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HAWAII FIVE-0 “E Malama” Review
HAWAII FIVE-0 (CBS) E Malama
HAWAII FIVE-0 “E Malama” Season 1 Episode 16 – Everyone spent a lot of time separated in this episode, which I thought was pretty cool. Not only because it allowed us all to see them handling various situations on their own, but also because they still managed to work as a team, even while apart. The phone conversation between McGarrett and Danny was a great example and I loved that they still got in one of their usual heart-to-heart-in-a-car discussions even though they both weren’t in the car.
McGarrett was his usual badass self, going commando (no, not like that, I mean like an actual soldier) and taking out one bad guys in the jungle. Which left Chin to do some badassery of his own, protecting the witness all by himself and not to be left out, Kono figured out who the final assassin is just in the nick of time to save the witness once again.
Finally that left Danny, who was not on the case at all but dealing with his daughter and ex-wife being put in danger by something that his exes new husband had done. There’s nothing quite like a Danny who’s on the rampage protecting his little girl, but I’m impressed that he stayed in control when dealing with Stan. In the end he actually helped the guy out and took all the danger onto himself, bringing the new family back together safely. Divorced or no, that can’t exactly have been easy for him to do.
My favorite bits…
Totally not trusting the bogus cops, even before the Marshal spotted the bullet holes in the uniform on one of them.
Cracking up at Danny’s theory that the person who invented the cell phone must have an ex-wife. You know, that wouldn’t surprise me at all.
Wondering if it was odd that I thought Danny and Rachel’s phone “language” made perfect sense.
Holy cow! Rachel and Grace barely making it out of a carjacking.
Danny’s entire demeanor changing as he heard the message from Rachel.
Seeing how everyone on the team was affected when they heard the news about Rachel and Grace, and the way McGarrett told Danny if he needed anything all he had to do was call.
Echoing Kono’s “good for her” when they saw how hard the witness fought her abductors.
Getting a Lost-esque vibe when Chin asked “where do we start?” as the camera did the massive pan out to the entire island.
Being right there with Danny when he suspected that Stan might be into something shady.
Chin’s remark about McGarrett, that some guys were just born without a fear gene.
Kono spelling out her name to the scumbag’s attorney. Yeah!
Okay I love me some Hero!Danny as much as the next girl but wasn’t it all kinds of wrong for him to go into Rachel’s house without backup?
McGarrett in the makeshift commando makeup and building traps = totally hot.
Wait. Is Danny driving? His own car? *dies of shock*
McGarrett being able to hear Danny’s tone through the phone and talking him down, all while holding up a very heavy looking log.
Not being able to help the laugh that escaped me when the bad guy got hit by McGarrett’s log. Ouch.
Chin using the tracking info McGarrett taught him to get the guy off their trail. Brilliant!
McGarrett handling a collapsed lung in the field with a knife and a piece of bamboo. Nice.
The entire conversation between Danny and Stan in the car. I loved that he spotted that Stan was scared even though he was hiding it.
Danny taking down the commissioner and with barely controlled rage and telling the man exactly what he would do to him if he ever went near his daughter again. I loved when he imprinted his badge number on the guy’s forehead. If that doesn’t send a message, I don’t know what will.
The awesome motorcycle chase through the jungle.
McGarrett telling their backup that they would have no trouble identifying what truck they were in. Yeah, that was an understatement.
Kono vs. Lady Assassin chick fight.
Chin telling Kono that she had the whole ass-kicking thing down. I couldn’t have put it better myself.
My heart melting when Grace said “I love you Danno.” Say it with me – Awwwww.
What did you think of the episode of Hawaii Five-0? Got any favorite bits or least favorite bits of your own? I’d love to hear from you!
review by Daemon's TV
AUTHOR: Mokibobolink
HAWAII FIVE-0 “E Malama” Season 1 Episode 16 – Everyone spent a lot of time separated in this episode, which I thought was pretty cool. Not only because it allowed us all to see them handling various situations on their own, but also because they still managed to work as a team, even while apart. The phone conversation between McGarrett and Danny was a great example and I loved that they still got in one of their usual heart-to-heart-in-a-car discussions even though they both weren’t in the car.
