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the_other_sandy) wrote2011-05-09 10:37 pm
the_other_sandy) wrote2011-05-09 10:37 pm
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H50 Ep: Ua Hiki Mai Kapalena Pau
Since last Thursday, my kitchen sink has backed up, my cable has gone out for four days causing me to miss Supernatural (which I still haven't seen, so no spoilers please), my car has malfunctioned in a replace-it-not-repair-it kind of way, my toilet has backed up, and the towel rack in my bathroom has come flying off the wall and nearly hit me in the face. Three of those five things happened to me today.
Which is by way of saying that I can't think of a better time to be getting my H50 squee on.
The Danny-whumping was lovely, but he recovered too quickly. After he got to the hospital, we didn't see him until he was basically fine again. There should have been more whumping.
On the other hand, the Steve bits were awesome. He ran half the investigation from the hospital until he was sure Danny was okay and Grace was taken care of (it's now canon that Grace calls Steve "Uncle Steve"!). And I loved that huge wordless conversation Steve and Danny had over a sleeping Rachel. But boo to Sang Min for busting up the first Steve/Danny hug ever.
Danny having much of the episode off meant we got a lot of Jenna Kaye instead. I like her when she's compiling information and doing analyst things, but she still comes across like a snotty teenager in the field. If TPTB do add her to the cast next season, I think the way to do it without annoying me is to have her stay back at HQ with Chin's Computer Table of Awesome to run the background checks and compile lists and all the things Chin and Kono normally do, which would then free up Chin and Kono to be all BAMFy in the field, which they are better at than Jenna (and the award for World's Longest Sentence goes to...).
I can't say I'm surprised that Stan and Rachel's marriage is on the rocks already, and I'm glad that Danny and Rachel aren't at each other's throats anymore, but I don't think I want them getting back together. All the issues that killed their marriage in the first place are still there, only multiplied by eleventy because Five-0 is way more dangerous than being a Jersey cop was.
And I kept waiting for Rachel to crash into something while staring at Danny in her side-view mirror as she drove away.
I'm not sure how much I believe Sang Min's story. Wo Fat didn't strike me as (a) the kind of guy who makes direct threats, or (b) the kind of guy who would share his future plans with a flunky he's going to kill. But maybe I'm wrong and he's really the "before I kill you, Mister Bond" type. I still think he needs a cat.
You know what I really liked? Internal Affairs not being stupid enough to fall for Chin's ploy. Usually when you see IA in a show, the investigators are all morons. It was nice to see competent IA investigators for once, even if they were still hosing the good guys' plans.
And finally, I think Danny has been rubbing off on Kono, what with her cutting off a fleeing suspect and taking him down with a trash can lid to the face; and I think Steve has been rubbing off on Grace with her concerns about fat and cholesterol. Somehow I don't think she got her objections to fried chicken from her father.
Looking forward to the season finale (except for the part where it will be followed by a long hiatus).
Which is by way of saying that I can't think of a better time to be getting my H50 squee on.
The Danny-whumping was lovely, but he recovered too quickly. After he got to the hospital, we didn't see him until he was basically fine again. There should have been more whumping.
On the other hand, the Steve bits were awesome. He ran half the investigation from the hospital until he was sure Danny was okay and Grace was taken care of (it's now canon that Grace calls Steve "Uncle Steve"!). And I loved that huge wordless conversation Steve and Danny had over a sleeping Rachel. But boo to Sang Min for busting up the first Steve/Danny hug ever.
Danny having much of the episode off meant we got a lot of Jenna Kaye instead. I like her when she's compiling information and doing analyst things, but she still comes across like a snotty teenager in the field. If TPTB do add her to the cast next season, I think the way to do it without annoying me is to have her stay back at HQ with Chin's Computer Table of Awesome to run the background checks and compile lists and all the things Chin and Kono normally do, which would then free up Chin and Kono to be all BAMFy in the field, which they are better at than Jenna (and the award for World's Longest Sentence goes to...).
I can't say I'm surprised that Stan and Rachel's marriage is on the rocks already, and I'm glad that Danny and Rachel aren't at each other's throats anymore, but I don't think I want them getting back together. All the issues that killed their marriage in the first place are still there, only multiplied by eleventy because Five-0 is way more dangerous than being a Jersey cop was.
And I kept waiting for Rachel to crash into something while staring at Danny in her side-view mirror as she drove away.
I'm not sure how much I believe Sang Min's story. Wo Fat didn't strike me as (a) the kind of guy who makes direct threats, or (b) the kind of guy who would share his future plans with a flunky he's going to kill. But maybe I'm wrong and he's really the "before I kill you, Mister Bond" type. I still think he needs a cat.
You know what I really liked? Internal Affairs not being stupid enough to fall for Chin's ploy. Usually when you see IA in a show, the investigators are all morons. It was nice to see competent IA investigators for once, even if they were still hosing the good guys' plans.
And finally, I think Danny has been rubbing off on Kono, what with her cutting off a fleeing suspect and taking him down with a trash can lid to the face; and I think Steve has been rubbing off on Grace with her concerns about fat and cholesterol. Somehow I don't think she got her objections to fried chicken from her father.
Looking forward to the season finale (except for the part where it will be followed by a long hiatus).