Category: Hawaii Five-0

And the winner is…

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I guess it doesn’t really come as a surprise after all the other predicted winners took place 2 to 5.

35 people / 15 % of all voters thought this episode was really awesome.

1×01 The Pilot

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Since I can’t decide if my favorite episode is 1.01 or 3.20 I’m really happy with this ranking.

Watch the CBS preview from 2010 🙂

See how the iconic theme song came back to life.

And now how you can have fun with the theme song. 🙂

One more really great one.

Here is a great interview before the premiere in 2010

And now just enjoy the picture spam. 🙂

Credits for the pictures to CBS, AOLRocks, and as credited on the pictures.

Your favorite episode – rank 3

I’m willing to give you a little sneak peek at what is coming next. No episode numbers though.

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As you can see, today’s number 3 came in with 28 votes / 12 % of voters.

On rank 3 is:

2.10 Ki’ilua (Nov. 21, 2011)

While Five-0 investigates the death of a reporter, Jenna returns to ask McGarrett for help finding her fiancé in North-Korea – which is actually part of Wo Fat’s revenge plot to get McGarrett.

Check out the review, video and pictures for the episode. Just click on the pic below.

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Your favorite episodes – rank 5

Many weeks went by, and you had first chosen your favorite episodes by season, and later the overall favorite episode.

• 236 votes in total

• Rank five: 22 votes / 9 % of all voters

• FYI – rank six has 11 votes

Fifth favorite episode

1.24 Oia’i’o – The season 1 finale

After one of Governor Jameson’s assistants is killed, McGarrett discovers that the Governor may have been working with Wo Fat and may have been the target of his father’s investigation.

Rank four… tomorrow

 

Credits for the pictures as named on the pictures.

A look back at 2.10

Ki’ilua (Nov. 21, 2011)

While Five-0 investigates the death of a reporter, Jenna returns to ask McGarrett for help finding her fiancé in North-Korea – which is actually part of Wo Fat’s revenge plot to get McGarrett.

Please keep in mind that this review was written right after the episode aired. And it’s not really a review, more like some random thoughts sent out by email. So, all knowledge from now… well, you get the picture.

Thanks toCBS, www.pizquita.com and www.mycoven.com for the screenshots and pictures.

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I have to say until this episode aired I never thought that anything would top the Pilot, but now I might have to rethink that. This was epic.

I debated if this might have been better as a two-hour show but I came to the conclusion, no it wouldn’t. This was a fast paced perfect episode. What would you expect from the second hour? More torture, more traipsing through the jungle? A tearful good bye to Grace is not what I need to see, I know how hard it was for Danny to go on a mission with the high possibility of not coming back. I don’t need to see that. No I think the way they did it was just perfect, of course I’d love to see those cut out minutes on the DVD.

I think I have a new favorite scene, when they flew into the sunset that was perfection.

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Kudos to all the actors, but especially to Alex O’Loughlin and Mark Dacascos. I have seen thousands of movies and TV-episodes and so many torture scenes I really lost track of how many. But I have to tell you I flinched at every hit Wo Fat inflicted on McGarrett, those scenes where more than intense. And I loved it that Wo Fat lost his cool a bit, and McG figured out that Wo Fat has no idea what Shelburne means. Doesn’t even matter that Steve doesn’t either.

Giving you kind of a spoiler here, but a friend of mine pointed out that Wo Fat has NO blood on his hands in those scenes. To be honest, I never noticed it. I was concentrating too much on Steve I guess to pay close attention to Wo Fat’s hands. But she is right, it is kind of ridiculous that he has perfectly manicured hands after those scenes. No points for make-up for this one.

Loved it how Jenna died, she at least had the chance to redeem herself a little. Frankly, I can’t really blame her for trying to save her fiancé, even though it was pretty stupid not to go to McG with the truth, he would have helped her.

I was rooting for McG to escape from the bunkers but was glad his freedom didn’t last long. I think it would have been unrealistic if he would have been able to save himself. So, thank you for giving his team the chance to be the heroes for once.

Totally loved how Joe kept his hand on Steve’s shoulder in the helicopter, how he almost held him in his arms for protection I think it showed wonderfully how much Steve means to him. And Steve was quite comfortable being touched and held. Maybe not so much by Lori, but I think her hugging was very understandable, Kono would have done the same. They are just women after all, so it means nothing more than that they were really happy to see him alive again.

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Speaking of Kono, I think it was perfect that she was not in the helicopter, because it was her job to do all the computer stuff. This was a very dangerous rescue mission and everyone was needed on the job they were most qualified for. That is why Kono did what she did. She stayed back for the team, I think it kind of broke her heart not to be among her friends, but she knew that she had to do it.

What I truly hope is that not everything is back to normal in the next episode. You don’t walk away from something like that and be your old self again. None of them would. So I hope we will get a little mention of that here and there.

Anything I didn’t like? Nope. Nada. This was perfect entertainment.

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What’s on the Season 3 DVD?

In case you didn’t know yet, these are the special features on the DVD and BluRay.

