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simplyn2deep ([personal profile] simplyn2deep) wrote in [community profile] tv_talk2013-10-31 05:05 pm

Hawaii Five-0 :: HOME BASE

Welcome to the Home Base for Hawaii Five-0

The show airs on CBS at 9/8c on Friday nights.


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Previous Episode Discussion Threads
September 27th - 4.01 Aloha Kekahi I Kekahi (We Need Each Other)
October 4th - 4.02 A'ale Ma'a Wau (Fish Out of Water)
October 11th - 4.03 Ka ‘oia’i’o ma loko (The Truth Within)
October 18th - 4.04 A ia la aku (From This Day Forward)
October 25th - 4.05 Kupu’eu (Fallen Hero)
November 1st - 4.06 Kupouli 'la (Broken)
November 8th - 4.07 Ua Nalohia (In Deep)
November 15th - 4.08 Akanahe (Reluctant Partners)
November 22nd - 4.09 Ha'uoli La Ho'omoaika'i (Happy Thanksgiving)
December 13th - 4.10 Ho'onani Makuakane (Honor Thy Father)
December 20th - 4.11 Pukana (Keepsake)
January 10th - 4.12 O kela me keia manawa (Now and Then)
January 17th - 4.13 Hana lokomaika’i (The Favor)
January 31st - 4.14 Na hala a ka makua (Sins of the Father)
February 28th - 4.15 Pale ‘la (Buried Secrets)
March 7th - 4.16 Hōkū Welowelo (Fire in the Sky)
March 14th - 4.17 Ma lalo o ka ‘ili (Beneath the Surface)
April 4th - 4.18 Ho'i Hou (Reunited) **fan built episode**
April 11th - 4.19 Ku I Ka Pili Koko (Blood Brothers) wow! I don't know how I forgot to put up a thread for this episode, but one can be found here.

Upcoming Episodes (and their air dates)
See you in September for season 5!


News
Hawaii Five-0 renewed for season 5! and a new series regular for season 5!
Hawaii Five-0 Exclusive: Actress to Exit

Join us as we discuss the episode each Friday night. Episode discussion threads (comments) will be posted a couple of hours before the episode airs on the east coast.
veritas_poet: (H50 - Danny & Steve - BW - you)

Re: 4.07 Ua Nalohia (In Deep)

[personal profile] veritas_poet 2013-11-12 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been behind and finally caught up.

4X6

I enjoyed seeing our boys together again! Having a normal case (tho' zombie-ish) was good. Glad to be light on the Adam/Kono storyline, which I find to be so ridiculous and annoying.

4X7

Inserting a baby storyline (especially out of nowhere) is always a gimmick. But the baby was cute and I guess it worked out okay. It's always fun to see guys with babies. Loved Danny's storytelling. Again, it was good to more Danny & Steve interaction and limited time given to the Adam/Kono plot.

I'm really not getting the Catherine hate I see in the fandom. That's odd for me, since I generally don't like most female characters. Is it a bit unbelievable that she could 1) fight like that and 2) get a job with Five-0 just like that? Well, sure. But not any more unbelievable than anything else on the show. I remember the actress from a little watched show called 'The Forgotten', which I enjoyed. The character seems intelligent and not a whiny/clingy female, and so far the romance (such as it is) hasn't been too intrusive. I'll give it a chance.
veritas_poet: (Jin - glad to see you - animated)

Re: 4.07 Ua Nalohia (In Deep)

[personal profile] veritas_poet 2013-11-16 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
That's why I try these days to stay away from any real-life knowledge of any actors on my shows! They too often turn out to be jerks and it does color your enjoyment of their work.

The show itself seems quite uneven in a number of ways, so there is that. I'm just hoping the ratings keep strong enough so it's not cancelled. Whatever its flaws (and I think there are valid complaints to be had) I do still enjoy it!
veritas_poet: (Sunflower - sunglasses)

Re: 4.08 Akanahe (Reluctant Partners)

[personal profile] veritas_poet 2013-11-17 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
I like the actor who plays Grover and I enjoyed the interaction between the characters.

