Magnum P.I.: Season 6

I'm a 50 yr old male, happily married, couple of late teen boys...and I just have a blast watching these DVDs...I have all of them now. I'm quite an admirer of Mr. Selleck, due to his independent conservative beliefs as well as his views on the 2nd Ammendment. I also gained GREAT respect for him for his handling of the Rosie O. attack he endured! I also find his cowboy movies are especially terrific examples of his acting ability, great story telling there. Never payed much attention to Magnum PI in the 80's when on TV, but now with TODAY's TV which is...well... total garbage, this show is a breath of fresh air. So I thought I'd buy the first season of Magnum, as I recalled it was a pretty good show, plus it has Selleck. What a great decision. The whole cast and the way they interact is like a tight family, funny, strong and loyal ties that bind, and is great fun to watch. You may find that a few episodes (here & there in season 4, 5, 6) are pretty simple (poorly written), BUT the actors tried to work with it and it's still the Magnum PI family. Buy it, enjoy it and turn OFF modern TV! It'll be good for you and yours, I promise ya ~

This 1985-86 Season DVD of this detective drama wasn't too shabby, but Universal should display the information of each episode of MAGNUM's original air-date along with a brief description of what the episode is about along with it's original air-date, just like they did with MAGNUM, P.I.-Seasons 1, 2, and 3, before showing each episode like Universal used to do with all their shows before showing the episode or at least put the original air-date on the DVD case with each summary listed with the episodes like Warnes Bros. did with the CHiPs Seasons 1 and 2 DVD's and like Warner Bros. did with all DUKES OF HAZZARD DVD's.For instance, the original air-dates to each of these 1985-1986 Season episodes on CBS were9/26/85-DEJA VU10/3/85-OLD ACQUAINTANCE10/10/85-THE KONA WINDS10/17/85-THE HOTEL DICK10/24/85-ROUND & AROUND10/31/85-GOING HOME11/7/85-PANIOLO11/14/85-THE TREASURE OF KALANIOUPU'U11/21/85-BLOOD & HONOR11/28/85-RAPTURE1/2/86-I NEVER WANTED TO GO TO FRANCE ANYWAY1/9/86-SUMMER SCHOOL1/23/86-MAD DOGS & ENGLISHMEN1/30/86-ALL THIEVES ON DECK2/13/86-THIS ISLAND ISN'T BIG ENOUGH2/20/86-WAY OF THE STALKING HORSE3/13/86-FIND ME A RAINBOW3/20/86-WHO IS THIS DON LUIS HIGGINS & WHY IS HE DOING THESE TERRIBLE THINGS TO ME?4/3/86-A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK, A LITTLE BIT OF GRIEF4/10/86-PHOTO PLAYThey should also do that with AIRWOLF-Season 3 and THE ROCKFORD FILES-Season 4 and ROCKFORD FILES-Season 5 as well as ROCKFORD FILES-Season 6.But other than that MAGNUM'S 6th Season wasn't too shabby, especially since all the episodes were complete & uncut just like they were originally shown on CBS as opposed to how they were shown in reruns on Cozi-TV, A&E, USA, and WGN which were all edited with deleted scenes & added commercials, but the 7th and 8th Seasons of MAGNUM, PI are actually quite a bit better than the Sixth Season, since the 7th and 8th Seasons were quite a bit more sophisticated than the 6th Season, but some of my favorite episodes from the Sixth Season were "Round & Around", "Way Of The Stalking Horse", "Paniolo", "Kona Winds", "Summer School", etc., since those were some action packed and dramatic episodes that made Magnum a real hero at the end of each of those episodes, which I think most MAGNUM viewers and fans would agree with me on, even though the 1985-86 Season wasn't as good as the last 2 seasons of MAGNUM, P.I. and even though the 6th Season wasn't as funny or as amusing as the first 2 seasons of MAGNUM either, since Magnum and the rest of the cast crew seemed to have become quite a bit more serious and more dramatic in this season.This was also the season when Magnum and Higgins get to meet Robin Masters so-called out-of-control nephew R.J. Masters(Tate Donovan) in the " Summer School " episode when RJ ends up impersonating Magnum and stealing his murder investigation to gain acknowledgement and respect along with driving a green Ferrari similar to Robin Masters red Ferrari that Magnum always drove.Something else I noticed about the last 3 seasons of MAGNUM starting with the 6th Season was Robin Masters Ferrari was actually newer and more upgraded than it was in the first 5 seasons of MAGNUM, since Robin's Ferrari had the black vents on the hood of the car and had snazzier rims in the 6th, 7th, and 8th Season of MAGNUM, which Robin's Ferrari didn't have in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th Season, which you'd notice if you take a very good look at Robin's Ferrari in the last 3 seasons of MAGNUM and then take a very close look at Robin's Ferrari in the first 5 seasons of MAGNUM all over again, which was especially noticable in the first 3 seasons, since those were the seasons when Magnum(Tom Selleck) drove the Ferrari more along with