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Hawaii Five-0 Updates

• This tweet mysteriously disappeared from Twitter within minutes of it being posted, but that doesn’t make it less welcome:
  

  @larryteng: Crew gave a nice round of applause when Alex stepped on set this morning … Welcome back McG! #H50“

             

• The Whaleman Foundation is offering a Hawaii Five-0 set visit for 2 on eBay with the opportunity to meet Scott Caan. Proceeds benefit the foundation; please read the details carefully before you bid!

Hawaii Five-0 Articles

• EW provides more insight into tonight’s new episode of Hawaii Five-0 which centers around Max:
  

  ‘HAWAII FIVE-0′: MASI OKA ON REVEALING MAX EPISODE
  If like me you hold a geeky love for Dr. Max Bergman on Hawaii Five-0, you’ll definitely want to check out Monday’s episode, which promises to provide new perspective on the medical examiner. Tthe team finds themselves tracking a killer whose methods match up to those of an incarcerated serial killer called Trash Man. But with so many similarities in style, they find themselves beginning to wonder if the alleged Trash Man in jail is indeed the correct one. Further complicating matters? The killer’s history with Max (Masi Oka). “It’s sort of an interesting twist,” says Oka.

  For Oka, one of the biggest surprises was the fact that Max’s history was going to be explored at all. “I didn’t anticipate it. I know we discussed it because it’s hard to ignore the fact that his last name is Bergman, and I don’t really look like a Bergman,” he says. “I love that they did that because you knew they planned to justify it later on. In this day and age, when you see an Asian character, you give him an Asian last name. So big props to [executive producer Peter Lenkov]. It was great to see that in an episode and be able to go through that journey.”

• Masi also chats with extensively with none other than The Hollywood Reporter about his big episode and gets us excited about the season finale too! Check out the full article at THR.
• As I surmised in the wrap-up two weeks ago, Craig Robert Young is indeed reprising his NCIS: LA role of Dracul Comescu in the crossover event; this was confirmed by LA-based British journalist Sean Borg in a recent blog post:
  

  Now, in a clever attempt to capture both audiences, NCIS: LA – the number two highest-rated scripted show on U.S television has teamed up with hit series Hawaii Five-O, bringing back Dracul Comescu with a plot involving a virus outbreak which will potentially be weaponized. And beyond telling you that, my lips are super-glued!

  O’Donnell and Cool J will appear on “Five-O” for one episode, while in a separate episode, Chin Ho Kelly (Daniel Dae Kim) and Danny Williams (Scott Caan) will star on “NCIS.”

  The crossover occurs over two episodes in late April thru early May, during sweeps week when networks collect data on a shows’ popularity and determine its future.

  Show-runner Peter Lenkov revealed that the characters are already familiar with each other: “Chris and LL are going to come to Hawaii . . . There’s a bit of history there.”

  Craig Robert Young’s popular character is sure to get his comeuppance on “Five-O” and finally viewers will see this nail-biting saga come to and end once and for all… Or will they?

  Young’s spokesperson, Louisa Spring confirmed, “Yes, Craig is returning to the role and the script is amazing, but I can’t say anymore than that.”

• Some scenes in the crossover episode, 2.21, were filmed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on March 26, making it the third time this season that the show is shot there. From an article posted by the 15th Wing Public Affairs team:
  

  The professionalism and bearing of the military members involved contributed to the success of the show, according to Elwood Reid, co-executive producer of Hawaii Five-0.

  “Our costume people can copy your uniform exactly, we can give the [actors] the haircuts, but the bearing you guys have in the military, you can’t buy,” Reid said. “There’s just a certain way that you guys look and hold yourselves that we can’t teach.”

  The extras, who were asked to perform their regular, day-to-day jobs for the crew to film, now have a chance of appearing in the episode’s final cut.

  “It was a pretty unique experience seeing how they actually film and put it all together,” said Army Sgt. 1st Class James Sturdivant, 93rd CST. “Plus it is great to represent the Hawaii Army National Guard. It was pretty cool. I enjoyed it.”

  The scene was filmed on the flightline at DV1, an aircraft parking spot normally reserved for distinguished guests. A 535th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III was specifically positioned nearby for a cameo in the scene. When the cameras began to roll, the extras filled the frame by, per the director’s command, performing their regular jobs and representing their units.