McGarrett was his usual badass self, going commando (no, not like that, I mean like an actual soldier) and taking out one bad guys in the jungle. Which left Chin to do some badassery of his own, protecting the witness all by himself and not to be left out, Kono figured out who the final assassin is just in the nick of time to save the witness once again.
Finally that left Danny, who was not on the case at all but dealing with his daughter and ex-wife being put in danger by something that his exes new husband had done. There’s nothing quite like a Danny who’s on the rampage protecting his little girl, but I’m impressed that he stayed in control when dealing with Stan. In the end he actually helped the guy out and took all the danger onto himself, bringing the new family back together safely. Divorced or no, that can’t exactly have been easy for him to do.
My favorite bits…
Totally not trusting the bogus cops, even before the Marshal spotted the bullet holes in the uniform on one of them.
Cracking up at Danny’s theory that the person who invented the cell phone must have an ex-wife. You know, that wouldn’t surprise me at all.
Wondering if it was odd that I thought Danny and Rachel’s phone “language” made perfect sense.
Holy cow! Rachel and Grace barely making it out of a carjacking.
Danny’s entire demeanor changing as he heard the message from Rachel.
Seeing how everyone on the team was affected when they heard the news about Rachel and Grace, and the way McGarrett told Danny if he needed anything all he had to do was call.
Echoing Kono’s “good for her” when they saw how hard the witness fought her abductors.
Getting a Lost-esque vibe when Chin asked “where do we start?” as the camera did the massive pan out to the entire island.
Being right there with Danny when he suspected that Stan might be into something shady.
Chin’s remark about McGarrett, that some guys were just born without a fear gene.
Kono spelling out her name to the scumbag’s attorney. Yeah!
Okay I love me some Hero!Danny as much as the next girl but wasn’t it all kinds of wrong for him to go into Rachel’s house without backup?
McGarrett in the makeshift commando makeup and building traps = totally hot.
Wait. Is Danny driving? His own car? *dies of shock*
McGarrett being able to hear Danny’s tone through the phone and talking him down, all while holding up a very heavy looking log.
Not being able to help the laugh that escaped me when the bad guy got hit by McGarrett’s log. Ouch.
Chin using the tracking info McGarrett taught him to get the guy off their trail. Brilliant!
McGarrett handling a collapsed lung in the field with a knife and a piece of bamboo. Nice.
The entire conversation between Danny and Stan in the car. I loved that he spotted that Stan was scared even though he was hiding it.
Danny taking down the commissioner and with barely controlled rage and telling the man exactly what he would do to him if he ever went near his daughter again. I loved when he imprinted his badge number on the guy’s forehead. If that doesn’t send a message, I don’t know what will.
The awesome motorcycle chase through the jungle.
McGarrett telling their backup that they would have no trouble identifying what truck they were in. Yeah, that was an understatement.
Kono vs. Lady Assassin chick fight.
Chin telling Kono that she had the whole ass-kicking thing down. I couldn’t have put it better myself.
My heart melting when Grace said “I love you Danno.” Say it with me – Awwwww.
What did you think of the episode of Hawaii Five-0? Got any favorite bits or least favorite bits of your own? I’d love to hear from you!
review by Daemon's TV
AUTHOR: Mokibobolink
Saturday, February 5, 2011
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Hawaii Five-0 - Alex O
Hawaii Five-0 - Alex O
WORDS DYLAN HOWARD
ADDITIONAL REPORTING GERRI MILLER
At a shopping mall in the Kahala neighbourhood of Honolulu, Hawaii, there’s a sculpture of actor Jack Lord, who played Detective Steve McGarrett in the original version of the TV series Hawaii Five-0. It’s only a bust, but it reminds Alex O’Loughlin that he has some big bronze shoes to fill every time he passes by.