the fact that MAGNUM was obviously no longer in its honeymoon phase of the show anymore either since the honeymoon phase of this private detective drama was already long gone by MAGNUM's 3rdUnfortunately, the ratings on MAGNUM started slipping for the 2nd year in a row while it was in this 1985-86 Season, since it was now up against COSBY SHOW every Thursday night at the same time-slot, when COSBY SHOW debuted on NBC in the Fall of 1984, resulting in MAGNUM losing a lot of viewers through COSBY, which resulted in CBS to moving MAGNUM to Wednesday nights in the Fall of 1986, in order to bring the ratings back up, so it wouldn't be against COSBY anymore.I'm just surprised that Robin's Ferrari never had a carphone in it, unlike A-TEAM van, THE FALL GUY's truck, and Face's Corvette all had, especially since Robin's Ferrari was quite a bit more upgraded than all those vehicles.It was also interesting seeing Clu Gulager in the "Way Of The Stalking Horse" episode after seeing him on other popular prime time shows like CHiPs, THE FALL GUY, KNIGHT RIDER, AIRWOLF, etc. prior to that.This 1985-86 Season DVD box set of MAGNUM also includes a cool bonus episode from MAGNUM's 7th Season such as "The Little Girl Who" episode, which my wife and I enjoyed watching, especially since MAGNUM's 1986-87 Season didn't get released till 8 months later after this DVD box set was.MAGNUM's 1985-1986 Season also takes me all the way back to memory lane when CBS's motto was "CBS: We've Got The Touch", since that was CBS's slogan from the Fall of 1983 thru the Summer of 1986.It was also interesting seeing guest stars like*Meredith Mac Rae in the "Summer School" episode after her co-starring days as Billy Jo Bradley on PETTICOAT JUNCTION and BEVERLY HILLBILLIES*Alan Hale in the "All Thieves On Deck" episode after his co-starring days as Skipper on GILLIGAN'S ISLAND-Douglas McClure in the "Paniolo" episode before his co-starring days as Mayor Applegate on OUT OF THIS WORLD*Phyllis Davis in "The Hotel Dick" episode after her co-starring days on VEGAS*Henry Darrow in the "Paniolo" episode during his co-starring days on SANTA BARBARA and after his co-starring days on GENERAL HOSPITAL*Gran Van-Dusen in "The Hotel Dick" episode before his co-starring days on PORT CHARLES and THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS*Eddie Barth in the "Rapture" episode after his co-starring days as Rick & AJ Simon's retired private-eye buddy(Myron Fowler) on SIMON & SIMONSo now that Universal has released all 8 seasons of MAGNUM, P.I. out on DVD, I'm hoping this has inspired Warner Bros. to finally release the detective drama MATT HOUSTON out on DVD soon, especially since MATT HOUSTON was also a very popular TV show during it's 3-year run on ABC, which by the way was in competition with MAGNUM, since Matlock Houston(Lee Horseley) was a private investigator just like Thomas Magnum(Tom Selleck) was along with the fact that MATT HOUSTON was MAGNUM, PI's biggest rival, despite the intriguing fact that there was an interesting slight resemblence between Magnum and Houston, except Houston was a lot tougher, a lot huskier, a lot spunkier, a lot more organized, and a lot more fortunate than Magnum ever was since Houston was a filthy-rich private-eye from Texas who lived in the L.A. Area to take over a family-business overseas who ran a private detective agency on the side as a hobby, but Magnum was just a beach-bum style private dick who lived on a shoe-string budget and rent-free at the so-called wealthy novelist Robin Masters Estate in Hawaii who only worked when he wanted to.Therefore Magnum(Tom Selleck) was always broke and Houston(Lee Horsley) never was since Houston lived high on the hog in a fancy shmancy penthouse in Hollywood who also had a detective agency in Downtown LA along with the fact that Houston was always rolling in bucks living in luxury and always had foxy women around him, unlike Magnum whose cash-flow problem was often a laugh since Magnum was always barely getting by and struggling to make a living just like the often festidious gumshoe Jim Rockford(James Garner)was on THE ROCKFORD FILES, so Magnum could never even touch Houston for that matter either especially since Houston lived the kind of lifestyle that Magnum envied & would've wished he could've had too, despite the fact that MATT HOUSTON tanked after it's 3-year run on ABC when it was cancelled in the Summer of 1985 since MATT HOUSTON lost a lot of viewers thru MIAMI VICE when it debuted on NBC in the Fall of 1984 since MIAMI VICE was at the same time 10PM time-slot as MATT HOUSTON was.By the way I just got word that Paramount will finally be releasing MATT HOUSTON-Season 1 out on DVD on March 9th, 2010 and SIMON & SIMON will be released on Tuesday April 6th, 2010 and are both now available for pre-order online, so I can hardly wait to add MATT HOUSTON DVD's to my collection along with my MAGNUM DVD box sets.

