Magnum PI: Perdita Weeks and Zachary Knight on Saying Goodbye to the Cancelled NBC Series

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Magnum PI is ending its run on NBC next week, and two cast members recently spoke about ending the reboot series. Showrunner Eric Guggenheim promised viewers earlier this year that the series would not end on a cliffhanger.

Starring Jay Hernandez, Perdita Weeks, Zachary Knighton, Stephen Hill, Amy Hill, and Tim Kang, the series is a reboot of the 1980s series and follows a private investigator, Thomas Magnum (Hernandez), and his friends as they solve crimes in Hawaii.

Weeks, who stars as Higgins in the reboot, said the following about ending the NBC series, per TV Guide:

“Honestly, I just feel really proud. I’m really happy and lucky, feeling very grateful that we got to come back and tell a bit more of the story. I’m really pleased with where we end up. I’m pleased for the characters. It feels like a nice resolution. I’m content with where we will leave them. And whilst I will miss everyone very much, five years is a long time, and I think it’s good to leave the party when it’s still fun, when people still want to see you. The fan campaigns [to save the show] are really sweet.”

Knighton, who plays Magnum’s friend Rick in the series, also spoke about the ending. He said the following, per TV Insider:

“Maybe we didn’t know the show was going to end, but we had an inkling, so everybody wrapped it up really nicely. I think the fans are going to be really excited about it.”

Would Knighton consider returning to play Rick again someday? “If Stephen Hill went off and pitched a show about TC and TC was the lead of the show and it was all about his adventures, I would bring Rick back to do something like that,” Knighton laughed. “But otherwise, I think, Ricky’s going to get buried with this one.”

Magnum PI ends with a pair of episodes on NBC on January 3rd.

What do you think? Are you sad to see this series end on NBC? Were you hoping for more seasons of this reboot?