Hawaii Five-0 (2010– )

Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-O). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams and Kono Kalakaua.

Creator:

Leonard Freeman

Stars:

Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 9 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Alex O'Loughlin	...	Steve McGarrett (71 episodes, 2010-2013)
Scott Caan	...	Danny 'Danno' Williams (71 episodes, 2010-2013)
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Chin Ho Kelly (71 episodes, 2010-2013)
Grace Park	...	Kono Kalakaua (71 episodes, 2010-2013)
Masi Oka	...	Dr. Max Bergman (51 episodes, 2010-2013)
Taylor Wily	...	Kamekona (40 episodes, 2010-2013)
Michelle Borth	...	Catherine Rollins (29 episodes, 2010-2013)

Storyline

Hawaii doesn't have its own state police force but the Governor has set up a special task force, which becomes known as "Five-0", to investigate serious crimes on the islands. Reserve Naval officer Steve McGarrett heads the team with Danny Williams as his second in command and together they tackle a range of crimes with more far-reaching consequences than those dealt with by HPD, including terrorism and serious organized crime.

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Plot Keywords:

hawaii | police | island native | investigation | based on tv series | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Havaiji 5-0

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kurtzman Orci Paper Products, 101st Street Productions, CBS Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title of the original series, Hawaii Five-O, and that of the updated series, Hawaii Five-0, are pronounced the same: "Hawaii Five-Oh". However, they are spelled differently. The former uses the capital letter "O" as a pronunciation spelling for the number zero. The latter uses the numeral "0" instead.

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Goofs

The HPD police cruisers used throughout the series are the civilian-spec Chevrolet Impala sedans (2006 - present) seen with the HPD livery. The Impala squads seen throughout the series have the 5-spoke alloy wheels - which is not available with the 9C1 police package option (2006 - present Impalas come with 16 inch steel wheels with bolt-on center caps or the full-wheel hubcaps seen on the civilian 2000-05 base Impala).

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Connections

Referenced in Friends with Benefits (2011)

User Reviews

Exciting television with a fair bit of eye candy

Love this show! I was a fan of Alex O'Loughlin in Moonlight (guilty pleasure), and he's just delicious in this; cool, calm and collected, fast, good with a gun and awesome looking in uniform. Add to that, brilliant other characters in this Hawaii-50 remake including the iconic Danno (Scott Caan) and also lovely and determined Chin Ho Kelly (Daniel Dae Kim) and gorgeous and kick-ass Kono (Grace Park). Each episode is part of a larger story arc but is an exciting and gripping adventure or case, where the bad guys are brought down, they often go undercover and use technology, contacts, and a few good smack downs to get what they need done. The scripts aren't always A1 but the dialogue is sufficient and often funny, but without the over-cheesy CSI lines that make you want to throw things at the TV, and it's not predictable or overly stylised with set pieces. There's also great stunts and car chases, it's exciting television that isn't mindless or pointless. It's also nice because despite the violence, it's not gratuitous in other ways and is good (older) family entertainment set in beautiful Hawaii with gorgeous vistas and scenery, beaches and surfing; pretty good advertising for the island actually!