O’Loughlin, the Australian actor best known for his previous series Moonlight and Three Rivers, and the rom-com The Back-up Plan with Jennifer Lopez, has inherited the memorable role of McGarrett in the modern reboot of the action series, which premieres in Australia this month on Network Ten.
“I’m an Aussie playing one of the most iconic American television characters of all time.It’s a real honour for me,” says the Canberra- born actor, for whom any early reservations about the show’s success or his part in it have vanished amid stellar ratings and an enthusiastic reception in the US, as well as worldwide.
“Sometimes you think something is going to do really well and it doesn’t, or vice versa. But everywhere I go now people want to shake my hand. We can’t shoot the show without having security around,” he says, recalling a recent off – the-set shopping trip where he was mobbed for photos and autographs. “This might turn out to be my biggest break so far,” he acknowledges. “But I’m just taking it one day at a time.”
O’Loughlin, 34, wasn’t even born when the original Five-0 began its 12-year run in 1968, but anyone familiar with the original series can expect a different take — with lots of action, humour and a modern sensibility thrown in for pretty good measure.
The storyline goes as such: back in Hawaii to investigate his father’s murder, Navy SEAL- turned-cop McGarrett is tapped to head an elite police task force, and recruits New Jersey transplant Danny “Danno” Williams (Scott Caan of Entourage), Chin Ho Kelly (Lost’s Daniel Dae Kim), and rookie cop Kono Kalakaua (Battlestar Galactica’s Grace Park), who is Chin’s pretty cousin — with the latter part played in the original by a hefty Hawaiian dude who went by the single-name moniker of Zulu.
But producers knew better than to mess with other touchstones of the show, including familiar Oahu locations, Morton Stevens’ instrumental theme and the classic line, “Book ‘em, Danno!”.
“I try to figure out a new way to do it every time, to change it up,” says O’Loughlin, whose bantering relationship with Caan is central to the show, and carried over off-screen. “We’ve hit it off and become mates,” he says.
Military veteran McGarrett is more of the straight man, though O’Loughlin’s portrayal is less stoic than Lord’s. “There are a lot of areas where he’s seen as black and white — very clear. But there are a lot of layers to this guy. He learned how to defend himself and his honour very quickly and very young in life,” he says. “He doesn’t take any crap. And if you’re in with him, he’ll die to protect you.”
Signing on to Five-0 meant moving from Los Angeles, his home for the past six years, to Oahu, and although he initially felt isolated living in a hotel on the pilot episode, he now has a mountainside house with a great Pacific view, and loves island life.
“When I wake up, I make a cup of coffee and I look out the window — I view the surf report from there,” says O’Loughlin, who, needless to say, has taken up the sport. “I can see about five different breaks from my house, and each night I can see the sunset from my house. It’s an amazing place to live. It has just totally become my home since.”
He nevertheless plans to keep his Los Angeles pad until he receives the official go-ahead about the series’ second season this spring. Interestingly enough, being a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney from the 2002 cohort, O’Loughlin had always planned to head to L.A. “It wasn’t about the bright lights of Hollywood. It was about the pool of talent,” he explains.
Of course, it was by no means an easy task at first. “I was the second-best actor for a lot of jobs, and I lived on a friend’s couch for about nine months,” he recalls candidly.
In fact, in one of those “almost” situations, O’Loughlin lost the role of James Bond in Casino Royale to Daniel Craig. “It was the biggest audition I ever did, and also the biggest audition I didn’t get. And it’s the one everyone brings up,” he sighs, musing, “I think I was a little bit young for the role.”
Nevertheless, he “got to be Bond for a day” at the screen test, and “walked away having learned about myself as an actor with regard to my ambition, and about my achievement,” he says, convinced that when the role he is right for comes his way, he’ll be ready for it.
