Higgins (Perdita Weeks) is doing MI6 work and Magnum (Jay Hernandez) and Lia (Chantal Tully) continue their romance before diving into this week’s case, which will include figuring out who has posted mobile billboards of Magnum and Higgins around the island. Could that be Jin’s (Bobbly Lee) fault? Texas Wedge was written by Gene Hong…
Tag: 2021
Magnum P.I. (2021) – Island Vibes, and The Harder They Fall
Robin introduces a new character in his White Knight books, and it sounds very much like Juliet Higgins (Perdita Weeks), who by the way, is still with Dr. Ethan (Jay Ali) on his Doctors Without Borders assignment. A misstep there causes Higgins to get some help from her old employers at MI6. Meanwhile, back on…
Magnum P.I. (2021) – Before the Fall, and Bloodline
Magnum’s (Jay Hernandez) uncle, Bernardo (Steven Michael Quezada) arrives on the island for a visit, to share news of his coming wedding and shares a troubling secret about his mother in Before the Fall. Written by Mike Diaz this episode first debuted on 30 April, 2021. Bernardo asks Magnum to be his best man, and…
Magnum P.I. (2021) – Cry Murder, and Whispers of Death
Peter Weller returns to the director’s chair for Cry Murder. Written by series showrunners Peter M. Lenkov and Eric Guggenheim from a story by Emily Singer, it first aired on 9 April, 2021. Magnum (Jay Hernandez) and Higgins (Perdita Weeks) take a case helping an insurance company in their recovery of a harvest of white…
Magnum P.I. (2021) – The Big Payback, and The Long Way Home
While Rick (Zachary Knighton) attempts to figure out what to do about his developing feelings for Suzy (Betsy Phillips) Higgins (Perdita Weeks) gets abducted and it may have something to do with one of Magnum’s (Jay Hernandez) first cases on the island. Written by David Wolkove, the episode first aired on 19 February, 2021. Magnum…
Magnum P.I. (2021) – Killer on the Midnight Watch, and Someone to Watch Over Me
Magnum (Jay Hernandez) is having nightmares about the white Range Rover, so it’s probably a good thing that he and Higgins (Perdita Weeks) get a case involving an overeager neighbourhood watch community who believes that one of the people in their area is a serial killer. Written by Gene Hong this episode was first broadcast…
Magnum P.I. (2021) – The Day Danger Walked In, and Tell No One
A hurricane is going to hit the island, and La Mariana’s hurricane insurance policy has lapsed, as Rick (Zachary Knighton) had other expenses through COVID. But things are going to get way more complicated before the storm is over. The Day Danger Walked In was written by showrunners Peter M. Lenkov and Eric Guggenheim, and…
Magnum P.I. (2020/2021) – No Way Out, and First the Beatdown, Then the Blowback
Magnum (jay Hernandez), Higgins (Perdita Weeks) and T.C. (Stephen Hill) find themselves in a Die Hard situation in No Way Out. Written by Barbie Kligman the episode was first broadcast on 18 December, 2020. The trio are at the immigration offices as someone is investigating the fact that Higgins’ name has shown up on two…
My Heart is a Chainsaw (2021) – Stephen Graham Jones
I won’t lie, it took me a while to completely get into the story, much like the main character I was attempting to use my knowledge of slashers to figure out what was going on, while also trying to rationalize that the story was set in the ‘real world.’ But when things really started to…
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021) – Dean Fleischer Camp
Dean Fleischer Camp directed this faux documentary that follows a tiny shell, named Marcel, as he discovers a measure of internet fame, its upside and down, and a measure of loss and the importance of family and change. Filled with beautiful stop-motion animation blended brilliantly with live action, the story finds Camp playing a version…
