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Season 5 (1984-85)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
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################# Magnum, P.I. ###############
############## season 5 1984-85 ##############
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CBS Thursdays 8:00-9:00pm Eastern
Typical Producer Credit:
Supervising Producer: Chas. Floyd Johnson
Co-Ordinating Producer: Rick Weaver/ Co-Producer: Chris Abbott-Fish
Produced by Reuben Leder

5.1 [--] Magnum PI: ECHOES OF THE MIND (part 1/2)
b: 27-Sep-1984
Supervising Producer: Chas. Floyd Johnson
Co-Ordinating Producer: Rick Weaver/ Co-Producer: Chris Abbott-Fish
Produced by Reuben Leder
w: Donald P. Bellisario
d: Georg Stanford Brown
dop: WFG
Guest Stars:
Carolyn Seymour (Lady Elizabeth Ashley)
George Innes (David Billingsworth)
Deborah Pratt (Gloria)
June Chadwick (Sarah)
Special Guest Star:
Sharon Stone (Diane Dupres / Deidre Dupres)
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley) (recurring)
Glenn Cannon (Dr. Ibold)  (recurring)
With:
Elissa Hoopai (Rosine)
Clem Stone (Airline Attendant)


5.2 [--] Magnum PI: ECHOES OF THE MIND (part II)
b: 04-Oct-1984
w: Donald P. Bellisario
d: Georg Stanford Brown
gs:
Carolyn Seymour (Lady Elizabeth Ashley)
George Innes (David Billingsworth)
Deborah Pratt (Gloria)
June Chadwick (Sarah)
Special Guest Star:
Sharon Stone (Diane Dupres / Deidre Dupres)
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley)
John Hillerman (Father Paddy McGuiness [uncredited])

5.3 [--] Magnum PI: MAC'S BACK
b: 11-Oct-1984
Supervising Producer: Chas. Floyd Johnson
Co-Ordinating Producer: Rick Weaver/ Co-Producer: Chris Abbott-Fish
Produced by Reuben Leder
w: Donald P. Bellisario
d: Alan J. Levi
dop: WFG
Guest Stars:
Jeff Mackay ("Mac"/Father Jim Hiller/Lt. Neville Johnson/Lt. Jim Bonnick/Lt. Jo Travis) (recurring)  
Lance LeGault (Colonel Buck Greene) (recurring) 
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Darryl Ferrera (Father Jim Hiller)
Glenn Cannon (Doc Ibold) (recurring) 
With:
Robert Harker (Jeweler)
Fred Ball (Ice Cream Parlor Manager)
Esmond Chung (Police Officer)
Winston Char (Duc Ho)
Richard Groenendel (Salior)
Phil Johnson (Shore Patrolman)
Carmella Carut (Carmella)
Tor Kamaka (Bodyguard #1)
Al Leong (Bodyguard #2)
*
Sharon Stone (Diane Dupres [flash-back, uncredited])
Marta DuBois (Michelle Hue (formerly Magnum) [flash-back, uncredited])
Clyde Kusatsu (Colonel Ki(uncredited))
Synopsis:
A depressed Magnum can't convince anyone that he has seen Mac, whom he saw killed over a year ago.

5.4 [--] Magnum PI: THE LEGACY OF GARWOOD HUDDLE
b: 18-Oct-1984
w: Richard Yalem
d: Vincent McEveety
dop: WFG
Guest Stars:
Pat Hingle ............... Garwood Huddle
John Ratzenberger ........ Walt Brewster
Belinda Montgomery ....... Fran "Frannie" Huddle
Philip Sterling .......... Harry Clayborn
Michael Anderson, Jr. .... Garwood Huddle Jr.
Nancy De Carl ............. (TV newscaster Sheila)
Elisha Cook, Jr. (Ice Pick) (recurring)  
William Bryant (Arnold "Slick" Sims)
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Dick Durock (Norm)
With:
Loretta Fury (Myra)
Wisa D'Orso (Mavis)
Harold Isekel (Detective)
Douglas Woo (Anchorman)
*
Phil Hartman (voice of newsreader [uncredited])
Wakefield Mist (Garwood Huddle III [uncredited])
Synopsis:
An old friend of Higgins who just escaped from prison asks Magnum for help in finding his kidnapped grandson.

