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Magnum plays dogwatcher for "Algie," short for Sir Algernon Farnsworth, a lovable little mutt who needs protection from gangsters. "If that dog is worth something, it has to be intrinstic to the dog itself," says Higgins. Algie, it turns out, is every thing he needs to be.

There is a funny story line involving a stereotypical old school gangster and his two ivy league-educated but incompetent sons, and their pretty hilarious attempts at dognapping.

Then there is the woman charged to watch Algie who is deathly afraid of dogs and really wants to be a marine biologist. At one point in the dog chase they end up in a very cool banana patch and stumble across a guerrilla pot farm and a couple of brudahs armed with shotguns. There is a shoot out between the gangsters and the pot farmers. For this scene alone this episode is worth watching.

I don't think it's ever revealed what it was that made Algie so special. If it was I missed it. I like that and every thing else about this episode. It's a fun romp with a dog named Algie who is cute, not ugly.

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@Jon-nel "I don't think it's ever revealed what it was that made Algie so special."

It surprised me as well , that during the episode , hardly any information was given *why* they were chasing the dog !

But at the very end they shortly explain that the dog has the call number to a coded Swiss bank account tattooed on his body . There's 4 million dollar on that account , and anyone with that number can get into that account . No names or signature are required .

And I agree with you : the dog is cute and certainly not ugly .

==> Updated : 05-dec-2016

The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii is Magnum P I humor episode. There is comic mob guys with the old ranting on the younger. A cute mutt, and mutt nappers. Magnum has to do a favor again for Robbin, which is to body guard a dog, which turns into and investigation. Magnum does a few smooth movie with a good plot twist. 7 stars.

Here Magnum looks after a dog that a trio of old-style crooks want to get their hands on. This is a major departure from the previous episode, Never Again, Never Again, where Magnum and Co were up against a couple of Third Reichers posing as Jews believe it or not.

Anyway, this episode is light-hearted, and that's fine after Never Again, Never Again.

One thing I learned is that Shirley Rogers played the snorkeling lady in the opening credits of Magnum.

The original theme still plays for the opening credits, with the music being a cross of CHiPs and The Love Boat. It's quite a jazzy theme that embodied the 70s.