Hawaii Five-0 

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-0).

Creators:

Peter M. Lenkov, Leonard Freeman, Alex Kurtzman

Stars:

Alex O'Loughlin, Scott Caan, Taylor Wily

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 18 wins & 20 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Alex O'Loughlin	...	Steve McGarrett 194 episodes, 2010-2018
Scott Caan	...	Danny Williams 194 episodes, 2010-2018
Daniel Dae Kim	...	Chin Ho Kelly 168 episodes, 2010-2017
Grace Park	...	Kono Kalakaua 168 episodes, 2010-2017
Masi Oka	...	Max Bergman 135 episodes, 2010-2017
Taylor Wily	...	Kamekona 124 episodes, 2010-2018
Chi McBride	...	Lou Grover 114 episodes, 2013-2018
Jorge Garcia	...	Jerry Ortega 105 episodes, 2013-2018
Dennis Chun	...	Sgt. Duke Lukela 103 episodes, 2010-2018

Storyline

Steve McGarrett comes to Hawaii to avenge his father's death but when the governor offers his own task force, he accepts. He picks up team members on the way, Danny Williams, the head detective on his father's case, Chin Ho Kelly, a former HPD Detective who was fired for accused corruption and McGarrett's father's old patrol partner, Kono Kalakaua, a Cadet at the Police Academy who's 1 week from graduating, Lori Weston entry to Five-O temporarily, how Catharine Rollins a girl friend of Steve and Captain Lou Grover, a former Chicago PD Head of SWAT.

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Plot Keywords:

hawaii | teamwork | yakuza | swimwear | crime investigation | 

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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)

Also Known As:

Hawaii Five-0

Filming Locations:

O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

The car the group is seen driving around in is a 2010 or 2011 Camaro LT with a V6 engine, the RS performance package, and police lights added to the front end. McGarrett is seen numerous times driving the Camaro, although it's Danno's car. GM's Chevrolet Division is the motor vehicle provider. On Hawaii Five-O (1968), Ford Motor Company was the provider, with Ford Division and Mercury Division vehicles being used by Five-O personnel. However, the lead vehicle was always Jack Lord McGarrett's Mercury. For most of the first seven seasons of Hawaii Five-O (1968), Steve's car was a black on black (sometimes referred to as "triple black") 1968 Mercury Parklane Brougham four-door. The Park Lane was last used during the eleventh season of Hawaii Five-O (1968), where it sat in a warehouse for several years, the Park Lane sedan used in the early seasons was restored, and now is in the hands of a Chicago, Illinois resident. After season eight, McGarrett drove a 1974 Mercury Marquis Brougham hardtop sedan, and after Hawaii Five-O (1968) ended its run in 1980, Jack Lord gave the Marquis to his stunt double, John Boley Nordlum. On this show, that same car make, model, and color, 1974 Mercury, is shown being stored in the garage of Steve's house, and Steve explains to Danno that his father had been restoring the old Mercury before he was kidnapped. This is a tribute to the famous car McGarrett used in the later seasons of Hawaii Five-O (1968).

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Goofs

The dancers in the opening credits are actually performing native French Tahitian "'O 'tea tamuré" dance (female in traditional Tahitian grass skirt with hips rapidly moving to fast drumming in a figure 8) and the male performing the traditional "danse du feu", or fire dance, and have no relation whatsoever to traditional native Hawaii dances. The hula dance, the traditional native Hawaiian dance, does not feature drums, nor grass skirts, nor rapid hip movements; its costume is made of medium length, green "ti" leaves and its main focus is on the dancers' hands, by which they tell a story. No percussion for Hawaiian hula, but their music is the unmistakable ukulele sound.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Steve McGarrett: Book'em, Danno!

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Crazy Credits

Each episode title is in the Hawaiian language.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.95 (2011)

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Soundtracks

Hawaii 5-0 Theme
Written by Morton Stevens
Performed by Brian Tyler

User Reviews

A refreshing dose of action-packed escapism

This show feels like the antidote to all those forensic, gritty, supposedly realistic crime dramas out there today. Hawaii 5-0 2010 is no crime drama, and it's not meant to be. It's also not its father, and anyone looking for a straight remake of the original classic is setting themselves up for disappointment. It's an old-fashioned cop show, the concept updated for today's audience, but with story lines that Starsky & Hutch would be proud of, providing a few more car chases down box-strewn alleyways were thrown in. It's Die Hard for the small screen - John McClane would fit right into the new 5-0 unit, fighting all the terrorist/ninja/crooked cop types that Hawaii seems to be attracting like a magnet. Excellent action sequences, great gun fights, some entertaining relationships developing between the characters, and you know what? Sometimes things just go boom. Pure entertainment, nothing more, nothing less.