AOLR Weekly Wrap-up #129

Hawaii Five-0 Updates

• What do Ed Asner and Taryn Manning have in common? Why, it’s episode 2.19 of course!
  

  Ed Asner @TheOnlyEdAsner
  In Hawaii doing H50! If only all of my projects shot here!

  taryn manning aka t @TarynManning
  HI Hawaii!!… This episode with Alex, Scotty and the gang is awesome! Its a page turner…#action #family #loyalty #crooks #cutegirls #H50

  Kalele — as the episode is called — has been translated as “Faith” by CBS; the airdate that has been mentioned is March 19.

• @WEBSouffle and @WendieJoy discussed episode 2.16 in a podcast. Listen at WEBSouffle’s Hawaii Five-0 Podcast Blog to what they had to say about the non-linear timeline, the charity event at the Hawaii Convention Center, Lori Weston’s departure, and more!
• Chuck Barney’s TV crush tournament continues:
  

  But the question is: Can anyone stop Alex O’Loughlin? The man who plays Steve McGarrett on “Hawaii Five-0″ easily amassed more first-round votes than anyone. Now, he faces a tougher challenge in Patrick Dempsey, aka McDreamy of “Grey’s Anatomy.” Second-round voting continues through 5 p.m. Feb. 23.

  We don’t seem to have anything to worry about in this round, but nevertheless, please cast your vote here!

Hawaii Five-0 Articles

• Congratulations to Terry O’Quinn, who has been cast in the lead role in a supernatural drama pilot for ABC! The project bears the foreboding title of 666 Park Avenue and if it’s picked up as a series (which I sincerely hope for Terry), we’re unlikely to see him back as Joe White in Season 3. 
• Another familiar Five-0 face has joined ABC for a pilot and that’s Autumn Reeser, who is working on Last Resort, a drama about the renegade crew of a nuclear submarine.
• EW shares a first official look at episode 2.18 with a great picture of Alex, Scott and James:
  

  We’d be lying if we said our hopes weren’t sky high for the upcoming episode of Hawaii Five-0 that finds star Scott Caan sharing scenes with his father James Caan (both pictured below in this EW exclusive first look). But from the sounds of it, we won’t be disappointed.

  In this episode, set to air Feb. 27, James Caan plays Tony Archer, a retired NYPD bomb expert-turned-private investigator who lives on the island. (But if you’re getting technical, I suppose he lives off the island… on a sail boat.) The team crosses paths with Archer during a murder investigation. Click below.

  It really should be illegal to have this much badassery in one picture.

  This is not the first time father and son have appeared in a project together. James Caan played Scott Caan’s on-screen father in 2009?s Mercy, which was directed by the Hawaii Five-0 star.

• Although Lauren German’s recent tweets hint at a permanent goodbye, in Hollywood, anything can happen with a character. According to E! Online, Peter Lenkov is keeping his options open:
  

  AllysonKoerner: This isn’t the last we’ve seen of Lauren German aka Lori Weston on Hawaii Five-0, is it? Please tell me no.
  We took your Q right to executive producer Peter Lenkov today, who answered right back: “We never say never again on Five-0. She’s still alive, right?” So you know what that means, right? Keeeeep watching!

• In “Lost Alumni Society” USA Today catches up with what the Lost cast members are currently up to, and of course that includes Daniel Dae Kim and Terry O’Quinn. Check out the post here — its layout requires you to scroll up and down just above the photo galleries to read the article content.
• Governor Pat Jameson — played by the wonderful Jean Smart — features in TV Guide’s gallery of TV Characters We Lost:
  

  Governor Pat Jameson, Hawaii Five-0

  The governor was the force behind Steve McGarrett putting together the elite 5-0 task force that could circumvent red tape. That makes her betrayal by allying herself with McGarrett’s nemesis — crime lord Wo Fat — in the Season 1 finale all the more bewildering and brutal. Equally brutal was the way she left the show, shot by Wo Fat himself. Considering the show is set in a realistic Hawaii and not The Island on Lost, the governor probably won’t be back unless it’s in flashbacks.

Other Alex Updates

Cheryl Hollar wrote a lovely article about “The CBS Series That Changed A Generation“. I’m not doing it justice by posting just an excerpt, and therefore encourage you to read the entire piece at Suite101.com that’s all about the real-life impact of Three Rivers, the previous show Alex O’Loughlin starred in before moving on to Five-0:

Episodic stories would be lost, though, without the right actors in the roles.

That actor for Three Rivers was Alex O’Loughlin (Hawaii Five-0), who played Transplant Surgeon Andy Yablonski. Barbee revealed, “When we were casting the lead in the series, there were a number of actors under contract with CBS. I met with several of them, but when I met with Alex, I said, ‘yeah, this is it.’”

O’Loughlin did worry about playing a doctor. Barbee told me, “He was concerned that he couldn’t pull it off. So, I suggested he talk to Gonzo (who was like my best friend at that point), then come back and talk to me. He became so tight with Gonzo. They went surfing together and hung out in Cleveland many times. Alex totally got on board, because he had someone to picture and pattern his behavior after. He saw the real person. And, Alex was fantastic.”

In fact, Barbee revealed, “Alex became so moved by the whole thing that he wanted to be an Ambassador for Donate Life. He really took it to heart. I loved his commitment. He’s a total treasure.”

Incidentally, Dr. Gonzalez-Stawinski — the amazing heart surgeon Alex’s Three Rivers character was based on — is said to be leaving the Cleveland Clinic, according to a January article posted by Cleveland.com.

Gallery, Picture and Video Updates

• Screencaps of episode 2.16 have been added.
• Check out BTS photos shared by E-PR/CBS from episode 2.17 as well as those posted by Five-0 Undercover!
• I added five more portraits of Alex at the G’day USA event — scroll down to the bottom of the album.
• The Philadelphia Daily News has a nice little article about Shane Victorino’s appearance on Monday!
• CBS Philly posted a brief promo for a behind-the-scenes look at Monday’s new episode with Shane.

Have a great week, everyone!