5.5 [--] Magnum PI: UNDER WORLD
25Oct84
Sup Pr: CFJ /Co-Ord Pr: Rick Weaver / Co-Pr: CA-F
Produced by Rueben Leder
Written by Rueben Leder
Directed by Ivan Dixon / dop: WFG
Guest Star:
Richard Lawson ........ Jerrold Balvin
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Sam Vlahos ............ Leo
Glenn Cannon .......... Doc Ibold (recurring) 
James Grant Benton .... Dave
With:
Rod Aiu ............... Carl
Michael Norton-Dennis .. Harry Bates
Josie Over ............ Desk Clerk
Steve Landis .......... Jack Phillips
Sylvia S. McAlester ... Nora Phillips
Judy Sykes ............ The Maid
Larry Goeas ........... Security Guard
Synopsis:
Magnum feels that a helicopter crash that put T.C. in a coma was no accident and dives to the
submerged wreckage to find proof.

5.6 [--] Magnum PI: FRAGMENTS
1Nov84
Sup Pr. (Hawaii): CFJ / Sup. Pr (Hollywood) DB
Co-Ord Pr: Rick Weaver / Co-Pr: Nick Thiel
Produced by Reuben Leder
Teleplay by Nick Thiel and Donald P. Bellisario
Story Nick Thiel and David Chomsky
Directed by David Hemmings / dop:WFG
Guest Stars:
Samantha Eggar ........ Laura Griffin or Laura Bennett?
Kenneth Mars .......... Archie Rankin
*
Co-Starring:(end credits)
Gillian Dobb .......... Agatha Chumly (recurring)
Vic Leon .............. Eddie
Madeline Press ........ Thelma
Esmond Chung .......... Kenny
Karen Keawehawaii ..... Singer
With:
Brian Clark ........... Military Man
Wisa D'Orso ........... Animal Trainer
Ann Willmarth ......... Car Buyer
Julia English ......... Muffy
Synopsis:
A psychic seeks Magnum's protection after she "sees" her own murder.

5.7 [--] Magnum PI: BLIND JUSTICE
8Nov84
Sup Pr: CFJ / Co-Ord Pr: Rick Weaver / Co-Pr: C.A-F
Produced by Reuben Leder
Written by Chris Abbott-Fish
Directed by Russ Mayberry / dop: WFG
Guest Stars:
George Dicenzo ........ Barry Aldrich
Margie Impert ......... Ms. Madeline Jones
Natalie Gregory ....... Elizabeth
And:
Barbara Rush ........... Ann Carrington
Special Guest Star:
Kathleen Lloyd ......... Asst. D.A. Carol Baldwin (recurring)
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Kwan Hi-Lim ........... Lt. Tanaka (recurring)
Danny Kamekana ........ Judge
Dick Jensen ........... Willie K
With:
Gary Epper ............ Gregory Xavier
Maria Green ........... Debbie Carrington
Bobby Silva ........... Officer Gilbert
Bob Nelson ............ Bailiff
Susan Ditto-Paige ..... Addie
Lisa Larontonda ....... Law Associate
Magnum clears a man suspected of murder by proving the case a suicide; however, he finds clues pointing
to his guilt in a different murder.

5.8 [--] Magnum PI: MURDER 101
15Nov84
Sup Pr: CFJ / Co-Ord Pr: Rick Weaver / Co-Pr: C.A-F
Written by Rogers Turrentine
Directed by Ivan Dixon / dop WFG
Guest Stars:
Marilyn Jones ......... Stacy Dayton
Alan Fudge............. Gaylord
Kim Miyori ............ Kiana
Harry Townes .......... Albert
Hunter Von Leer ....... Merle
Frank Whiteman ........ Blaylock
Tom Shadyac ........... Danny
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Keokeokalae Hughes .... Elena
George O'Hanlon ....... Ted Hazlett
With:
Bill Bigelow .......... Spencer
Carol Kai ............. Car Rental Agent
Richard Vales ......... Carbage Man
Norm Compton .......... Policeman
Stan Kamaka ........... Chug-h-lugger
While teaching an investigation class Magnum decides to tackle a real case, finding the missing fiancee
of a student, to keep the students interested in the class.

[--] 22Nov84 - no details

5.9 [--] Magnum PI: TRAN QUOC JONES
29Nov84
Sup Pr: CFJ / Co-Ord Pr: Rick Weaver / Co-Pr: C.A-F
Written by Chris Abbott-Fish
Directed by Russ Mayberry
dop: WFG
Guest Stars:
Rick Lenz ............. Dick Hasley
Terry Kiser ........... Dennis Redfield
Deborah Pratt ......... Gloria
Jeff McKay ............ Jim "Mac" Bonnick (recurring)
Robert Tessier ........ Woods
And:
Roland Harrah III ..... Tran Quoc Jones
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Kwan Hi-Lim ........... Lt. Tanaka (recurring)
With:
George Groves, Jr ..... Jones
Robbie Derneki ........ Honey Lester
Carmella Barut ........ Carmella
Glenn Pinho ........... Dan
Naomi Otsubo .......... Kathy
Synopsis:
Magnum's efforts to find the father of an Amerasian orphan are
hindered by a politician who wants to use the publicity in his campaign.

