18. Laura — Episode — Magnum, P.I.

18. Laura

Rick persuades Thomas to take a high-reward, supposedly simple missing person case, but the person paying for the case is actually New York City cop Michael Doheny, who has his own reasons for wanting to find the man in question. Doheny has come to Hawaii to track down those responsible for the rape and murder of his young granddaughter on the night of his retirement dinner, a hunt in which he asks Magnum's help.

Plot summary and ending

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Complete story — includes the ending

Magnum is hired by a retired NYPD Det. Sgt. named Michael Doheny ( Frank Sinatra, in his last credited screen acting performance) to find the killers in an unsolved Bronx homicide, who are now living in Honolulu. It turns out that the little girl that was raped and murdered by the men Doheny was after, was in fact Doheny's granddaughter, Laura. Magnum helps the detective find the killers and bring them to justice, with the help of Rick and Lt. Nolan Paige ( Joe Santos ). Note: The episode featured the Genesis song, " Tonight, Tonight, Tonight " during the hotel street scene.

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