Robert Ito, John Saxon, Wesley Ogata, Linda Ryan
4x12 The Case of the Red Faced Thespian
Jan 19, 1984 · 45 min
Magnum must utilize his deductive powers when a lavish costume party becomes the scene of a baffling murder.
Directing: Ivan Dixon · Writing: Robert Hamilton · Starring: Colleen Camp, John McCook, Vonetta McGee, Ronald Lacey
4x13 No More Mr. Nice Guy
Jan 26, 1984 · 45 min
Magnum and Higgins' friend, Carol - now a Deputy District Attorney - cons them into helping her set up a sting operation.
Directing: Michael Vejar · Writing: Rob Gilmer, Nick Thiel · Starring: Sal Viscuso, Kathleen Lloyd, Peter Kalua, James Emery
4x14 Rembrandt's Girl
Feb 2, 1984 · 45 min
Susan Johnson (played by Carol Burnett) is a bank teller who, desperate to hire Magnum, locks the two of them in a time-released bank vault.
Directing: James Frawley · Writing: Chris Abbott · Starring: Gillian Dobb, Carol Burnett, Jillie Mack, John McMartin
4x15 Paradise Blues
Feb 9, 1984 · 45 min
An old friend from Magnum and TC's Vietnam days turns up in Hawaii asking for their help.
Directing: Bernard L. Kowalski · Writing: Chris Abbott · Starring: Leslie Uggams, Chuck Mangione, Patrick Bishop, Nick Dimitri
4x16 The Return of Luther Gillis
Feb 16, 1984 · 45 min
Magnum finds himself working with anachronistic gumshoe Luther Gillis again after someone kidnaps Higgins and Luther's secretary.
Directing: John Llewellyn Moxey · Writing: Reuben Leder · Starring: Sheree North, Geoffrey Lewis, Eugene Roche, Wallace W. Landford
4x17 Let the Punishment Fit the Crime
Feb 23, 1984 · 45 min
A young woman who persuades Magnum to look for her brother also finagles a role in Higgins' musical production for a visiting British politician.
Directing: Bernard L. Kowalski · Writing: Robert Hamilton · Starring: Gillian Dobb, Christopher Mitchum, Hermione Baddeley, Kay Lenz
4x18 Holmes Is Where the Heart Is
Mar 8, 1984 · 45 min
A former British secret agent and old friend of Higgins arrives in Honolulu imagining himself as Sherlock Holmes.
Directing: John Llewellyn Moxey · Writing: Jay Huguely, Judy Burns · Starring: Gillian Dobb, George Cheung, Maurice Roëves, Michael Billington
4x19 On Face Value
Mar 15, 1984 · 45 min
A freak accident, occurring while Magnum is in hot pursuit of suspects causes traumatic injuries for an innocent bystander.
Directing: Harvey S. Laidman · Writing: Nick Thiel · Starring: Dick Warlock, Talia Balsam, Kathleen Lloyd, Tommy Fujiwara
4x20 Dream a Little Dream
Mar 29, 1984 · 45 min
Magnum has feelings of déjà vu when he meets a young woman, who is a contestant in a Surf-Out held on Hawaii's North Shore.
Directing: Roger E. Mosley · Writing: Reuben Leder · Starring: Cindy Pickett, Alexandra Diamond, Jeff Celentano, Robert Apisa
4x21 I Witness Season Finale
May 3, 1984 · 45 min
The King of Kamehameha Club is robbed by masked gunmen and the three principal eye witnesses - Higgins, T.C. and Rick - have decidedly different views of what happened.
Directing: John Llewellyn Moxey · Writing: Chris Abbott, Reuben Leder · Starring: Joy Garrett, Denise Nicholas, Elissa Dulce Hoopai, Patrick Bishop