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Season 4

Magnum, P.I.

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Season 4

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Magnum, P.I. (1980), Season 4 is the crime-detective drama you can watch online on iFILM — 21 episodes of a Vietnam vet turned private eye living off a millionaire's Hawaii estate.

The run starts with Thomas Magnum fighting a deadly current miles offshore, and it rarely lets him rest after that. Luther Gillis, the stubborn gumshoe from St. Louis, drops in twice to chase the same case from the opposite angle. Magnum, Rick, T.C. and Higgins end up stranded on a gunnery-range island one Christmas Eve. A flowery note meant for an English duchess gets pinned on Magnum, and Robin's Nest itself rides on a softball game. Underneath the sun and the Ferrari sit real stakes: kidnappings, old war debts, a bystander hurt in a chase gone wrong.

Tom Selleck carries the whole season on charm and a dry grin while the writers keep folding mystery into adventure without turning it into a formula. This is solid middle-period Magnum, postcard scenery hiding grown-up stories. Stream Magnum, P.I. Season 4 online on iFILM.

Season 4

21 episodes

  • Home from the Sea
    S4·E1

    Home from the Sea

    September 29, 1983 · 45 min

    Magnum is caught in a treacherous current when his surf ski is capsized miles from shore with near disastrous results.

  • Luther Gillis: File #521
    S4·E2

    Luther Gillis: File #521

    October 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.

  • Smaller Than Life
    S4·E3

    Smaller Than Life

    October 13, 1983 · 45 min

    Magnum and Rick discover that trouble comes in all shapes and sizes.

  • Distant Relative
    S4·E4

    Distant Relative

    October 20, 1983 · 45 min

    Magnum does not count on murder when he chaperones Rick's convent-school sister on a night on the town.

  • Limited Engagement
    S4·E5

    Limited Engagement

    November 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.

  • Letter to a Duchess
    S4·E6

    Letter to a Duchess

    November 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.

  • Squeeze Play
    S4·E7

    Squeeze Play

    November 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.

  • A Sense of Debt
    S4·E8

    A Sense of Debt

    December 1, 1983 · 45 min

    TC puts life and limb on the line when he enters the boxing ring to repay an old debt.

  • The Look
    S4·E9

    The Look

    December 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.

  • Operation: Silent Night
    S4·E10

    Operation: Silent Night

    December 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.

  • Jororo Farewell
    S4·E11

    Jororo Farewell

    January 5, 1984 · 45 min

    Magnum befriends the young Prince of Jororo who is the target of terrorists.

  • The Case of the Red Faced Thespian
    S4·E12

    The Case of the Red Faced Thespian

    January 19, 1984 · 45 min

    Magnum must utilize his deductive powers when a lavish costume party becomes the scene of a baffling murder.

  • No More Mr. Nice Guy
    S4·E13

    No More Mr. Nice Guy

    January 26, 1984 · 45 min

    Magnum and Higgins' friend, Carol - now a Deputy District Attorney - cons them into helping her set up a sting operation.

  • Rembrandt's Girl
    S4·E14

    Rembrandt's Girl

    February 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.

  • Paradise Blues
    S4·E15

    Paradise Blues

    February 9, 1984 · 45 min

    An old friend from Magnum and TC's Vietnam days turns up in Hawaii asking for their help.

  • The Return of Luther Gillis
    S4·E16

    The Return of Luther Gillis

    February 16, 1984 · 45 min

    Magnum finds himself working with anachronistic gumshoe Luther Gillis again after someone kidnaps Higgins and Luther's secretary.

  • Let the Punishment Fit the Crime
    S4·E17

    Let the Punishment Fit the Crime

    February 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.

  • Holmes Is Where the Heart Is
    S4·E18

    Holmes Is Where the Heart Is

    March 8, 1984 · 45 min

    A former British secret agent and old friend of Higgins arrives in Honolulu imagining himself as Sherlock Holmes.

  • On Face Value
    S4·E19

    On Face Value

    March 15, 1984 · 45 min

    A freak accident, occurring while Magnum is in hot pursuit of suspects causes traumatic injuries for an innocent bystander.

  • Dream a Little Dream
    S4·E20

    Dream a Little Dream

    March 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.

  • I Witness
    S4·E21

    I Witness

    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.

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