What he’s still coming to terms with is the invasion of privacy that accompanies fame. He laughs at the absurdity of a rumour that AC/ DC rocker Bon Scott was his father, calling it “benign, not slanderous or harmful to my family or myself, and kind of cool.”
But he’s bothered that the career he’s chosen may impact the people in his life, including a young son in Australia, whom he’s tried to keep out of the press. “I’m very protective of my family, and I don’t ever want this stuff affecting them. Usually I’m okay with it, but sometimes I want to just go home and shut the door. I’m a very private person, and this loss of anonymity is the hardest thing to deal with.”
Now, living in Hawaii, just a nine-hour flight away from Sydney, he’s slightly closer to Australia. “I miss my friends. I miss going out for the Sydney Morning Herald and a really good breakfast,” he admits, but his job keeps him too busy to dwell on that. “It’s a really big, ambitious television show and I’m in a lot of it.
“There’s a lot of action, and the three Cs: comedy, character and crime. For people who like crime-fighting and cop shows, it’s got that. The characters are really well-rounded, and there’s a lot of really funny stuff,” he says, encouraging Aussie audiences to check it out. “I really think this is going to be a show that everyone will enjoy.”
Hawaii Five-0 airs Sundays on Network Ten.
Riding The Waves
One of Alex O’Loughlin’s top tips for Hawaii is a skill he learned on the island: surfing. “I was actually deeply humbled by God yesterday when I went for a surf,” he says. Although he grew up in Australia, a country where surfing is renowned for being a favourite past-time, it wasn’t until Hawaii Five-O that he began taking to the water with a board. “I learned how to surf when I got here,” says O’Loughlin. “It’s the most amazing scene here, almost life-changing. I’m trying to transition into a short boarder at the moment. Some people are telling me it’s a little early for that. So of course, yesterday, I fell.”
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WORDS DYLAN HOWARD
ADDITIONAL REPORTING GERRI MILLER
At a shopping mall in the Kahala neighbourhood of Honolulu, Hawaii, there’s a sculpture of actor Jack Lord, who played Detective Steve McGarrett in the original version of the TV series Hawaii Five-0. It’s only a bust, but it reminds Alex O’Loughlin that he has some big bronze shoes to fill every time he passes by.
O’Loughlin, the Australian actor best known for his previous series Moonlight and Three Rivers, and the rom-com The Back-up Plan with Jennifer Lopez, has inherited the memorable role of McGarrett in the modern reboot of the action series, which premieres in Australia this month on Network Ten.
“I’m an Aussie playing one of the most iconic American television characters of all time.It’s a real honour for me,” says the Canberra- born actor, for whom any early reservations about the show’s success or his part in it have vanished amid stellar ratings and an enthusiastic reception in the US, as well as worldwide.
“Sometimes you think something is going to do really well and it doesn’t, or vice versa. But everywhere I go now people want to shake my hand. We can’t shoot the show without having security around,” he says, recalling a recent off – the-set shopping trip where he was mobbed for photos and autographs. “This might turn out to be my biggest break so far,” he acknowledges. “But I’m just taking it one day at a time.”
O’Loughlin, 34, wasn’t even born when the original Five-0 began its 12-year run in 1968, but anyone familiar with the original series can expect a different take — with lots of action, humour and a modern sensibility thrown in for pretty good measure.
The storyline goes as such: back in Hawaii to investigate his father’s murder, Navy SEAL- turned-cop McGarrett is tapped to head an elite police task force, and recruits New Jersey transplant Danny “Danno” Williams (Scott Caan of Entourage), Chin Ho Kelly (Lost’s Daniel Dae Kim), and rookie cop Kono Kalakaua (Battlestar Galactica’s Grace Park), who is Chin’s pretty cousin — with the latter part played in the original by a hefty Hawaiian dude who went by the single-name moniker of Zulu.
But producers knew better than to mess with other touchstones of the show, including familiar Oahu locations, Morton Stevens’ instrumental theme and the classic line, “Book ‘em, Danno!”.
