Television series. At first glance it would seem to be typical 80s fare. Tom Selleck as hunky P.I. Thomas Magnum in vapid stories filmed in exotic Hawaii. But the show actually was a little more sophisticated than that, and quite a bit more psychologically bizarre than you might think. The character Magnum does nothing but fail in every episode. If he falls in love, his love interest is killed. If he solves a case, its always by accident rather than by ingenuity.