That the highly anticipated finale of Hawaii Five-0 is going to shake things up significantly is being brought home by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s summary of plot twists that fans can expect tomorrow:
» The “Five-0″ unit might be eliminated.
» Danno and ex-wife Rachel might reunite and move back to New Jersey.
» Kono could be punished for doing the wrong thing for the right reason.
» McGarrett and his nemesis Wo Fat square off again, but who’s the worse for their encounter?
» Disgraced Honolulu police detective Chin Ho Kelly could get his job back, which would mean he’d have to leave “Five-0.”
» Even the choice of victim in the vicious blast will be cause for pause.
Although Five-0 may belong in a line-up of successful procedurals for CBS, there is no doubt that it’s the endearing characters that keep us coming back for more.
“Our show will always be tied to a crime, but when it becomes personal, I think it raises the stakes a little and allows the audience to have a more inclusive viewing experience,” Kim said. “I think ultimately, the audience really wants to care about the characters.”
The season’s final episodes have underscored that idea, said Grace Park, who plays rookie cop Kono Kalakaua.
“They have been less procedural,” she said. “We still have the crime, but we are getting into the heart of ‘Five-0.’ We’re getting into what really matters, which is their team, their relationships, why they are doing this and their own drama.”
Alex, an ardent actor who has been known to “walk in the shoes of the character 24 hours a day,” is obviously very much at home in Steve McGarrett’s tactical boots:
O’LOUGHLIN found a wealth of emotions to explore in his character’s back story: the murder of his parents. As the season progressed, the actor reveled in what he could explore. In McGarrett he sees an antihero with secrets.
“I want to play a conflicted character, and Steve McGarrett is becoming more and more conflicted and more and more complex as we go on,” O’Loughlin said. “He is very, very driven, and the more I play this guy, the more I realize how driven he is.”
From the start, O’Loughlin felt “Five-0″ would be a hit, something that eluded his last two shows for CBS — “Moonlight” and “Three Rivers” — which both failed.
“I want it to be a good show because I want to be associated with something good,” he said. “I want it to be a good show because I want people to like what I’m doing.”
Only days away from CBS’s formal announcement of the show’s return in September, it’s already business as usual for the writers, who are busy crafting stories and arcs for season 2. We don’t expect the next season to be any less compelling than the first season and apparently, neither does Scott Caan:
“You can make it easy, but I think the pitfall of making it easy is you start phoning it in. If it’s not difficult, it is not going to be any good.”
Read Mike Gordon’s full article: Behind the Scenes of the ‘Five-0′ Finale and check out the scans in the gallery!
Interesting list of plot twists Mizz. Peter said we will be surprised and the actors seem happy about what we’ll see so I can’t wait for tomorrow at 10!
Thank you Mizz. I am very excited and looking forward to watching season one finale of Hawaii Five-0.