But where's Danny?!

Also, Nick Jonas? Seriously?

Though he played an annoying punk very well!

Plane In Peril stories terrify me. This one kept me on the edge of my seat. Not sure how plausible that sort of scenario is, but it's a frightening thought if it is at all.

But... where did he go? And how? I wished this had been resolved. That means I'll have to see that Jonas kid again. He did play an insufferable BRAT very well!

Yeah, not sure where this show is going these days. I'm not sure they do either. But it's still fun.
veritas_poet: (H50 - Danny & Steve - BW - you)

Re: 4.08 Akanahe (Reluctant Partners)

[personal profile] veritas_poet 2013-11-17 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, I see.

Well, like I said, I think it went well.
veritas_poet: (H50 - Danny & Steve - BW - you)

Re: 4.17 Ma lalo o ka ‘ili (Beneath the Surface)

[personal profile] veritas_poet 2014-04-05 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
I am just now catching up.

Danny trying to get his parents back together was so sweet. (Although... what the heck has Melanie Griffith done to her face?!)

And wow, I was so glad to see the "girls are always victims" thing turned on its head. Girls can be more devious and evil than guys can. So glad to see it for a change.
veritas_poet: (Insult Islam)

Re: 4.20 Pe'epe'e Kanaka (Those Among Us)

[personal profile] veritas_poet 2014-04-27 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
Steve: Go to PT. I hope it hurts. A lot. I love you.

Danny: Love you too.

Hahaha! You know the slashers are having a ball with that one. (Even thought they just finished talking about their GIRLFRIENDS.)

Wow, a story on home grown ISLAMIC terrorists?! They even said the word jihad!

Let's see how they spin the ending. Please, please don't let that happen!


Oh, here we go. Traitor/jihadi wannabe starts quoting the Quran and of course Steve says it's "cherry picked" phrases fed to her.

And, of course, useless girl had a hard life. Boo hoo.

But all in all, it was pretty good! No moral equivalence, no "sucker punch" where it ends up being the Americans or Christians or conservatives in particular who were the real bad guys, respect for our military boys, and again, actual mention of Islam, jihad and even Allah!

Shocking!
veritas_poet: (TV swells brains)

Re: 4.21 Makani 'Olu a Holo Malie (Fair Winds and Following Seas).

[personal profile] veritas_poet 2014-05-04 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm talking to myself here, but I guess I'm used to that.

First off, maybe I've watched too many years decades of TV, but I am no longer able to buy this nonsense where cops or military people or doctors go rogue, as it were, and do things that would never in a million years be REMOTELY possible in real life.

I know it's only TV. I know it's all pretend. I know we must turn off our brains to some extent. But at some point you just have to say, "Oh, come on!" There's no way either Catherine or Steve would have been able to even get to Afghanistan on their own the way they did! You just cannot call in favors of the military like that. You just cannot hop on a plane and go chase people down in a foreign, hostile country where we are at war. And then to have that same military go and rescue Steve? Again, it would NEVER happen!

Then there was the usual Hollywood silliness that says that you can make friends with an entirely hostile culture just by something as simple as playing soccer. Come on, already!


Also, I'm not much into the fandom, but I could not avoid all the Catherine-hate that seemed to be present, along with hatred for the actress as well. I have no idea why they hated the actress. And I don't want to know. As to the character, I liked her. And that's rare for me with female characters in general. I hope she survives and returns at some point.

All in all, a tense episode, but really beyond my ability to find remotely realistic.
veritas_poet: (H50 - Danny & Steve - BW - you)

Re: 4.21 Makani 'Olu a Holo Malie (Fair Winds and Following Seas).

[personal profile] veritas_poet 2014-05-04 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
As you don't want to know why a lot of fans don't like the actress, I won't speak to that since you don't want to know, but do know why.

I try to avoid real life stuff from all my shows these days. Too much ugliness goes on behind the scenes. For myself personally, it just takes away my enjoyment.