He loses a lot of points with me for going as far as he has while she was still married and (supposedly) trying to work things out with Stan.
That's a big 'supposedly.' Rachel specifically said the reconciliation trip was Stan's idea and that she'd been looking for an excuse to bail. That seems to be a lifelong trend with her.
He loses more points for telling Rachel that he'll ditch Five-o for her, when he knows that they're in the middle of an insane situation that's getting worse by the minute.
Danny is a caretaker personality. When things go to hell for the people in his life, he feels compelled to fix it. Things went to hell for the most important people in his life almost simultaneously, and fixing it required being in two places at once. He managed to juggle both crises pretty well until he had to choose between staying in or leaving Hawaii. And at the time he told Rachel he would leave with her, (a) he had just found out she was pregnant with his child, and (b) the warrant hadn't been issued for Steve's arrest yet. Things did not get epically insane until the next day.
rather than thinking that she's a manipulative minx who's trying to get him away from the task force
That reminds me of my crack-laden theory that there's more going on than just Rachel leaving Stan. Rachel was so shaky when she dragged Danny out to Sand Island that I honestly thought Wo Fat's people had captured her and were using her to lure Danny out there for some reason. As freaked out as she seemed and as big a hurry as she was in to get to Jersey, I think she might be running from something bigger than a failed marriage. Or I could be reading too much into it.
A lot of this episode felt rushed
Every episode feels rushed to me. It's part of the show's style. I just let the ridiculous cases and plot holes wash over me while I wait for the next Steve/Danny scene.
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Date: 2011-05-18 11:43 pm (UTC)From:That's a big 'supposedly.' Rachel specifically said the reconciliation trip was Stan's idea and that she'd been looking for an excuse to bail. That seems to be a lifelong trend with her.
He loses more points for telling Rachel that he'll ditch Five-o for her, when he knows that they're in the middle of an insane situation that's getting worse by the minute.
Danny is a caretaker personality. When things go to hell for the people in his life, he feels compelled to fix it. Things went to hell for the most important people in his life almost simultaneously, and fixing it required being in two places at once. He managed to juggle both crises pretty well until he had to choose between staying in or leaving Hawaii. And at the time he told Rachel he would leave with her, (a) he had just found out she was pregnant with his child, and (b) the warrant hadn't been issued for Steve's arrest yet. Things did not get epically insane until the next day.
rather than thinking that she's a manipulative minx who's trying to get him away from the task force
That reminds me of my crack-laden theory that there's more going on than just Rachel leaving Stan. Rachel was so shaky when she dragged Danny out to Sand Island that I honestly thought Wo Fat's people had captured her and were using her to lure Danny out there for some reason. As freaked out as she seemed and as big a hurry as she was in to get to Jersey, I think she might be running from something bigger than a failed marriage. Or I could be reading too much into it.
A lot of this episode felt rushed
Every episode feels rushed to me. It's part of the show's style. I just let the ridiculous cases and plot holes wash over me while I wait for the next Steve/Danny scene.