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List Price: $49.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 5666
Released: October 10, 2006 |
| Our Price: $29.87 |
| Used Price: $888.81 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Move into high gear because Magnum P.I.: The Complete Fifth Season is now on DVD! Tom Selleck is back in his Emmy award-winning role as the charismatic detective who protects the sunny Hawaiian islands from vicious jewel thieves ruthless kidnappers and even dangerous ghostly apparitions. Join Magnum TC Rick and Higgins in all 22 thrilling episodes packed with action adventure and sexy Hawaiian fun. And there's even more of Magnum to go around on this 5-disc set with a sneak peek at Season Six with a classic bonus episode! System Requirements:Run Time: 194 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 025193050427 Manufacturer No: 30504
Magnum P.I. - The Complete Fifth Season Reviews:
Be VERY careful with Amazon DVDs 
2009-12-04 - This DVD, like SEVERAL I've purchased from Amazon has flaws that cause the DVD to skip in numerous places, making it almost unusable.
Of course, I didn't watch all five discs within the 30-day return period, so now, I'm stuck with a useless, flawed DVD.
I might add that I've tried two different DVD players, and they both have the same result, so it's not the player.
Amazon sells junk and doesn't stand behind their product.
BEWARE!
Four stars for both the content and package 
2009-12-02 - The fifth season of Magnum generally sustains the high level established from season 2 on. Highlights include two well done two part episodes. The first, leading season 5 off, features future star, but here barely known, Sharon Stone. The second finds our foursome back in southeast Asia.
We also get the return of Jeff Mackay, who played Lt. McReynolds in seasons 1-3. Now he plays likable con man Jim Bonnick. In a clever reversal of roles now Magnum and buddies are the ones being continually conned. Mackay appears in a number of episodes this season. Kathleen Lloyd also appears in several episodes as Assistant DA Carol Baldwin. There's also a third Luther Gilles episode.
Unfortunately, this season has more than a few weak episodes. The problems mostly stem from incoherent plotting. Episodes like "Under World" and "Blind Justice" just don't make a great deal of sense. "Fragments" takes psychics seriously.
The packaging is an improvement on the first 3 seasons. Gone are the double sided disks. Unfortunately, five hours of programming are squeezed onto most of the five disks. This leads to some distracting artifacting at times. One episode ("The Man From Marseilles") has a few minutes of French dialogue cut from it. There doesn't appear to have been anything in the way of restoration done but fortunately the material is new enough not to require much. There is little in the way of extras, just one season 6 episode ("The Treasure of Kalaniopu'u").
It helps but is not strictly necessary to have seen the previous seasons.
All said, this fine '80s series is well worth picking up.
7th season of Magnum PI
2009-06-16 - Great product, enjoyed each episode. Only one episode had a little problem with the DVD stopping and having to restart.
cool 
2008-11-18 - just great! action, british coolness from Higgins, mysteries to be solved under the hawaian sun with Magnum and his friends ... those stories take you on a cool vacation trip. very recommendable
Detective Show
2008-10-24 - I own all eight seasons. I love it, because it brings back memories of the 80's.
