Hawaii Five-0 season 2

Really dug this show last season, looking forward to what they bring in season 2. 

They lost me after about 4 episodes of the first season.  Has the show really gotten any better?

I don't watch this show, but it was hard to ignore those JIN AND LOCKE REUNION! promo ads they had a few weeks ago. I'm curious, did they have any in-jokes, meta references, or anything like that? And is Terry O'Quinn a regular now or was it a one off?

I didn't notice any meta jokes, but then again I gave up on Lost in the 2nd season. This show is bubble gum, but fun bubble gum.

Five-O is one of my favorite shows, and after that amazing cliffhanger I think they followed it up with a terrific season premiere. I was totally shocked at the revelation that Kaye, the analyst, was working for Wo Fat, but it really explained alot of things, and why Wo Fat is always a step ahead of Five-O. And I'm also looking forward to the new blonde bombshell that they'll be introducing as one of the season's regular soon.

That goes without saying. I'm loving her "bad girl" outfit, though.

Yeah, this and some of the stunts are the highlights in the show. This and Castle are the only formulaic shows I watch each week.

Kono has some wonky hair in this season. 

And LOL, Terry O'Quinn can hold his own against Marc Dacascos.

I actually watch this how and can't remember anything about it the next day.  I remember them watching Enemy Mine, and Danno calling it a classic, but who else was from Heroes besides the coroner/medical examiner?

Oh and apparently this is in the same continuity as NCIS: LA, NCIS, and JAG.  Let's see if they can throw in Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, and Two Broke Girls while they're at it.

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Originally Posted by neoolong 

Oh and apparently this is in the same continuity as NCIS: LA, NCIS, and JAG.  Let's see if they can throw in Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, and Two Broke Girls while they're at it.

Because I'd hate to see a scene where Boomer is trying to teach a bikini clad Kat Dennings how to surf...or ticklefight.
 

So weird. Definitely did not expect the episode to go there.  And I gotta say, the shot of Hotie (I don't think I remember her name) blowing up the bridge from the helicopter was cool.

I like the addition of Lauren German's character, but not to the degree that they seem to be marginalizing Kono more and more.  Even after she came back from that undercover assignment, she's "sitting in the van" while German is becoming more and more of the A-team.  This last episode was good.  Show is good and fun.  Need more Locke.  Also, the Heroes reunion was trite.  The Lost reunion was done much better, without the tongue in cheek budge nudge wink wink hokiness.

I never caught the Lost reference they made. Someone want to tell me? 

Resurrecting this thread to see if anyone else caught the single most egregious product placement I've seen yet on a TV show.  At least a 60-second plug for Subway, maybe longer, right in the middle of the show.  One of the recurring characters--who owns his own food truck nonetheless--is chowing down on a subway sub, still half in the wrapper.  OK, Subway put up some cash for that.  But then, he goes on to name-check a couple of this month's featured subs, and mentions how healthy they are,  so he can lose weight like Jarred.  Then a quick plug about how $5 footlongs are such a good deal.

Again, in the middle of a scene.  A minute-long discussion of Subway smack in the middle of a scene.  This isn't the good guys drive Chevys, the bad guys drive Fords...this was like something out of the 1950s.

Also, after months of set-up, kind of brushed off the whole plot involving bald Lost guy.

But it felt like it was going nowhere for a while now, so hopefully bald Lost guy does a Poochie and his spaceship blows up on his way back to his home planet.  Entertaining cast kind of hamstrung by this overacrhing plot arc that doesn't really suit the show.

Was his pre-boom shtick indicative of his real life post-freakout material? Because if so, yeesh!

And was that Las Vegas show that long ago? Because either the make-up crew worked overtime for that or James Caan crashed HARD these last few years.

Sadly no, that show ended in about 2008 so these last four years have been incredibly unkind...... to say the least.

Was his character in the original series as ultimately as cold/evil as he was in the episode?