When Magnum balks at notorious crime boss Osi Shima's request to find his missing son, Magnum learns he's been poisoned and has only eight hours to locate Shima's son to earn the antidote, or else he dies.

Higgins is in a complicated situation when 12-year-old Ella asks for help cracking a triple homicide that involves her mother. Also, Magnum bonds with Bob, a terminally ill veteran, while volunteering with the No Veteran Dies Alone Program and attempts to reunite him with his estranged family,.