MAGNUM has been one of my favorite TV programs since it debuted in 1980, and I also consider it to be subjectively one of the greatest television shows of all time. I just love it and will never get tired of watching it. However, this fact does not blind me to some of the shortcomings of this, its sixth season. By this time (1985 - 1986), the series had passed the fabled 100 episode mark and become a staple of popular culture. But the 100 episode mark is also the point where I feel even the best shows tend to start falling off in quality, and MAGNUM struggled a little with this curse when it hit season six. That's the bad news. The good is that it despite an opening stumble, it managed to right itself and deliver the kind of layered entertainment -- a mixture of drama, self-awareness, action, drama and comedy -- that its fans expected.If you're reading this, you probably know the story of MAGNUM and don't need to be told, so I'll keep the description to this: MAGNUM is the story of Thomas S. Magnum III (Tom Selleck) a former Naval officer and Vietnam vet who settles in Hawaii and becomes a private investigator. After doing a favor for the reclusive, elusive bestselling author Robin Masters (voiced by Orson Welles until his death), Magnum is allowed to live in the guest house of Robin's luxurious Oahu estate, Robin's Nest, drive his red Ferarri, and live like a beach-bum king despite his perpetually empty bank account. This comes with a price, however: the estate is managed by the tyrannical snob Johnathan Quayle Higgins (Johnathan Hillerman), who makes Magnum's life a misery with his constant bullying demands. Luckily, Magnum can rely on his war buddies Orville "Rick" Wright (Larry Manetti), an underworld-connected club manager, and Theodore "T.C." Calvin (Roger E. Mosley), a principled but hot-tempered chopper pilot, who give him tons of grief but are always there to save his bacon.As I said, Season Six stumbles for the first three episodes. The opener is a lavish two-parter ("Deja Vu") which is very professionally done, but suffers, somehow, from being shot in London. There is something about the gloomy architecture, dark skies and tweed jackets of 80s London that simply doesn't fit MAGNUM's sunny, cheery, bronze-skinned motif, and having a guest star who went on to play Doctor Who (Peter Davidson) seems just a little too much like worlds colliding. The third episode, about a stolen dolphin, is taken from a SIMON & SIMON script (or maybe vice-versa) almost to the very dialogue. Luckily, things pick up after that, and S6 ends up standing pretty confidently with the five superb seasons which ran before it, managing to deliver the expected goods while letting its characters do something strange for that era of TV -- grow and change as people. Some of my favorite episodes:"The Kona Winds" -- a dark, atmospheric, Noir-ish episode with touches of BODY HEAT finds Magnum falling for a beautiful woman whose husband may, or may not be, a dangerous criminal planning her murder."The Hotel Dick" -- season five began to examine Magnum's relationship with incipient middle age; well, this epsiode takes the issue head-on. In an effort to prove he's a responsible adult, Magnum takes a depressing, dignity-smashing job as chief of a second-rate hotel's security, and tries to foil a jewel thief while enduring humiliating treatment from his boss."Round and Around" -- T.C.'s close friend is murdered in a liquor