Jay Hernandez on What ‘Magnum P.I.’s Finale Wedding Means for Magnum & Higgins
Finale
As the Hawaiian sun sets on the crime drama’s second season, this week’s back-to-back episodes of Magnum P.I. begin with the green-eyed monster showing up at a wedding. The happy couple: MI6 agent turned majordomo Juliet Higgins (Perdita Weeks) and…helicopter pilot T.C. (Stephen Hill)?
Don’t adjust your TV. This is a faux union to keep Higgins, who’s British, from being deported when her visa expires. Thomas Magnum (Jay Hernandez, above), who brought Higgins on as a partner in his private investigation business earlier this season, isn’t pleased and seeks an alternative solution.
“There is a bit of odd jealousy that takes place,” Hernandez explains. “There is something percolating beneath the surface [between them] that I don’t think Magnum wants to explore, but he knows he cares for this person and doesn’t want her to go away.”
The season’s final hour ups the action with the return of shifty Francis “Icepick” Hofstetler (Corbin Bernsen), father figure to La Mariana bar owner Orville “Rick” Wright (Zachary Knighton). The parolee wants one last score — a warehouse robbery — before his terminal cancer takes him out for good. When the plan goes sideways, Magnum and the gang reluctantly help him deal with it.
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Much to Hernandez’s delight, Icepick’s double-crossing partner, Adrian Reese, is played by Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial artist Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. A fan of the sport, Hernandez says the casting added genuine adrenaline to their fisticuffs. “Sometimes you’re staring at a screen or just doing expository dialogue, and that gets boring. But when you’re fighting Cowboy Cerrone on a rooftop…that was exciting!”
Another thrill comes once attention turns back to that immigration dilemma. “At the very end, you’re going to see Higgins in [an unexpected] position, which Magnum is very uncomfortable with and [where he is] not sure about his place,” Hernandez teases. Magnum, uncomfortable? This we’ve gotta see!
Magnum P.I., Season Finale, Friday, May 8, 9/8c and 10/9c, CBS
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This new magnum series is way better. Higgins is hot.
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Sounds like a great episode. Glad they are incorporating Icepick into this modern Magnum universe. Corbin Bernsen will be good in that role, I think. The marriage pivot to TC was unexpected. Glad this show got a renewal.
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guess they haven't figured out yet how Magnum feels about Higgins - it's so obvious
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Relax. Shows always make a mistake if they put two major characters together too soon. If it's going to happen, there has to be a lot of "stuff" that happens first.
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Can't get any more clear. She is proper English speaking English. Clean your ears or learn how to speak English.
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The show overall 10/10 so great
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I think Magnum and Higgins could get together eventually. There has been fantastic tv series where the main characters have become couples and the series have lasted a long time for example Castle and bones
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Personally I'm fine with Magnum and Higgins not getting together.... either too soon, or even AT ALL. I think writers on this show should take lessons from the writers of The Mentalist and Elementary. One show had the two leads get together, but viewers never saw lovey-dovey emotional scenes, and the other show didn't have the two leads get together at all, because the relationship was that "kind" of relationship.
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They should get married
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I totally agree. Can't be doing with the big 80's porn star tash.
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Higgins and magnum should have got together but some people are just meant to be friends and I was actually happy with the way the show turned out. The final episode was fantastic and I expected nothing more from brilliant writers.
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I just want Tom Selleck to be Mr. Masters
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Seriously? That's how the writers resolved the immigration dilemma? Geesh...She had to go back to the UK It's NOT as if she had to go back to a third country. I was glad that character was going to be written out of the show.Really stretched the envelope on this one.
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omg. I thought she was leaving. She is a good actress but just not the right fit for this part. Furthermore I can never understand anything she says. Please speak clearly. I do love the show but the support characters are stronger actors than Magnum and Higgins. Guess I am comparing them to Steve McGarret character. Hope this show comes back. It does definitely have potential.
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Can’t understand what she says???? She speaks perfect English! Learn the language!
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OMG!, I gushed!!! The other brother Magnum P.I. also drives a Ferrari on an island. Now THAT takes writing! I can hardly wait to miss it!
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This show is a pathetic attempt to bring back Magnum, p.i. I'm surprised it has lasted at all. Tom Selleck was, is, and always will be Magnum, p.i. Can you imagine the original Magnum and Higgins together?? me either. They should have left well enough alone. A female Higgins, a Magnum who is hispanic, the entire show is no where near as good a show as the one that ran from 1980-1988. Everybody knows that. My opinion.
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