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the_other_sandy) wrote2013-04-29 10:44 pm
the_other_sandy) wrote2013-04-29 10:44 pm
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H50 Ep: Imi Loko Ka 'Uhane
Well, that was...odd. I'm not really sure what to make of it.
Previous episodes that have involved the pursuit and capture of Wo Fat have been pretty intense. Steve in particular has been through a lot at the hands of that man. So why would TPTB choose to give us a Wo Fat episode within the framework of a fluffy morning talk show? Because that pretty much canceled out any emotion I felt about it. Even seeing Wo Fat so badly burned, which you know is not going to improve his attitude toward McGarretts, did nothing for me because it was viewed through the lens of Savannah Walker's show, so the audience was one step further removed from the action than it usually is.
It was just so strange to see what would have been a fairly heavy episode plopped into the middle of all that fluff. Of course, it also wouldn't have worked if they'd done a light case because then Five-0 wouldn't have come out looking like the special unit they are. But I am kind of happy that Savannah Walker followed Five-0 with the intent of showing them off as an elite task forcethat apparently specializes in bar fights and shoplifting because that's the kind of thing governors put together elite task forces to handle as opposed to doing an exposé on how awful and violent they are, which is how episodes like this usually go.
Kono kind of annoyed me when she told Savannah that she was the tech expert as if she were the only one. She's certainly tech savvy enough, but what happened to Chin's expertise? Remember when he was the one running the computer table of awesome?
I loved that Savannah not only caught a cargument on film, but broadcast it to her audience while telling them that Steve and Danny really loved each other in spite of all the bickering. And I also loved Catherine telling Savannah that America needed to mind its own business with regard to her personal life. I just wish there could have been a little scene showing Danny with Grace somehow to show that while Danny doesn't get off on the adrenaline rush of car chases and running gun battles like Steve and Kono do, he does what he does to make the world a little safer for his daughter. You'd think something like that would fit right in on morning TV.
Previous episodes that have involved the pursuit and capture of Wo Fat have been pretty intense. Steve in particular has been through a lot at the hands of that man. So why would TPTB choose to give us a Wo Fat episode within the framework of a fluffy morning talk show? Because that pretty much canceled out any emotion I felt about it. Even seeing Wo Fat so badly burned, which you know is not going to improve his attitude toward McGarretts, did nothing for me because it was viewed through the lens of Savannah Walker's show, so the audience was one step further removed from the action than it usually is.
It was just so strange to see what would have been a fairly heavy episode plopped into the middle of all that fluff. Of course, it also wouldn't have worked if they'd done a light case because then Five-0 wouldn't have come out looking like the special unit they are. But I am kind of happy that Savannah Walker followed Five-0 with the intent of showing them off as an elite task force
Kono kind of annoyed me when she told Savannah that she was the tech expert as if she were the only one. She's certainly tech savvy enough, but what happened to Chin's expertise? Remember when he was the one running the computer table of awesome?
I loved that Savannah not only caught a cargument on film, but broadcast it to her audience while telling them that Steve and Danny really loved each other in spite of all the bickering. And I also loved Catherine telling Savannah that America needed to mind its own business with regard to her personal life. I just wish there could have been a little scene showing Danny with Grace somehow to show that while Danny doesn't get off on the adrenaline rush of car chases and running gun battles like Steve and Kono do, he does what he does to make the world a little safer for his daughter. You'd think something like that would fit right in on morning TV.