store holdup, and he employs Magnum to help him find the culprits while dealing with the estranged, bitter, self-destructive son of his murdered buddy."Going Home" -- Following the death of his maternal grandfather, Magnum returns to his childhood home in Virginia and accidentally opens old and very deep family wounds. A dialogue-driven episode with no action, it is riveting and deeply moving: the end will have you in tears."Blood and Honor" -- Admiral Hawkes recalls a very reluctant Magnum to the Navy to investigate a possible mole within its intelligence apparatus; but it's Magnum who ends up being accused of espionage."Summer School" -- Robin Masters' brat nephew shows up to take responsibility lessons from Higgins, but ends up posing as Magnum, a prank that puts him squarely in the sights of two ruthless hit-men."Way of the Stalking Horse" - an intense, dark, and very violent episode pits a wounded, vengeance-obsessed, conscience-plagued Magnum against a professional assassin named Driscoll who used him to murder a man on witness protection.This list is hardly inclusive and I have left out several good episodes such as "Paniolo" (about Hawaiian cowboys), "The Treasure of Kalaniopu'u" a silly-fun episode about buried treasure with a hilarious finale, or the sly and serious "Mad Dogs and Englishmen," which should have been a 2-parter but is nonetheless quite gripping. In keeping with the tradition of these DVD releases, S6 has no special features, but it does, like its predecessors, feature a bonus episode from S7, the very respectable "Little Girl Who."As I said above, Season Six is not perfection. There are, to be sure, some mediocre and flattish episodes, and some very promising ones (ex: "Rapture") that are hobbled by weak or abruptly forced endings. The show definitely suffers a little from the absence of Jeff Mackay and Lance Legault, neither of whose characters make appearances this season. However, the cons are massively outweighed by the pros. The key elements of MAGNUM -- the flawless chemistry between the actors, the surefooted way it alternates between thoughtful, dark, and even brutal stories and flat-out comedy (sometimes balancing effortlessly in between) and the snappy writing, which elevates even the less powerful stories -- are all in place. This was truly a special show, and S6, despite its flaws, proved the magic was alive.

I really love Tom Selleck in this role as Magnum Private Investigator! It has drama, comedy, and friendship WITHOUT BEING TOO VIOLENT! I hate the crime shows today that show too much violence and no respect for anyone. I especially loved Magnum because he was always polite and respectful to women during a time when many shows did not do this. And as far as the trash on TV today, we have gone backwards in our lack of respect and friendship for each other! This is why I only buy basic cable and prefer to purchase DVDs.

Tom Selleck is always good for a laugh, with his witty, thoughtful acting in this role, (if you can say that about an american action series!)

Big fan of Magnum Pi. One of my favorites from the 80's. If you enjoyed watching this as a kid, treat yourself and take a trip down tv memory lane.

Bought as a birthday present, and it was very well received. Contains all episodes, and was great value for money.

bought this as part of a set and to help complete it love the way tom selleck played this and could keep on watching

Great series