Holy mackerel! Talk about catching lightning in a bottle. What are the odds? Episode 22 of CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 concerns a young girl kidnapped and held hostage for a decade. During the closing credits, local news teases the day’s biggestRead more…
H50: Kamekona’s New Venture Takes Flight
[NOTE: This post brings us up to date for tonight’s Episode 20.] It begins with a misdirection: At night, a man boards a yacht offshore. Armed with a pistol, he enters the cabin and moves forward. At the door toRead more…
‘H50’: Games Staged and Real
Season 3, Episode 17 of CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 – in which the gang must solve a corporate murder/espionage case – takes place amid the hoopla of the NFL’s Pro Bowl weekend in Hawaii. It doesn’t advance any of the series’Read more…
‘Hawaii Five-0’ Tackles Sinister Fight Club
I’ve tuned in for Hawaii Five-0, but I seem to be getting Magic Mike. CBS? Check. 9 p.m.? Check. Still seeing a male stripper, though he’s moved from the stage to a table of women who appear to be havingRead more…
‘H50’ Cues Up Jimi for Post-NFL Episode
Another week, another programming gimmick for Hawaii Five-0. The soundtrack for Episode 13 featured seven previously unreleased Jimi Hendrix songs. The tunes will be a new Hendrix album, “People, Hell and Angels,” which goes on sale March 5. They sayRead more…
Kid Steals Show on ‘Hawaii Five-0’
Hawaii Five-0 came back strong this week with a solid episode featuring the regular cast and a couple of good guest performances. Diehard H50 fans online, and pretty much anybody who watched CBS this week, saw the promos with StarRead more…
‘H50’ Uses Beauty for Good, Evil
Before I get started on this week’s Hawaii Five-0 Guest-a-palooza, I want focus on last week’s episode. Of the two wildly different hours, Episode 8 had greater implications for the series’ future than Episode 9, which was a self-contained doseRead more…
If Sandy Rained Out ‘H50,’ You Didn’t Miss Much
Who’d have figured a hurricane on the Eastern Seaboard would prevent people in Arizona from watching a TV show set in Hawaii? But that’s what happened last week, when CBS pre-empted Hawaii Five-0 for its news coverage of Hurricane Sandy.Read more…
‘H50’ Episode Lost Amid Bluster
I know I’m late with this Hawaii Five-0 recap. In a busy week that included my birthday, the Scottsdale International Film Festival and a couple of sports events, I didn’t even get to view Season 3, Episode 3 until thisRead more…
Art Heist Paces Paint-by-Numbers ‘H50’
Could there be a more unlikely recurring guest on Hawaii Five-0 than Ed Asner? Amid the sun, surf and action of Oahu, the octogenarian TV legend sits on a park bench – looking and sounding a bit like one of theRead more…