Magnum P.I. has had a wild trip over the previous yr after its spring cancellation on CBS, solely to be rescued by NBC in time for Season 5 early within the 2023 TV premiere schedule. The present didn’t go for a giant time soar after Season 4 ended within the wake of Magnum (Jay Hernandez) and Higgins (Perdita Weeks) sharing a kiss. Within the weeks since, they’ve tried to maintain their relationship below wraps, however had some shut calls with none aside from Kumu (Amy Hill). So, how would Kumu react if she’d caught the great ship Miggy setting sail? The actress shared her ideas!
Amy Hill beforehand shared that Kumu might be the “voice of purpose” for Magnum and “the boys,” and he or she definitely observed within the newest episode that Higgins’ canine – as soon as greater than prepared to terrorize Magnum all throughout Robin Masters’ property – had been mysteriously nice with him. Magnum lied about in addition to he did within the premiere when attempting to maintain Kumu from discovering Higgins in his kitchen, and it appeared like she may need been the one to attach the dots first.
When the actress spoke with CinemaBlend concerning the return of Magnum P.I., she shared her imaginative and prescient of how Kumu would have reacted if she’d caught them within the act early on:
I really feel like she would have been like, ‘, I am undecided this can be a good thought, personally.’ [laughs] I like them. They’ve had this type of sexual chemistry, however I additionally know that Magnum is not actually a man that commits and he or she has had her coronary heart damaged a number of occasions. A part of me, as a result of I like them each a lot, I would not need them to get damage. So there’s part of me as Kumu that may not have been that enthusiastic about it. And I nonetheless do not know the way a lot I like the concept, however that is simply Kumu. As a result of Kumu additionally is just not so certain she believes in love. She’s had her coronary heart damaged a number of occasions.
Kumu, Rick (Zachary Knighton), and T.C. (Stephen Hill) haven’t witnessed the entire heartfelt moments between Magnum and Higgins through the years, so it tracks that the cultural curator won’t ensure that they need to do one thing that might end in each of them being damage. Plus, Kumu discovering out as a result of Magnum was hiding Higgins in his kitchen or as a result of the lads not needed to terrorize him won’t have been best!
It ought to be fascinating to see how precisely she finds out and reacts below these circumstances. She wasn’t aware about Rick and T.C.’s concept that Magnum was secretly seeing whoever’s necklace they’d discovered below his mattress, so it might come all the way down to them dropping the information about Higgins or Kumu figuring it out. Both approach, it’s certain to be a game-changer! After I famous that problems for the group (just like the modifications that Stephen Hill previewed) had been in all probability inevitable, Amy Hill responded:
It is gonna be sophisticated, and I do not assume the opposite boys or anyone else on the present is that sophisticated.
In fact, the characters are likely to wind up in life-or-death conditions on a weekly foundation, so there could also be bigger problems to cope with than Magnum and Higgins going from will-they-won’t-they territory firmly into “they may.” Happily, the present acquired loads of promotion from its new community forward of the premiere, with the potential to attract in new viewers on prime of the present followers.
And people followers got here to the present’s protection through the time between the CBS cancellation and official information that Magnum and Co. could be coming to NBC! The truth is, Amy Hill shared that she feels extra related to followers ever since their marketing campaign to avoid wasting Magnum P.I., and Stephen Hill mirrored on their assist through the “darkest hour” after the cancellation.
For now, you’ll be able to look ahead to new episodes of Magnum P.I. on Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on NBC. In the event you’ve missed any of Season 5 thus far or simply need to revisit the Ohana’s earliest instances on the community, you’ll find the most recent episodes streaming with a Peacock Premium subscription!
