Magnum P.I.: Season 7

It's about time Universal had released this 1986-87 Season of this private detective drama starring Tom Selleck as a former Naval Intelligence officer/Vietnam veteran who is now a freeloading beach-bum private investigator living in Oahu, Hawaii that ran on CBS from 1980-1988.Additionally, the often indebted Magnum lived & resided in the guest house of a posh 200-acre beach-front estate known as Robin's Nest in Hawaii at the invitation of its owner(Robin Masters)which was the celebrated, but-never-seen author of several dozen lurid novelAs a matter of fact at the end of this 1986-87 Season; Magnum was supposedly killed off & this season was supposed to be the end of this series, but there was an outcry from fans back in the Spring of 1987 and an 8th Season was produced to bring Magnum 'back to life' in the Fall of 1987 and to round the series off as MAGNUM's final season in the Spring of 1988, despite the fact that Selleck seemed to already be getting tired and running out of steam by the time this season was underway along with the fact that the last 3 seasons seemed to have gotten more & more serious & less hilarious, including this 1986-1987 Season since Magnum wasn't doing his swims on the beach anymore on his leisure-time like he did a lot in the first 3 seasons and was playing more & more sports for his past-time instead, especially baseball and basketball with T.C. and Rick.In addition, this was also the season when CBS moved MAGNUM to Wednesdays to bring the ratings back up, since the show started getting a slouch in ratings in the 5th and 6th Seasons, since MAGNUM started losing a lot of viewers through COSBY SHOW when it debuted on NBC in the Fall of 1984, and was now against MAGNUM every Thursday night at the same time-slot.Unfortunately ,this 1986-87 Season clearly indicated that MAGNUM was obviously no longer in its honeymoon phase of the show anymore either on top of that, despite the fact that MAGNUM, P.I. outlasted most other private detective shows, including its rival show MATT HOUSTON with Lee Horsley & Pamela Hensley which I think was a better detective show since Magnum(Tom Selleck) was always broke & indebted to people and Houston(Lee Horsley) never was since Houston was a filthy-rich playboy that lived high on the hog in a ritzy in L.A. who was a lot more fortunate, a lot tougher, a lot huskier, a lot more organized than Magnum ever was, plus Houston only did detective work on the side as a hobby, unlike Magnum who was mostly a freeloading beach bumjust a beach-bum private dick who lived on a shoe-string budget which made MATT HOUSTON like a rich-mans MAGNUM.As a matter of fact Lee Horsley used to get teased a lot by people asking him if he was trying to copy Tom Selleck during MATT HOUSTON's whole 3-year run on ABC since Horsley and Selleck obviously had a slight resemblence along with the fact that MATT HOUSTON was probably inspired by MAGNUM since MATT HOUSTON didn't even come out until MAGNUM, P.I. was in its 3rd Season on CBS since MATT HOUSTON didn't make its debut on ABC until Sunday September 26, 1982 which was 2 years after MAGNUM made its debut on CBS on Thursday December 11, 1980 which was a year after NBC had cancelled the ROCKFORD FILES back in the Winter of 1980, due to James Garner developing chronic back & knee problems.In fact, the premiere of MAGNUM was inspired by the ROCKFORD FILES & it just so happens that Tom Selleck had a couple of guest starring appearances in the last 2 seasons of Rockford as the impeccable gumshoe (Lance White) in the episodes " White On White & Nearly Perfect " and " Nice Guys Finish Dead " which were the days before Selleck was even