‘Hawaii Five-O’ Recap: Ua Lawe Wale

September 27, 2011

Myong Choi,

Episode 2 of the 2nd season of “Hawaii Five-0″ introduces two new characters — Lauren German as Officer Lori Weston and Tom Sizemore as Lt. Vince Fryer of Internal Affairs. Both characters join the cast as a result of Kono’s suspension from the team. Officer Weston is designated to take her place on the 5-0 team, while Lt. Fryer is assigned to investigate her case. Both are expected to appear in several episodes.

Here’s this week’s recap of The Good, The Bad and The Weird. I’ve also added a new category, “Local Shoutouts” for any references to anything local, real or fictional.

The Good

McGarrett reading Women’s Day magazine. Who knew McGarrett was a metro?
McGarrett getting caught staring at the hot girl. Yeah, we’ve all been there.
“To do what?” — Danno, when told Officer Weston is joining the team.
Kono’s house has a punching bag and a foosball table. A real guy’s girl.
Tom Sizemore as the IA agent. I always liked Sizemore for his roles in great films such as “True Romance,” “Heat” and “Saving Private Ryan,” despite him being a drunk psycho in real life.
“He’s an extractor.” Really cool job title.
The extras playing the Lanai cop and store owner. More locals with speaking parts please!
“How long have you two been married?” — Officer Weston after witnessing typical McGarrett and Danno banter.

The Bad

Actress who played Jen’s adopted mom was a horrible actress.
Jen needs her meds within 24 hours or she will die, and no one bothered to bring any of the meds with them to Lanai.
Jen’s mom didn’t realize that Jen needed her medicine within 24 hours, until Chin showed the meds to her?
Dr. Bergman (Masi Oka) was really shoehorned into this week’s storyline. Since when does he do field visits?
Topping off coffee conversation was really forced. Dating small talk isn’t really appropriate when waiting for a kidnapping to happen.
Lauren German as Officer Weston = less screen time for Chin and Kono?
Chin playing messenger boy — “You gotta see this” and “You’re gonna want to hear this”
When did Lanai turn into Dixie?
“He’s two miles from here. You’ll never catch him.” Really? He just left!
This entire episode could’ve taken place in Iowa and it wouldn’t have made a difference, if you know what I mean.

The Weird

Is the governor allowed to keep liquor in his office?
Chin in full on Terminator leather gear on the bike. The look was just odd to me.
Tom Sizemore sporting the aloha shirt and blazer look. Does anyone dress that way?
Jen seemed like she aged 20 years from less than a day in captivity.
“Hawaii Five-0” meets “City Slickers.”

Local Shoutouts

Aloha Life magazine (fictional)
Wailana Coffee House (real) — How come there wasn’t a line outside?
King’s Medical Center (fictional)

Favorite Tweets

A cult on Lanai? #H50 Do they have pineapple flavored Kool-Aid? – @hnlmark
Does anyone want to guess how much weed the writers smoked while brainstorming this episode? “How about we have McGarrett ride a horse” #H50 – @BraddahBoots
An interview in ‘Aloha Life’ magazine means ‘thousands’ could know? Not the most impressive circulation numbers, I guess. #H50 – @hawaii

It was a very poor episode with a ridiculous plot, but at least I learned what the Maile Alert is from friends on Facebook and Twitter, so I guess it wasn’t a total loss. See you all next week.