5.10 [--] Magnum PI: LUTHER GILLIS: FILE #001
6Dec84
Written by Reuben Leder
Directed by Ivan Dixon / dop: WFG
Guest Stars: (order to be verified)
Eugene Roche .......... Luther H. Gillis, P.I.
Don Knight ............ Dan Davies
Gary Grubbs ........... Dexter
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Kwan Hi-Lim ........... Lieutenant Tanaka (recurring) 
Gary Pagett ........... Artie
With:
Gary Spotts ........... Siegmund
Peggy Anne Siegmund ... Mrs. Cathcart
David Johnson ......... Eric
Orson Welles (the voice of Robin Masters [uncredited])
A busy Magnum hands a case over to transplanted P.I. Luther Gillis: Higgins is trying to help a distressed Englishwoman
satisfy a blackmailer threatening to reveal that her son is illegitimate.

5.11 [--] Magnum PI: KISS OF THE SABRE
13Dec84
Sup Pr: CFJ / Co-Ord Pr: Rick Weaver / Co-Pr: C.A-F
Produced by Reuben Leder
Written by Jay Huguely
Directed by John Patterson
Guest Stars:
Cassie Yates .......... Betty Windom and Collette
David Spielberg ....... Dan Morgan and Vittorio Romano
Soon-Teck Oh .......... Dr. Bill and Dr. Ling
Patrick Collins ....... Russell Smythe and Hans Leopold
Paul Gleason .......... Ronnie Meeder ad Jacques Arnot
Series Regular
Roger E. Mosely ...... T.C. and Winston
*
No End Cast on Credits
Synopsis:
A mystery novelist who is using Magnum and his friends as characters in a book gets involved in
one of Magnum's investigations.

5.12 [--] Magnum PI: LITTLE GAMES
b: 03-Jan-1985
Supervising Producer: Chas. Floyd Johnson
Co-Ordinating Producer: Rick Weaver/ Co-Producer: Chris Abbott-Fish
Produced by Reuben Leder
w: Deborah Pratt
d: Arthur Allan Seidelman
dop: WFG
gs:
Jenny Agutter (Krista Villaroch)
Jeff Mackay (Jim "Mac" Bonnick) (recurring)
And:
Cesar Romero (Doc Villaroch)
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Jo Pruden (Lenor Vandercliff)
Jimmy Borges (Officer Lee)
With:
Steven Perry (Police Officer)
Ed Kim, Jr. (Waiter)
Synopsis:
Magnum bets an insurance company representative that she can't get through the security systems at the estate,
just prior to a jewelry making competition which is being held there.

5.13 [--] Magnum PI: PROFESSOR JONATHAN HIGGINS
b: 10-Jan-1985
Supervising Producer: Chas. Floyd Johnson
Co-Ordinating Producer: Rick Weaver/ Co-Producer: Chris Abbott-Fish
Produced by Reuben Leder
Teleplay: Jay Huguely/ Story: Mary Lee Gaynor
d: Peter Medak
dop: WFG
gs:
Jillie Mack (Sally Ponting)
Lynn Wood (Mrs. Finch)
Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley) (recurring)
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Ronald Knight (Frank Ohmar)
With:
Maralyn Nell (Constance)
Meg Roach (Sydney)
David Traylor (Timothy Finch)
Allan Graf (The Man)
Ian Gourlay (Bartender #1)
Eugene Hew-Len (Bartender #2)
Juni Medeiros (Taxi Driver)
Synopsis:
Higgins attempts to prepare his punkish cousin for her marriage into a society family, while Magnum goes after swindlers.

5.14 [--] Magnum PI: COMPULSION
b: 24-Jan-1985
Supervising Producer: Chas. Floyd Johnson
Co-Ordinating Producer: Rick Weaver/ Co-Producer: Chris Abbott-Fish
Produced by Reuben Leder
w: Chris Abbott-Fish
Directed by David Hemmings
dop: James Luske
Guest Star:
David Hemmings (Lord Binkie Smythe-White)
John Pleshette (Steve Elliot)
Susan Swift (Sunshine)
Gillian Dobb (Agatha Chumley) (recurring)
Special Guest Star:
Kathleen Lloyd (Assistant District Attorney Carol Baldwin) (recurring)
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Richard MacPherson (Moody)
With:
Camille Yamamoto (Doctor)
David Palmer (Freddie Baxter)
Dean Turner (Gridley Parsloe)
Synopsis:
Magnum tries to help Carol when she's threatened by a deranged man bent on revenge and Higgins dreads a
visit from old school chums who believe that he owns Robin's Nest.

