By Stu Robinson, Episode 18 of CBS’ new Hawaii Five-O, like the one two weeks earlier, has McGarrett, Chin Ho and Kono racing the clock while Danno deals with family issues. Mad Bomber Someone is using explosives to kill the children of judicial officials. After a judge and a prosecutor watch their offspring die, Five-O races to identify and stop the bomber before he kills again. This episode was a pursuit with a bit of procedural mixed...
By Stu Robinson, In the past, I’ve observed that episodes of CBS’s new Hawaii Five-O come in two varieties: those devoted to revealing the back stories of Steve McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) and the three other main characters; and those that simply serve up a crime for them to solve. But Episodes 16 & 17 made me realize that I might have painted that with too broad a brush. Two observations: Among those that focus on a crime du...
By Stuart Robinson, Last week brought us the return of Mary Ann McGarrett. But that was nothin’! For Episode 15 of CBS’ new Hawaii Five-O, they could’ve replaced the series’ boffo theme song with Celine Dion’s “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now.” McGarrett’s girlfriend, Lt. Catherine Rollins (Michelle Borth), is back just in time to again commandeer a naval satellite for Five-O’s...
By Stu Robinson, When I started blogging CBS’ new Hawaii Five-O back in September, I conceded that all I remembered about the original series – besides the boffo theme song – was Jack Lord’s hair, boxy cars and the signature tag line: “Book ‘em Danno.” Thanks to Netflix, I recently had the opportunity to watch the original series’ pilot and first two episodes to see how they stood up against the newer version. Short...
By Stu Robinson, I’ve observed that episodes of CBS’s new Hawaii Five-O come in two varieties: those devoted to revealing the back stories of Steve McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) and the three other main characters; and those that simply serve up a crime for them to solve. Episodes 13 & 14 are prime examples of each. Episode 13 delves deeply into the mysterious murders of Steve’s parents and reintroduces his younger...
