Pahele (5 Dec. 2011)

A team of drug dealers kidnaps a busload of school children in order to get Five-0 to return the drugs they confiscated, while Joe White goes on a personal mission to uncover the identity of "Shelbourne" before Wo Fat does.

Director:

Paul A. Edwards

Writers:

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

Stars:

Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Daniel Dae Kim

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Alex O'Loughlin	...	Steve McGarrett
Scott Caan	...	Danny 'Danno' Williams
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Chin Ho Kelly
Grace Park	...	Kono Kalakaua
Masi Oka	...	Dr. Max Bergman (credit only)
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa	...	Hiro Nashimori
Aimee Garcia	...	Karla
Ian Anthony Dale	...	Adam Noshimuri
Rick Gomez	...	Hugo Castillo
Richard T. Jones	...	Governor Sam Denning
Terry O'Quinn	...	Joe White
Lauren German	...	Lori Weston
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kalama Epstein	...	Jason Schafer
Eddie Gudoy	...	Driver (as Eddy Gudoy)
Erik Hidaka	...	Parent #1

Storyline

A private school bus driver is hit and the silver spoons kids kidnapped by a ruthless gang threatening to shoot one per hour unless the governor, whom the team convinces, releases as ransom a Colombian cartel's large, recently seized cocaine shipment. While delivering it, Steve is nearly killed in an explosion destroying the drugs, the promised release was a lie. In a race to save the witnesses from elimination, the team concentrates on the only arrested cradle employee and teenage hostage Jason Schafer's father, real estate entrepreneur Malcolm. Meanwhile Joe is dismissed from the Navy for mounting Stev's rescue and kidnaps Yakuza boss Hiro Nashimori before he can flee to Japan in an attempt to identify the mysterious Shelbpourne whom Wa Fat clearly fears.

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Plot Keywords:

yakuza | cocaine | ransom | drug cartel | false identity | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 December 2011 (USA)

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Goofs

Danny's Camaro gets covered in mud chasing Nakao the carjacker, but later it's perfectly clean. Five-0 is racing the clock; when did Danny go to a car wash?

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Quotes

Steve McGarrett: This my fault, Joe.
Lieutenant Commander Joe White: No, my actions are my responsibility. So how about you treat me to a shrimp jumbalaya, and we'll call it square?
Steve McGarrett: Let me tell you something, okay? You're the only man on the planet who would see shrimp jambalya as a fair trade to the end of his career, you know that?

User Reviews

On the Bus ****

Terrific episode where a drug cartel operating in Hawaii loses a lot of cocaine to Hawaii 5-0 only to extract revenge by taking a school bus with children on it as hostages. The driver for the cartel knows much more than he lets on.

These people really mean business when they kill the school bus driver and wound another person.

The team works feverishly to free the hostages, but first they have to find out where the bus with the kids has been hidden.

A major twist comes to be known when one of the youngsters recognizes one of the kidnappers.

There is action as the team races against a two-hour deadline imposed by the cartel.

Danny and Steve show how tough they can be when dealing with the cartel driver.

Excellent and riveting.