5.15 [--] Magnum PI: ALL FOR ONE (part 1/2)
b: 31-Jan-1985
Supervising Producer: Chas. Floyd Johnson
Co-Ordinating Producer: Rick Weaver/ Co-Producer: Chris Abbott-Fish
Produced by Reuben Leder
w: Reuben Leder
d: Mike Vejar
dop: WFG
Guest Star:
Robert Forster (Tyler Peabody McKinney)
Clyde Kusatsu (Dr. Lon Teng)
Seth Sakai (Major Thieu)
Dustin Nguyen (Norodom "Joe" Hanamut)
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Mimorie Acain Thoma (Nata Ying)
Michael Hasegawa (Captain Thanat)
Debi Parker (Kan Hol)
Nguyen Thinh Van (Suragit)
With:
James Grimshaw (J.J. Quinncannon)
Reginald F. H. Ho (Keo)
Christine Pan (Bar Girl)
Harry Chang (Desk Clerk)
Louise Ngoc Nguyen (Cambodian Mother)
Nguyen Bao Loc Quy (Cambodian Son)
Synopsis:
The guys join a mercenary in an attempt to free an old friend from his captors in Vietnam,
but things do not go as planned.

5.16 [--] Magnum PI: ALL FOR ONE (part 2/2)
b: 07-Feb-1985
Supervising Producer: Chas. Floyd Johnson
Co-Ordinating Producer: Rick Weaver/ Co-Producer: Chris Abbott-Fish
Produced by Reuben Leder
w: Reuben Leder
d: Mike Vejar
dop: WFG
Guest Stars:
Robert Forster (Tyler Peabody McKinney)
Clyde Kusatsu (Dr. Lon Teng)
Seth Sakai (Major Thieu)
Dustin Nguyen (Norodom "Joe" Hanamut)
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Mimorie Acain Thoma (Nata Ying)
Debi Parker (Kan Hol)
Nguyen Thinh Van (Suragit)
Synopsis:
The guys join a mercenary in an attempt to free an old friend from his captors in Vietnam,
but things do not go as planned.

5.17 [--] Magnum PI: THE LOVE-FOR-SALE BOAT
b: 14-Feb-1985
Supervising Producer: Chas. Floyd Johnson
Co-Ordinating Producer: Rick Weaver/ Co-Producer: Chris Abbott-Fish
Produced by Reuben Leder
w: J. Miyoko Hensley & Steven Hensley
d: Ray Austin
dop: John C. Flinn III
Guest Stars:
Jeff Mackay (Jim "Mac" Bonnick) (recurring)
Elisha Cook, Jr. (Ice Pick) (recurring)
Marilyn Tokuda (Sakiko)
George Kee Cheung (Nagosho)
Carolyn Seymour (Leanne)
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Kam Fong (Kanki)
Nathan Jung (Yaikra)
Jeanne Kanai (Umeko)
Masayo Ha (Tamiko)
Bob Fimiani (Homer Knowlton)
Klee Hoskot (Car Rental Agent #1)
Linda Watson (Car Rental Agent #2)
Kathleen Edwards (II) (Car Rental Agent #3)
Naomi Sodetani (Car Rental Agent #4)
Synopsis:
Rick gets in over his head when Mac talks him into buying a stolen yacht with money borrowed from Icepick.

5.18 [--] Magnum PI: LET ME HEAR THE MUSIC
b: 21-Feb-1985
w: Jay Huguely
D: (NO on-screen director credit)
dop: John C. Flinn III
Guest Stars:
Susan Oliver ............. Laurie Crane
Red West ................. Billy Cockrell-present day
Robert Sampson ........... Desmond Crane
Amanda McBroom ........... Country singer
Special Guest Star:
Dennis Weaver ............ Lacy Fletcher-present day
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Robbie Weaver ............. George Lee Jessup
Rustin Weaver ............. Lacy Fletcher-1954
Kwan Hi Lim ............... Lieutenant Yoshi Tanaka (recurring)  
With:
Michael Cowell ............ Billy Cockrell-1954
Jim Demarest .............. Emcee
*
Songs:
"Cheatin'Kisses", "I just want to hold you" written by Dennis Weaver
"Last Word Woman" music by Reuben Leder, lyrics by Jay Hugue
Synopsis:
A country music performer is determined to find some missing songs written by someone who has been dead for 25 years.

