Malama Ka Aina (4 Oct. 2010)

When an escalating gang war spills into the stands of the local high school football game, injuring several bystanders and killing a gang leader, Five-0 uncovers an unlikely partnership between Samoan gangs and a mainland mob.

Director:

Paul A. Edwards

Writers:

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

Stars:

Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Alex O'Loughlin	...	Steve McGarrett
Scott Caan	...	Danny 'Danno' Williams
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Chin Ho Kelly
Grace Park	...	Kono Kalakaua
James Russo	...	Frank Salvo
Max Casella	...	Joey
Michael Copon	...	Junior Satele
Faleolo Alailima	...	Tuinei (as Olo Alailima)
Sidney S. Liufau	...	Sid (as Sid S. Liufau)
Christina Souza	...	Woman
Helen Torco	...	Mother
Larry Bialock	...	Wealthy Patron
Teilor Grubbs	...	Grace Williams
Viliami Fehoko	...	Haka Leader

Storyline

Attending Steve's former high school's football game with the gang and Grace, Danny spots armed men before they shoot at players. It turns out to be a gang war between the Chinese triad and Tuinei's locally anchored Samoan gang, which is however negotiating a bloody deal with Frank Salvo's New Jersey gambling mob. Chin fails to get his dirty uncle Sid out. Steve helps Danny keep his visitation rights.

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Plot Keywords:

samoan | triad | bare chested male | locker room | lawyer | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 October 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

Danno makes a reference to McGarrett posing as James Bond - Alex O'Loughlin was in consideration as a replacement for Pierce Brosnan after he resigned the role from the series until Daniel Craig took over. This was not the first connection to the James Bond 007 franchise - the original McGarrett (Jack Lord) was the first Felix Leiter in Dr. No opposite Sean Connery (as the first on-screen James Bond).

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Quotes

Chin Ho Kelly: [watching an old tape of McGarrett playing football] See, now I gotta admit. That was a beautiful play.
Steve McGarrett: Thank you.
Chin Ho Kelly: Your dad couldn't stop screaming.
Steve McGarrett: You were there with my dad?
Chin Ho Kelly: [stopping the tape] Yeah. I was fresh out of the academy, he was my training officer. I'll tell you, any day that Steve McGarrett was starting at quarterback was an official day off.

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Connections

References Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

User Reviews

Still Playing Catch-Up with the Pilot

After a pretty well-put-together pilot, I was pretty angry to see such a mess of an underwritten, poorly paced second episode. I was ready to write the show off completely, but at least this third episode made an effort.

It still has the hindrances of a typical police procedural-- minimum character development, necessary coincidences to streamline plot resolution-- but at least it was an entertaining hour of TV. More so than episode two.

With the exception of Danno, no character is really given much growth, though they put forth a medium amount of effort for Chin (Daniel Dae Kim) this time around. Good, but not great. Bonus points for Max Casella.