The release date for EUROPE is September 30. You can order it at amazon.co.uk for around 25 Euro.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hawaii-Five-O-Season-3-DVD/dp/B00D9SRCBU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376683352&sr=8-1&keywords=hawaii+five+0+season+3

Product Description

Disc 1 Episode List:

  • La O Na Makuahine (Mother’s Day)
  • Kanalua (Doubt)
  • Lana I Ka Moana (Adrift)
  • Popilikia (Misfortune)

Disc 1 Special Features:

  • Deleted Scenes for: La O Na Makuahine (Mother’s Day) / Kanalua (Doubt) / Lana I Ka Moana (Adrift)

Disc 2 Episode List:

  • Mohai (Offering)
  • I Ka Wa Mamua (In A Time Past)
  • Ohuna (The Secret)
  • Wahine’inoloa (Evil Woman)

Disc 2 Special Features:

  • Deleted Scenes for: Mohai (Offering)

Disc 3 Episode List:

  • Ha’awe Make Loa (Death Wish)
  • Huaka’i Kula (Field Trip)
  • Kahu (Guardian)
  • Kapu (Forbidden)

Disc 3 Special Features:

  • Deleted Scenes for: Huaka’i Kula (Field Trip) / Kapu (Forbidden)
  • Alternate endings for: Kapu (Forbidden)

 

Disc 4 Episode List:

 

  • Olelo Ho’opa’i Make (Death Sentence)
  • Hana I wa ‘ia (Scandal)
  • Hookman

Disc 4 Special Features:

  • Deleted Scene for: Olelo Ho’opa’i Make (Death Sentence) / Hookman
  • Commentary on Hookman
  • Hookman episode from Original series
  • Easter Eggs

 

Disc 5 Episode List:

 

  • Kekoa (Warrior)
  • Pa’ani (The Game)
  • Na Ki’i (Dolls)

 

Disc 5 Special Features:

 

  • Deleted Scenes for: Pa’ani (The Game)
  • Commentary on: Pa’ani (The Game)

Disc 6 Episode List:

  • Hoa Pili (Close Friend)
  • Olelo Pa’a (The Promise)
  • Imi Loko ka’uhane (Seek Within One’s Soul)

Disc 6 Special Features:

  • Aloha Action! Season 3
    Shore Lines, Season 3

Disc 7 Episode List:

  • Ho’opio (To Take Captive)
  • He Welo ‘oihana (Family Business)
  • Aloha. Malama Pono (Farewell and Take Care)

 

Disc 7 Special Features:

 

  • Deleted Scene for: Ho’opio (To Take Captive) / He Welo ‘oihana (Family Business) / Aloha. Malama Pono (Farewell and Take Care)
  • Script To Screen
  • Hawaii Five-Over The Whole Wide World
  • Gag Reel
  • Easter Eggs

A look back at 2.04

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The team discovers that a dead salvage diver was looking for more than sunken treasures, Chin Ho discovers that Kono accessed his police account, and McGarrett becomes curious about what’s delaying the DOD findings about his father.

 

Please keep in mind that this review was written right after the episode aired. And it’s not really a review, more like some random thoughts sent out by email. So, all knowledge from now… well, you get the picture. 😉

Pictures are from CBS, AOLRocks, MyCoven, and my own screenshots.

 

I have to say that I really like the season so far and this episode was excellent. Really liked it.

Most important thing first, I think Cath and Steve are not over at all! On the contrary, they were both pretty devastated that she had to leave. And Steve is willing to fly half around the world to meet her on her leave, he is willing to wait for that for however it may take. You don’t do that if you see your friend just as someone you can ask a favor and to jump in bed on occasion. And Steve is not someone to just say something like that if he doesn’t really mean it.

Yes okay their first meeting was a little awkward, but I felt like Steve is very aware that he is asking a lot of favors and that she could get the wrong impression. I think he was a little embarrassed to ask her again. They both did a great job with their scenes especially in the office. That was very touching. I’m convinced that we didn’t see the last of Catherine.

That brings me right to the next point – Lori. I like her! She fits in very well, she is good with Danny and Steve. I like it that they mix it up a little. Besides we have Steve and Danno back in the car, that was great. I don’t see her as a love interest for anybody. No way, there is NO sexual tension whatsoever and I don’t think they ever intended that. She is a coworker but that’s it. Nothing else going on and I don’t think there ever will be. Steve and Lori are way too professional for that.

About Danny, well he is just Danny. Nothing out of character about his reaction to the doctor from the museum. All season one he was like that, the episode with the comic convention or the one with the models come to mind right away. He needed to be reminded to focus a few times. Even Kono said in one ep ‘he is so busted’ when it comes to women. So nothing new there, besides I think it’s great for him to get back in the saddle as Steve put it. Good for him to listen to his friend and ask her out for a coffee.

About Peter Fonda, well blink and you’ll miss him. But hey I can live with that, his role was really not important. I would have thought that they would give him something more to do.

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Well, well, Joe what are you up to? I’m not sure what to make of him. I’m certain that he will not betray Steve, they wouldn’t do that, would they? I mean wasn’t he betrayed enough in the past, how can he ever trust anyone ever again? Not Joe too. Come on Mister Lenkov you don’t really want us to believe that he is hiding something? I think his motives are good, I think he wants to protect Steve and the name of his friend. Of course I could be totally off.

I wished there was some more diving, I mean jump in dive down, that’s it? We saw the whole diving stuff in the sneak peek, that was pretty lame, sorry to say so.

Now with that all said that leaves Kono. I really don’t know what’s going on with her. I’m pretty sure that she’s working undercover, guess we really have to wait and see. The promo for next week, well it doesn’t look good for her.

At least we see Chin is worried about her. Even though I’m sure the others also tried to reach out to her, but she’s not allowing that.

I’m really curious how they will solve this matter with her and I’m even more curious how she will fit into Five-0 again. Because quite frankly I’m still not missing her. I think the show is doing a great job to take her out of it and letting us guess what’s up with her.

Well that probably wraps it up, this episode was another example why I love this show so much. It is great entertainment with not just the solving of the crime of the week, but the serial character of it is what I really like. All the little stories involving all the characters, were really well done. Another A minus for me.