By Stu Robinson, A few weeks ago, I posted a recap of Hawaii Five-0‘s season finale. Now that I’ve had a few weeks to reflect on it, here are my big-picture thoughts on the show’s plot and character developments. TheRead more…
Wo Fat Springs Trap in ‘HF0’ Season Finale
By Stu Robinson, I’ve had some time to digest the Season One finale of Hawaii Five-0, the new CBS hit that pretty much lived up to its preseason hype. Summing up the 24 episodes requires more than one blog post,Read more…
Kono and the Lab Tech, Sittin’ in a Tree
By Stu Robinson, Another week of CBS’ new Hawaii Five-0, another set of daddy issues. In Episode 22, a famous fashion photographer (played by Rick Springfield) is burned alive in his trailer at a shoot. He had just proposed toRead more…
‘Hawaii Five-0’: Many Happy Returns
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 BackRead more…
Old-School ‘Hawaii Five-0’ Episodes Hold Up
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 signatureRead more…
‘Hawaii Five-0’ Sticks to Its Guns
By Stu Robinson, Episode 9 of CBS’s new Hawaii Five-O didn’t leave me with any deep thoughts, but did feature three epic gunfights. It also included a sexy assassin, night-vision equipment and evidence that Grace Park’s Kono can tackle betterRead more…
Five-0 Bingo, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly
Buff bodies, catch phrases, reoccurring themes – CBS’ new Hawaii Five-O has them all. Now the folks at Entertainment Weekly have made a game of it with Five-O Bingo, which they update weekly on their website, ew.com. Among the squares:Read more…
‘Hawaii Five-O’ Has Daddy Issues
CBS gave us Episode 2 of its new Hawaii Five-O last night – a chance to see what direction the writers would go from the premiere, in which Steve McGarrett’s father is slain and the son is left to ponderRead more…