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…
Tom Arnold: Unconvincing Bad Guy
I’m not going to spend a lot of time on this week’s Hawaii Five-0 (Season 3, Episode 10) because it doesn’t merit that much attention. The setup is that Danno is chaperoning a camping trip for Grace (Teilor Grubbs) andRead 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…
‘Hawaii Five-0’ Treading Water in Season 3
Seven episodes into Season 3, it’s fair to ask whether CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 has lost its way. Since the action-packed season premiere, most of the episodes have been self-contained, with plots that have ranged from procedural to cartoonish. Meanwhile: The showRead 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…
Fasten Seat Belts for ‘H50’ Season 3
Season 3 of CBS’ Hawaii Five-0 premieres tonight, and the series will pick up right where it left off last season. The last 10 minutes of Season 2 left a cliffhanger for each team member: Steve McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) discoveredRead 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…
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…