“I try to figure out a new way to do it every time, to change it up,” says O’Loughlin, whose bantering relationship with Caan is central to the show, and carried over off-screen. “We’ve hit it off and become mates,” he says.
Military veteran McGarrett is more of the straight man, though O’Loughlin’s portrayal is less stoic than Lord’s. “There are a lot of areas where he’s seen as black and white — very clear. But there are a lot of layers to this guy. He learned how to defend himself and his honour very quickly and very young in life,” he says. “He doesn’t take any crap. And if you’re in with him, he’ll die to protect you.”
Signing on to Five-0 meant moving from Los Angeles, his home for the past six years, to Oahu, and although he initially felt isolated living in a hotel on the pilot episode, he now has a mountainside house with a great Pacific view, and loves island life.
“When I wake up, I make a cup of coffee and I look out the window — I view the surf report from there,” says O’Loughlin, who, needless to say, has taken up the sport. “I can see about five different breaks from my house, and each night I can see the sunset from my house. It’s an amazing place to live. It has just totally become my home since.”
He nevertheless plans to keep his Los Angeles pad until he receives the official go-ahead about the series’ second season this spring. Interestingly enough, being a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney from the 2002 cohort, O’Loughlin had always planned to head to L.A. “It wasn’t about the bright lights of Hollywood. It was about the pool of talent,” he explains.
Of course, it was by no means an easy task at first. “I was the second-best actor for a lot of jobs, and I lived on a friend’s couch for about nine months,” he recalls candidly.
In fact, in one of those “almost” situations, O’Loughlin lost the role of James Bond in Casino Royale to Daniel Craig. “It was the biggest audition I ever did, and also the biggest audition I didn’t get. And it’s the one everyone brings up,” he sighs, musing, “I think I was a little bit young for the role.”
Nevertheless, he “got to be Bond for a day” at the screen test, and “walked away having learned about myself as an actor with regard to my ambition, and about my achievement,” he says, convinced that when the role he is right for comes his way, he’ll be ready for it.
What he’s still coming to terms with is the invasion of privacy that accompanies fame. He laughs at the absurdity of a rumour that AC/ DC rocker Bon Scott was his father, calling it “benign, not slanderous or harmful to my family or myself, and kind of cool.”
But he’s bothered that the career he’s chosen may impact the people in his life, including a young son in Australia, whom he’s tried to keep out of the press. “I’m very protective of my family, and I don’t ever want this stuff affecting them. Usually I’m okay with it, but sometimes I want to just go home and shut the door. I’m a very private person, and this loss of anonymity is the hardest thing to deal with.”
Now, living in Hawaii, just a nine-hour flight away from Sydney, he’s slightly closer to Australia. “I miss my friends. I miss going out for the Sydney Morning Herald and a really good breakfast,” he admits, but his job keeps him too busy to dwell on that. “It’s a really big, ambitious television show and I’m in a lot of it.
“There’s a lot of action, and the three Cs: comedy, character and crime. For people who like crime-fighting and cop shows, it’s got that. The characters are really well-rounded, and there’s a lot of really funny stuff,” he says, encouraging Aussie audiences to check it out. “I really think this is going to be a show that everyone will enjoy.”
Hawaii Five-0 airs Sundays on Network Ten.
Riding The Waves
One of Alex O’Loughlin’s top tips for Hawaii is a skill he learned on the island: surfing. “I was actually deeply humbled by God yesterday when I went for a surf,” he says. Although he grew up in Australia, a country where surfing is renowned for being a favourite past-time, it wasn’t until Hawaii Five-O that he began taking to the water with a board. “I learned how to surf when I got here,” says O’Loughlin. “It’s the most amazing scene here, almost life-changing. I’m trying to transition into a short boarder at the moment. Some people are telling me it’s a little early for that. So of course, yesterday, I fell.”
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