famous since MAGNUM is what made him a star.This is also the season when Shavar Ross known for his role as Arnold's best buddy (Dudley) on DIFFERENT STROKES joins the cast as T.C.'s estranged distant son (Bryant).This 1986-1987 Season also has some interesting guest stars like*Joe Santos in the episodes " Death & Taxe " and " Laura " after his co-starring days as Jim Rockford's often overwhelmed cop buddy (Det. Dennis Becker) from the LAPD on the ROCKFORD FILES*Angela Lansbury co-starring as novelist Jessica Fletcher from MURDER SHE WROTE in the crossover episode" The Novel Connection ".*The late great Frank Sinatra in the episode " Laura " .*Ken Tigar in the " Death & Taxe " episode before his co-starring days on DALLAS, DYNASTY, and DAYS OF OUR LIVES*James Luisi in the episode " Forty " after his co-starring days as Jim Rockford's disgruntled nemesis (Lt. Doug Chapman) on ROCKFORD FILES and before his co-starring days on DAYS OF OUR LIVES & ANOTHER WORLD*Steven Keats in the episode " Laura " before his co-starring days on ALL MY CHILDREN and ANOTHER WORLD.*Jared Martin in episode " The Novel Connection " after his co-starring days on DALLAS*Joan McMurtry in the episode " Laura " before her co-starring days as Rick & AJ Simon's foxy cop buddy (Lt. Abigail Marsh) in the last 2 seasons of SIMON & SIMON*Norman Fell in the episode " Solo Flight " after his co-starring days as Mr. Roper on THREE'S COMPANY*Gary Frank in episode " Death & Taxes " episode after his co-starring days on GENERAL HOSPITALThe only thing I don't like about this 1986-1987 Season of MAGNUM DVD is they didn't provide a summary index with each episodes original air-date on this DVD unlike the first 3 season DVD box sets of MAGNUM did, which made them easier to work with and made it more interesting along with the fact that this DVD box set didn't even provide the episodes original air-dates on the package by the listing of each episode either, unlike Warner Bros. did for all the WONDER WOMAN and DUKES OF HAZZARD DVD box sets.For instance, the original air-dates to each of these 1986-87 Season episodes on CBS were10/1/86: L.A.10/8/86: ONE PICTURE IS WORTH10/15/86: STRAIGHT & NARROW10/22/86: A.A.P.I.10/29/86: DEATH & TAXES11/5/86: LITTLE GIRL WHO11/12/86: PAPER WAR11/19/86: NOVEL CONNECTION11/26/86: KAPU12/3/86: MISSING MELODY12/10/86: DEATH OF THE FLOWERS12/17/86: AUTUMN WARRIORS1/14/87: MURDER BY NIGHT1/21/87: ON THE FLY2/4/87: SOLO FLIGHT2/11/87: FORTY2/25/87: LAURA3/11/87: OUT OF SYNC3/18/87: THE AUNT WHO CAME TO DINNER4/1/87: THE PEOPLE VS. ORVILLE WRIGHT4/15/87: LIMBOOn the other hand, it's nice being able to watch all these Seventh Season episodes complete & uncut without all those deleted scenes & additional commercial interruptions in between that we used to get when MAGNUM was on Cozi-TV, WGN, USA, and A&E to allot more time for commercials, plus it's nice that all these episodes were all put on Single-sided discs instead of Double-sided discs to prevent freezing & skipping as opposed to all the flaws we got on the first 4 seasons of MAGNUM which froze & skipped frequently, but fortunately that didn't happen on this DVD box set.This 1986-87 Season of MANGUM also takes me all the way back to memory lane to when CBS's motto was "Share The Spirit" on CBS which was when I was 14 years old in the 8th grade in my hometown(El Centro).So now that Universal has all 8 seasons of MAGNUM released out on DVD, I'm hoping it will inspire Warner Bros. or Paramount to finally release the last 2 seasons of MATT HOUSTON out on DVD soon since MATT HOUSTON was also a very popular detective drama like MAGNUM, THE ROCKFORD FILES, SIMON & SIMON, and MANNIX all were.

