Review of Hoa Pili

Hawaii Five-0: Hoa Pili (2013)
Season 3, Episode 19
7/10
Why isn't the brother charged with arson?
24 June 2021
Warning: Spoilers
The shark tour owner admits to setting Kawika's house on fire -- he even leaves behind the gas can he used -- after Steve shows him the evidence, yet he's not arrested and charged with arson or attempted murder. Not only isn't he charged, but Steve and Kono swing by toward the end of the episode to help this same crazy guy clean up his burnt boat. What? First Five-O is telling the guy he could have set a house full of children and otherwise innocent people on fire and faced life in prison in his thirst for revenge, and then they're giving him a hand with his damaged boat? While Danny and Chin are at that same moment down the road helping Kawika fix up his burnt house? This was a rare, weird plot hole for this series. Plus I'm sure that guy had insurance to cover the repairs on his boat, which was a business asset, anyway.

I found the overall plot of this episode a little confusing and hard to follow as well, connecting all the dots and motives although I enjoyed the change of scenery to the North Shore. The DEA has been tracking a Taiwanese drug cartel's smuggling operation in Oahu for almost two years and Five-O has no knowledge of it?

And how about Kono's container-dropping move at the dock? None of the drug cartel goons heard or noticed this gigantic industrial shipyard crane swinging around with a huge metal shipping container above their heads? And Kono kind of jokingly says she's never operated a crane before? Nevermind the legality of her crushing all these guys to death - wouldn't that warrant some kind of administrative leave in reality? It was a great scene but also silly.

What about the love triangle drama at the beginning? Those characters not only disappear but we don't even see them questioned about the explosion they were the lone witnesses to. Or the random FBI agents that just happened to be lurking a block away in their van later on?
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