Season 2

“I knew this investigative business was easy, else you wouldn't be in it.”

— Robert Van Scoyk, Théodore 'Terry' Calvin (T.C.), Roger E. Mosley, imdb.com

“Hawaii is one of those places that, keeps topping itself. Just when you think you'll never see another sunset as beautiful, there comes a sunrise that only Gauguin could imagine. It kind of makes unemployment easier to take.”

— Glen A. Larson, Thomas Magnum, Tom Selleck, imdb.com

“The death of a friend's never an easy thing to take, not in a rice paddy or on a pretty beach on Oahu. Either way, when they're young, it never makes sense.”

— Robert Hamilton, Thomas Magnum, Tom Selleck, imdb.com

“Dreams are supposed to represent your subconscious wishes and conflicts. It's sort of a private movie you write, produce and direct. Only you can't hide your eyes in your dreams, even when they are scaring you to death.”

— Donald P. Bellisario, Thomas Magnum, Tom Selleck, imdb.com

“Another cliché about getting information from bartenders is that no matter how sincere they sound, you know as soon as you're out the door, they're on the phone warning the guy you want to see. And this guy didn't strike me as being particularly different.”

— Robert Hamilton, Thomas Magnum, Tom Selleck, imdb.com

“One of the clichés of my profession is that to get information from a bartender you have to slip him some bills of various denominations; Bills that you can't afford, with pictures of unfamiliar presidents. And usually for information that isn't worth it. However, this was a special case and I wasn'…”

— Robert Hamilton, Thomas Magnum, Tom Selleck, imdb.com

“Remember I told you I didn't like getting egg on my face? Well, right now, I'm wearing a whole omelet.”

— Andrew Schneider, Thomas Magnum, Tom Selleck, imdb.com

“T.C.: Um, T.M., did you come up with this plan all by your lonesome? Magnum: Yeah. What's the matter? T.C.: I don't know. Well, I don't know yet. I just keep remembering the plan you had to get all the POW's out of Cambodia. Magnum: T.C., there is no comparison between that plan and this one. T.C.:…”

— Andrew Schneider, Théodore 'Terry' Calvin (T.C.), Roger E. Mosley, imdb.com

“Rick: You better be right, sweetheart. Magnum: Come on, when have I ever been wrong? Rick: I can't count that high.”

— Diane Frolov, Thomas Magnum, Tom Selleck, imdb.com

“Higgins: As you may have noticed, I've fired the groundskeeper. Until I can find a successor, I'd like you to assume some of the responsibilities. Magnum: But Higgins, I don't know the first thing about gardening! Higgins: I assure you, the kind of work I had in mind requires no intelligence whatsoe…”

— Jeff Wilhelm, Thomas Magnum, Tom Selleck, imdb.com

“This was one of those days I wish I'd listened to my mother and studied to be an orthodontist. Looking into someone's mouth has gotta be better than staring death in the face.”

— Diane Frolov, Thomas Magnum, Tom Selleck, imdb.com