By Stu Robinson Mark your calendar for the return of August March to CBS’s Hawaii Five-0. The episode scheduled to air on Monday, March 19, will feature TV legend Ed Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant) reprising theRead more…
Caan Tiki: Dad, Son Meet in Hawaii
By Stu Robinson, Season 2, Episode 18 of CBS’s Hawaii Five-0 took its obsession with fatherhood to a whole new level. In a long-anticipated bit of stunt casting, the show’s producers reeled in James Caan (Brian’s Song, The Godfather, NBC’sRead more…
Can ABC’s ‘Pan Am’ Stay in the Air?
By Stu Robinson, On Sunday ABC aired the season finale of Pan Am. Whether it was the series finale remains to be seen. The success of cable network AMC’s Mad Men prompted ABC and NBC to present their own 1960sRead more…
‘H50’ Loses the Good German
By Stu Robinson, CBS teased Season 2, Episode 16 of Hawaii Five-0 by implying the team would lose a member. Well, you don’t need to be Einstein to notice which actor’s name isn’t in the opening credits. Goodbye Lauren German. German’sRead more…
‘Hawaii Five-0’: More Daddy Issues!
By Stu Robinson, After a couple of milquetoast episodes, CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 brought some meat to the luau in Episode 14. Joe comes clean and reveals Shelbourne’s identity. Danno helps his ex-wife deliver her baby. The ambush of a deliveryRead more…
H50 Episode Recalls Real-Life Case
By Stu Robinson, Season 2, Episode 11 of CBS’ new Hawaii Five-0 draws heavily from a real-life 1976 school bus kidnapping in Chowchilla, Calif., in which the hostages were placed underground in the back of a buried truck. The real-lifeRead more…
McGarrett Goes off the Reservation
By Stu Robinson, The teaser the end of last week’s show said it all about Season 2, Episode 10 of CBS’ new Hawaii-Five-0: Jenna Kaye! Wo Fat! North Korea! Jimmy Buffett flying a helicopter! Drama? Sure. Action? Hell yes! PlotRead more…
H50: Like to Stay? Keep Doctor Away
By Stu Robinson, Episodes 8 and 9 of CBS’ new Hawaii Five-0 were little more than filler. Neither advanced any of the ongoing story lines; in fact, the only back story to come up at all was Danno’s housing saga. Neither episodeRead more…
‘H50’ Halloween Episode Haunts Danno
By Stu Robinson, There isn’t much I can say about Hawaii Five-0‘s Halloween episode other that it was silly fun – mostly at Danno’s expense. The plot is confusing, and the audience never has an opportunity to guess the killer,Read more…
‘H50’: Who Has More Fight in Him: Steve or Joe?
By Stu Robinson, Episode 6 of CBS’ new Hawaii Five-0 begins with Steve McGarrett climbing into a mixed martial arts ring to face off against Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell. Flash back 48 hours to see a body, tied toRead more…