  “I know the actors feel a lot more comfortable here in this environment than when we’re shooting downtown,” said Patrick Dawn, production assistant for the show. “Personally, it’s a great pleasure working with the military. I have a great respect for the military and everything that it represents. It’s so cool to be around it.”

  The more than 50-man film crew shot the scenes in less than three hours. Each scene included Scott Caan, a main character of Hawaii Five-0, as well as LL Cool J and Chris O’Donnell, actors from the show “NCIS: Los Angeles.”

  “Everyone has been very helpful with all of our requests,” Dawn said. “It is different than what we often encounter. [The military] is going out of their way to accommodate us, and the hospitality is so welcoming. It really makes our job easier.”

• Mark Deklin has been doing a lot of promotion for his new show GBC and in two of his interviews he talks about playing Step-Stan on Hawaii Five-0. The first item is from The Morton Report and the second is an excerpt from The Hollywood Reporter:

  • In addition to GCB, Deklin can also be seen in the recurring role of Stan Edwards on Hawaii Five-0. “When Lone Star was cancelled, this was a nice way to bounce back,” he says. “Some of the creative people on Hawaii Five-0 had seen my work on Lone Star and said, ‘He’d be right for the role of Sam (sic).’ I worked mainly with Scott Caan [Danny “Danno” Williams], who’s a nice guy, very welcoming and a real gentleman, and Claire van der Boom, who played Stan’s wife Rachel. She’s just lovely and a gem of a woman. So it was a very pleasant time doing some good work with nice people.”

  • THR: Are there any plans to reprise your recurring character on Hawaii Five-0?
    Deklin: I’m not privy to their meetings as far as what they have in mind for Stan, so any answer I give you is just conjecture on my part. But I think a lot of it depends on GCB. They stopped writing for my character when I booked the pilot. That’s when Stan kind of took a back seat and I didn’t do any episodes last year while I was shooting GCB. I didn’t go to Hawaii at all, and then right around the time we were wrapping the season we got a call asking if I would come out to Hawaii to do a couple episodes, which is great. I’m very grateful that they’ve called me back and the problem is CBS has to ask ABC for clearance every time they want to use me. I’m sure that’s a pain in the ass and kind of annoying, and I understand that.Where we left off in Hawaii Five-0 is that Scott Caan’s character had the great pleasure of shooting me, but not killing me. So, I think it would be very easy for them to go either way with that. I think they could easily bring him back if they want to, but they could also make him go away. I think a lot of it will depend on the success of GCB and whether or not we get picked up for a second season. And you know what? However it works out, it’s a really nice problem to have.

• Wendie Burbridge takes a closer look at the women of Hawaii Five-0 in her latest, insightful Five-0 Redux post:
  

  I’ve said it before — this season has been a roller coaster of storylines and emotions for many characters, as well as for the actors off-camera. It has not been an easy, yet I cannot wait to see how the ladies of “Five-0? work out in season three. I don’t want to lose any more of n? w?hine, as I don’t think I can take another dead lady. I watched Laura Hills explode (Kelly Hu’s departure at the end of season one) and Jenna Kaye be shot in cold blood, so I’m hoping we don’t lose another lady in the season finale next month.

  To potential new “Hawaii Five-0” female cast members, I wish you good luck in joining this team, but you definitely need fair warning — it’s not always a smooth ride.

Gallery, Picture and Video Updates

• H50hana posted more BTS pics of Alex and Scott from 2.19 on Facebook — thanks guys!
• Brian Yang added a cute BTS pic of himself!
• Another photo surfaced on Tumblr of Alex with his birthday cake last summer 
• Assistant Director Lon Takiguchi recently started posting BTS photos from the set to Twitter; you can follow him here: @lontakiguchi
• Guest actress Jacqueline Lord (what’s in a name, huh?) tweeted a great pic of herself with Grace and Daniel from the set
• Season 2 premiered on M6 in France with two back-to-back episodes on Saturday; the return of the show got a mention in French TV guide Télé Star. Thanks to Evelyne for the scan!
• EW shares some great BTS pics on the set with Masi Oka from tonight’s episode; the pics have been added to the gallery!
• BTS photo of Alex apparently taken on the set of 2.06 by @juliehawaii!

Tonight’s new episode of Hawaii Five-0 is the last we’ll be seeing of Steve until he returns in 2.22 on May 7. I’m trying to put on a brave face here, but darn it… that’s 27 days and nights without McG …

Hang in there, guys!