Pilot (20 Sep. 2010)

The governor of Hawaii authorizes Navy intelligence officer Steve McGarrett to put together a special unit whose first job is to capture the man who killed McGarrett's father.

Director:

Len Wiseman

Writers:

Roberto Orci (developer), Alex Kurtzman (developer),

Stars:

Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Alex O'Loughlin	...	Steve McGarrett
Scott Caan	...	Danny 'Danno' Williams
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Chin Ho Kelly
Grace Park	...	Kono Kalakaua
Jean Smart	...	Governor Pat Jameson
Will Yun Lee	...	Sang Min
Norman Reedus	...	Anton Hesse
James Marsters	...	Victor Hesse
William Sadler	...	Jack McGarrett
Allison Chu	...	Chen Chi
Patrick Crowley	...	Co-Pilot
Teilor Grubbs	...	Grace Williams
Lexi Hara	...	Local Girl
Meagen Hensley	...	Jaycee
David B. Johnson	...	Captain DeMarco (as David Bintliff Johnson Jr.)

Storyline

Upon returning to Hawaii to investigate his father's murder, decorated Naval officer Steve McGarrett is recruited by the Governor to head up an elite new police task force - his rules, her backing, no red tape. Their first case involves tracking a weapons dealer connected to McGarrett's father's murder.

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Plot Keywords:

fall | diving | abuse | father son relationship | kidnapping | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 September 2010 (USA)

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

K/O Paper Products, 101st Street Television, CBS Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the scene where McGarrett is in his father's garage investigating his death, there is a black 1970s vintage Mercury sedan partially seen under a car cover. The car is identical to the Ford sedans McGarrett and the rest of the Five-O team drove in the original series (1968-1980).

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Goofs

There's a helicopter shot at the end of the apology scene in the car. The shot has been flopped so the motion continues in the same direction as the last interior shot and the following cityscape cutaway. This makes the car appear to be driving on the wrong side of the road but the light colored shirt shows that the driver in now on the right side of the car.

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Quotes

Det. Steve McGarrett: [McGarrett has Williams immobilized] Now, you don't have to like me. But right now, there's no one else to do this job.
Det. Danny Williams: Okay. Let me go.
[McGarret releases Williams]
Det. Steve McGarrett: All right, look, we have to find these human traffickers -
[Williams punches McGarrett]
Det. Danny Williams: You're right. I don't like you.

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Connections

References Psycho (1960)

User Reviews

Promising beginning

I watched this show with low expectations; I liked Jack Lord and Wo Fat and the theme song. The theme song made my day! The cast is amazing; great casting from the lead all the way through. Good solid character actors doing what they do best: act. The writing is perhaps a bit derivative but it rather has to be; there are only so many plots.but the cast and writers make the best of it. Sure it is an 'odd buddy' movie but also one mixed with a touch of "Magnificent Seven" or "Chichi no Samurai". The interaction between these folks and the rest of the cast, in fact all the interpersonal relations, are well written. Good human relations without soap opera. The sketching of what makes Hawaii different is very well done, much better indeed than what I recall of the Lord series. So it is a very promising beginning.