White pants. Acapulco shirt. Loafers without socks. A Ferrari 308. And of course, a sweet, sweet 'stache. Magnum P.I. screamed the 1980s and was quintessential pop culture viewing for the era. It lasted for a whopping eight seasons, and showrunners actually wanted to kill Magnum (Tom Selleck) off in the seventh season's finale. In fact, he actually gets shot and "heads toward the white light," so to speak.

The show's seventh season was supposed to be the end of it all, but then the writers decided to just have Magnum wake up in a hospital and allow him to ride off into the sunset. The reason being? Money, of course. The wildly popular show would definitely get some more viewers, especially when people just watched their favorite hero die.

At the end of the seventh season, he got to say goodbye to his family as a "spirit" before heading off into the afterlife. However, in Season 8, he's brought back in a season that was about half as long as a normal one for the show. In Season 8, Magnum manages to track down the person who assaulted an old girlfriend of his. He starts thinking about a different kind of life for himself in the process.

That thought process brings him back to re-enlisting in the U.S. Navy and being a commander, which he ultimately decides to do. Magnum also discovers that his daughter, Lily (Kristen Carreira), is indeed alive, which is further impetus for him to re-join the Navy. That kind of stability as a naval commander (well, stable until war breaks out) is what Magnum thought would be perfect for Lily.

The show ends with him walking down the beach, hand in hand with Lily, a fitting tribute to the man who decided that the life of a private investigator was a little too nuts.