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Magnum, P.I.: 1x10

Lest We Forget

Magnum is hired by a Supreme Court nominee to find the woman he married forty years ago, in 1941, on the eve of the raid on Pearl Harbour. He was a young Navy Ensign, she was a prostitute, and after their marriage they subsequently became separated in the bombings, with the Judge presuming her dead – until recently, after he has started receiving blackmail threats relating to an incident forty years ago… Magnum’s investigations into the case are helped by the fact that Higgins wants a favour, and is being overly nice and co-operative in return…

Magnum, P.I.: Season 1 Episode 10
Magnum, P.I.: Season 1 Episode 10
Feb. 12, 1981