Juliet Higgins (2024)

Juliet Higgins is a former MI6 agent who is majordomo for Robin Masters Hawaiian estate. She is portrayed by Perdita Weeks.

  • 1 Biography
    • 1.1 Before Season 1
    • 1.2 Season 1
  • 2 Notes
  • 3 Gallery
  • 4 Appearances
  • 5 References

Biography[]

Before Season 1[]

Higgins was in the British Intelligence, MI6. She was engaged to another fellow agent, Richard Dane, who was killed on assignment in Istanbul trying to track down Viper. Unfortunately Viper was waiting for him. His body washed up weeks later. That’s when Juliet went rogue. She tried to hunt down Viper on her own, ignoring any recalls from her superiors. Her attempt to avenge Richard led to her being disavowed. Just a week before he was killed, Juliet and Richard had made plans to resign from MI6, they were going to be married, start a family. Her mother suffers from dementia. Before this all we know about her childhood so far is that she was sent to boarding school in England and there she was bullied, and it made her tough.

Season 1[]

Higgins is the "majordomo" (i.e., property manager) for the large Hawaiian estate of writer Robin Masters, for whom Magnum ostensibly works security and lives in his guest house. She is commanding, uses sarcasm to deflect emotion and is hard to get to know — but it’s worth it in the end.

As a former MI6 agent, she knows how to hack a computer, is capable of picking locks and knows how to fight. Although she is British, she doesn’t like tea (“I can’t stand tea. I might be the first Brit in history to ever say that.”). She initially claimed to have left England because of the winters. Until he was killed, she found a good friend in Jack Candler (tech entrepreneur and big-time art collector). She enjoyed having a fellow Brit to talk to. That made it a little bit easier to be this far away from home.

She has two dogs - Zeus, Apollo - who hate Magnum (which is mutual) and always chase him when he returns home. She does yoga.

Notes[]

  • The relationship between Thomas Magnum and Juliet Higgins at times resembles David Addison and Maddy Hayes in the romantic detective series Moonlighting in the mid-1980s. With the formation of their partnership in Season 2, it has developed a dynamic similar to that of Laura Holt and Remington Steele in Remington Steele.
  • Her nicknames are Jules and Higgy.
  • She is an ex-MI6 agent (initially turned down) who is the caretaker or majordomo of Robin's Nest. Although she reinterprets Jonathan Higgins from the original series, she is a completely different character, with some aspects of the original Higgins being carried over to the character of Kumu. One key difference is that in the original series, an ongoing mystery (often investigated by Magnum) is whether Higgins could actually be Robin Masters; This aspect was eliminated as it was found that Juliet and Magnum had met Robin several times and are in regular contact with the author.
  • It has not been revealed yet whether she has any kinship to the original Higgins.
  • Higgins was shot at least twice while helping Magnum in his cases, a fact she reminds him from time to time. The writers and/or editors seem to be forgetting this fact as she has no signs of a gunshot wound on her left arm which is the arm in which she was shot both times.
  • She was engaged, but her fiancé was killed; this is one reason why she moved to Hawaii.
  • Was Junior Champion at Royal Worlington & Newmarket Golf Club for two consecutive years. She has also demonstrated other skills ranging from yoga to model making.
  • Despite being British, she is not interested in traditional fish and chips.
  • She is responsible for the technology there.
  • She is good at math.
  • Her favorite Spanish opera is Lope de Vega's La selva sin amor.[1]
  • She knows many languages such as Chinese, Spanish, and others

Gallery[]

Appearances[]

Season One
I Saw the Sun RiseFrom the Head DownThe Woman Who Never DiedSix Paintings, One FrameSudden DeathDeath Is Only TemporaryThe Cat Who Cried WolfDie He SaidThe Ties That BindBad Day to Be a HeroNowhere to HideWinner Takes All
Day of the ViperI, The DeceasedDay the Past Came BackMurder Is Never QuietBlack Is the WidowA Kiss Before DyingBlood in the WaterThe Day It All Came Together
Season Two
Payback Is for BeginnersHonor Among ThievesKnight Lasts ForeverDead InsideMake It 'Til DawnLie, Cheat, Steal, KillThe Man in the Secret RoomHe Came by NightA Bullet Named FateBlood BrothersDay I Met the DevilDesperate Measures
Mondays Are for MurderA Game of Cat and MouseSay Hello to Your PastFarewell to LoveThe Night Has EyesA World of TroubleMay the Best One WinA Leopard on the Prowl
Season Three
Double Jeopardy (reboot)Easy MoneyNo Way OutFirst The Beatdown, Then The BlowbackThe Day Danger Walked InTell No OneKiller on the Midnight WatchSomeone To Watch Over MeThe Big PaybackThe Long Way Home
The Lies We TellDark HarvestCry MurderWhispers of DeathBefore the FallBloodline
Season Four
Island VibesThe Harder They FallTexas WedgeThose We Leave BehindTil DeathDevil On The DoorstepA New Lease On DeathA Fire in the AshesBetter Watch OutDream LoverIf I Should Die Before I WakeAngels Sometimes Kill
Judge Me NotRun, Baby, RunDead Man WalkingEvil Walks SoftlyRemember Me TomorrowShallow Grave, Deep WaterThe Long SleepClose to Home
Season Five
The PassengerThe Breaking PointNumber One with a BulletNSFWWelcome to Paradise, Now Die!Dead RingerBirthrightDark SkiesCharlie FoxtrotOut of Sight, Out of Mind
Hit and RunThree BridgesAppetite for DangerNight Has a Thousand EyesThe RetrievalSuffer Little ChildrenConsciousness of GuiltExtracurricular ActivitiesAshes to AshesThe Big Squeeze

