The team works to rescue a computer expert who has been kidnapped by Serbian mobsters.The team works to rescue a computer expert who has been kidnapped by Serbian mobsters.The team works to rescue a computer expert who has been kidnapped by Serbian mobsters.
Paul Leo Klink
- Elevator Father
- (as Paul Klink)
Paul Edney
- U.S. Air Force Sergeant
- (uncredited)
Brian C. Hirono
- Asian Pilot
- (uncredited)
Danny Kim
- Asian Businessman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaKono (Grace Park) first refers to McGarrett as "Boss" in this episode and continues throughout series. Kono on the original series often called McGarrett "Boss."
- GoofsThe combination cap that McGarrett is holding at the end at the Five-0 headquarters is the wrong one according to his rank in the United States Navy - he is a Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Reserves and the cap is for a full Commander [indicated by the gold oak leaves and acorns on the visor]
- Quotes
Det. Steve McGarrett: Book 'em, Danno.
Det. Danny Williams: Really? Is that going to be a thing now?
Det. Steve McGarrett: You don't like it?
Det. Danny Williams: I don't like it.
Det. Steve McGarrett: I think it's catchy.
- ConnectionsReferences The Matrix (1999)
Featured review
Makes the Pilot look like Shakespeare
Dug the pilot. Written by screenwriters returning to TV, and directed by film director Len Wiseman. This show could be the rare remake that works, I thought.
Episode 2 was generic TV crap of the easiest kind. Every show that fails makes the same mistake: shoot the pilot, make it good, get it picked up, then pawn off the rest of season 1 to inferior writers and directors. Episode 2 fits that cliché so neatly, I almost turned it off, but suffered through it just to say I gave it the chance.
The direction is lazy, with long scenes of uninteresting talking, shot as flatly as possible, before the next action sequence that (unlike the pilot) turned out to have little or no meaning. The ending can be seen a mile away. Even though the Governor gave our heroes carte blanche to do what they "had to do" to catch the bad guys (in the pilot), no explanation is given why our heroes can't just call the cops in on this case, since an important guy is kidnapped for his hacker skills. Our heroes find him thanks to random coincidence, our heroine finds out who the spy is thanks to random coincidence, and the Asian characters are ignored by the white characters except when it's time to give orders.
This is why remakes get cancelled. I'll give Episode 3 about twenty minutes, but if it's not interesting, then I don't care what the rest of the show has to offer. It's not fun, it's not funny, and only Scott Caan even bothers to play an actual character. I'm out, and I suspect the rest of America will be by mid-October.
Episode 2 was generic TV crap of the easiest kind. Every show that fails makes the same mistake: shoot the pilot, make it good, get it picked up, then pawn off the rest of season 1 to inferior writers and directors. Episode 2 fits that cliché so neatly, I almost turned it off, but suffered through it just to say I gave it the chance.
The direction is lazy, with long scenes of uninteresting talking, shot as flatly as possible, before the next action sequence that (unlike the pilot) turned out to have little or no meaning. The ending can be seen a mile away. Even though the Governor gave our heroes carte blanche to do what they "had to do" to catch the bad guys (in the pilot), no explanation is given why our heroes can't just call the cops in on this case, since an important guy is kidnapped for his hacker skills. Our heroes find him thanks to random coincidence, our heroine finds out who the spy is thanks to random coincidence, and the Asian characters are ignored by the white characters except when it's time to give orders.
This is why remakes get cancelled. I'll give Episode 3 about twenty minutes, but if it's not interesting, then I don't care what the rest of the show has to offer. It's not fun, it's not funny, and only Scott Caan even bothers to play an actual character. I'm out, and I suspect the rest of America will be by mid-October.
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- Quicksand
- Oct 1, 2010
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- Runtime42 minutes
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- 16:9 HD
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