Big Selleck, and this completed my Magum P.I. series collection!

The DVD is a prelude to the 8 season. There are all the elements of Magnum wishing to go home. And he is getting tired to be P.I but therefore you see some episodes that are not on cases he needed to resolve. I saw Kevin Selleck and did and still do not know if that is a real Selleck Family member. But in this episode he is showing you more than the P.I he is :) for those interested.There is still fraction between him and Carol but she sets him straight like no other of the characters does. Anyway also on the 7th episode there are episodes that are part 1+2.. I know the televised Magnum P.I staying only With the Glen Larsen and Belisarrio Production which we all would like to see, but, I Guess Tom wanted us to see Things his way(especially 8th season)? :) He from that 7th season starts to be a producer himself more continously in the serie and that what made the last episode here so remarkably fitting the WHOLE entire 8th season(because of life altering incidence...)- because he was free to produce it as he wish and maybe because the serie is about him, and he wanted to show part of himself-ith Bellisarrio and Glen trailing him, but following him - he was the star producer of that episode... There are other episodes that are good of course but why won't you tune in and see. because there are many surprises in this season. Buck melts Down a bit and smiles, nd in that season you see Frank Sinatra in a role. among other celebrities. I think in order to see season 8 you must get hold of season 7.

This was a really good season with several touching and great episodes. I loved this show as a kid, but never saw many of the episodes in this season. The one feeling I had was there were several aspects of the storyline that the show carried through all season that were followed that was comforting and familiar. Some of the new additions were interesting as well.My complaint is up until the last few episodes you really had no idea this was supposed to be the last season. It didn't wrap up any of the story arcs and many of the new arcs were left hanging. In the finale "Limbo," it felt like a decent season finale cliff hanger, but I have to say if they ended the series on that note I would be really angry.I have no idea how the shortened season 8 will be, but I'm thankful they didn't end the series like this. The title "Limbo," is appropriate because it left all these arcs open and the fan in limbo, which is a crappy place to be considering there hasn't been any sort of Magnum reunion, movie, or anything since the show closed in the late 80's.

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 ~

Magnum was never big at using pop songs on its episodes, but I can remember past seasons where, on the few cases there were, those were present and accounted for. Sitting on the dock of the bay comes to mind, and a couple of others. Now, this episode should open with a 3 minute montage of a woman running from a man with a knife, with Genesis's Mama playing over the whole scene. Probably because of music rights, that whole scene was cut out of the DVD. The copy I own opens with the Magnum/Higgins scene arguing about the wine cellar Thermostat. As it is the episode runs about 42 and a half minutes, almost 3 less minutes than any other episode on the set. Shame. Love the show, hate to see this becoming common practice over crap like music rights.

Considering series 6 was the weakest this series was a good way to make up for that. It's truly awesome and epic episodes like Paper War are just too good to miss.Series 7 was supposedly meant to be the last series. I don't believe that was really the case for a moment. It was left too open. Whether they meant it would be the last for a few years or something it would have been criminal to leave it open like that even if Bellisario left Quantum Leap's ending wide open (though I think that wasn't meant to be that way either).Do the right thing and get all 8 series. If you are happening to just buying series 7 then at least get 8 as well so you can complete the Limbo episode.

Haven't got round to watching this season yet. But so far They've been really good to watch again after all these years, and still as good as I remember them. I am a Lotus esprit man, but that Ferrari still looks great. I only ever saw the first 3 seasons when I was young, as I was at boarding school for the later seasons, So no telly for me in the evenings except Top of the Pops on a Thu night. So a real treat for me to be able to get to see these after all these years. I have noticed in the later seasons the quality of some of the episodes is not as sharp as you would expect. Now with bigger TVs with better quality viewing, this shows up more, which is a shame. In this day you would expect today's technology in production to be able to compensate or get round this, However the shows are good enough to be able to look past that, I havd in deed forgotten how good they are. Also would have been nice to have some useful bonus features about the series. I seam to remember there being a one off program about this show, can't remember who did it and was mid 90s I think. Overall a good buy and got these at discount price which made them even more worth while.

after missing the final episode of series 7 on t.v.i went to your web site to see if i could get the episode.how glade i could the whole serious on d.v.d. for the same price iwould pay for an episode.when receiving the series, i found the quality excellent.i am happy as larry, and recommend this series to all fansof the show.ted turner.

Multiple stories across episodes, a serial movement continues, and <gasp> Magnum dies. It makes for a great ending to this season and a strong lure to see season 8. Buy them both!