5.19 [--] Magnum PI: MS. JONES
b: 07-Mar-1985
Supervising Producer: Chas. Floyd Johnson
Co-Ordinating Producer: Rick Weaver/ Co-Producer: Chris Abbott-Fish
Produced by Reuben Leder
w: Phil Combest
d: Ray Austin
dop: John C. Flinn III
Guest Stars:
Margie Impert (Ms. Madeline "Maddie" Jones)
Sam Anderson (Ray Jones)
Robert Hoy (Mark Phelps / Paul Scott)
And:
Lance LeGault (Colonel Buck Green) (recurring)
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Kwan Hi Lim (Lieutenant Yoshi Tanaka) (recurring)
Marcia Wolf (Karen Summers)
Ray Austin (Nigel Hucksby)
Harry Endo (Mr. Matsuda)
With:
Johnny Hock (Agent #1)
Kim Bevers (Allison)
Anne Willmarth (Mrs. Thurston)
Carolyn Shofner (Talent Coordinator)
Randy Spangler (Bouncer)
Robert Sizer (Caligua)
Anthony Lucckette (Emcee)
Paul Stader, Jr. (Agent #2)
Synopsis:
A records clerk who loves to aggravate Magnum with red tape finds herself needing a favor from
him in locating her husband.

5.20 [--] Magnum PI: THE MAN FROM MARSEILLES
b: 14-Mar-1985
Supervising Producer: Chas. Floyd Johnson
Co-Ordinating Producer: Rick Weaver/ Co-Producer: Chris Abbott-Fish
Produced by Reuben Leder
w: Reuben Leder
d: John Llewellyn Moxey
dop: John C. Flinn III
Guest Star:
Paul Verdier ............. Detective Jean Claude Fornier
Special Guest Star:
Kathleen Lloyd ........... Assistant District Attorney Carol Baldwin  (recurring)
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Kwan Hi Lim (Lieutenant Yoshi Tanaka)  (recurring)
Elissa Dulce ............. Tiffany
Edward Randolph .......... Marcel Dubray
Joe Moore (Reporter)
Edward Fernandez (Tak Nakamura)
Roydon Clark (Sailor)
Synopsis:
Magnum finds himself working with the dashing French detective who has been the model for
Robin Masters' many best selling novels.

5.21 [--] Magnum PI: TORAH, TORAH, TORAH
b: 28-Mar-1985
Supervising Producer: Chas. Floyd Johnson
Co-Ordinating Producer: Rick Weaver/ Co-Producer: Chris Abbott-Fish
Produced by Reuben Leder
w: Martain Sage & Sybil Adelman
d: Leo Penn
dop: John C. Flinn III
Guest Stars:
Nehemiah Persoff ......... Rabbi Asher Solomon
France Nuyen ............. Mia Chou
Arlen Dean Snyder ........ Mr. Shelby
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Ralph Strait (Optician)
Kwan Hi Lim (Lieutenant Yoshi Tanaka) (recurring)  
Don Over (Dispatcher)
With:
Peter Stader (Vic Makula)
James Calabrese (European)
Tovik Liberman (Young Solomon)
Chris Duque (Dick Ling)
Synopsis:
A smuggling ring steals a Torah from a rabbi friend of Higgins.

5.22 [--] Magnum PI: A PRETTY GOOD DANCING CHICKEN
b: 04-Apr-1985
Supervising Producer: Chas. Floyd Johnson
Co-Ordinating Producer: Rick Weaver/ Co-Producer: Chris Abbott-Fish
Produced by Reuben Leder
Story: Joe Gorges & Anthony Pellicano / Teleplay: Jay Huguely and Joe Gores
d: Bernard L. Kowalski
dop: John C. Flinn III
Guest Stars:
Asher Brauner ............ Darryl Jacobs
Shannon Wilcox ........... Diana Franklin / Holly Berry
Matt Clark ............... Jack Damon
Hari Rhodes .............. Prison Guard
Linda Grovenor ........... Rebecca Jane "Becky" Damon
Jack Knight
And:
Matt Clark ............... Jack Damon
Special Guest Star:
Kathleen Lloyd ........... Assistant District Attorney Carol Baldwin (recurring)
*
Co-Starring: (end credits)
Garrison True (Paul Graham)
With:
Ted White (Inmate #1)
Mickey Caruso (Inmate #2)
Turner Pe'A (Police Officer)
Clay Wai (Frog)
Synopsis:
Magnum goes into a prison undercover to locate an inmate who might have some information about where Carol's niece is.