References[]

Magnum P.I. Characters
CurrentThomas MagnumJuliet HigginsRick WrightTheodore CalvinGordon KatsumotoTeuila Tuileta
OtherNoelani CunhaDuke LukelaKamekona TupuolaFlippa TupuolaSebastian NuzoIcepickLuther GillisBuck GreeneJin JeongKenny "Shammy" ShambergDennis KatsumotoBeth KatsumotoLia KaleoSuzy MadisonChris Childs
Juliet Higgins (2024)

FAQs

Does Magnum hook up with Higgins? ›

"It is, I think, really one of the best decisions we've ever made on the show," Eric Guggenheim said. Now that Season 5 of Magnum P.I. is finally on NBC, fans finally got what they've been for: Thomas Magnum and Juliet Higgins have officially become a couple!

What episode does Higgins kiss Magnum? ›

Not only was the series resurrected from cancelation by NBC last year, but the show's season four finale saw will-they-won't-they couple Thomas Magnum (Jay Hernandez) and Juliet Higgins (Perdita Weeks) finally confess their feelings for each other and kiss.

Who is the new Higgins on Magnum PI? ›

The reboot of Magnum P.I. successfully brings the character into the 21st century, with changes that give the series a unique twist. Higgins, played by Perdita Weeks, is just as great as the original and her relationship with Magnum is the cornerstone of the series.

Do Juliet and Magnum get together? ›

Thomas and Juliet have been investigative partners since the start of the series, slowly developing a romantic relationship over time. While the pair were not officially a couple until season 5, the development of their relationship has been a long time coming.

Does Magnum have a daughter? ›

She appeared in Seasons 2–8. Lily Catherine Hue: Daughter to Magnum and Michelle Hue (Kristen Carreira). Michelle entrusts Lily to Magnum's care but doesn't reveal that she is his daughter.

Who is Thomas Magnum's wife? ›

While serving in South Vietnam, Magnum married a French-Eurasian nurse named Michelle Hue, the presumed widow of North Vietnamese General Nguyen Hue. Magnum left Vietnam believing Michelle was killed during the 1975 evacuation of Saigon.

Do Magnum and Higgins ever kiss? ›

How to Watch. Watch Magnum P.I. on NBC and Peaco*ck. Although Magnum and Higgins have been on the “will they or won't they” train since the start of Season 1, they confessed their feelings for each other and shared their first official kiss at the end of Season 4.

What season do Higgins and Magnum get together? ›

You made the decision to finally get Magnum and Higgins together in Season 5, which definitely changed the dynamic, and I think it did so in really positive ways. It often adds a playfulness between those characters that a show like this needs to balance out some of the seriousness of the jobs they're hired to do.

Did Higgins ever admit he was Robin Masters? ›

The idea that Higgins could secretly be Masters became a long running gag in the series after Thomas told his friends T.C. and Rick about his idea. In the final episode of the series, Higgins tells Magnum that he really is Robin Masters. However, Higgins later recants at Rick's wedding.

Do Ethan and Higgins break up? ›

In Episode 2, she and her partner Thomas Magnum (Jay Hernandez) were back together again, fighting the bad guys and solving cases. Fans immediately wondered what would happen to Higgins and Ethan now that they were in a long-distance relationship. In Episode 5, it appeared that the couple had broken up.

Who is the blonde in Magnum PI? ›

Perdita Rose Weeks is a British actress who plays Juliet Higgins in the CBS-turned-NBC reboot series Magnum P.I. Weeks was born in South Glamorgan, to Robin and Susan (née Wade) Weeks, was educated at Roedean School in East Sussex, and studied art history at the Courtauld Institute in London.

Who is Magnum's love interest? ›

He gets help on cases from his two old friends, former Marines Theodore "TC" Calvin and Orville "Rick" Wright, and from former MI6 agent Juliet Higgins. In season two, Higgins becomes Magnum's partner. Later in the season, Magnum asks Higgins to marry him in order for her to stay in the country after her visa expires.

Why did Magnum P.I. live with Higgins? ›

There's a lot of reasons that can be inferred from the original series. Here are a few: Robin liked Magnum and thought Higgins needed help since the estate was so large. Robin wanted Magnum close by so he could use his “adventures' as inspiration for storylines in his books.

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