MAGNUM P.I.: Perdita Weeks Shares the Joys and Challenges of Her Directorial Debut
December 12, 2023 by Marisa Roffman
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MAGNUM P.I. — “Extracurricular Activities” Episode 518 — Pictured: (l-r) Stephen Hill as Theodore “TC” Calvin, Perdita Weeks Directing Episode 518 — (Photo by: Zack Dougan/NBC)
As TC (Stephen Hill), Katsumoto (Tim Kang), and Rick (Zachary Knighton) go on a very special camping trip, Magnum (Jay Hernandez) and Higgins (Perdita Weeks) try to figure out if a professor is acting inappropriately with a student.
And while it’s business as usual on-screen, the hour was important off-screen for a very different reason: “Extracurricular Activities” marked Weeks’ directorial debut. Read more
MAGNUM P.I.: Perdita Weeks Reflects on Higgins’ Helicopter Adventure
December 8, 2023 by Marisa Roffman
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MAGNUM P.I. — “Consciousness of Guilt” Episode 517 — Pictured: Perdita Weeks as Juliet Higgins — (Photo by: Zack Dougan/NBC)
When MAGNUM P.I. star Zachary Knighton made his directorial debut with the Wednesday, December 6 episode of the NBC series, he pointed to the scene when Higgins (Perdita Weeks) saves Jin (Bobby Lee) via a helicopter as his favorite to helm.
“That, to me, is the best sequence,” he told Give Me My Remote at the time. ”We storyboarded that, we worked really hard. I wanted to make sure obviously it went well. Everyone was safe. You’re ultimately the responsible one for everybody’s safety. So I was hyper-concerned about that sequence. But we have the best pilots on the island, and probably some of the best pilots in the world, over here at Magnum [Helicopters] choppers. They did an incredible job. But I would say that’s the sequence I’m most proud of. And Perdy kicked ass in that sequence.”
MAGNUM P.I.’s Perdita Weeks on Making Her Directorial Debut with ‘Extracurricular Activities’
June 20, 2023 by Marisa Roffman
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MAGNUM P.I. — “Charlie Foxtrot” Episode 510 — Pictured: (l-r) Perdita Weeks as Juliet Higgins, Martin Martinez as Cade — (Photo by: Zack Dougan/NBC)
When MAGNUM P.I. returns for the second half of season 5, viewers will get to experience a different side of series star Perdita Weeks—director!
Weeks has played Higgins since the start of the show, but her time helming episode 18, “Extracurricular Activities,” proved to be a unique, fun challenge.
