Magnum, P.I. (1980)

04x03 Smaller Than Life

Thomas's attempt to impress a new girlfriend by taking hang-gliding lessons lands him in the hospital with a broken shoulder; Rick bails out his childhood friend Waldo Norris on a breaking and entering charge, but Waldo insists that he's an insurance claims investigator trying to prove that a valuable figurine that was reported as stolen is still in the possession of its owners; after they get shot at by a man ransacking Waldo's hotel room, Rick does a little digging and discovers that his friend has been lying to him, and has also stolen one of Higgins's sketches by conning him into thinking that he's a representative of the Smithsonian; Waldo then confesses that he's really a CIA operative and the figurine contains sensitive information; after some further checking, Rick is able to verify his story, and Higgins and T.C. agree to help Waldo and Rick -- that is, until Thomas does even more checking and discovers that Waldo was fired from the CIA years before; Waldo then claims that he

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John Hillerman John Hillerman As: Jonathan Higgins
Tom Selleck Tom Selleck As: Thomas Magnum
Roger E. Mosley Roger E. Mosley As: Terry "TC" Calvin
Kwan Hi Lim Kwan Hi Lim As:
Kathleen Lloyd Kathleen Lloyd As:
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Thomas's attempt to impress a new girlfriend by taking hang-gliding lessons lands him in the hospital with a broken shoulder; Rick bails out his childhood friend Waldo Norris on a breaking and entering charge, but Waldo insists that he's an insurance claims investigator trying to prove that a valuable figurine that was reported as stolen is still in the possession of its owners; after they get shot at by a man ransacking Waldo's hotel room, Rick does a little digging and discovers that his friend has been lying to him, and has also stolen one of Higgins's sketches by conning him into thinking that he's a representative of the Smithsonian; Waldo then confesses that he's really a CIA operative and the figurine contains sensitive information; after some further checking, Rick is able to verify his story, and Higgins and T.C. agree to help Waldo and Rick -- that is, until Thomas does even more checking and discovers that Waldo was fired from the CIA years before; Waldo then claims that he


Certification: TV-PG

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Aired: 13 October, 1983 at 8:30 am

Language: English

Country: United States

Runtime: 45m

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Cast

John Hillerman

John Hillerman

Jonathan Higgins

Tom Selleck

Tom Selleck

Thomas Magnum

Roger E. Mosley

Roger E. Mosley

Terry "TC" Calvin

Kwan Hi Lim

Kwan Hi Lim

Kathleen Lloyd

Kathleen Lloyd

Larry Manetti

Larry Manetti

Rick Wright

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