By Stu Robinson, The producers and writers of CBS’s new Hawaii Five-0 are turning stunt casting into the equivalent of an Olympic sport. After a great episode featuring guest star James Caan (Brian’s Song, The Godfather, NBC’s Las Vegas), the H50 brainRead more…
‘Five-0’ Seeks Advice from Lou Grant
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…
‘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…
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…
‘Hawaii Five-0’: The Fall and Rise of Kono
By Stu Robinson, I’ve been busy with the day job this month, so I have to play catch-up on Season 2 of CBS’ new Hawaii Five-0 – starting with Episodes 3-5, a an arc that could be titled, “Oh no,Read more…
‘Hawaii Five-0’ Gets the Band Back Together
By Stu Robinson, It took me a few days to recover from whiplash following the season premiere of CBS’ Hawaii Five-0. No, not really. It just seemed like it. I went into the Season 2 premiere wondering how the H50Read more…