The ‘Hawaii Five-0’ / ‘Magnum P.I.’ crossover is finally happening
Steve McGarrett and Thomas Magnum are finally saying “Aloha” to each other!
Per TVLine, a two-episode crossover between CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I. is finally, officially happening on Friday, January 3, 2020, presumably when both shows return from their midseason hiatuses. The crossover will start with Five-0 during its 8:00 PM time slot, and will conclude with Magnum at 9:00 PM.
Thank goodness, too, because the mini-crossovers haven’t been enough.
Peter M. Lenkov, who serves as showrunner for both of the Aloha State-based police procedurals, announced that Magnum’s half of the crossover has already been filmed, and that the Five-0 half is nearly concluding.
The crossover didn’t come to fruition last season as hoped (which was Magnum’s freshman run) — before the annual Sunset on the Beach premiere event took place back in September, however, Lenkov confirmed that they finally “have narrowed down a story”.
The story will find the “Five-0 guys kicking down doors” to track down a POI at a hotel, unaware that Magnum (Jay Hernandez, Scandal, Toy Story 4) and Higgins (Perdita Weeks) are surveilling the same room. “In a way, Higgins and Magnum become witnesses that Five-0 needs to help them,” says Lenkov. “And our two worlds collide!”
Magnum and Higgins will appear on Five-0 alongside Rick (Zachary Knighton) and TC (Stephen Hill); after which, Tani (Meaghan Rath), Junior (Beulah Koale) and Quinn (Katrina Law) will surf into Magnum.
“It’s a big-stakes story that really feels like a two-hour movie,” says Lenkov.
Five-0 has previously crossed over with NCIS: Los Angeles and, more recently, former Five-0 regulars Daniel Dae Kim (Lost, The Good Doctor) and Grace Park (A Million Little Things) popped up on Five-0 and Magnum‘s sister show MacGyver in 2017.
Additionally, as aforementioned, Lenkov’s Hawaiʻi shows have had micro-crossovers, with Five-0 characters Kamekona (Taylor Wily), Duke (Dennis Chun) and Noelani (Kimee Balmilero), among others, guest starring on Magnum.
Hawaii Five-0 stars Alex O’Loughlin, Scott Caan, Ian Anthony Dale, Meaghan Rath, Beulah Koale, Katrina Law, Taylor Wily, Dennis Chun, Kimee Balmilero, and Chi McBride (Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble, Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.). Magnum P.I. stars Jay Hernandez, Perdita Weeks, Zach Knighton, Stephen Hill, Amy Hill (Lilo & Stitch) and Tim Kang (A Wrinkle in Time, Cloak & Dagger).
