"Dead Man's Channel" is the second episode of the second season of Magnum, P.I. which originally aired on October 15, 1981.
Plot
After her archaeologist father's boat is found deserted at sea in the Nihoa Channel, a marine biology student hires Magnum to find out what happened to him. The local natives warn Magnum to stay away from the "cursed" channel, but he's determined to find out what happened to the missing man.
Synopsis
Magnum dons his sailor's cap when a young marine biologist hires him to take on supposedly cursed waters and find out what happened to her missing archaeologist father.
Cast
Main
- Tom Selleck as Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV
- John Hillerman as Jonathan Quayle Higgins III
- Roger E. Mosley as Theodore "T.C." Calvin
- Larry Manetti as Rick Wright
Recurring
- Jeff MacKay as Lieutenant McReynolds
Guest
- Wendy Girard as Marion Hammond
- Ina Balin as Professor Martinez
- Mamaluna as Tehani
- Curtis Malia as Keone
Trivia
- Roger E. Mosley is credited, but do not appear.